This time out I thought I'd share some odds and ends by that master of the graphic form, Steve Ditko, including a few goodies not seen often. This piece was drawn especially for the cover of Comics Buyers Guide # 1214, Feb 1997, used to promote the first issue of Strange Avenging Tales . Ditko creates a compelling image, using wash tone for his primary figure, the Baffler. Ditko provides interesting visuals along the borders: faces and masks, silhouetted figures attempting to explode dynamite, barbed wire, a folder crushing individuals and his tools of the trade in action. Most situations are connected to interior stories, and Ditko's vignettes add a air of mystery and speculation about the contents. Created by Jack C. Harris and designed and drawn by Ditko, Substance was a character with the ability to become invisible with the use of a device. The first issue appeared in 1990 for publisher Ray Zone. Ditko does an effective job with the 3-D technique, using depth percep
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