Has Declan Shalvey been writing and drawing a Mystique comic volume for the X - Men : From The Ashes relaunch ? Bleeding Cool link the pane …
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November:“Handed in a sales pitch for PROJECTRAVENand got three Marvel screening done , as well as the next cover for aBoomseries [ more below ] . After some feedback , I have to encounter it up a bit . look like I ’ll be starting PROJECTRAVENonce I get back from the States next week "
December:“Sent in a young , more fleshed out outline for PROJECTRAVEN . don it ’s approved , I ’m going to have a luck of playfulness with this . "
Mid January:“Handed in a new outline draught for PROJECTRAVEN , so wait to see what happens there . "
Late January:“Still wait on news for PROJECTRAVEN . I ’m told all of editorial have their last eminence and it ’s been sent up the Ernst Boris Chain to the handsome wigs , so we ’ll see what happens "
Mid February:“PROJECTRAVENis formally okay ! I have to say , I was devise myself for this to not happen , but I am glad to have mis - gauge that issue . The whole serial publication is all outline as part of the pitch summons so I require to start writing soon "
Late February:“On the subject of thinly veiled codewords , I ’ve started to get stuck - in on PROJECTRAVEN . Which , involves taking the approve series outline and wear out down the first issue . This is the problematic part . I ’ve been trying to clear other work first but mainly , wanted to get the belated THUNDERCATS payoff done , to clear some mental headspace . "
Mid March:“PROJECTRAVEN#1 iswritten . The first draft anyway , have incur some note to deal with . I ’m working on some cover ideas before I head Stateside . I ’ll be write on the road . "
Late March:“I’ve been having some back - and - off on notes for my first PROJECTRAVENscript . mother greenback back is always frustrating … you want the affair to be DONE . But , you also need it to be upright and notes can aid you with that . In this example , I do imagine the bank bill are clean , they do n’t conflict with the component I think are most important and I suspect will raise the caliber of the publication . So I ’m form on that today , incorporating the note given and reduce up what I have to make it near . "
Early April:“After some back and off with newspaper column , the script for PROJECTRAVENis blast down and I have start drawing . Just finished up my layouts for the upshot and am working on lightboxing and reference for this week . Been a salutary bit of setup to get this rolling , but very glad to get moving . Below is a [ redacted ] WIP of the first issue . "
former May : " I ’ve one-half of PROJECTRAVENIssue One pencil ! It ’s a 30 page issue so a fleck lumpy than what I ’m used to . Have start ink it as of yesterday , see to get the first cover done in the next week or so … "
Late May:“At the moment , I ’m essay my good to do all the linework on two pages of PROJECTRAVENeach day and make onward motion onsomethingelse on that sidereal day . Problem is , it can only beoneother matter I can tackle on top of theRAVENworkload , so Imightget to pencil a cover … maybe ink it the next day [ or some of it , finish it the next Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ] , do some food coloring , do some committal to writing , etc etc around the dailyRAVENworkload . Last workweek I get by to keep up on myRAVENtargets while also … This week , I have to … Start pencilling the next half of PROJECTRAVEN … Pencil / ink / colour first PROJECTRAVENcover "
Early June:“I’m late in the green goddess trying to wrap up Issue one of PROJECTRAVEN . I ’ve finished the pencils for PROJECTRAVEN#1 and have start out on ink . The cover is all done , it ’s had a portion of revisions [ more than I ’m used to on a cover song ] but this is a new serial so I empathize there ’s a bit more superintendence . I expect the news show for this book will dampen next month . "
Mid June:“I’ve finished the ink for PROJECTRAVEN ! Man , feels salutary to have that wrapped . I ’m currently work out on the script and compensate for Issue Two . Also , a colourist has been attached to the project and I am over the moon with who is doing it . An infrangible top - level / best in - their - field Eisner Award winning colourist who I ’ve known since before I became a professional and have never gotten to work with before . I amsoexcited to see what he does with my page . "
Then two days ago he tweet , " annunciation / newssheet reader , I consider PROJECT RAVEN will be revealed this calendar week " . So , will we get a Mystique announcement ? Unless , of course , Declan is doing Sentinels and notAlex Paknadel , as we presume …
Declan Shalveyis a fantastic mirthful book creator who has emerged in the last couple of decade … through bloody hard work . He study Fine Art Printmaking at Limerick School of Art and Design and begin create lowly - printing press comics with Hero Killers winning an Eagle Award in 2005 , as well as Irish noir comicFreakshow , picked up byJudge Dredd Megazine , adaptations ofFrankenstein , Sweeney Todd , and28 Clarence Shepard Day Jr. Later .
He worked for Marvel , on cartoon strip such asThunderbolts , Fear Itself , Dark Avengers , Venom , Winter Soldier , DeadpoolandMoon Knight . For DC he drewNorthlanders , American Vampire , All - Star BatmanandBatman and the Signal . He also drewConan the Barbarian , The MassiveandMurder Bookfor Dark Horse .
His prominence increase conscientious objector - creatingInjectionfrom Image Comics withWarren Ellis , with whom he also collaborated onMoon Knight . He has also written two crime graphic novels set in Ireland , Savage TownandBog Bodiesboth publish by Image , which increase his visibility as a writer as well as an artist . And now … Mystiquemaybe ?
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