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Swamp Thing- Atmospheric Bar Scene

Artist: Mike Perkins (All)

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Swamp Thing- Atmospheric Bar Scene Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Swamp Thing- Atmospheric Bar Scene
Artist:	Mike Perkins (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	209
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	5/20/2021
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Description

I have a growing collection of atmospheric inked artwork by Mike Perkins. I keep coming back to his art because it is some of the best sequential storytelling in the business. A few panels of pouring a glass of whisky establishes more than any dialogue could.

If you like this page, I'd recommend checking out the two Lois Lane pages I have mounted side-by-side in my gallery.

From Issue 2 of the 2021 Swamp Thing. Purchased directly from Mike Perkins' representative, Rub�n at ComicBookArtGallery (Check out his shop if you haven't already. He's outstanding).

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	Patrick O.
Joined:	April 2020
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	SINGAPORE
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

2 - Posted on 5/20/2021

What a nice setting setter of a page. The exterior transition to the interior close ups in the panels and then a pull back to a large interior from a high vantage point.

Patrick O.
Member Since 2020

2 - Posted on 5/24/2021

Marcus Wai wrote:

What a nice setting setter of a page. �The exterior transition to the interior close ups in the panels and then a pull back to a large interior from a high vantage point.

Yes! Thank you for leaving a comment. The sequence and angles, especially the high vantage point in the last panel, can be found in Alfred Hitchcock's artistic language and I love seeing them in ink. There are a lot of little gestures in this that amaze me as well such as the weight of the flow of whisky striking the side of the glass, the strain of the facial muscles when drinking from the glass and the minimal brush strokes that clearly convey the sports game on the television.

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 5/21/2021

Yes, as Marcus says, the camera movement is really splendid! It's great to see some collectors find appreciation in the beauty of "quiet" pages like thi one, which contain no costumed heroes at all. That's art for art's sake! Really enjoy seeing the presentation, too. Thanks for the kind words, Patrick, always a pleasure.

Patrick O.
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 5/24/2021

Ruben DaCollector wrote:

Hello Rubén, Thanks for dropping by. The way that I see it, I have to go through 1000 pages of costumed heroes to find a page like this. It is the same as when I was a kid and I used to sift through the stacks of comics and magazines at a used book store looking for treasure. I've been lucky to find treasure twice because of you and Mike Perkins (this Swamp Thing page and the noir Lois Lane pages). Cheers!

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