Adam Balson

Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel An anthology inspired by early seventies contemporary British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.

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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel An anthology inspired by early seventies contemporary British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.

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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel An anthology inspired by early seventies contemporary British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.

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So, Batman is a @bsky.app man too, confirmed?
#MattFraction & @jorgejimenez.bsky.social

The cover for Dead Men Tell Tales, full colour art and letters by @sergiocalvet.bsky.social

I really do count myself lucky to know Sergio, he's been there for me since I started writing comics.

Check out the Kickstarter campaign, please:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Scripted by me and featuring art from a dozen shockingly good creators, Dead Men Tell Tales is currently funding on Kickstarter.

150-page graphic novel, featuring 10 tales of terror set in the scary seventies.

£15 (plus postage) physical, £10 digital. Take a look, see what you think.

Lettered by Sergio Calvet! @sergiocalvet.bsky.social

Happy Birthday, Jack Kirby! @jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social
Thanks for giving us the First Family, and many more.

A focus on my first page for the story "Not Tonight; I'm Drained":
www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.

Check out the KICKSTARTER for the new Freaktown Comics Anthology: Dead Men Tell Tales!
1 writer (@allhellismrsun.bsky.social), 10 horror stories, and 12 artists; two of which are me and @ellbalson.bsky.social!

Happy #portfolioday!
I love creating comics, storyboards, character designs, logo design, and just about anything illustrated:

Happy #portfolioday!
I love creating comics, storyboards, character designs, logo design, and just about anything illustrated:

Some close-ups of the characters on the cover:

A recreation of the classic Kanzenban Volume covers of Dragonball altered to be "Dragonball Daima". The front cover features the new design of Super Saiyan 4 Goku, with a small greyscale image of Gomah behind him with a Kamehameha shaped hole in his chest. The Volume No. has been adjusted to #70 in honour of Akira Toriyama's birthday, and the back cover features a greyscale image of Kid Goku in his classic pose from the first ever panel of Dragonball.

Always late to post on here, but:
Happy 70th Birthday, Akira Toriyama!

#AkiraToriyama #DragonBall #DragonBallDaima

Kid Goku in his classic stance from the first ever panel of Draongball.

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Thanks very much!
Honestly, he's based a lot on @rahulkohli13.bsky.social

Happy #DragonBall40th!
Here's a collab I worked on with my brother @adambalsonart.bsky.social - layout and Piccolo by him, Goku and colours by me. Shout out to @reks.bsky.social for the Daima filter, and @gusceps.bsky.social for the ToriGus brush!
Always happy to celebrate the late great Toriyama.

A worm eye view with a fish-eye lense. Goku and Piccolo Jr. fighting eachother at the World Martial Arts Tournament. Based on the cover of Dragonball No.183, in tribute to Akira Toriyama. Piccolo drawn by Adam Balson, Goku and background drawn by Elliot Balson.

Happy #DragonBall40th!
Piccolo and composition, by myself
Goku, background and colours, by @ellbalson.bsky.social

Credits:
Toriyama Brush for CSP, by @gusceps.bsky.social
Daima Filter, by ReksArts on X

Yeah, similar idea! Something practical made sense to me. And Space Suits > Racing Suits felt like Johnny's input. And they have a nice overlap with utility coveralls like you say, which suits Ben and the others too.
I just think super-suit designs are cool being modular. Made to unzip, or roll .etc

Aaand I did not realise that Bluesky makes PNG background solid black before posting 😅

I might actually prefer the presentation of this as a PNG, the only issue is you kinda need a dark background for the signatures to be visible

Peter Parker. A flawed guy, who just can't help but do his best.

Oh that's cool! I feel like they ended up working for me once I connected the dots between "Space suits... Fantastic Four... F4... F1... racing suits"

Thanks! I always like when there's some variety in the F4's suits

Thanks!

A rough sketch of Superman with his hands on his hips, smiling. A second sketch of Superman has his eyes glowing red, and his suit battle-worn. His blue bodysuit is intact but dirtied, while his red cape and trunks are torn.

A warm-up of the big blue boyscout.
The idea was to do a subtle redesign where anything red in his design is from Earth, and anything blue is from Krypton and more durable material.

Adult Goku in his new Daima dōgi stood next to the mini version of himself wearing the Power Pole. A speech bubble says "I'm NOT grown up!? Wow!" in reference to the original cover this is based on, where he is stood next to a child version of himself saying "I'm all grown up!? Wow!" instead.

Akira Toriyama's original drawing for the cover of Dragonball: Chapter 280. where adult Goku is stood next to the younger, child version of himself saying "I'm all grown up!? Wow!"

Goku for Dragonball Daima Day!
I used the cover of Chapter 280 as an inspiration and tried to mimic the colouring style of the Kanzenban volumes.

A close-up of the above image, highlighting the 'Press Square' prompt in Ellie's eye.

A close-up of the 'Press Square' prompt in Ellie's eyes.

A worm eye view of Ellie from The Last of Us: Part II bathed in red light and coloured in dark red tones as she swings a bloodied iron pipe behind her head. Flecks of dark blood and white tears bring attention to her eyes, with her irises replaced with the white Press Square prompt from the games.

Ellie for Outbreak Day 26/09/2023, during THAT cutscene.

First Panel: The Joker lifting his foot out of a pile of mud, asking "What did I just step in... ?" Second Panel: The Joker laughs, slapping his hand to his face saying "Oh! Right! Ha-ha!" Third Panel: His hand pushes through his distorting head, revealed to be made of clay as he laughs, "Me-eeheeheehee!" Fourth Panel: Joker continues to laugh as his face and arms morph into Clayface.

Before he was revealed to be a Joker from another Earth, I was SURE that the Joker from "Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League" was going to be Bazil Karlo *thinking* he was Joker after the events of Arkham City.

Still a fun idea!