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The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

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When Titan Books published trade paperbacks of Swamp Thing in the UK, well ahead of the US, they used the black and white art of Steve Bissette, John Totleben, Rick Veitch and others. And it really worked. Colouring was still undeveloped in comics, and often would obscure the linework. The Titan editions are still my favourite version of the Alan Moore run.

Techniques are far more advanced today, of course, with colouring often accentuating the art, making it richer, deeper, as much an art form as the linework itself.

But I still get a different thrill from looking at the pages in black and white. And the current Swamp Thing artist Yanick Paquette has acquiesced, on his DeviantArt page, posting published pages in their original inked form…

Swamp Thing Issue 2 pages 4 and 6

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

Swamp Thing Issue 2 pages 8, 9, 10 and 11

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

Swamp Thing Issue 3 pages 11 and 12:

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

Swamp Thing Issue 5 pages 1, 5, 18 and 20

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

Swamp Thing Issue 6 and Issue 7 covers

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

The Black And White Swamp Thing Art Of Yanick Paquette

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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