Sean Chen first comic art?

tanord · Post by **tanord** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:57:42 pm

I'm a Sean Chen fan and I was wondering what was his first comic art that he did?

Brother J · Post by **Brother J** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 4:39:22 am

Using Greg's handy dandy artist index, it looks like Chen's earliest work was a cover for Solar #19, which is also credited to Barry Windsor-Smith. It looks like Sean's first full work was on Rai (and the Future Force) #9.

BloodOfHeroes · Post by **BloodOfHeroes** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 7:50:35 am

Brother J wrote:Using Greg's handy dandy artist index, it looks like Chen's earliest work was a cover for Solar #19, which is also credited to Barry Windsor-Smith. It looks like Sean's first full work was on Rai (and the Future Force) #9.

Barry inked over Sean. You can see a scan of the orginal art at

http://www.seanchensart.com/

BoH

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:54:44 am

I like Chen's clean style, but his figures and faces have always bothered me.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:28:13 pm

He did this months Avengers. Looks great.

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:45:31 pm

Ryan wrote:I like Chen's clean style, but his figures and faces have always bothered me.

He's been know to read this forum & make a few comments. Sounds like a nice guy...

sonicdan · Post by **sonicdan** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 10:28:26 pm

BodaZoffa wrote:
He's been know to read this forum & make a few comments. Sounds like a nice guy...

I don't remember seeing Chen post to the board. Are you sure you're not
getting mixed up with Bernard Chang?
DAN

BodaZoffa · Post by **BodaZoffa** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 11:27:28 pm

sonicdan wrote:
BodaZoffa wrote:
He's been know to read this forum & make a few comments. Sounds like a nice guy...
I don't remember seeing Chen post to the board. Are you sure you're not
getting mixed up with Bernard Chang?
DAN

You might be right there.... did Bernard have the goofy avatar of his mouth opening & closing? If so, my bad.

Boda

betterthanezra · Post by **betterthanezra** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:51:44 pm

Ryan wrote:I like Chen's clean style, but his figures and faces have always bothered me.

Dude Shut your mouth!!!!!

Sean ruled and he is among us now man how times have changed

-Brian

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:48:30 am

I'm a big fan of Chen's art. I've got several of his V3 Iron Man pages... best art run on that series, IMO.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:32:32 am

betterthanezra wrote:
Ryan wrote:I like Chen's clean style, but his figures and faces have always bothered me.
Dude Shut your mouth!!!!!

Sean ruled and he is among us now man how times have changed

-Brian

OK, now YOU are digging up the old threads... what up with you and Woogie tonight?

-slym (has av - SC's art!)

Solar_OSX · Post by **Solar_OSX** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 1:35:53 am

I was - and am - a big fan of BOTH Sean Chen and Bernard Chang's art

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:50:49 am

slym2none wrote:
betterthanezra wrote:
Ryan wrote:I like Chen's clean style, but his figures and faces have always bothered me.
Dude Shut your mouth!!!!!

Sean ruled and he is among us now man how times have changed

-Brian
OK, now YOU are digging up the old threads... what up with you and Woogie tonight?

-slym (has av - SC's art!)

They must be very bored.

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 6:59:18 am

Sean Chen came on here to chat one night. Stayed for a very long time. Don't remember much about it except the two questions he did answer of mine that, yes, that Solar cover was his first published work and that he'd actually left Rai because he felt like he had done enough issues (He made it sound like Orstrander didn't plan on leaving the book when he left. Of course the next issue of Rai after that would be Orstrander's last)

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 12:32:54 am

Todd Luck wrote:Sean Chen came on here to chat one night. Stayed for a very long time. Don't remember much about it except the two questions he did answer of mine that, yes, that Solar cover was his first published work and that he'd actually left Rai because he felt like he had done enough issues (He made it sound like Orstrander didn't plan on leaving the book when he left. Of course the next issue of Rai after that would be Orstrander's last)

Sean Chen has the DEFINITIVE Takao Rai - I don't care who drew him first (Rai #0?) but this...

...even as a con sketch, THAT cannot be "messed with!"

-slym (thanks again, Sean!!!)

Sean Chen · Post by **Sean Chen** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:05:54 am

Good to hear that you folks take an interest in my output. I joined Valiant soon after Shooter left, so I didn't know if you diehard fans of the company would consider any of my four years there worthy of your attention. That's the main reason I never cared to visit these boards over the years. Much to my surprise, I do feel quite welcomed here.

Just a few plugs on some upcoming projects since this thread conveniently brought up the topic. X-Men: The End is finally done with issue #18 that just hit the stands. After that, I have a few covers for Marvel Adventures coming out. My new series with Marvel will be a Spiderman story featuring Venom that will probably be released with the 3rd Spidey movie. Way before that, my studiomates and I are releasing our second sketchbook called theBLVD 2.0. which features an eclectic mix of art from ex Valianters Bernard Chang and Tommy Lee Edwards, as well as John Paul Leon and Trevor Goring. Right now I am working on some insert pages for Marvel's Civil War Correspondence #4.

And of course, you all have been great in supporting my moonlighting (along with Svair) as a toy producer with the Valiant Penguin statue series (Shadoman is near completion) and the upcoming Solar 1/7 scale full figure statue.

Upcoming Conventions include: Charlotte NC, San Diego (Sketchbook will Debut here), Toronto in September, and possibly Baltimore.

Hope to see or meet you at an upcoming con!

-Sean

IMJ · Post by **IMJ** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:52:18 am

Thanks for posting, man. And thanks for years of great art in Valiant, and of course my fav's, Iron Man and Avengers Infinity.

ALSO, thanks for inadvertantly confirming that Venom truly is a Spidey 3 villain!!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:51:04 am

Sean Chen wrote:Upcoming Conventions include: Charlotte NC

Hope to see or meet you at an upcoming con!

-Sean

I live about 3 hours from Charlotte - if I see you there and you recognise me from the Big Apple Con, please don't think I am stalking you!!!

-slym (needs to get some art board)

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:17:24 am

Sean Chen wrote:Good to hear that you folks take an interest in my output. I joined Valiant soon after Shooter left, so I didn't know if you diehard fans of the company would consider any of my four years there worthy of your attention. That's the main reason I never cared to visit these boards over the years. Much to my surprise, I do feel quite welcomed here.

Are you kidding? Even when Valiant was going down the crapper, your art still rocked and was worth picking the books up for

bernardchang · Post by **bernardchang** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:35:38 pm

sonicdan wrote: I don't remember seeing Chen post to the board. Are you sure you're not
getting mixed up with Bernard Chang?
DAN

i, too, have a problem with sean's many faces.

bamaphilosopher · Post by **bamaphilosopher** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:43:07 pm

Cool! Sean Chen and Bernard Chang both read and post on the boards! Hey, guys, thanks for all the great Valiant artwork. Unfortunately, I don't follow comics now, so I don't know what you've done since, but I think you two are some of the best artists Valiant ever had (and they had some good ones).

Didn't Sean Chen do some Harbinger issues, too--the new team--after the Rai issues? Those are good, too. If I've goofed, sorry--I'm just speaking from memory, and I haven't looked at my Valiants in over a year.

I also enjoyed Bernard Chang's work on Dr. Mirage. Classic stuff.

Man, I miss Valiant. Those were, and still are, my favorite comics ever.