Lazarus Planet: Alpha (2023) page 6: Coming in hot

I love pencils so finished that they can go straight to coloring. Or just stay black and white! And grey, more to the point. I was awed by the stacks and stacks of high-quality material that Federici brought to Lake Como Comic Art Festival.

This Mark Waid story was part of the "Dawn of DC" era. It finds Batman wounded, and Robin (Damian Wayne) bringing his aircraft to a crashing halt to warn the heroes about the latest threat to the world -- namely, King Fire Bull and his volcano on Lazarus Island. In good George Perez fashion, every person in the group shot has a distinct pose. Federici uses a variety of techniques to render texture, including shading, cross-hatching, and smudging.