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fallopiancrusader
16th May 2018, 1:56 PM
These pages started out as a concept pitch that I had intended to show to publishers, but I never got around to that. According to my research, working with an established publisher has become somewhat of an obsolete business model these days. So, I am now developing "Tusk" into a standalone product for self-publication. It would be great to get some public reactions to the art and I.P. Let me know what you think.
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fallopiancrusader
9th Dec 2019, 9:13 PM
I am definitely making a Herculean effort to rip off Frazetta as frequently as possible! XD XD
Love this
r-o-o-t-w-o-o-d
28th Mar 2020, 6:31 AM
Hey I discovered your comic through the recommendation gizmo at the bottom of my comic page - I am so glad I did!
Mrremoraman
30th Apr 2020, 10:27 AM
Dang, that there is some GREAT cover art! Reminds me of the Conan books and COnan and Red Sonya comics from the 80s and 90s. Really excellent work!
fallopiancrusader
30th Apr 2020, 11:35 AM
Thanks! This comic is partially a spoof of those swords and sorcery novels/comics from the 70s
Mrremoraman
30th Apr 2020, 12:41 PM
I love the golden age of fantasy novels, which was from the 70s-early 90s! The covers back then couldn't be beat!
fallopiancrusader
30th Apr 2020, 3:28 PM
Yeah, many of those covers were great! Many of the underground comics of that era were amazing, too. I generally didn't like the subject matter or the stories, but I loved the artistic techniques they used.
DMC_Run
18th Jun 2020, 2:42 PM
Just discovered this comic, & just finished reading it thru to [2020/06/15].
If Frank Frazetta & Richard Corben had a "Love-Child", do you think she would be as pretty as Khthonis?
I daresay that at the very least, she'd be every bit as dangerous.
:)
fallopiancrusader
18th Jun 2020, 3:44 PM
Yes, this comic was intended as a rip-off of homage to those two titans of cheesy 70s pulp novel covers!
fallopiancrusader
2nd Jul 2020, 12:40 PM
If you are thinking that the cover is a spoof on "Liberty leading the people" by Eugene Delacroix, then you thought correctly!
fallopiancrusader
6th Jan 2022, 10:43 AM
Thanks! this cover was definitely intended as a spoof of the Frazetta "look"
Myk Streja
18th Feb 2022, 1:26 PM
I've been here before, but this time I'll say how much I love this image. Frazetta was my hero as a teen. I always thought he'd had the models for his work in the studio with him, and well... Like I said, teenage me. I gotta say, as vicious as Tusk looks here, she's kinda sexy, you know? Keep up the tradition, it's your turn to carry this torch.
fallopiancrusader
1st Mar 2022, 11:37 AM
From what I have researched, it seems most of Frazetta's figures were drawn from memory. He just had an incredible natural visual memory. In my opinion, his principles of visual storytelling were the most powerful components of his paintings. It's those principles that I attempt to emulate. And yes, I always want Khthonis to be somewhere right in-between sexy and scary! lol
ElisaMelis
27th Feb 2022, 10:50 AM
I was reading your description here, and understand your point of view. When I starded reading your comic I thought you must be a professional artist working for publishers with some other project, the quality of your artworks is stunning. With publishers in my country we have a similar problem, which means that you can hope to get noticed and published if you have a big following on facebook already, if not, you can be good as you want, they won't risk it, and many times even if you get published you won't have lots of support (promoting) or retribution. Anyway, great work with your comic, I like your style and your use of colors, I will comment more on the story as soon as I read everything!
fallopiancrusader
1st Mar 2022, 11:32 AM
Yes, many indie publishers that I have researched require the artist to bring their own existing social media following to the table, and they require the artist to run their own crowdfunding campaign if they want their work printed. Which leads to the inevitable question: what do we artists need a publisher for at all? I prefer to self-publish and rely on my own marketing and direct sales for visibility.
Donjonneau
4th Aug 2023, 10:25 PM
The cover drawings of Conan’s Adventures books are reminiscent of this cover page. Badass and brutal. Plus sexier for the greater great of mankind.
fallopiancrusader
5th Aug 2023, 11:17 AM
The comic is definitely intended as a parody of those cheesy swords-and-sorcery novels from the 70s, so I figured it needed an appropriate cover!
...(RockB)
16th May 2018, 2:17 PM
Looks promising!
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