Le Marquis

For the French edition of The Marquis published by Les Humanoïdes Associés, I did new covers for both the "Danse Macabre" and "Intermezzo" tomes. Above is the linework drawing to the Intermezzo cover that was a collage of the devils featured in both Hell's Courtesan and A Sin of One. The printed cover was colored by Jean-Jacques Rouger and is reprinted in the color cover gallery of the new Marquis: Inferno collection from Dark Horse Comics.

Dark Horse Inferno Preview

Dark Horse Comics has put up a six page preview from the first chapter of The Marquis:Inferno over at their website. Just click on the Inferno cover image to get to the preview pages!

Dark Horse Marquis Preview

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Joshua Izzo made this great Marquis custom-figure complete with sword and pistol! More of Joshua's amazing customs along with his notes on what he used to make the Marquis figure can be found on his website.

Joshua Izzo

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This was one of the first Marquis pinups I got back in '97 from Galen Showman, who did this great take on the Marquis after Goya's (one of my favorite illustrators), The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters!

INFERNO: Hell's Courtesan

The Marquis' entrance from Hell's Courtesan! This was a scene I originally planned to have in chapter three of Danse Macabre, where Vol returns to confront the mask seller from the first chapter~ but it didn't fit in with the flow of the story, so I kept it for his intro to the Hell's Courtesan series reprinted in Marquis:Inferno.

The Children of the Midwife

With work on the Marquis: Inferno collection done, I'm now working away on the next graphic novel~ "The Marquis and the Midwife" (alongside the next BPRD:King of Fear mini-series)! I'll show some peeks at the pages and designs as it goes along and to start off here is a character drawing to one of the "Children of the Midwife" from 2005 (who also shows up a couple times in the background of "Danse Macabre" Chapter 5 if you have a sharp eye).

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Keeping up with the Diableries weekend posts~ next up is this cool take on the Marquis dealing with some of Venisalle's armies by crazy talented Chris Houghton, who even went old school with it and laid the tone screens down by hand!

Chris Houghton Art