jeudi, septembre 13, 2007
Dude.
“In 1982, Rude became widely known in the comics world when he and writer Mike Baron created Nexus, an independent science fiction comic book with a large supporting cast. For the Nexus series, Rude designed a dozen or so distinctive alien races, including the Thunes, the Amphibs, the Quattros, the Giz, the Demons, and myriad others. The stories were complex and thought-provoking because of their treatment of difficult themes related to justice, guilt and addiction. Baron and Rude's Nexus stories garnered a large fan following and ran for eighty issues (although Rude did not pencil them all) and seven short almost-yearly mini-series after the initial series ended. Rude has won four Eisner Awards and one Kirby Award, as well as a Russ Manning Award. Rude more recently penciled and wrote The Moth in 2004, while continuing to teach art classes and do commissioned work. Announced on November 15, 2006 is Rude's own "Rude Dude Productions", a new publishing entity that will release new issues of Nexus and The Moth in 2007 as well as an anthology series. The new Nexus series will mark Rude's first work with Baron since the last issue published by Dark Horse Comics. The new issue will be counted as #99 and is scheduled for a July 2007 release. Rude's style is a mixture of 1960s smooth lines and square jaws (reminiscent of Jack Kirby) and more modern work with thick lines and complex compositions. He is also a master of page design, many of his comic book panels changing and merging with each other into new shapes allowing for panel progression that often has a strong sense of the passage of time. Rude is a devotee of the illustrator Andrew Loomis, an influence that is evident in his style and particularly in his sketchbooks.” Le boss au travail : http://www.steverude.com/# posted by damoon @ 13.9.07 
