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JIMMY'S BASTARDS Trade Cover

Artist: Joe Jusko (All)

11 Comments  -   3,428 Views  -   9 Likes


JIMMY'S BASTARDS Trade Cover Comic Art
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Title: JIMMY'S BASTARDS Trade Cover
Artist: Joe Jusko (All)
Media Type: Mixed Media
Art Type: Cover
For Sale Status: N/A
Views: 3,428
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Favorited on CAF: 2
Comments: 11
Added to Site: 10/4/2017
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Holbein Acryla-Gouche. 20"x26"

Wraparound trade cover of Aftershock Comics' JIMMY'S BASTARDS VOL 1, which comes out in February, done exclusively for Newbury Comics.
You can always tell when you know you're going to enjoy a job. First, it's subject matter you really love, and second, you put a helluva lot more work into it than originally agreed upon, simply because you want to!
When Joe Pruett at Aftershock asked me if I'd be interested in doing an exclusive cover for my buddy Garth Ennis's new book (about a secret agent with hundreds of illegitimate children), there was really no hesitation, and I instantly knew what I wanted to do! Obviously, if you're thinking "James Bondish character", you can't help but remember all the cool Robert McGinnis illos from the 60's/70's. I wanted to do a retro piece in that vein, with Jimmy and a hot spy girl. That rolled over into me adding a few more spy girls, which in turn rolled into me inquiring as to whether I could do a wraparound (as the girls just kept appearing on my drawing board)! lol
I switched over from my normal acrylics to Holbein's Acryla-Gouache (gouache with a bit more permanance and less susceptibility to water damage), in an attempt to maintain the period flavor with a dry, draggy paint and a somewhat flatter rendering approach, but I think my natural style seemed to prevail for at least 90 % of the piece. I did find the gouache interesting as I couldn't use my normal glazing and highlighting process, but had to mix colors beforehand and drybrush and feather a lot. Remarkably easy to use, even though I hadn't used gouache in over 30 years. I really love those paints and plan to employ them a lot more often.

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JOE JUSKO
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Joined: August 2004
Last Login: September 2025
Ebay Id: creativeforce1959
Website: http://www.joejusko.com
Country: UNITED STATES
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Davide G. 
Member Since 2009

Posted on 10/4/2017

Wow, Joe, this is 9 times gorgeous :) Jaw dropping work and great tribute to McGinnis' classics!

JOE JUSKO 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 10/4/2017

Davide G. wrote:

Wow, Joe, this is 9 times gorgeous :) Jaw dropping work and great tribute to McGinnis' classics!

THANKS!!!!

F M 
Member Since 2005

Posted on 10/4/2017

Fantastic & fun, Joe

JOE JUSKO 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 10/4/2017

F M wrote:

Fantastic & fun, Joe

Had a blast!

Ingrid Neilson 
Member Since 2015

Posted on 10/4/2017

A wonderful wraparound, and definitely a great tribute to McGinnis's Bond art ...

JOE JUSKO 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 10/4/2017

Ingrid Neilson wrote:

A wonderful wraparound, and definitely a great tribute to McGinnis's Bond art ...

Hmmmm....shall we talk? lol

Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan 
Member Since 2013

Posted on 10/4/2017

You knocked it out of the park! Love it!

Dadako Dadako 
Member Since 2010

Posted on 10/6/2017

..Incredible piece!

Ray Cuthbert 
Member Since 2003

Posted on 4/3/2018

One of my all-time favourites by you Joe!

Alkis V. 
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/21/2021

Lovely!

D L 
Member Since 2016

Posted on 2/4/2024

This is amazing!!

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