Iván's Gallery: Salaak

After a few weeks off (and really, who isn't super-busy this time of year?), Iván returns with more of his exploration of the Green Lantern universe. This time, rather than the brutal baddies of Sinestro Corps, it's the stalwart heroes of the Green Lantern Corps. Without further ado, Salaak! Here's what the artist has to say about it:

Not have much time lately, but the other day I could do this little drawing, not rust.

It Salaak, the green lantern emissary of Guardians.
It has a design that I like, because it lends itself to many interpretations, and I think that aspect of insect and arms offer many possibilities.

Later I added the logos and title to dress more drawing. Originally this all done by pencil, then just had to paint it with photshop level and with the correct order and the pen itself does color effect that interested me.

It is not difficult and is well.
I hope you enjoy it.

Iván's Gallery: Sinestro Corps - Total Fear

Welcome back, faithful readers! (And to those of you who engage in infidelity ... kudos.) Iván's Gallery is back with a vengeance. This week he brings us The Sinestro Corps - Total Fear. Here's what he has to say about it:

Sinestro corps war really was the first thing I read ... and I really liked the pace and level of action.
I think it's really hard to make a comic like this, with so many characters, many places, and a level of action and excellent design.

Here we see its greatest exponents, Sinestro of course, Superman Prime, Ranx or the Anti-Monitor.
I really enjoy this reading and I was hooked to the Green Lantern universe, highly recommended.

Iván's Gallery: Despotellis

This week, Iván continues his exploration of the Sinestro Corps. This cover features one of the most unique villains in Green Lantern's rogues gallery: the sentient pathogen Despotellis! Here's what the artist has to say about it:

Well.... quick drawing I did in a couple of hours about a microscopic sentient bio-virus, Despotellis is likely the smallest as well as one of the deadliest members of the Sinestro corps.

Who is not afraid of a virus? who is free from the threat of a virus? anyone.

The earliest activities of Despotellis as a member of the Sinestro Corps were chronicled in the Book of Parallax. As read by Lyssa Drak of Talok IV, Despotellis first infected the homeworld of Green Lantern Reemuz. When the Green Lantern returned to his homeworld, he found thousands dead in the streets. The Green Lantern quickly surmised the cause of their deaths was related the yellow power battery he found. Reemuz took the power battery across the continents of his homeworld. He was searching for survivors as well as their attacker, but finding neither. He grew tired and ill, and just moments before his death realized his attacker had infected him. Despotellis revealed his presence as he took the power battery and headed out amongst the stars. Before returning to Qward, Despotellis infected 85% of the 714 inhabited worlds in space sector 119.

Despotellis next appeared on and in orbit of the planetform Green Lantern Mogo in Green Lantern Corps....

Iván's Gallery: Black Hand

Continuing his exploration of Blackest Night, this week Iván's Gallery features the Black Hand. Here is what the artist has to say about the piece:

One of the principals players in the Blackest night ....

It is a very serious, probably never will smile as in this illustration, but enjoy doing it.

In the series of Green Lantern, and from the Secret Origin series can see William Hand, still innocent, is worn into this ... at number 39 - 40 of the regular season.

We will see that it ends.

Iván's Gallery: Karu-Sil

Good morrow, good readers! Another week, another edition of Iván's Gallery. This week, Iván brings us Karu-Sil, a member of the Sinestro Corps. I've been on a bit of a Green Lantern kick ever since watching First Flight a few weeks back, so when Iván asked me if I minded him branching out from Transformers I said not at all. I think he captures her feral nature quite nicely.

In slightly related new, my JLU collection is very close to complete again. I'm just missing the latest three-packs, after finally getting the new Target six-packs. Cheetah, you WILL be mine! Batman Beyond guys ... ummm ... well, I guess you can hang out with the Legionnaires. Darn you time-displaced folks! (That said, I wouldn't say no to a Jonah Hex. Oh, heck, who am I kidding, I'd buy a six-pack of the Jokerz in a flash.)

UPDATE - Here is what the artist has to say about the piece:

Long been a friend recommended reading Green Lantern.. I can say?! Excellent comic...... one of the best that are edited together now to Brubacker Captain America.

Geoff Johns really knows what he does to himself. He rescued the series until it became what is now ..... the first major series was the War of the Sinestro corps.

This series is a character I drew special attention to me. She is Karu- sil.

Under a weak and innocent appearance hides a monster.

Pinup wanted to show this in a different way the characteristics of this character.... I was inspired by an old movie, "Det sjunde inseglet" ( 1957 ) performed by Von Shidow... with director Ingmar Bergman,

I was inspired by the final scene, where we see the Death dancing with the characters, in a mythical plane.

It also reminded me Karu-sil in spirit to the famous story of the Crepshow or Creppy comic, Jennifer... terrifying story.

The result is this .. we see the innocent Karu - sil dancing, celebrating the death and the terror who inspires in others.

Review: Green Lantern - First Flight

I got my copy of Green Lantern - First Flight today and I'm fairly impressed. I'm going to give a brief review. Don't worry too much about spoilers - I won't give away anything that anyone familiar with the basic Green Lantern story won't already know.

First Flight stars Christopher Meloni of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit fame as the eponymous character. He does a good job channeling the inner cop that is part and parcel with being in the Corps. Still, I kept hearing him as Detective Stabler, more my own problem than his. Little time is wasted on his origin - Abin Sur crashes within a few minutes of the start, and from there Hal Jordon is quickly pulled into the world of the Guardians and their chief agent, Sinestro.

Sinestro, glibly played by Victor Garber, does a passably good job of presenting his case. For those familiar with the Dungeons and Dragons alignment system, he's a classic Lawful Evil villain, with the emphasis more on the Lawful than the evil. He finds the Guardians methods ineffectual and short sighted, and longs to be in control of pretty much the entire universe. He initially advocates strongly for Hal's membership in the Corps because he's heard that humans are distrustful of authority.

Many other Lanterns make an appearance. Boodikka (Tricia Helfer, BSG's sexy Number Six) becomes Hal's confident on the team. Michael Madsen's Kilowog isn't quite as gruff as I'd like him, but gets the job done. We get to see Ch'p, Tomar Re, Arisa and lots more. The character designs tend towards the modern D.C. style, rather than the Bruce Timm style that JLU, Batman: TAS and Superman: TAS have employed. It gives the story a more serious tone, which is backed up by a surprisingly high level of violence. I guarantee you that the ultimate fate of quite a few characters will take you by surprise.

Green Lantern - First Flight is an exciting adventure with great pacing, strong performances, beautiful animation and some nice nods to longterm fans. Whether you're a super-hero expert or just a casual fan, you'll find plenty to enjoy. Highly recommended.