Rich Buckler Sketchbook by Lariviere Tony

RICH BUCKLER La Grande Ourse A.S.B.L.

Re-creation of one of Richâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deathlok covers for Astonishing Tales in the 70's (acrylic painting)

Published by La Grande Ourse A.S.B.L. 187b, rue Salm B-5300 Landenne (Belgium)

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*** Editor : Tony Lariviere & Daniel Tesmoingt Book design : Tony Lariviere Write to : tony.lariviere@skynet.be Visit our website at www.lagrandeourse.be All artworks © Rich Buckler - All rights reserved The Avengers, Black Panther, Deathlok, Doctor Doom, Fantastic Four, Galactus, Hulk, Submariner, Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, The Thing, Thor, Vemom, Wolverine and all Marvel characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Copyright and Trademarks © & ™ Marvel Characters, inc. All rights reserved. JLA, Batman, Firelord and all D.C. characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Copyright and Trademarks © & ™ D.C. Comics, inc. All rights reserved. Deathlok Standing (a recreation of his first appearance on a story page - Astonishing Tales #25) Printed in Belgium by Adrenaline. First printing, January 2010 3

at Marvel Comics and his collaborations with Roy Thomas (he co-created, with Roy, the “All-Star Squadron”) are still considered by many to be among his finest work. An artist who has mastered many styles, rich attributes his versatility to the top-flight comics masters he has worked with and/or studied under, among them Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, Seymour Barry (The “Phantom” newspaper strip), Dan Barry (the “Flash Gordon” newspaper strip), Al Williamson (“Secret Agent Corrigan” newspaper strip), Frank Giacoia & Larry Lieber (“Incredible Hulk” newspaper strip), Vince Colletta, Gil Kane, Steve Ditko, Jim Steranko, John Severin, Alex Toth, Wally Wood, Dick Ayers (creator of Ghost Rider), Julius Schwartz (Editor of the “Superman” titles), Sol Brodsky, James Warren (Creepy & Eerie Magazine & Vampirella), Rudy Nebres, Joe Kubert, Joe Sinnott, Joe Giella, Joe Orlando, Alfredo Alcala and Frank Frazetta.

ABOUT ARTIST RICH BUCKLER... Rich has been drawing and writing comics for the past 40 years, and during his career has illustrated nearly every major character for Marvel and D.C. Comics. His total output is prodigious (hundreds of titles & cover illustrations too numerous to mention). He is proficient in every aspect of the comics field (writing, drawing, inking, coloring, editing, and publishing). He is the creator of Deathlok, the first cyborg in comics. He is also the author of two trade books, “How To Draw Super-Heroes” and “How To Draw dynamic Comic Books.” Rich has been a major influence in the comic book industry, helping to launch the careers of Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, Mark Texiera, George Perez, Klaus Janson, Sam DeLaRosa, Jackson Guice and many others. In 1972 Rich came to New York to begin his career as a full time comic book illustrator, shortly after having a telephone conversation with Jack Kirby (he was told: “When you get to New York, see Stan Lee and tell him I said he should give you a job! If there’s any problem, have Stan call me!”). The rest is history! At D.C. Comics, Neal Adams and Dick Giordano were responsible for getting Rich his first few breaks. His early days 4

Career Highlights: Noteable runs for Marvel Comics on Fantastic Four, Avengers, Thor, Saga Of Sub-Mariner, Saga Of The Human Torch, Spectacular SpiderMan, Jungle Action (featuring Black Panther), Astonishing Tales (featuring Deathlok), X-Men, New Mutants and X factor.

Thor Vs. Firelord At D.C. Comics: memorable runs on All-Star Squadron, Justice League, World’s Finest Comics (Superman & Batman), The Flash, Teen Titans, New Gods, D.C. Comics Presents, and Superman Vs. Shazam (tabloid edition). At Archie Comics/Red Circle: Managing editor of all super-hero titles, created the Archie Adventure line of books: The Fly, Mighty Crusaders (which he wrote and illustrated), Black Hood, The Double Life Of Private Strong: The Shield, Blue Ribbon Comics, The Comet, etc. Rich also has the distinction of being among the few comic book artists to be featured on U.S. Postage Stamps (for both Marvel Comics and D.C. Comics).

realism master Valeriy Belenikin. His first exhibition in New York’s Soho garnered much praise, with his unique, highly detailed paintings compared favorably by art critics to the early seminal works of Salvador Dali and Max Ernst. He is currently artist in residence at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in Chelsea. In June of 2009 Rich’s surrealist and comic book paintings were featured in a solo exhibition entitled “Transformations Of Myth” at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) in Long Island, New York.

Presently, Rich is dividing his time between comics and fine art. He launched his career as a Surrealist painter in 2002 with a critically acclaimed solo exhibition in Paris entitled: “Rich Buckler, American Surrealist.” He studied oil painting with internationally acclaimed Russian fantastic

For further info, contact Rich Buckler email: bucklersr@aim.com website: www.richbuckler.com or www.bucklercomicart.com

Rich also does specially commissioned paintings and drawings, cover recreations and sketches.

Black Panther

Sub-Mariner and The Thing. It's a recreation of an early 70's cover Rich did for Marvel's Fantastic Four, with the logo/lettering and secondary figures omitted.

Cover recreation (based on the original Marvel cover of the 70's, but slightly revised). The collector I did it for calls this rendition "One Minute Later" (as if we were seeing the scene one minute later than the action originally shown). 8

Unpublished pencil page for D.C. Comics (all new characters, copyright by Rich Buckler) 9

Opposite : Here is an unpublished page from Death Machine, which Roy Thomas and Rich created in the 90's

Right : Portrait of Deathlok

Below : Spidey sketch

Deathlok in a fighting pose, unpublished

Above : Venom vs. Wolverine Left : Here is a scan of an unpublished recreation of a 70's Incredible Hulk cover for Marvel. Rich reworked the composition and left out the logo/ lettering Right : Ms. Steele. Unpublished design for an original animation concept

Codename Danger (Lodestone 1985) Opposite : recreation of a Fantastic Four cover from the 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of Doctor Doom solo 16

This one is a specially commissioned piece, never published, original in color. It is based on Richâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original cover of All-Star Squadron #1, but this one combines D.C. Comics heroes and Marvel heroes 18

Wonder woman pencil sample 19

Cover from an independent comic book Roy Thomas and I did some years ago. It is also the cover of the currently available trade book "How To Draw Dynamic Comic Books" (Vanguard Press). (ÂŠ & â&#x201E;˘ Roy Thomas & Rich Buckler) 22

Aegis This character is one of the good-guys in “The Invincibles , but he hasn't appeared yet anywhere. This is an original black & white design for the character, never before published. (© & ™ Roy Thomas & Rich Buckler) 24

Hellhawk Another character from “The Invincibles”, this time a bad-guy named "Hellhawk." This is an original character sketch never before published. (© & ™ Roy Thomas & Rich Buckler) 25

Web-Krawler Character sketch for one of the members of "The Invincibles" This was also used, in color, for the cover of Invincibles #1. (ÂŠ & â&#x201E;˘ Roy Thomas & Rich Buckler) 26

design for a bad guy in “The Invincibles” Opposite : Here is another bad guy named Rottweiller from “The Invincibles” (© & ™ Roy Thomas & Rich Buckler)

Above : Hulk vs. The Thing

Right : Wolverine

painting of Spider-Man, Acrylic on Canvas 24" x 30" 32