Wizard Solar cover art

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 5:00 pm

OK well I've been sitting on this for months, sworn to not reveal this before it came out, but I just saw the artist posted it on comicartfans sooooooooooo...

Mike Mayhew's painted Solar cover to the Wizard. I have a little more "art" in the photo he sent me months ago and I will post it when I get home to my computer

EDIT: REPLACED THE IMAGE WITH ACTUAL PAINTING

raymondsolar · Post by **raymondsolar** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 5:43 pm

JCVaughn · Post by **JCVaughn** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:56 pm

Been a fan of Mike's since he was working with Don McGregor on Zorro. In fact, I think I met him at my first San Diego con when I met Don, 1994 or 1995, but I can't swear to it.

Really liked his Professor X one-shot.

I think it's neat that this was done as more of a Gold Key riff (note the hue of Solar's skin), but I really like it.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:01 pm

I dig it, thanks for posting.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:09 pm

Yeah, I'm not sure what you're talking about dude. What's wrong with it???

I think it's great! I really like the colors

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:55 pm

To each his own, I guess. I think it looks pretty good.

sanman · Post by **sanman** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 8:24 pm

Compared to the piece above and others by Mayhew, the Doctor Solar is not quite as refined or photo realistic.

In my opinion, I like the almost cartoon-like rendering. I find it much more expressive with an almost retro vibe. And while I recognize that the Gold Key covers were more detailed, this illustration feels more Silver Age to me.

Moreover, the other covers for the GK DH books have been so photo realistic that I appreciate the different technique.

Crow331 · Post by **Crow331** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:27 am

I changed out the art to the actual painting he sent me back in March. He was asking $4,500 back then. It says NFS in his gallery but it's actually in his for sale folder and in the classifieds of CAF ....

Someone write him and see what the current price is.

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiec ... GSub=15233

magnusr · Post by **magnusr** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:28 am

I'm glad to see there are still artists painting for real (and not just on the computer).

/Magnus

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:04 am

looks pretty cool - nice post

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:15 am

magnusr wrote:I'm glad to see there are still artists painting for real (and not just on the computer).

/Magnus

Ditto.

raymondsolar · Post by **raymondsolar** » Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:29 pm

JustCallMeAric · Post by **JustCallMeAric** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:31 pm

Not a big fan but glad the book is getting some press

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:12 pm

I posted this in the Auction Central Non-Valiant section, but sometimes stuff gets overlooked there.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mike-Mayhew-Wizard- ... 2c550574f5

chisumwomack · Post by **chisumwomack** » Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:24 pm

If I had the cash, I'd be all over that.

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 11:43 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:To each his own, I guess. I think it looks pretty good.

Heck yeah, that's cool

StarBrand · Post by **StarBrand** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:48 pm

Here's a color comp on auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mike-Mayhew-Wizard- ... 2c551391cc

caxiotis · Post by **caxiotis** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:26 pm

That is very cool my friend. I would love to have it

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:55 pm

StarBrand wrote:Here's a color comp on auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mike-Mayhew-Wizard- ... 2c551391cc

a very cool piece of art