Our sketch today is by John J Muth, who is best known to me as the artist on Swamp Thing: Roots, as well as "The Wake" arc from Sandman (a personal favorite). He also has done a lot of work for children's books. including Zen Shorts, which he also wrote.
This is a very moody take on Hawkman. The wings clearly look like a cape, a look which I cannot recall ever having really seen before. But its not bad. The sketch gives me a sort of Golden Age vibe, where Hawkman was consistantly referred to as a creature of the night or other such monkiers. I also really like how even when buried in the shadows you can still make out the straps of the wing harness across his chest.
Disclaimer: I do not own or have possession of this sketch. It is being reposted from the cited website only.
Image: Hawkman sketch, ???, John J Muth, retrieved from Comic Art Fans.
2 comments:
That's a really interesting piece. I'm not sure it works for the character, but as a concept sketch I dig it.
Yeah. I can't remember another image of Hawkman this, for lack of a better term, moody. I don't know that it would work for a feature or a story, but it does demonstrate that Hawkman can be portrayed in a lot of different ways and still look cool!
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