Jam 44 - Pulp Fiction

[em...]

This month's Jam is dedicated to those characters from the pulp magazines and crime fiction of the 1930s-50s; modern characters who are influenced by that era; or just art in that style.


To start off, The Shadow:

[Global Nihilism]

Tracer Bullet

[heathencomics]

Amazing Shadow em... Always loved the character.

I know everybody else is gonna do the same but I couldn't resist. Here is my take:

[Frogze]

Great start guys, these pulp trenchcoats never got out of trend !
and I love that new grainy feel on this one, master euan, amazing as ever
clean pencils on yours GlobalNihilism and funny character
and I love Gabriel's too, fantastic drawing and inking

[VoteQuimby]

Great theme em!

Here's an old 100 bullets drawing that I tried to make kind of pulpy. I'll try to do something new.

[melerwin]

One scroll down the page, four artists and I get to see four completely different styles of work...excellent! I'm looking forward to participating this month.

[Steev]

Here's a Shadow I did last year.

I hate posting old stuff but probably won't have time for anything new.

Awesome stuff starting off.
They're all great but em...'s is seriously wicked cool and heathen's just blasts right off the page!

[ryancody]

this is... ugh.... sorry, but I put way too much time into this crappy thing not to post it, but I might kill the thread, so apologies in advance.



still on my first week with the wacom, here's to hoping I get better.

[bangalore_monkey]

EM- creepy cool shadow

global nihilism- one of my favorite calvin and hobbes characters

heathencomics- wow, thats just awesome, maybe the coolest shadow i've seen

votequimby- cool style as always, looks like the cover of a james bond book, very nice

steev-another awesome shadow

ryan cody- what would this thread be without a doc savage pic

well heres my attempt at flash gordon



here also is my version of the shadow, inspired by everyone else's

[Steev]

bangalore_monkey - Great Flash! (your Shadow ain't too shabby either)

Made me want to post another old one I have floating around.

[heathencomics]

Buck Rogers circa 1928.

[TheRonin]

em...: my high praise to you for opening this jam always with such great images,
Euan Love the zoom sfx and he looks just sppoky
Global Nihilism: I love the contrast between him looking cute/cartoony and the
gun/cigarette
heathencomics: I knew there was a reason to ask you what I asked you: these
are freaking great, Gabriel The Buck Rogers looks cool with all the retro equipment,
but that Shadow takes the cake
VoteQuimby: great reworking of your 100 bullets illo, Terry - I can definitely breath
the pulp feel of it
Steev: always enjoyh your washes and these are two great re-posts, but now
do something new, come on One little crit: the car in the shadow pic looks a tad small
compared to the shadow.
ryancody: cool headshot, Ryan, and I am hoping to see a more developed illo
bangalore_monkey: cool pics but I prefer the Flash more, maybe because of the
use of the greys and the big shadows

Took an hour this morning to do this. I am still behind on my stuff but I couldn't pass on a
pulp jam. Hopefully I will have some more later on. (I am still planning to tackle a couple
of doctors for the previous jam...)

Cheers,
Francesco

[ablack80]

Great stuff everybody! Franscesco and Gabriel, GREAT STUFF!!! I'm lovin this thread!

[tintin]

Awesome stuff everyone.

em...,
I dig your Shadow. Colour treatment and effects evokes Bill Sienkiewicz.

heathencomics,
Loving your Kaluta-like Shadow.
Your Buck Rogers rocks as well.

TheRonin,
You are a master of mood...and Shadow.

Here's a quick sketch of everyone's favourite lord of the jungle.

[tintin]

A sketch of Flash Gordon and Dale Arden.