Our Gang 3 cover!
Here's the cover of Walt Kelly's Our Gang 3. I'm enjoying these Fantagraphics reprints. First of all, I hadn't read that many Our Gang stories before this (they haven't been reprinted since the 1940s), and beginning with the issues in this collection, you can really see Walt Kelly putting his imprint on the charcters – - which is making it more fun from a design standpoint. These new gang members, Red and "2-by2," along with Janet, Buckwheat & Froggy are very modern and their adventures more interesting. Color by Steve Hamaker.
Above is the sketch I showed to Gary Groth and Jacob Covey, and below is the final cover with logos.
If you'd like to see the drawing board pages about the first two Our Gang volumes, click here.
I’m glad you’re making the cover artwork for Our Gang comics. The style preserves some of the nostalgia of the comic artwork from several decades ago. Maybe it’s the line width of the brush strokes.
Comment by Andrew — October 9, 2007 @ 8:01 pm
Oh hey! I remember these, I was wondering if they would make a new one, cool! Great job on the cover. Still got the chariciture feel goin on
Comment by Marcus — October 10, 2007 @ 8:48 pm
Hi, I was wondering what Walt Kelly’s orignal covers looked like. I’d love to see some of them if you could post them that’d be great. Also great job on the covers you’ve done they look really good and I love the details, gotta have the deatails you know haha:). Thanks for the post
Comment by Jeanette — October 11, 2007 @ 9:44 pm
hey jeff,
I have just finished a children’s book that I would like to have you check out.
http://www.undergroundfilm.com/films/detail.tcl?wid=1031066
This is a video demo for it. Please take a look at it. I am out looking for a publisher and I thought you could give me some direction. Thanks.
joe
Comment by joe — October 13, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
Superb work Jeff !!!
Comment by Andrew Glazebrook — October 16, 2007 @ 12:49 pm