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Sugar and Spike #100 Cover featuring G-Man and Friends by Chris Giarrusso

Artist: Chris Giarrusso (All)

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Sugar and Spike #100 Cover featuring G-Man and Friends by Chris Giarrusso Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Sugar and Spike #100 Cover featuring G-Man and Friends by Chris Giarrusso
Artist:	Chris Giarrusso (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,560
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	12/25/2018
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Description

Chris Giarusso's G-Man is a web and graphic novel comic strip featuring a young cartoonist who has fashioned a cape from magical material. His cape gives him a variety of powers. I've admired Chris' work on G-Man for some time and I really like it. He seemed like a natural for the sketchbook.

When I saw him at Heroescon 2018, I had him add a drawing to the sketchbook. I gave him the reference material for a wide selection of Mayer characters and let him pick the image and the characters. Chris chose S&S and he nailed it. Click the image to see a bigger picture:

As is most common on my commissions, I added Chris and an S&S 100 cover idea to a list that I keep for my wife as a source of gift ideas. This Christmas, Kathy arranged a tribute cover for Sugar and Spike #100 with Chris and Chris again crushed it.

The story is a crossover where our troublesome toddlers manage to get G-Man's magic cape and run away with it. G-Man and his friends are in hot pursuit. The idea is 100% his. I only suggested involving G-Man and his friends.

Chris has a real feel for S&S and even recognized that that their dialog is not understood by adults and is represented by a dialog bubble that differs from the one that adults use.

Thanks to both Kathy and Chris for the wonderful cover.

So, who are Chris' characters on the piece?

Left to right:

Of course, that's Cecil "Spike" Wilson being carried away by Sugar Plumm.

I should also mention that Chris' G-Man books are widely available from Amazon:

You can reach Chris through the Contact link on his website.

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Aidan (Re-Legion ) Lacy
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/27/2018

You caught the bug !!! Welcome to Commission Cover Corner

Bill Lait
Member Since 2009

Posted on 6/10/2019

I love Chris’ work and this is no exception. He really nailed it! What a great gift!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 8/24/2020

Wonderful commission! Beautifully draswn!

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