Richmond Lewis Original Artwork

This is the HAND-PAINTED COLOR ART from IRONWOLF: FIRES OF THE REVOLUTION,
drawn by MIKE MIGNOLA and P. CRAIG RUSSELL. The book was colored by RICHMOND
LEWIS, the colorist of BATMAN: YEAR ONE and other comics. It was published in
hardcover by DC Comics in 1992.

These pages were colored in the "blue-line" process, developed for fully
painted color in the 1980s and 1990s before computers became more widely utilized.
In this process, the black-and-white inkline drawing (by Mignola and Russell)
was reproduced on a sheet of clear acetate; the same drawing was also
reproduced in light blue ink on a sheet of drawing paper. The colorist, using the
printed blue lines as a guide, was free to color the drawing using any media
(transparent or opaque), because the clear acetate could be dropped over the color
in order to see what the final, printed version would look like. (In the
printing process, the color art was photographed for the color printing plates,
while the inkline art was photographed separately for the black printing plate
only, which kept the black line crisp.)

Each piece includes the HAND-COLORED BLUE-LINE PAGE plus the ACETATE OVERLAY
of the inkline drawing, with registration marks printed on both so they can be
lined up accurately. This is NOT a color guide; this is the actual color
artwork that was photographed for reproduction. This page is much larger than the
printed book, and the color is rich and subtle.

Each page measures 17" x 12"
Each art area is about 14" x 9"

PAINTED BLUE_LINE WORK
LINE WORK by Mike Mignola & P. Craig Russell (their linework is reproduced here)

page # 11	$ 85.00		page # 66	$ 90.00
page # 27	$ 180.00		page # 85	$ 75.00
page # 32	$ 85.00		page # 89	$ 115.00
page # 57	$ 100.00	$ 135.00	page # 95	$ 100.00

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