Akira ( Epic comics)

Artists: Katsuhiro Otomo (Penciller) , Katsuhiro Otomo (Inker) , Steve Oliff (Painter)

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Artwork Details

Title:	Akira ( Epic comics)
Artist:	Katsuhiro Otomo (Penciller)
Artist:	Katsuhiro Otomo (Inker)
Artist:	Steve Oliff (Painter)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	9,413
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	10/23/2007
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Description

This is an airbrushed page from Akira. Painted by Steve Oliff on xeroxes of Otomo's art. The Epic reprints of Akira had some of the most vibrant colour schemes ever seen in American comics at that time. ( Lynn Varley's colours on Ronin might be the only ones that could match up to them).

I bought this from Steve personally at Super-con 2007. I was one of the first to reach his table, and nearly crapped my pants seeing the stack of Akira pages by him. I must have pored through about 30-odd pages before I saw this one, and immediately took it out. Because I was tremendously short of money, this was the only one I got, and Steve, while autographing it, said "that's one of my favourites." I thought he was saying that just for the heck of it.

The next day, I was hanging around near his table again, and there was a bigger crowd near him. Steve saw me, and told the people around him, "That guy got a good one." Then he said he wanted to see the piece once again for the last time. :-)

I hung around with Steve for some more time, and he talked to me about Tony Salmons art, apparently he was a big fan of Salmons and was looking around for the Marvel Fanfare that had the only DD story that Tony did.

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P. Portillo
Member Since 2006

Posted on 10/23/2007

AAAARGH! I want one like this!

Timothy Finney
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/12/2007

I second that emotion.

Joseph Normoyle
Member Since 2005

Posted on 11/30/2007

OK, I'm jealous!

* From The Land Beyond
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/8/2008

Now that's a bad ass colored page! AAAKKKIIIRRRAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kristof Spaey
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/31/2014

Lovely!

Frederic Lorge
Member Since 2007

Posted on 3/7/2021

Fantastic sequence.

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