Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! #12 Cover scans

Hi guys
As usual thanks to Nightcrawler - here are some scans of the latest cover.

Unusually for me, as this was a silhouette design, I also did a VERY rough color thumbnail of what I had in mind. Here it is



And here's the inked version...click on the thumbnail to see the larger version!



Hope you like 'em!

Thanks Barry!

Ok, I know everybody's already said who they think each silhouette is, but here are my guesses -

In the front and on the ground, from left to right: Triplicate Girl, Saturn Girl, Ultra Boy, Chameleon, Lightning Lad, Cosmic Boy, Princess Projectra, Shrinking Violet/Atom Girl, Shadow Lass, Karate Kid, & Colossal Boy/Micro Lad.

Flying above SG's head is Chemical King , next to him is Phantom Girl, below PG is Element Lad, above PG is Light Lass, with Timber Wolf just below her.

Above the flag is Star Boy.

Below the flag is Matter-Eater Lad high in the distance, then Brainiac 5, below him Bouncing Boy , to their right is Invisble Kid, with Dream Girl's legs being shown, and finally Sun Boy just above Cosmic Boy's head.

I won't speculate on who's who, but I like all of the new additions Nightcrawler suggested!

Very dramatic cover, especially in colour - but the b&w is a knock-out too. Just wondering if the choice of silhouettes has something to do with the silhouette roll call page in each issue.

I think this is my favourite cover so far, but it's a difficult choice given the preceding 11.

Love the rough draft - it's very eyecatching and spooky too.

The b&w is superb though, and am looking forward to seeing it on the shelves with the rest of issue 12 attached

Great stuff! Thanks Baz!

Thanks Barry. It's beautiful.

Thanks guys!

I can't give a definitive answer as to who is in the silhouettes for a month or two as I don't want to give anything away...and a GREAT deal happens in issues 10-12 so I don't want to ruin any surprises!

Yet more proof Barry's pencils/inks are just as good or better than the final colored version. I want this as a t-shirt!

I just wanted to add that this is further proof of Barry's talent-- that we can recognize his character designs from just their silhouettes and some random shadows!

The big complaint on team books has forever been only being able to recognize characters by their costumes and hair cut/color.

Just wanted to mention that.

Great as always Barry. Thanks!

Love the 'thumbnail' version!
Brilliant as always Barry!

Thanks guys!

well is there something gonna happen to Dream Girl? I don't see her anywhere on the cover unless you can say that she took a haircut and would account her silhouette on the far left flying above Saturn Girl?

I think Dream Girl is behind the flag pole, facing Cham.

Excellent stuff!

You know, the quality of the b&w work makes me want to see a whole story in that format. Could make for an interesting backup tale at least.

I can see it now. A renegade Ulu Vaak, from the monochromatic world of Lupra, steals the Legion's ability to see in color. The battle comes to a climax in the old suburb of Basin City when Vaak has to team with the Legion to beat Roark, known throughout the city as the Yellow Bastich.

I like that idea!

I'd like to have 1 better than just pencilled artwork...I'd like colored pencils ala Michael Zulli's artwork in the Sandman: The Wake issues. I've never seen a publisher do that before or after those Sandman issues and Barry's pencils would definitely shine in that treatment.

Thanks Igee - you know I've never actually tried working in colored pencils - might be a fun experiment!

Hi Barry...er...I meant that the colors are applied directly on your pencils without the benefit of inking. As I mentioned, I believe that's what they did for the Sandman: The Wake issues drawn by Michael Zulli. Your inked artwork looks great but I profess a strong preference to seeing your pencilled artwork (as seen in your thumbs for the covers) colored in that manner sans inker.

Hey!
Momma was a "good girl" and Daddy did "the right thing" and they were happily married (more or less) for many years.
Hmmmph.
I'm with you. I personally just love coloring a lot of artwork directly from the pencils and completely skipping the inks. Often you get so much more finesse out of pencils without somebody applying heavy blacks on delicate shading, texturing and crossahtching.

To explain- I quit coloring temporarily until I get a new monitor, I had to replace my old one and this one I'm using right now has lousy color so I don't dare try to do any computer coloring until I can see what something actually looks like on the web. It stinks but at least I can still surf.

Hi Igee - Sorry my bad! I thought you meant actually creating the whole page with colored pencils.
To color the standard pencils needs a REALLY sympathetic colorist so as the pencils don't get over powered - but it IS something I'd be interested to try sometime.
I actually tend to prefer less 'worked/molded' color generally and I think that's what coloring the pencil would probably call for.
More of a 'paint' than and airbrush style.

Hi YK - hope you get that new monitor soon!

Me too, Barry. Me too.
Looks like I'll be buying my daughter one of those inexpensive Dell desktops for her birthday at the end of September and maybe she'll take pity on her old man and let me play on it sometimes.

Know what though? I'll bet that if you wanted to create a few pages or even a whole book with colored pencils than there's not one of us that would dare complain. That's a wonderful idea.

I hadn't thought of it that way but I'll bet it would be incredibly fun for you to do and a treat for us to see. I'd buy a Barry Kitson's Colored Pencil Special Edition of The Legion of Suoerheroes. "You by-damn betcha!"

You're top of the list for a complimentary copy!

Ha ha
Sweet! You're a treasure.

Did you have fun with the gang in San Diego? I really really hope so. Despite my best efforts that darned old "real world" caused me to miss yet another con that I was dying to attend.

Whatever happened to that Dawnstar sketch?