Comic Book Artist, Frank Quitely
Denise Mina joins acclaimed comic book artist Frank Quitely as he draws his superheroes.
Denise Mina meets comic book artist Frank Quitely in his Glasgow studio. Frank is one of the biggest names in the comic world, responsible for drawing superheroes like Superman and Batman & Robin alongside his latest collaboration with writer Mark Millar βJupiterβs Legacyβ.
Starting on Scottish underground cult comic 'Electric Soup' he progressed to working for Judge Dredd magazine and then The New X-Men gathering an international reputation.
As he completes the final few pages of comic book 'Jupiter's Legacy 2', artist Frank explains his artistic process as he completes the project that took over 3 years of his life. He will explain how he turns the written concepts from writer Mark Millar into a coherent visual story and finally put pencil to paper to painstakingly produce his signature style.
Denise follows his pencil strokes as he explains artistic and cultural influence as well as soaking in the landscape and atmosphere of his hometown of Glasgow. A real Superhero master class in storytelling, lines and shapes perspective, space and most importantly colour as he creates these last few pages.
They cross to the Glasgow Art Galleries where Frankβs career retrospective exhibition is being held and meet up with his writing partner Mark Millar. Weβll learn about their working relationship in this competitive industry of graphic storytelling.
During the conversation, Frank discusses with Denise the thoughts that go through his mind in these final stages and talk us through the pressures of creating, plus making, and breaking, deadlines.
(Photo: Frank Quitely. Credit: Demus Productions)
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Batman and Robin's Frank Quitely: The power of comic book art
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Batman and Robin's Frank Quitely: Why drawing is like driving
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