Bully for you, chilly for me

What you want is in my David Bowie sketchbook!

A big reason I wanted to go to Comic-Con International in San Diego this year was solely for the Bowie sketchbook. While I’d hoped to get some superhero artists in the book for the first time, a combination of work duties keeping me away from their official signings and the fact that most of them charge an arm and a leg and have months-long wait-lists for commissions put the kibosh on that. But I did manage to round up a small but elite squad of altcomix luminaries to put their stamp on the wild-eyed boy from Freecloud. Let’s see how they did, shall we?

david bowie by mark todd

Mark Todd: Pirate Bowie makes a comeback! Whoever’s in charge of marketing Bowie’s iconography, please pay attention to how many hip young artists gravitate to this one-off look.

david bowie by jaime hernandez

Jaime Hernandez: Ah yes, the one you’ve been waiting for.

david bowie by mario hernandez

Mario Hernandez: All three cartooning Hernandez Brothers are in my book! I’ll tell you this–from my position on the opposite side of the table, looking at this upside-down, it was really, really difficult to figure out what Mario was drawing until he finally flipped it over to draw the head.

david bowie by johnny ryan

Johnny Ryan: Lesser men of my acquaintance have been too timid to approach Johnny for their sketchbooks, given his usual MO. Look what you’re missing, wimps!

david bowie by jim woodring

Jim Woodring: Another freaking giant of comics, another relentless self-deprecator. Man, you created Frank and your Bowie looks just fine. Go easy on yourself.

david bowie by jordan crane

Jordan Crane: One of my oldest acquaintances in comics and the guy directly responsible in many ways for my involvement in them, Jordan represented two firsts for the sketchbook: He was the first to draw Bowie’s pre-stardom Mod look, and the first to shit-talk other sketches. Which ones? That’s a secret I’ll take to my grave.

Previous David Bowie Sketchbook showcases:

MoCCA 2007

SPX 2007

MoCCA 2008

To see the whole shebang as a Flickr set, click here.

5 Responses to Bully for you, chilly for me

  1. jim d. says:

    Xaime’s Bowie = Doyle

  2. Very much so, less the stubble and the shit-eating grin.

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