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Gary Gianni ~ The Shadow: In The Coils Of Leviathan (Part Four) preliminary page

Artist: Gary Gianni (Penciller)

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Gary Gianni ~ The Shadow: In The Coils Of Leviathan (Part Four) preliminary page Comic Art

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Title:	Gary Gianni ~ The Shadow: In The Coils Of Leviathan (Part Four) preliminary page
Artist:	Gary Gianni (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,697
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	9/11/2011
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Description

(Obtained at the Stripbeurs Breda Netherlands, 2011)

There wouldn't be many artists or creators as capable of presenting graphic art as
enticingly and illustratively as Gary Gianni, famous for his MonsterMen, Batman:
Black & White, The Shadow, 20.000 Leagues Under the Sea, as well as being the
current artist on the Prince Valiant Sunday strip, besides doing various book
illustrations, among which Conan and Solomon Kane.

I love how in this preliminary pencil page thé Dark Knight of Crimefighting gets to be
depicted so pluriformly, while a monomaniacal scientist unveils his dark ploys proving
powerless against the Inverness-caped crusader his interrogations, via not only his
baleful stair, but also his mysterious mindpossessing "girasol ring".
This page would make it to the final book almost completely, save for getting split up
into two pages, starting the fourth and final part, with saving the captivating fluency of
the imagery, as this page already depicts.

Like for instance how the scientist with The Shadow's shadow upon him, remains visible
through the hole in the floor or either ceiling, while divulging how an intruder would come
to ransack and wreck his lab, as made visible within the same panel - until a following
panel grants a zoomed look onto the same scientist amid his wrecked lab - for then to
present both the scientist and The Shadow appreciating the patched up lab both as the
invention, initially meant as a tool of peace, although governments would only pay for it
as being a weapon, fueled on precious stones, leaving the genius to be needing the
money as much as the next guy...

[ Dimensions: 17" x 13.5" or 43 x 34 cm ]

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Guido de Bue
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/12/2011

That is a lot of text you produce for this piece.
You clearly like it.

Keez Lagerweij
Member Since 2008

Posted on 9/12/2011

Hahaha, I do. Just look at it 'though. Or maybe I'm one wordy mother. You should hear me on tasty taters...

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