Now that the Marquis: Inferno is officially released, I've been working ahead on the next original Marquis graphic novel for 2010~ The Marquis and the Midwife. I'll post some updates and peeks to the new story as I work on it, along with continuing the weekend Diableries fan art gallery!
The Marquis and the Midwife was originally a shorter side story planned for the second issue of the first Marquis series when it was slated to come out through Caliber Press in 1997. Like the Hell's Courtesan 2-part story (reprinted in Marquis: Inferno) , the Midwife story grew the more I fleshed it out and eventually I decided to make it the next Marquis graphic novel.
In 2003 I did some early promo art for the Midwife storyline, including the drawing above I planned as a teaser ad~ which I liked the feel of six years later and decided to use it as the cover to the upcoming graphic novel from Dark Horse in 2010!
A great piece indeed :) Can't wait to read the follow-up to "Intermezzo" !
ReplyDeleteLush! Ordered Inferno from Amazon in the UK and its not released here yet, must be the shipping and the customs guys reading the copies when they get them in that's slowing it down :)
ReplyDeleteThat is an awesome cover! I can't wait to see more!
ReplyDeleteNice! I love the stark format of these new covers.
ReplyDeleteInsanely beautiful and unnerving cover. I agree with pimpernel, love the starkness.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone,
ReplyDeleteI want to keep a similar stark design for all the upcoming Dark Horse volumes, the French editions from Humanoides will have a different cover to match their versions (and I'll post that soon).
Good idea to use it like cover. It´s a very good design.
ReplyDeleteBut I am intrigued by that French version, because it's the one that we'll see in the spanish edition, I supose.