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Death Rattle #3 / Published page
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DescriptionIn the deluge of the late 1980s independent comic boom, James O’Barr’s Crow rose to the top of the tide. With its often brutal, unabashed angst and deeply emotional introspection, it captured the imagination of a generation of comic readers and presaged the mainstream emergence of many of the "Goth" and "Emo" motifs in the 1990s and beyond.Like many independent creators, O’Barr worked over an extended period of time on his brainchild before it ever saw the light of day in print. Though the very first published segment of the Crow was not released until 1989 in Caliber Presents #1, O’Barr began working on the story at the start of the decade. This page featuring a large image of the protagonist Eric accompanied by a hand lettered title header is one of the very earliest pieces that O’Barr produced. According to James O'Barr, “This was one of the very first Crow drawings from 1981 and was intended for an ad piece but never used.” This is a significant and impressive example of O’Barr’s work on the character with a huge portrait of Eric likely out sizing any of the images that saw print. Additionally, the sub-text of “Ephemeral Terror / A Love Story” perfectly captures the tone of the tale which constantly walks a precarious path between crushing horror and tenderness. This piece has an image area of approximately 13.75" x 21.5". The Crow is simply my fav comic book story ever !!! ;) What's yours ? Social/Sharing |
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Earl Hamilton
Member Since 2009
Posted on 6/10/2011
WELL MY FRIEND YOU FINALLY FOUND YOUR O'BARR and YOUR PATIENCE AND PERSISTANCE LANDED YOU THIS PERFECT PIECE! ONE OF THE FIRST EVER HEY!? WOW! CONGRATS!!
Crees Tyler
Member Since 2008
Posted on 7/13/2011
Earl Hamilton wrote:
WELL MY FRIEND YOU FINALLY FOUND YOUR O'BARR and YOUR PATIENCE AND PERSISTANCE LANDED YOU THIS PERFECT PIECE! ONE OF THE FIRST EVER HEY!? WOW! CONGRATS!!Thanks a lot Earl for telling me that it was published in a comic book ;) scan updated ! :)
Art lover
Member Since 2006
Posted on 6/10/2011
Very nice! Love that this piece was created before the Crow blew up!
C J
Member Since 2010
Posted on 6/10/2011
Incredible Piece, Beautiful and Haunting.....captures the spirit of The Crow Perfectly. I'd have to agree, one of my favorite comic stories!!! Congrats
Alex B 
Member Since 2008
Posted on 6/10/2011
Absolutely stunning ! And I love its HUGE size !!! Congrats my friend : this is one of the most beautiful Crow art I've ever seen.
Randall Glass
Member Since 2004
Posted on 6/10/2011
sweet splash page. love the logo too. don't see much Crow art surface. congrats!
Vince D.
Member Since 2009
Posted on 6/11/2011
Finalement, tu l'as trouvé !!! et elle est SUPERBE ! Congratulations Crees...
* From The Land Beyond
Member Since 2006
Posted on 7/11/2011
Congrats on such a great O'Barr Crow piece.
Andrew Van Embden
Member Since 2006
Posted on 8/9/2011
This is the BEST piece I have ever seen from James O'Barr, featuring The Crow !!!! And what makes me very happy is to see this piece framed, and hanging on the wall of somebody who has a massive appreciation of what they have, a TRUE grail. Congratulations Crees
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