[THE ART OF] Une pin-up DAREDEVIL YELLOW pour Rafael GRAMPA

[THE ART OF] Une pin-up DAREDEVIL YELLOW pour Rafael GRAMPA

Rafael GRAMPA (7 août 2009)

Warren SIMONS, Daredevil editor and good friend, invited me to do this DAREDEVIL pin-up, for the special edition of DAREDEVIL # 500. I love the character and choose the yellow suit to make my homage. Matt Murdock is a boxer’s son and because of that my DAREDEVIL is almost a mix of super hero, boxer and wrestler fighter. I always thought that the radar graphics for the character could be more organic and fluid that the “electronic” graphics that I usually see.

I had a lot of fun!

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DAREDEVIL YELLOW pin up

A l'occasion du numéro #500 de sa série DAREDEVIL, Marvel, et plus précisément Warren SIMONS, éditeur de la série, a invité plusieurs artistes afin de réaliser des pin-up du justicier aveugle pour fêter dignement cet anniversaire. C'est ainsi que l'excellent artiste brésilien Rafael GRAMPA a dessiné ce DAREDEVIL YELLOW dans un style novateur et hyper-efficace.

La sublime vision de DAREDEVIL par Rafael GRAMPA

Warren SIMONS (14 août 2009)

From the attached pin-up, you can see why this is DAREDEVIL as only Rafael GRAMPA could envision him.

From the exposed neck—I mean, his costume does not really fit him—to his Billy clubs, which look like they were assembled at a kitchen table in a Hell’s Kitchen walkup, this is the costume of a very violent man who built an outfit from goods seemingly harvested at a sporting goods store. The thing I love about this piece is that this version of DD appears to come from our New York City, far from a world where spandex and unstable molecules exist. This is a super hero outfit built from boxing gear, one created to tackle the grit and strange violence of Hell’s Kitchen. Also note Rafael’s fantastic take on DD’s radar sense. These aren’t clean, concentric circles filling the night sky from a hero blessed with extraordinary gifts. These are strange, uneven lines, something primal, like an animal’s sense of smell. Rafael’s work here is terrific—this is one of my favorite pin-ups—so if you dig it, check out the issue, and check out Grampá’s other fantastic work.”

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Daredevil # 500: Behind the Scenes, Day 1