The Making of Joe Quesada's 'Venom' #1 Cover

Judge WAN · 01 Aug 2005

You all look SO excited!

This was a link from Wacom on my Facebook page. Apparently Joey uses a Cintiq 21 UX and is making art completely digital. This will make all the people that like to collect his original art very sad.

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The Making of Joe Quesada's 'Venom' #1 Cover

Despite overseeing Marvel Comics for a decade as Editor-in-Chief and operating now as the Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment, Joe Quesada was and always will be an illustrator at heart. Before his work as an executive, Quesada rose to fame with a series of high profile comics projects like Batman: The Sword of Azrael, X-Factor and his creator-owned series Ash that spotlighted his dramatic and meticulous style, and he continues to demonstrate his fondness for creating comics art whenever time allows. Most recently, Quesada drew one of the covers for Venom #1, the new ongoing series by Rick Remender and Tony Moore, which is on sale now.

Always forthcoming with behind-the-scenes information, Quesada published via Twitter a detailed step-by-step guide to the creation of his Venom cover that we suspect will be seen as incredibly helpful by aspiring artists and by everybody else as just really cool.

Quesada noted that he typically sketches digitally using the Cintiq 21UX tablet, which has "paid for itself 20 times over." He indicated that Skottie Young had given him some tips along the digital lines, and Quesada believes that particular bit of kit is well worth the in vestment.

The Venom logo was designed by Chris Eliopoulos. "That's why you're the best," Quesada tweeted to the letterer, who was startled to realize he created the still unchanged logo a whole 19 years ago.

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I like the comments:

michael wrote:

jesus god, it's like the 90's never ended.

And....

cactusfly wrote:

Yeah totally, what with that McFarlanesque noggin and that 90s speciality SHARP FINGERS WITH SHARPS EVERYWHERE SHARPS

Junkie Luv · 17 Apr 2005

I still hate the sharp teeth and the super-long tongue.

I expect they arose through some aspect of Brock's pychosis, but the more extreme aspects of the Venom symbiote should be reflective of each different host.

Ocean Doot · 25 Oct 2007

Junkie Luv wrote:

I still hate the sharp teeth and the super-long tongue.

I expect they arose through some aspect of Brock's pychosis, but the more extreme aspects of the Venom symbiote should be reflective of each different host.

Hmm, yes. It's a lot like Star Trek: The Next Generation. In many ways, it's superior. Yet it will never be as recognized as the original.

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Ocean Doot wrote:

Junkie Luv wrote:

I still hate the sharp teeth and the super-long tongue.

I expect they arose through some aspect of Brock's pychosis, but the more extreme aspects of the Venom symbiote should be reflective of each different host.

Hmm, yes. It's a lot like Star Trek: The Next Generation. In many ways, it's superior. Yet it will never be as recognized as the original.

Superior? TNG? :lol:

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

Ocean Doot wrote:

Junkie Luv wrote:

I still hate the sharp teeth and the super-long tongue.

I expect they arose through some aspect of Brock's pychosis, but the more extreme aspects of the Venom symbiote should be reflective of each different host.

Hmm, yes. It's a lot like Star Trek: The Next Generation. In many ways, it's superior. Yet it will never be as recognized as the original.

Hey, let's order some Chiense food.

Hanzo the Razor · 24 Jun 2007

I thought that Venom looked pretty cool in the breakdown stages but took a turn for the worse when he rendered it.

Steve · 21 Oct 2004

I'd like the cream of sum yung gai

Judge WAN · 01 Aug 2005

Hanzo the Razor wrote:

I thought that Venom looked pretty cool in the breakdown stages but took a turn for the worse when he rendered it.

I don't see the sense of having an inker when stuff is going to be that rendered in the colors.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:23 pm

Jeff wrote:

Ocean Doot wrote:

Junkie Luv wrote:

I still hate the sharp teeth and the super-long tongue.

I expect they arose through some aspect of Brock's pychosis, but the more extreme aspects of the Venom symbiote should be reflective of each different host.

Hmm, yes. It's a lot like Star Trek: The Next Generation. In many ways, it's superior. Yet it will never be as recognized as the original.

Superior? TNG? :lol:

Typo. He meant Enterprise.

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Linda wrote:

Jeff wrote:

Ocean Doot wrote:

Junkie Luv wrote:

I still hate the sharp teeth and the super-long tongue.

I expect they arose through some aspect of Brock's pychosis, but the more extreme aspects of the Venom symbiote should be reflective of each different host.

Hmm, yes. It's a lot like Star Trek: The Next Generation. In many ways, it's superior. Yet it will never be as recognized as the original.

Superior? TNG? :lol:

Typo. He meant Enterprise.

Understandable.

Marcus · 27 Nov 2004

That didn't turn out so good.

Bully · **Joined:** 21 Jun 2007 **Posts:** 13750

Man, I hate Venom.

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

I thought it was bizarre that they had the Brock-look Venom on the cover, when it looks so much cooler with the host being

Spoiler: show

I would not have bought the book had I not seen the premise and new look in the pages of ASM.

Bully · **Joined:** 21 Jun 2007 **Posts:** 13750

The new thing is a mildly interesting twist, but it doesn't help me overcome my hatred for Venom.

The Making of Joe Quesada's 'Venom' #1 Cover

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