Since finishing the latest Steamroller Man chapter, I've been going back to some of my earliest pages and overhauling them - "re-mastering" if you will - in preparation for print. The first one I tackled was the cover to the previous chapter. For the new version, I referenced the exact dimensions and measurements of the classic 1970s Marvel cover treatment. I replaced the downloaded title font with a logo of my own design and rearranged the lettering and word balloons so that it conveys the same information but (hopefully) has more visual impact. Three years experience of drawing these characters really shows - the 2018 cover was actually the first time I had really drawn Sugar Daddy and Tough Cookie, the Gingerbread Golem.
You'll notice that the issue numbers are different on each one. The reason behind this is somewhat complicated, but people keep asking about it, so I'll explain:
I started the comic with a 12-page, self-contained story which I numbered "issue one" when I first posted it online. The next chapter was 38 pages long, and the first part of what will end up being a four-part story. While I called it "issue two" at the time, it seems like a much better choice to be the official "Issue One" in print. So the 12-part story has been renamed, and will go to print as the "Ashcan Zine Edition". I hope that wasn't too confusing!
Beautiful work. I was recently advised not to revise old art work, but after seeing this I'm reconsidering the merits.
Thanks, I'm glad to you like the new artwork. I always told myself "don't go backwards" and was initially against redrawing any of my older pages, but looking at the whole story and thinking about printing physical copies made me reconsider. I'm not going to do a complete redraw of the whole chapter. My plan is to re-draw the first 3 or 4 pages, and then do few minor touch-ups in isolated spots here and there.