One of my favorite comic book artists is a man named Vincent Deighan. But most people know him by his pen name, Frank Quitely.
I don’t want to get into a whole Frank Quitely love fest here… because that honestly deserves to be done right, in it’s own post. But I do want to note that today is the release of Frank’s first art book, ‘Graphic Art: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely‘
My copy should be arriving later today, so I can’t as of yet attest to it’s quality. But at 368 pages, how could it NOT be awesome?
To celebrate, here is a really wonderful short film about Frank, and comic artists in general, titled “What Do Artists Do All Day?” It’s not super long, and offers a really insightful look into Frank’s life.
Brilliant!
Huh. The video's not working for me. I love his work, a synthesis of Moebius and Mike Kaluta, who admittedly share sensibilities. Quite frankly, though, I have a couple friends who stubbornly insist on calling him Frank “Quietly”, so that they equally stubbornly miss the play on words. Anyone else run into this?
I am suddenly and absolutely in love with Frank Quitely's work.
Hmmm.. I double checked, and it works for me. Maybe just Google it? It's definitely worth a watch.
I just got my copy, and it's -really- nice! It's obviously only his DC stuff, so it's not a complete retrospective. But it is thick, oversized and printed on nice 100lb gloss text. The book compiles a lot of his short sequential stuff, interspersed with cover galleries.
Great video, and seems like a great series. Looks like I have some hours of watching what artists do all day. I had coincidently picked up that issue of Jupiter's Legacy on the way home from Vermont this weekend, even more psyched to read it now.
Really liked this video. A nice quiet look into a day. Some good shots of working and artwork. Thanks Dan.
Found it on youtube. Thanks. It was really inspiring.
I am not familiar with Quitely's art, I will have to check his work out. The Star Wars battle aftermath piece shown as an example looks superb. But I am wondering what is the deal with the Boy Wonder crotch shot on the cover of his book?
I just ordered the book; can't wait to paw through it!
Reminds me of Geoff Darrow. Wonder if thats an influence. Great video Its been a long time since Electric Soup.
It’s also great to see examples of how to deal with these beliefs. I think it would be helpful to see more examples of this, especially for different types of irrational beliefs.
I think it would be beneficial for me to see examples for how to deal with these types of irrational beliefs.