Yeah, it's pretty hard to draw a version of the mask that doesn't come off kinda goofy when you stop and study it too closely, what with the pointy nose, the mouth grille and everything.
I love Marko Djurdjevic's version, which is kind of skull like and close-fitted and a bit different from most takes:
Jim Cheung's version in Children's Crusade was pretty good too. And my favourite of the old school Doom masks was definitely John Byrne's:
And ooh, if we're picking favourite panels from Books of Doom, I have a whole bunch! (And scans of my favourite pages, so, picspam.) The handshake panel's definitely a good one, and I adore this whole bit for so many reasons:
Also, angry college Doom:
Doom in his bandages:
This one's maybe not quite as well-drawn as my other faves, but the imagery stuck with me for years after the first time I read the book (so I also really love that Jim Cheung did a callback to it in his double page spread of Doom's background in Children's Crusade):
I love the look for teeny baby four-year-old Doom, too - not many artists can draw pre-teen kids at all convincingly, but the progression of Victor growing up through BoD was really great:
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Date: 2014-04-20 11:00 pm (UTC)I love Marko Djurdjevic's version, which is kind of skull like and close-fitted and a bit different from most takes:
Jim Cheung's version in Children's Crusade was pretty good too. And my favourite of the old school Doom masks was definitely John Byrne's:
And ooh, if we're picking favourite panels from Books of Doom, I have a whole bunch! (And scans of my favourite pages, so, picspam.) The handshake panel's definitely a good one, and I adore this whole bit for so many reasons:
Also, angry college Doom:
Doom in his bandages:
This one's maybe not quite as well-drawn as my other faves, but the imagery stuck with me for years after the first time I read the book (so I also really love that Jim Cheung did a callback to it in his double page spread of Doom's background in Children's Crusade):
I love the look for teeny baby four-year-old Doom, too - not many artists can draw pre-teen kids at all convincingly, but the progression of Victor growing up through BoD was really great: