Back in the 1980s, San Diego publisher Blackthorne produced ten issues of Nervous Rex by Disney artist William Van Horn. Earlier this year, Drew Ford announced plans to publish a Nervous Rex collection through his company It's Alive. Along with that collection were three unpublished covers, which Drew asked local artist Barbara Marker to color.
Due to the way comics were made back then, Barbara used to work with dye-based markers. It was a complicated, multi-step process, and not comparable to the markers today's artists buy in your local art store and use to create artwork for sale.
Due to advances in the field, Barbara was able to utilize her first love of watercolor to color Van Horn's art this time around.
I'm not exactly clear on whether these unpublished covers will be accompanied by unpublished issues, or if Drew will simply include the covers in his upcoming collection. When I learn more, I'll let you know.
Barbara Marker routinely shares her work with her followers on Facebook. She does book covers, trading cards, original art, and yes, the occasional new comic. If you'd like to check her out, or follow her, just search Barbara Marker Artist, and you can see more of what she does.
Dragon Dave
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