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Ghost #4 - unpublished cover

Owner: Mark Yanko
Artists: Matt Haley (Penciller) , Tom Simmons (Inker)

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Here's the published cover, for comparison.

This prelim is another false start. It appears on the back of the art.

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Title:	Ghost #4 - unpublished cover
Artist:	Matt Haley (Penciller)
Artist:	Tom Simmons (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
Views:	283
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Added to Site:	8/25/2021

Description

I used to have a major thing for Dark Horse's "Ghostess With The Mostest" (but only in her original incarnation). This isn't the published cover by Matt Haley that appeared on Ghost #4, but it's pretty good. Matt told me it's an earlier, self-rejected stab at this composition. The published version is superior, but I still like this first take a lot.

I've wanted a representative Ghost page by Matt, and consider him, Adam Hughes, and Terry Dodson the best of the legion of pencillers who've tackled the book. I've always regarded AH! as the definitive Ghost illustrator, largely on the strength of his inspired Nouveau motifs, which contrasted so coolly with the weirdness of the concept.

Adam and Matt seem pretty much neck and neck in quality with hindsight, though. Each effectively captured the violence and visual beauty of this unique character conception.

Matt's forte as an artist on Ghost was his staging, and the way he visualized her for maximum impact, flowing and formidable. Matt made Elisa Cameron spooky and indomitable.

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	Mark Yanko
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Last Login:	September 2025
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