Wednesday, August 17, 2011

THE SEA DEVILS #1 by Dieter Van der Ougstraete


Dieter says:

"My choice was The Sea Devils. The underwater/adventure theme inspired me. I gave the Devils a new suit. They look like oldschool deep sea divers now. In this first issue they meet the lord of the sea, Neptune. I didn't want him to look downright evil, but more like some crazy giant. He is surrounded by predatory fish and a man-shark servant.

I also took a great deal of inspiration from the Belgian cartoonist Marc Sleen. He did a similar cover for a story named "The Pearl of Neptune" in 1949."

My blog: http://horsedeluxe.blogspot.com/

The Sea Devils were created by Robert Kanigher and Russ Heath.
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8 comments:

  1. SiskoidAugust 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM

    Funky! A retro-indy look for a long-fallow property? I'm there!

    Would read? What did I just say?

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  2. Matthew AllisonAugust 17, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    I want to choke that Man-Shark. He's up to no good.

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  3. Stergios BotzakisAugust 17, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Brilliant!

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  4. Anthony VukojevichAugust 17, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    Amazing! Love Dieter's choice. I would collect this series in a second.
    Great painting. It would also make for a great black-light poster.

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  5. Dieter VDOAugust 18, 2011 at 3:45 AM

    Thanks guys!

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  6. HunterAugust 18, 2011 at 7:57 AM

    Hey, Marc Sleen is cool! I've just been to Brussels where I visited his museum!

    Is there a link to the aforementioned cover?

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  7. Dieter VDOAugust 18, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    Yes, seen it in the museum myself.

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  8. KatAugust 25, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    Dieter, this cover is just more proof of why you're one of my favorite artists these days. Love this! Especially, the divers on the sea horse!

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