Stunning composition; quite simple, not a ton of detail, but what is there is so well planned and executed. The stark, heavy chunks of ink that are ONLY on the figure/logo, contrasted with the worm's eye light source and light-only surrounding, gives the central figure so much weight. 'Rider looks so solid and heavy, determined and invincible... and menacing. Really nice piece.

Nicely done -- you 'got' the same feeling I got when I did my rough, which is what led me to tightening it up and inking into a pinup. Thumbs up for you.

I don't know how it is nowadays; back then, Marvel provided all blank pages for us creators to draw on. And they had a few different kinds: regular pages for interior pages, differently-lined pages for cover art, and these blue-lined crosshatch pages for adding light and dark tones.

Back then all pages were made for Marvel through contract by Strathmore paper. Strathmore created a paper recipe specifically for Marvel and were not allowed to use that paper recipe to sell to any other companies. Even to this day it's the best paper I've ever used for pen and ink drawing. Whether using pen, brush, nibs, it holds ink with a more perfect line than any other board I've tried.

The blank pages they sell in comic stores is different than this paper they give to creators. The store-bought paper was far inferior the last time I tried it. I haven't bought any in recent years, maybe they've upgraded it?

Thought I'd leave a tidbit here: Nathan actually contacted me many years ago (2017) about this piece. At that time I had no idea where it was, so assumed it was a piece I'd already sold, given away, or burned. Ha.

Then in 2022 my mother passed away; while going through some of her things months later, I found a small stash of my comic pages that she'd kept. I did not know she had any of my pages! This one was in that bunch.

So glad that, even though it was years later and through a convoluted path, it finally ended up in the hands of Nathan, a passionate and very discerning collector.

Superb picture; dynamic figure, sparse and pleasant inks, but my fave is the color work; love those color washes and highlights. Beautiful addition to your Warlord vault.