Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! SGLSH #23 Cover scans from Thumbnails to Inks

Hi Guys
The scans are in bizarro style from finished inks to rejected thumbnails this month - hope you enjoy seeing them!
















Thanks as always to Nightcrawler for hosting the images!

Wow! I want this issue now! I can't wait to read the story behind this.

Giant shadow, huh? Could Colossal Boy be a traitor? I hope not. It's bad enough that (not-in-the-post-boot) Sun Boy has quit. It would really suck if (killed-too-soon-in the post-boot) Gim Allon was gone too.

Awseome as always Barry!

Maybe the giant shadow indicates the Shadow Lass is *really* pissed off when they won't let her be leader...

well, being on dialup I had a bit of a wait to see these, but it was well worth the wait....great work Barry!!!

Thanks guys!

(I was trying hard to think of more to add without giving anything away...and had to give up...so please forgive my brevity)

Mr. Kitson,

You always seem to have such a clear vision of your covers from the get-go. Is this a result of a conversation from the creative team as a whole, or is it all inspiration?

Thank You,
Shan

Hi Shan
Usually Steve Wacker will suggest the subject matter for a cover - basically who to feature and what type of approach to take (action shot, montage, symbolic etc). Then I spend a lot of time doodling and thinking around the subject until I hit upon a theme or basic design idea I think will look good. That's when I really start work on thumbnails to show Steve. It changes from cover to cover - sometimes I do lot more variables than others.

Barry, I say this every month but, gorgeous as usual. I'd really love just to see a B&W collection by you one day.

And I love the evolution of the cover. Honestly when I first saw the completed one I didn't get the fact that Kara was the last Legionnaire standing. I got more the feeling she just finished mopping the floor with them, not standing by their side.

Yet again I find myself drawn to the pencil and b/w inked versions more that the coloured one.

I think this is one of the best looking Supergirls I have seen in a long time.

Yeah! Amazing as usual, i can't believe my eyes. Thanks Barry.
I like having that sort of insight on each issue, it really enhanced the reading of the issue each time.

Thanks again. I'm really happy you guys like the way I draw Supergirl especially! It's always a little daunting to take on an iconic character.

Barry, I wish you were drawing her main title too. I'm not too keen on the crack-whore-Paris Hilton version of Supergirl.