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early KABUKI origin concept art (1993) by David Mack - 1 year prior to her 1st appearance first in Fear the Reaper (1994)

Artist: David Mack (Painter)

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early KABUKI origin concept art (1993) by David Mack - 1 year prior to her 1st appearance first in Fear the Reaper (1994) Comic Art

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"A" grade

Kabuki Dance of Death cover

Kabuki character

Davids message insights

David's insights message

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Artwork Details

Title:	early KABUKI origin concept art (1993) by David Mack - 1 year prior to her 1st appearance first in Fear the Reaper (1994)
Artist:	David Mack (Painter)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	Sorry, Not For Sale...check my other FOR SALE folders for pages to buy
Views:	733
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	1/5/2022
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Description

Checkout this cool early drawing of a "Kabuki" universe character.

David drew this when he was a 19 year old for a class art assignment. His teacher gave him an "A" for this (see 1st additional posted image of the back of this page).

David shared insights with me via Facebook message. (see posted images)
He said he wasn't sure if it was Kabuki specifically, but he did see her origin in the mask he drew on this page.

You can see the similarities on this early concept art to the Kabuki character:
*White mask with Red Dot, red lips, and curvy flowing markings
*Ballerina-type pose with twirling spiral aspects
*Short cropped hair
*long forearm gloves
*short tight costume

Compare this art to the cover to Kabuki Dance of Death (2nd additional image posted)

David also confirmed he drew this back in 1993...one year prior to Kabuki's 1st appearance in Fear the Reaper (1994).

I was fortunate to meet David on several occasions when he came to Hawaii cons...and this art piece is a great connector between us. He is a great artist and a great guy.

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James Dornoff
Member Since 2019

Posted on 1/5/2022

Great piece for sure, nice to see the history. We've had great interactions with him at multiple cons. And got a fun piece where we see a bunch of his layouts that were used for his COVER series, for an ALITA piece he made. Mainly got it for the history seen on the back. Great seeing his early stuff and commentary. Congrats!

naqam washington
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/6/2022

gorg!!!!!!!!! so good!!!

Harry M
Member Since 2006

Posted on 1/6/2022

Sweet, I would have given him an A+ as well unless there was some higher grade available. Congrats.

Timothy Guerrero
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/6/2022

nice get! have you seen my early Kabuki cover I published some days ago?

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