Here's another testament to why it's best to get your art scans and blogging done in a timely manner. The last three portions of the jam that I have gotten colored were seemingly at HeroesCon last year, even though I thought that at least some of them were at the previous year's Fan Expo New Orleans. One of the three may well have been, and it was my second pick to post this week, except I don't recall who did it, and have to dig through my records. My first choice was done by a different artist than I thought who did do a piece for me in NOLA, so I want to save that until I can feature both in the same week. That leaves this one, which I thought had been done by an artist with whom I had a prior track record, but that seems not to be the case. I'm old, and my memory is fuzzy, so can you tell I'm vamping to fill space?
Anyway, I was looking for a radical revision on the Maxx coloring along the lines of what Daniel Dahl did with his pieces, and he wanted to do Maxx the most, but I held out for a painter. I approached at least one well known one, and I think more than one over the years, but the first turned me down and I believe others priced me out. After a half decade, I gave up on circling back to Dahl, but I did find a painter who seemed like a great fit and gave me a great rate. Daniel Govar had strong fantasy art chops, while also dipping into super-heroes, so I figured he'd have an appropriately bold approach to this character. I think the sort of tie dye quality to the colors is a good fit for the Maxx, and I like the sunlight hitting him from the side. Govar stayed faithful to the original art, which is something that I usually prefer (I still ache a bit over the obliteration of Jim Starlin's pencils in another jam, despite the finished work clearly improving on his layout.)
Daniel Govar