Google 'sequential art' and the first result you will get is the Wikipedia entry for 'comics'. Sequential art is a series of images driving a narrative. I think my attraction to comic book imagery (oops, I meant 'graphic novel' art) has as much to do with the lure of the sequential frames as the bold lines, striking blacks and primary colors. I still get a buzz from the single images, but there is no question that a great 'page' has it's own attraction. There is definitely a cinematic quality to the way great pages flow from frame to frame. Jack Kirby, the greatest graphic novel artist of them a all, often mntioned movies as his biggest influence - and you can see that in his dynamic splash panels.
The canvas I am working on here was selected from several issues of Hell Boy, drawn by Mike Mignola. Mike doesn't really play around much with line thickness, which is pretty unusual in the post-Kirby world of bold pop imagery. But I didn't really notice this until I started painting a page of his art onto canvas.
But Mike really understands how to use black and white space - and his panels are artwork in their own right. (Acrylic painting shown is "Run Like Hell" 2009 24" x 36". To see an enlarged version, click on the graphic.)
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