Yeah. Strikingly ugly-beautiful. I’ll take that. Sounds great. Comics Alliance gave a nod to a cover Nathan Fox drew and I colored for the zombie comic series Key Of Z. The other covers included in their list of best comic covers for January 2012 are really beautiful. You’ll have to scroll down to nearly the end of the post to find the Key Of Z cover. Comics Alliance always has cool posts that point me to other cool comics and really amazing artists. The rest of this cover really is a treat, so check it out when it hits the stands. This was a beast of a file. I think I colored it at 720 dpi, so  you could make a giant back drop of this if you wanted and it would really hold up. I used the sort of garish colors to make the piece pop. Working on my own zombie comics for years and buying numerous other ones makes me fully aware that there is a standard aesthetic for producing traditional comics involving zombies. Nathan’s first couple of covers really established that this wasn’t going to be traditional. I took a key from his previous covers and then added my bent take on it. The details in the piece are really cool, and when you see the full piece, you can appreciate what I’m talking about even more.
Seeing this cover today, reminded me of another piece I colored for Nathan a few months back. I decided to see if I could hunt it down and there it was. Cool. A take on a rather famous cover, you can tell I had fun coloring it. I believe Nathan is currently working on the Haunt comic right now. Real perdy. Well, I have a book due tomorrow, so I best be going.
-J
Update: Cool… CBR is digging the cover as well. Check it out.