John Buscema Sketchbook

by John Buscema, J. David Spurlock

The John Buscema Sketchbook spans the career of well-known Marvel Comics artist and art teacher, John Buscema. Hundreds of vintage, new and unpublished drawings are included. Also featured is an introduction by comic book creator, illustrator, filmmaker, and pop-culture historian Jim Steranko. The John Buscema Sketchbook is a valuable addition to the collection of comic book and Conan the Barbarian enthusiasts and is also of unique interest for aspiring artists. This deluxe, hardcover, limited edition of the John Buscema Sketchbook was hand-signed by the late Mr. Buscema and features a 14-page bonus portfolio, absent from other editions. Limited edition of 1000 copies.

Genres: Art, Comics

112 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

John Buscema (/bjuːˈsɛmə/; Italian: [buʃˈʃɛːma]; born Giovanni Natale Buscema, was an American comic book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate. His younger brother Sal Buscema is also a comic book artist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bu...

Reviews

[Serge Pierro · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides a very interesting look at the artwork of John Buscema. Most books of this type tend to feature the main works/style of the artist, however in this tome we are treated to the many different sides of Buscema's work that many of fans are probably unfamiliar with. One can truly see his "classical" background while perusing through the pages. A decent interview is mixed in with the artwork, but it is clearly the art that is the main draw.

[Sezer Turgay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Güzeldi fakat içinde Black Widow,Shalla Bal ve Vision'a dair tek bir sketch olmaması üzdü.

[Drew Canole · Rating 3 out of 5]

John Buscema was the first comic artist I really got into. I'd seek out his stuff, but really I only love his heroic fantasy Conan stuff. This book made me really want to check out his Silver Surfer run which he says is his favourite work of his.

[Rob Smith, Jr. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this from the publisher at a convention just after it was published. I love that publisher and author Spurlock records so much history of comic illustration. He's done a fantastic job and recomend all he has produced.

There are lesser efforts. This is one of those. This really should have been larger to better view the illustrations. The text should have been laid out entirely differently. It's broken up in very bad ways. One break involves a hyphen. It's pages later the other side of the hyphen is found.

The artwork is broken into sufficient categories, but the text doesn't match the chapter.
There's also the introduction by Jim Steranko is nearly a swipe of the interview presented. Thus, repitious.

Still, it's the best collection done so far and the interview is otherwise very good.

Bottom line: I recommend this book. 7 out of ten points.

[Onur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keşke kitapta Ernie Chan'a da biraz olsun yer verilseydi. Çizgi romanın altın çağını şekillendiren Big John Buscema nın eskizlerine ve kendisi ile parça parça söyleşilerin yer aldığı koleksiyonluk bir kitap. Türkçe baskısı Sırtlan yayınlarından çıkmış.

[Tori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eskizler ilham verici; keşke röportaj daha verimli olsaydı.

[J. Spurlock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Packed with rare material and insights — produced by Buscema, Spurlock & Steranko

[Bira Dantas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic way to learn how John Buscema could create fantastic action angles in his Comics. You can also see many pen sketches he used to do in the back of Comics Pages.