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The Shade by Peter Snejbjerg

Artist: Peter Snejbjerg (Penciller)

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Title:	The Shade by Peter Snejbjerg
Artist:	Peter Snejbjerg (Penciller)
Media Type:	Marker
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	702
Likes on CAF:	8 9
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	1/6/2020
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A splendid (if I can say so myself) commission of the Shade by Peter Snejbjerg.

I absolutely LOVE Starman by James Robinson. To me the full serie ranks up there with Alan Moore�s best work (on continuing series I�d say) in terms of sophistication and �word building�.

Among the huge cast of characters, the Shade always stood out as this realistic sometime villain, sometime hero character. Both his power set and persona made him quite interesting.

Tony Harris may be the historic penciller of the serie, the one it is the most identified with but despite the fact that I loved his work on it (and still love his work), I find he was a young artist at the time that would later reaches higher artistic height (that could have benefited the serie).

Then Mr Snejbjerg came in fully in grasp of his artistic abilities and great storytelling. I believe his style was perfectly suited for the serie and he introduced lots of nuance in it, specifically on the characters themselves (whereas Harris really made Opal City shine).

As he really made the Shade his own, I had to bug him to accept a commission when he was a guest at a past Facts convention. He was a bit reluctant to commit to a full commission during a show as he usually prefers to take his time but kindly agreed in face of my enthusiasm meeting him.

I think the result speaks for itself. The Shade looks almost regal here. And gentlemanly dangerous. I did request for him to display his powers in some way and also came with the idea of his name being incorporated in the darkness.

What I find amazing is that Mr Snejbjerg managed to use different types of blacks to differentiate his body from the darkness itself.

Delighted by this one (as you can probably tell).

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Anthony F
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/6/2020

I agree, Shade is a wonderfully developed character, and this is fine example of Peters work on the iconic series!

Nick-le-Fou !!
Member Since 2016

1 - Posted on 1/13/2020

Great story and equally great result. The various blacks and the intertwining name are quite impressive for a commission done at a con. Congrats on that awesome commish!!

Mike (aka Off White) White
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 3/16/2020

Awesome pick up

Jason Caldwell
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 7/24/2020

This is the best damn thing ever. WOW.

If you ever need a kidney, you know what I'll charge you for it...

Like you, I'm a huge Starman fan and the Shade is a huge part of that book.

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