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"Los Muertos que
Andan" ("Walking Dead"), page 2. As I promised in the former page text,
you'll find in this one Bob Powell really outdid himself. In one of the
"Spirit" stories, the great Will Eisner, a renowned comic book master and
innovator (with whom Powell had worked), had the tale told through the
eyes of the main character..., literally. The reader saw the scenes through
the "holes" of the eyes, as if from the insides of the character's skull.
Powell must have desired to surpass his friend and colleague, for which
purpose he depicted the eyes of his protagonist from their inside, but
drew them with chilling realism, in red ink: nerves, veins and all. An
uncommon touch, of the kind only this artist was capable to do with ample
success. The script is about a man who has his sight restored by means
of eye-transplant: so the eyes (which come from a living corpse, no less!...)
are the main theme in the story, and Powell works them in full, with his
masterful rendering.
Another lesson in comic
storytelling, of the kind rarelly seen in present-day comics... |
