The art of paul gulacy is the latest outstanding title from vanguard productions. Legends of the dark knight comic books anthony vukojevich presents the best comic book panels. The bristol board a virtual gallery celebrating the greatness of the comics medium, past and present. If it was a list of comic artists, id probably go with one of many comic strip artists, before id pick a comic book artist. Among those who fell under his sway and understood the reasons behind it are paul gulacy and jim starlin. Paul gulacy for more info visit the official website. He is most associated with the 1970s martialarts and espionage series, marvels master of kung fu. Paul gulacy is best known for reenergizing quentin tarantinos favorite comic book, master of kung fu, along with writer doug moench.
Master of kung fu sabre six from sirius nightmares. The book was fortunate to have writer doug moench best known for his run on batman and artists of an extraordinarily high caliber. Born 1953 paul gulacy is activelives in oregon, ohio. Gulacy s returning to a marvel title that began as an attempt to cash in on the kung fu craze of the 70s and turned it into a comic book phenomena under his pen master of kung fu.
Paul gulacy is an american artist who has worked on a host of comic book projects for several different publishers. Gulacys returning to a marvel title that began as an attempt to cash in on the kung fu craze of the 70s and turned it into a comic book phenomena under his pen master of kung fu. Number one, it beat working in a steel mill in my hometown. He made his initial mark on the art world while at marvel comics during the kung fu craze of the 1970s with master of. Paul gulacy is like a rock and roll star both off the page and in real life. Working in collaboration with writers like doug moench, paul gulacy produced work on books like shangchi, master of kung fu, james bond 007, six from sirius and batman. His wiry, angular figures have been as much a hallmark as. These pictures are trademarked or tm and ed 2004 by paul gulacy. A master of comics art artist paul gulacy and his early days at marvel conducted by jon b. Hakes spiderman 2 comic book artist portfolio original.
He drew blackandwhite comic stories for the warren magazines. Gulacy was the artist of one of the first us graphic novels, sabre. The great masters of comic book reveals its secrets. In my not so humble opinion posted on january 27, 2016 january 27, 2016 categories comic books, science fiction tags comic books, dark horse, h. Paul gulacy comic art community gallery of comic art. His first work for dc comics was in 1986 in the title batman. You can always find pauls original art for sale on rogers web site click. Mile high comics caught up with the artist as he was still forming his ideas for bringing shang chi back with the help of his longtime collaborator, writer doug.
Created by writer don mcgregor and artist paul gulacy, it was published by eclipse enterprises, whose eventual division eclipse comics would publish a spinoff comicbook series. Paul gulacy is an internationally acclaimed comic book artist with over forty years in the field. A descriptive listing and ranking of the 100 greatest american comic book artists of all time. Craig russell and paul gulacy, i thought it might be cool to include interviews with val mayerik another adkins alumni and hopefully big dan himself, and make a adkins. Working in collaboration with writers like doug moench, paul gulacy produced work on books like shangchi, master of. Paul gulacy born august 15, 1953 is an american comics artist best known for his work for dc comics and marvel comics, and for drawing one of the first graphic novels, eclipse enterprises 1978 sabre. Also, working in pencil is the most fundamental way of doing artwork. Created by writer don mcgregor and artist paul gulacy, it was published by eclipse enterprises, whose eventual division eclipse comics would publish a spinoff comic book series. We agreed and again, paul with colors by jesus merino hit it out of the park.
Its an archaic tool that is as old as the beard of moses. Mar 04, 2017 jeff vaughn of the overstreet guide to comic book prices suggested captain action, as rendered by paul, might make a cool cover to help celebrate the books 45th anniversary. Thanks to roger clark for providing many of the scans of pauls original art. Headlining this potpourri special is the art of arthur adams, featuring an indepth interview, tons of rarely seen stuff, and a complete checklist of the monkeyman artist s work. He began his career in 1974 working for marvel comics in the title fear. Best picture for comic book decorations for your taste you are looking for something, and it is going to tell you exactly what you are looking for, and you didnt find that picture.
