ComicTWART Bootleg: Black Beetle

Feb

2010

ComicTWART Bootleg: Black Beetle

Okay this one comes with a bit of a story and a few links. Firstly, the character here is The Black Beetle, which is a webcomic by the fantastically talented Francesco Francavilla. If you don't know Faranchesco, he has worked on Zorro, Scalped, The Black Coat and more. You can check out his blog at http://pulpsunday.blogspot.com/

As far the reason I did this peice is because of a great blog called Comic Twart that Francheco is a part of. Comic Twart is a collection of amazingly talented artists that each week pick a character or theme to all draw inspiration from. Then they post their work on the blog for everyone to enjoy. These guys are amazing and I highly reccomend you check them out at http://comictwart.blogspot.com.

This week happened to be Francesco's pick, and he chose his own character The Black Beetle. I decided to challenge myself by seeing if I could keep up with the Comic Twart guys. So I decided to start with this week's choice and here you go.

Let me make one thing abundantly clear. I am not a member of Comic Twart. I am in no way, even remotely close to, the same level of talent as this group of awesome artists. These guys are all professionals and I am not in their league. I know this and can freely admit it, but I figured I would bootleg their idea and keep myself motivated.