Swords Of The Swashbucklers #9 Pg. 18
Artists: Colleen Doran (Penciller) , Ricardo Villamonte (Inker) , Gaspar Saladino (Letterer) , Bill Mantlo (Writer)
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DescriptionSwords Of The Swashbucklers #9 Pg. 18Pencils by Colleen Doran Inks by Ricardo Villamonte Written by Bill Mantlo Lettered by Gaspar Saladino Apparently a few days ago (Thursday, Sept 19, 2024) was International Talk Like A Pirate Day, whatever that is! I felt like this was a good page to post for that day, but then got busy and never got around to it. Better late than never. As a long-time contributor/supporter to Colleen Doran's Patreon community, occasionally she will send me a care package of merch, books, prints, and sometimes even original art from projects she has done. This page came from one of those packages. I've always enjoyed pirate stories in fiction, mainly in the form of novels and/or tv shows & movies. Huge fan of the TV series "Black Sails", which is loosely based on and acts as a prequel to the novel "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson (also one of my favorites). "Swords of the Swashbucklers" was a 12 issue maxi-series originally released in the mid 80s (1985/1986) on the Epic Comics imprint for Marvel. Written by Bill Mantlo, with covers and art by Jackson Guice, Geof Isherwood, and Colleen Doran (she did issues 9 and 11). This followed it's original premiere in Marvel Graphic Novel #14 (1984, Mantlo and Guice). And thanks to Dynamite/Nicky B the entire 12 issue run was collected and reprinted in 2017/2018, without which I would not have been able to track down the published/colored example. They also published a sequel series called "Swashbucklers: The Saga Continues". Swords of the Swashbucklers is set in an alternate dimension to Earth within the Marvel Comics Multiverse (Earth-21394) in which the inhabitants resemble Earth's pirates of old. This page has a lot of cool pirate elements on 1 page - buried treasure being pulled up from the depths and brought on board the ship, a look at the jewels and gold coins within, plenty of "talkin' like a pirate" in the dialogue, and some gun play and dagger play before the page wraps up! Certainly not something I likely would have sought out to collect on my own, but a nice surprise in a previous package from Colleen which I always appreciate getting. Yarrrr Matey!!?? Social/Sharing |
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J. Lim 
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 9/21/2024
lol I've never heard of "Intenational Talk like a pirate day" but "Shiver me timbers! That's a mighty good looking piece of art ya have there matey!"
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 9/21/2024
Swords of Swashbucklers
The 21st night of September
Love was changin' the minds with the treasure
While chasin' Villamonte
The art was bringin'
The Colleen that our souls were Doran
As we danced in her lines, with daggers
How the artwork has might Ms. Drake, oh, yeah
Hey, hey, hey
Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember?
Ba-dee-ya, dancin' with Swashbucklers
Ba-dee-ya, never can contest the claim
Ba-du-da, ba-du-da, ba-du-da, ba-du
Ba-du-da, ba-du, ba-du-da, ba-du
Ba-du-da, ba-du, ba-du-da
Jordan Joanou
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 9/21/2024
Ask anyone..."What's a Pirates favorite letter?" They all respond "Rrrrrr".
You say "Nope......it's the Sea!!!!"
Mark V
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 9/22/2024
Doran was only in her early 20s when she started working in the industry but you'd never know it by looking at her early work like this and A Distant Soil. She's arguably producing her finest work now but the foundation was there from the beginning.
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 9/22/2024
Can't get more pirate-y then those treasure chests :) Nice throwback page, Kavi, congrats!
Ian Saint
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 9/22/2024
Arrr! That's a mighty fine piece ye got dere! Treasure! Me love treasure!
Rick W
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 9/23/2024
Kenny Loggins should have cut Footloose in that last panel ;)
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 9/24/2024
It seems that every time Colleen sends you a care package, I learn a bit about the many projects I had no clue that she worked on. In this case that's very cool because I've only ever associated Swords of the Swashbucklers with Butch Guice!
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