Paul gulacy is best known for his work on marvels 1970s title master of. Ive been reading comic books since the mid1970s when my 4th grade best friend mike cranford loaned me a copy of marvel triple action more on that story. Gulacy and moench innovative visual storytelling in master. The book covers gulacys mercurial career starting with his getting assigned to master of kung fu at the age of twenty, along with writer doug moench. Paul gulacy artist, fine art prices, auction records for. Original and final cover art by paul gulacy from black diamond.
It was one of the first modern graphic novels and the first to be distributed in comic book shops. Slow fade of an endangered species, with writer don mcgregor. Sabre subtitled slow fade of an endangered species, published in august 1978, is the title of an american graphic novel. Paul gulacy and terry austin draw catwoman in batman. While steranko hasnt worked regularly in comics for over 25 years, his. Indispensable book for comic book drawers begginers or prefessional. To see also scanned pages of inside art, take a look at my list pages. His later work on the title master of kung fu earned him and writer doug moench an award for favourite continued comic story in the eagle awards in 1977. Pablo uatu on in 2020 comic art, comic book artists. Comic book artists, comic book characters, marvel characters, comic artist, marvel heroes, comic character, comic books art, marvel comics, alex ross. Paul gulacy comic artist the most popular comic art by. Gulacy is currently illustrating the rook, a new dark horse series with steven grant. Gaines used this medium to fight against racism and antisemitism in stories like judgment day, master race and the regular series of preachies which appeared in.
Jeff vaughn of the overstreet guide to comic book prices suggested captain action, as rendered by paul, might make a cool cover to help celebrate the books 45th anniversary. Sabre, the first graphic novel created for the direct market with writer don mcgregor, which inspired many independent publishing companies to follow suit. But limiting it just to comic books and americans, then id pick harvey kurtzman out of your list as the greatest american comic book artist. Paul gulacy inks paul gulacy letters typeset indexer notes. Thanks to roger clark for providing many of the scans. See more ideas about kung fu, marvel comic character and comic books. Created by chad boston dark horse comics dc comics max comics marvel comics homage comics valiant comics. Pablo uatu on in 2020 comic art, comic book artists, comic.
Great artists such as paul gulacy and steranko among others are included in it. Gulacys style was unlike any other artist of the time. Slow fade of an endangered species, written by don mcgregor for eclipse enterprises in august 1978. Paul gulacy comic artist the most popular comic art by paul. First, how jews created the comic book in the first place, and then, how crusading publishers like william m. Last september, after i had already spoken to dan adkins proteges p. Trained at the art institute of pittsburgh and pratt institute in nyc, gulacy has also worked in magazine illustration, in animation, and for highprofile advertising agencies.
Paul gulacy scifi fantasy art, science fiction artwork. Original and final cover art by paul gulacy from black diamond published by americomics ac march vintage geek culture pencil art for paul gulacys covers of the. His best known work was on the marvel comics title shangchi, the master of. Aug 22, 2011 shangchi master of kung fu, panel from mokf no. Anthonys comic book art original comic art paul gulacy. See more ideas about comic art, artwork and comics. Gulacy and moench innovative visual storytelling in master of kung fu part 2 by joe linton this is the second in my threepart series geeking out on the wonderfulness of writer doug moench and artist paul gulacys 1970s run on the marvel comic book master of. Its the first in line in the production of a comic after the script, and everything is built on top of the pencillers groundwork. The legendary team of chuck dixon and paul gulacy lead the g.
Comic was hand signed by paul gulacy at the annual connecticut comiccon 2019. The eerie anthology of horror, fantasy, and science fiction overflows. He made his initial mark on the art world while at marvel comics during the kung fu craze of the 1970s. Its the first in line in the production of a comic after the script, and everything is built on. Original comic art for sale by artist paul gulacy at.