"52 by 1" - Deathstroke

Deathstroke © DC Entertainment

By Corey Breen

Pencil & Markers

Deathstroke © DC Entertainment

By Corey Breen

Pencil & Markers

Deathstroke © DC Entertainment

By Corey Breen

Pencil & Markers

I really love this piece, if I do say so myself.  When I got to this one, I really wanted to do something KICK A$$!  I wanted to draw something really, really cool.  I also wanted to do something different then all the other covers so far.  I wanted to draw a shot I haven't really EVER done before.  Then it just popped into my head, and the sketch became exactly what I wanted it to be, the finished piece even more so.

I really LOVE Deathstroke as a character ever since I saw those beautiful Mike Zeck covers back in the 90's.  Something very Snake-Eyes and Batman about him, but just a cold blooded assassin instead.  I also really just like comic book characters who have some kind of disability.  Batman has no super powers, Snake-Eyes is speech-less, Aquaman had no hand (for awhile), Daredevil and Deathstroke have blindness.  Just great characters.

If anything, Deathstroke is just an awesomely designed character, and I had a great time with this design too.  I HIGHLY recommend the first TPB from the New 52 Deathstroke, Pre-Liefeld.  It was a balls-to-the-wall shoot 'em up and I really, REALLY wish we kept that creative team.  I really wish it caught on with readers, but alas, it didn't.  Pick up the trade though and you'll see that you and everyone missed out on an AWESOME book that was was really fun, really dark and twisted, and above all else, fantastically drawn.

Hope you dig this cover too.  Next up is cover #22 of "52 by 1", Voodoo!  Another New 52 book that unfairly got the shaft when it was actually a really cool book.  Another book that was just all out action and adventure.  Guess that is just NOT appreciated these days.  I guess comic fans really do just want talking heads.  To me, that is just boring.  A couple of books with all talking heads is ok, that's fine, but give me books like Deathstroke and Voodoo any day.  Too bad.

It's like AMC's The Killing show.  They always cancel the BEST books and shows, yet keep the crap.  Can't believe Real House Wives of Jersey is still going yet they cancel a show like The Killing.  Makes me so mad!  I just don't get it.  Yet, The Killing was a talking heads show, so go figure, I guess I have no idea what I'm talking about, hah ha.

End Rant.

LoL

CjB