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"Colorists" falls a lot short of the work done here.

For those two pieces, I did only layouts, not finished pencils. I wasn't crazy about the whole project, truth to tell. Airbrushing -- with real airbrushes, not Photoshop filters! -- was all the rage back then, and most of it looked to me like van art. I'm more of a fan of visible brush strokes and rough edges.

Several years later, when I was doing Superman, a similar job came along. I was asked to provide a figure drawing for a hardcover collection. The editor was quite excited that this would then be AIRBRUSHED, but I was less impressed. "Just promise me," I said, "that this won't come out looking like a Macy's Thanksgiving Parade balloon!" "Won't happen!" declared the editor.

When the book came out, all that was missing was the cables keeping the balloon from drifting away. feh!!