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PREVIEW ART


"Preview" art seems to be becoming more popular than ever. More & more, there'll be preliminary sketches, drawings, or even entire "rough" versions of an issue. Obviously this helps sell more "special" issues, fanzines, or anything else these special features are displayed in, but just as obviously, the fans want to see some of this work. Some of the material below will include layouts published in magazines or even other titles to help promote an upcoming DD piece. Some of the sketches & drawings don't even end up making it to publication eventually.


issue cover Deadpool #4
Apr 1997, 22 pgs., $1.95
"Why Is It, To Save Me, I Must Kill You?"
Kelly, McGuinness, Massengill, Starkings/Comicraft
Deadpool needs blood from Hulk to stop his deteriorating condition
art (preview): Bernard Chang (p.24 shown on right)
preview art (pgs.23-24): some sketches/preliminary drawings from the upcoming DD/Deadpool annual. The issue also promises more previews of the annual "next" issue. There are some more previews (actually in issue #6), but they only feature Deadpool, none of DD.
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issue cover Earth X (insert included in Wizard #77)
Jan 1998, 16 pgs., no cover price
Ross' "Earth X" is an alternate timeline; DD is but one of the "alternate version" heroes he portrays
art: Alex Ross (p.3 [edited] shown on right)
preview art (pgs.2-3): brief article & illustration of the Earth X version of Daredevil
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issue cover Kabuki Reflections #2
Dec 1998, 48 pgs., $4.95
A collection of sketches, paintings, photos & notes by David Mack about various projects he's worked on and will be working on.
art: David Mack (p.23 shown on right)
preview art (pgs.21-23): Some drawings sent to Quesada/Palmiotti to include in Marvel Knights Sketchbook (Wizard)
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issue cover Kabuki Reflections #3
Jan 2000, 48 pgs., $4.95
A collection of sketches, paintings, photos & notes by David Mack about various projects he's worked on and will be working on.
art: David Mack (p.5 shown on right)
preview art (pgs.4-11): This issue included a lot of material on "development" of projects - DD and others. Included are preliminary sketches & layouts, finished drawings, and final painted works. DD work shown at various stages: page from DD #1/2 (shown), cover of DD#9, cover of DD#11, and page layouts/scribbles for all of issue #9.
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issue cover Marvel Knights Sketchbook (supplement included in Wizard #84)
Aug 1998, 16 pgs., $?.??
Sketches/drawings for all the upcoming Knights books and comments by many of the creators on these upcoming projects.
art: various; Quesada on DD (p.2 shown on right)
preview art (cover, pgs.1-6): a lot of preliminary sketches/drawings, character drawings of DD
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issue cover Marvel Knights Tour Book
no date (Aug 1998), 16 pgs., $2.99
interviews, articles, preview sketches of the upcoming Event books
art: Joe Quesada (p.3 shown on right)
preview art (cover, pgs.1-4): one of the #1 covers; sketches from p.14 of DD#1 (shown); a brief writeup about the Event books & DD in particular by Quesada
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issue cover Marvel Knights Wave 2 Sketchbook (supplement included in Wizard #90)
Feb 1999?, 16 pgs., $?.??
Sketches/drawings for the Marvel Knights Wave 2 books and comments by many of the creators on these upcoming projects.
art: various; Mack on DD (p.5 shown on right)
preview art (cover, pgs.5-6): some preliminary sketches/drawings; both of these pages were also available in Kabuki Reflections #2 along with additional work
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issue cover Marvel Knights/Marvel Boy Sketchbook (packaged with Punisher(v.3) #3)
Jun 2000, 16 pgs., $?.??
Sketches/drawings for the upcoming Marvel Knights title and the upcoming Marvel Boy title. Includes comments by many of the creators on these upcoming projects. Flipbook with 8 pages on each side devoted to each title.
art: Barreto (Marvel Knights side) (p.2 shown on right)
preview art (cover, pgs.2,4-6): a lot of preliminary sketches/drawings, character drawings of DD (& the other Marvel Knights)
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issue cover Young Guns Sketchbook
Feb 2005, 48 pgs., $3.99
Sketches/drawings for upcoming work by Cheung (Young Avengers), Coipel (Ultimate X-Men, House of M), Finch (New Avengers), Granov (Iron Man), Hairsine (Ultimate Nightmare, Capt. America & the Falcon), McNiven (Ultimate Secret), Romita Jr. (Black Panther), and Land (X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong). Includes some character designs and unused covers/pages, but mostly pages/frames from upcoming works.
DD art: Finch
preview art (pgs. 14-15): four frames of Matt Murdock from New Avengers #1
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