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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Johnny Recon (redux) by Dan McDaid

Wow, I am SO late with this one. But I hope you dig it, anyway.



It's called "Why Is This Man Smiling?" :)

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17 comments:

Nathan Fairbairn said...

Wow! This is awesome! This has gotta my favorite twart of yours yet, Dan! Great! :)

Dan McDaid said...

Thanks Nathan! I had a ball!

tomfowler said...

fantastic!

somewhere between frank robbins and hugo pratt!

(er.... why IS he smiling?... i miss something?)

Dan McDaid said...

Cos he's an overconfident SOB - or at least, that's how I saw him!

Steve Bryant said...

Nice Canniff vibe (or, as Tom said, Robbins). Sweet!

Dan McDaid said...

Thanks, Steve! I love Robbins' stuff.

Mike Hawthorne said...

Holy Hell, Dan! This is amazing and classic!!!

Mike

Alan said...

There's a Milt Caniff feel to these beautiful inks

Dan C said...

He's smiling because he was drawn so damn well.

Fantastic job, Dan. Pratt, Caniff and Sickles would be so proud.

Francesco Francavilla said...

I can totally tell you had tons of FUN with this, Dan, and I can tell because I am having tons of FUN just looking at it! :D
YOur best twart yet :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Dan McDaid said...

Thanks, fellas! :)

Doc Shaner said...

This is fantastic, Dan. My favorite is the big-headed alien floating there in the back.

Dan McDaid said...

That's the Mekon!

If you haven't discovered Dan Dare, you are in for a treat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dare

Mark Kardwell said...

I f@cking love this. Is the original for sale at all?

Dan McDaid said...

Yep - I'll email you in a bit.

Patrick Zircher said...

Supercool!

Ron Salas said...

This kicks so much ass it's almost illegal.
Damn you.