1 - Posted on 5/8/2023

I don't know this character very well except for the basics, but this looks like a nice version of him, subtle rendering of skin details and contrast of red to gray is nice.  

3 - Posted on 5/8/2023

Babe, Oliver renders in gray
Face something to emaciate
I don't think I could hide Deadman’s feelin’ paint lines
Another day, drawing done for you

Dead eyes, I'm looking too close again
The big collar seen in red
If that hell would design, would it turn out sublime
Ben paints away knowin' it moves you?

I'm gonna post you by surprise
And make you realize, not Panther
I'm gonna tell you right away
Ben can paint a textured face, not Panther
He won’t replace this Marvel fan
And make you Boston Brand, Black Panther
I love you

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

"I'm gonna post you by surprise
And make you realize, not Panther"

HA!!

That's perfect, man, Boston for a Boston post :)  Thanks!

1 - Posted on 5/8/2023

Agreat rendition of Boston Brand! 

2 - Posted on 5/8/2023

Ben Oliver constantly amazes me with his bust illustrations he posts on Facebook, which are all fantastic. This one is no exception. Cool to see a rare DC piece make it into your collection!

1 - Posted on 5/8/2023

This is...menacing. Do not cross him. Infact, just stay home and lock the door.

1 - Posted on 5/8/2023

Stone cold killa!  

1 - Posted on 5/8/2023

Ben Oliver is a huge get IMO. Great looking Deadman!

1 - Posted on 5/8/2023

Ben Oliver needs to be doing more stuff...period. This Deadman is an example why! Congrats, man!

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Oliver is certainly good with colors.

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

This artwork reflects perfectly the essence of the character. Even drawn it colors!!! Deadman is one of my beloved DC characters! Very nice! Huge congrats my friend. Your taste is unbeatable!

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Oh, yeah!  The brilliance of this character design is the coloring and simplicity of the costume: a red bodysuit with grey, lifeless skin...  It automatically makes for a striking visual before factoring in the sensational talents of an artist like Ben, who adds rich character and weighted emotional elements to the mix. A fantastic and moving portrait of Boston Brand here; heroic and all too human.  Beautiful work - congrats, K!

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Agree on the the simplicity making it striking.  Just a great visual contrast between his skin and the suit.  And Ben's rendition, heroic, as you say, but also haunting at the same time.  Love that about it.  And not easy to do!  Thanks, Jason!

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

It's just such a beautiful piece, and I can't stop revisiting it to look at it.  It carries such a beautiful emotional weight to it; it's really very moving.  I find it has this unique visual effect where I'll be studying (say) the cheekbones, and peripherally his expression will strike me as sad, so I'll "zoom out" to look at the whole again... and that sadness will have slipped away.  Then I'll zoom back in to study the brow and see that sadness again, peripherally; "zoom out" and it's gone again.  Some pieces have eyes that follows you as you walk around the room; this one has emotional pitfalls that swell and shift as you visually roam its landscape.  It's gorgeous, Khalil.

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Deadly!

2 - Posted on 5/9/2023

YES! Dude, I love Deadman, and this is simple but killer. Love that look, and the detail of his skin with the whispier, lighter red gives him a fantastic ghostly look, imo. There, but fuzzed. Killed it dead! ;)

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Yes, forgot, you have that great Garcia-Lopez page!  Well, glad you got to see some Boston Brand in my collection here, and glad you dig it, too!  Nice pun there...automatically did the "ba dum tss" in my head ;)

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Skillfully done!

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Oliver gives Deadman a feeling of decay that's perfectly suitable for a character of his ilk.  Very nicely done!

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Ben is sooooooo good! congrats on the pick up.

1 - Posted on 5/9/2023

Absolutely love the look of Deadman here.  Ben Oliver nailed it!!

1 - Posted on 5/10/2023

Great pinup! Haunting look!

1 - Posted on 5/10/2023

What a technique! Oliver captures the perfect gray skin tone for a...dead man. 

Posted on 5/10/2023

Lol!  Hadn't thought of it specifically that way, but you're right!  Glad you like, John, and thanks for the welcome afternoon chuckle :)

1 - Posted on 5/11/2023

Ben's color work is spectacular - congrats KG!

1 - Posted on 5/12/2023

Haunting! 

1 - Posted on 5/13/2023

Love the way the colors seamlessly bleed into each other. Beautiful!

1 - Posted on 5/27/2023

Wooow - Magnificent !!