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The Swamp Thing #6, pg. 2-3

Location: The Swamp Thing #6
Artists: Mike Perkins (All) ,  Ram V (Writer)

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Location: The Swamp Thing #6
Title: The Swamp Thing #6, pg. 2-3*
Artist:  Mike Perkins (All) ,  Ram V (Writer)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Double Page Spread
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 439
Likes on CAF: 6
Comments: 16
Added to Site: 8/31/2021

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I'm so, so sad that looking at the scan is NOWHERE near as amazing and spectacular as this piece is in real life. It is just exquisite. A successor to the Wrightson ethos and legacy. There - I said it. Mike Perkins has gone to town on this DPS. The eyeball will immediately gross you out - it's so fucking good. It's raining, and you know in your bones that it’s bad news. A person's sinews and viscera are being stretched into a new form. Outstanding.

Thanks to Mike and Rubén da!

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James S Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 8/31/2021

Damn!

Samuel M. Rojas Member Since 2011
1    
Posted On 8/31/2021

Absolutely wild!

Kavi H Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 8/31/2021

epic.

Tyler T Member Since 2020
1    
Posted On 8/31/2021

Wow, this is fantastic

Kelley M Member Since 2018
1    
Posted On 8/31/2021

Eye candy, mind candy x 32!

Ruben DaCollector Member Since 2008
2    
Posted On 8/31/2021

I love how the top half of the dps is composed of 16 panels, each an individual image, while the bottom half is also composed of 16 panels yet they combine to hold a single image of Levi, who is "going through some things". The way in which Perkins illustrated Levi's struggle makes it so the reader can almost feel his excruciating pain. As you mentioned, Mikail, the textures make that eyeball panel look spectacular, with a real three dimensional quality!

West Stephan Member Since 2007
1    
Posted On 8/31/2021

Visual storytelling, in it's infancy!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
1    
Posted On 9/1/2021

Reminds me of Frank in Hellraiser coming back to life.  It is also pointing back to "Anatomy Lesson" as to reason the Swamp Thing is taking this human form.  

Reba Jacobs Member Since 2017
1    
Posted On 9/2/2021

Oooooh, lovely!

J H Member Since 2019
1    
Posted On 9/3/2021

Perkins just gets Swamp Thing. He's the perfect artist for the title, as evinced by amazing spreads like this. The progression is perfect, and slightly nightmarish, which is 100% the imagery you want to see with Swampy. Great pick up. Congrats!

artless artmore Member Since 2013
2    
Posted On 9/10/2021

Absolutely amazing DPS!  Even without any preknowlege of earlier Swamp Thing series or Wrightson etc., this would be a standout image, but you are so right about this carrying on the legacy in great style.  A worthy successor!  Love the textures, emotion, and design.  Perkins obviously put a lot of thought into the overall layout as well as every detail in each of the window panes in this piece.  Don't know if it was intended, but I see an expressionistic face of ST in the pattern of light and dark on the right half of the DSP, with the two eyeballs at the top and lettering forming part of his teeth.

M L Member Since 2015
Posted On 9/10/2021

artless artmore wrote:
"  Absolutely amazing DPS!  Even without any preknowlege of earlier Swamp Thing series or Wrightson etc., this would be a standout image, but you are so right about this carrying on the legacy in great style.  A worthy successor!  Love the textures, emotion, and design.  Perkins obviously put a lot of thought into the overall layout as well as every detail in each of the window panes in this piece.  Don't know if it was intended, but I see an expressionistic face of ST in the pattern of light and dark on the right half of the DSP, with the two eyeballs at the top and lettering forming part of his teeth.
 "

You see what the green wants you to see! Thanks for the kind words. 

K Gearon Member Since 2011
1    
Posted On 9/10/2021

Man, you're probably still poring over this!  So much gruesome intricacy throughout.  Congrats, man!

1    
Posted On 9/10/2021

Mike has leveled up in a big way! 

M L Member Since 2015
1    
Posted On 9/10/2021

Kirk Dilbeck (3-Wishes and Patron-of-art) wrote:
"  Mike has leveled up in a big way! 
 "

I keep shouting this very thing at people. 

smoky man Member Since 2010
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Posted On 2/24/2024

Eye-popping! <3

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