szymon KUDRANSKI

SPAWN #216 2

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"TWO FACE" with Tony Daniel

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Just in case you miss it :

DC SOURCE

TONY DANIEL ON DETECTIVE COMICS

SPAWN #216

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Early look at SPAWN #216

SPAWN #214 ART 3

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Penguin#3 in Details 2

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Penguin#3 in Details 1

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SPAWN #214 ART 3

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SPAWN #214 ART 2

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SPAWN #214 this week!

SPAWN #214 ART 1

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DETECTIVE COMICS #5, ART 2

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DETECTIVE COMICS #5

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This January, I draw 8 page story written by Tony Daniel for Detective Comics #5.

NEWS

Some BW :

Penguin#2 in Details 4

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Penguin#2 in Details 3

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Penguin#2 in Details 2

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Penguin#2 in Details 1

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Penguin: Pain And Prejudice #2 COVER

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SPAWN #213 ART 2

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SPAWN #213 ART 1

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Penguin in Details 7

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Penguin in Details 6

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January 2012

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Image :

in France from Delcourt nice Hardcover (?) collected first issues.

And DC Comics : Penguin #4

Boom

REPULSE

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Pimpin: For new SPAWN and PENGUIN fans - don't forget to check my book from Image called "REPULSE" it's out since July!

SPAWN #212 ART 7

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" In the days of Kings and Queens I was a jester"

SPAWN #212 ART 6

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After Todd and Gregg

Penguin in Details 5

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SPAWN #212 ART 5

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Penguin in Details 4

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SPAWN #212 ART 4

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NYCC

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Im back from NYCC, Thanks to everyone for showing up, I had some great time. It's nice to know from time to time that people enjoy your stuff.

Big Thank You to one and only : Todd Mcfarlane and whole TMP!

I guess being Todd's sidekick, you have some nice privileges, we went to Geektime on Howard 101, where I meet Jim Lee and Joe Quesada and whole Geektime Crew, actually I had tour of my fav show " The Howard Stern Show" and yes, I was in the studio where magic happens. Thanks to everyone from Geektime and Howard Stern Show, I had a blast.

See you next year!

SPAWN #212 ART 3

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Also from this week SPAWN #212 !

Penguin in Details 3

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SPAWN ARTIST, SZYMON KUDRANSKI, TO ATTEND NEW YORK COMIC CON

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Check the news HERE

If you're at NYCC, Stop by Image both and I sign whatever you got!

Penguin ART 2

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SPAWN #212 Page 14

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Penguin ART 1

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SPAWN #212

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Cover for tomorrow's Penguin from DC Comics

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SPAWN #211 Various 5 "if you're 555, then I'm 666"

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SPAWN #211 Various 4

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ART: SPAWN #211 Various 3 "BLUDD"

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SPAWN #211 Various 2

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SPAWN #211 Various 1

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SPAWN #211 ART 2

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Last page of tomorrow's SPAWN #211

Please print it and stand 60 ft away, you'll be able to see it. (or just grab this copy tomorrow!)

SPAWN #211 ART 1

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One of my fav pieces from tomorrows SPAWN #211

SPAWN #210 ART 5

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SPAWN #210 ART 4

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SPAWN #210 ART 3

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SPAWN #210 ART 2

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SPAWN #210 Page 13

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"Penguin: Pain & Prejudice" #2

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CBR

SPAWN #210 ART 1

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From Today's SPAWN #210

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SPAWN #210 Next week!

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SPAWN #210 in details

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Penguin: Pain and Prejudice

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CBR

For this October i'm drawing mini for DC Comics "PENGUIN: PAIN AND PREJUDICE" with writer GREGG HURWITZ.

Gregg is great writer (check his web-site, you gonna see what i am talking about) and we both can't wait to show you some art.

check the cover :

REPULSE

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"REPULSE" made into BEST SHOT'S at NEWSARAMA : here

Also was "Pick of the week" at few places, and many many great e-mails,
tweets and comments which I appreciate.

Thanks everyone for picking it up and for intrest!

And Big Thanks for Jeff Mariotte for Script Assistance and Scott O. Brown for great lettering!

And from my Letter Column :

Michael Via Twitter

I finally got to read Repulse today. Wow I'm floored. I want to read 100 more times. It's FLAWLESS. Follow up anytime soon?

The second one was written right after first "REPULSE" and it's on my desk since 2009, It definitive come out someday!

Andrea via E-mail

Hi,i'd like to know whan can i see the movie or the tv serie of REPULSE. tanks
Andrea

Oh, it's on FOX network prime time every wednesday and soon to be Motion Picture.

Just Kidding

No Comment.
Grazie!

So that's all for now, see you at next REPULSE.

Let me leave you with one last question :

"So, Can a Robot remember his past life...as a human?"

SPAWN #209 B-T-Scenes 6

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SPAWN #209 B-T-Scenes 5

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Spawn #212 Cover

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Spawn #212 Cover, Behind the Scenes, First and Second version :

REPULSE - RV 01

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So REPULSE stayed at Diamond warehouse because they didn't put it into their system so if you're not sure to pick it up next week you still got a chance, read reviews (no worries no spoilers) :

Nerd locker Review : "...4.5 out of 5 Nerd Skulls..."HERE

A Comic Blog Net Review : "..excitement that comes from reading something that infects you like this book does..."HERE

Fright Channel Review : "There is an interesting twist to the plot that you don’t see coming" HERE

ImageAddiction Review : ""...resolution at the end I didn't see coming..."HERE

SPAWN #209 from PREVIEW

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You want more SPAWN? how about that :

TOMORROW

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SPAWN #209 B-T-Scenes 4

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2 x Image Comics

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Tomorrow big day - two books from IMAGE Comics from your truly, don't forget to grab them :

SPAWN #209 B-T-Scenes 3 "Put my neurosis on the shelf"

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SPAWN #209 B-T-Scenes 2

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SPAWN #209 B-T-Scenes 1

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SPAWN #212 Cover Tease

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SPAWN #208 A12 TEST COLOR

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SPAWN #208 A11

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SPAWN #208 A10

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SPAWN #208 A9

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More test colors

SPAWN #208 A8

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SPAWN #208 A7

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"REPULSE" art A4

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SPAWN #208 Cover Behind the Scenes

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First Version :

SPAWN #208 A6

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SPAWN #208 A5

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with a test color

"REPULSE" art A3

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SPAWN #208

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SPAWN #208 OUT TODAY

SPAWN #208 A4

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SPAWN #208 A3

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SPAWN #208 A2

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REPULSE "A"

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SPAWN #208 A1

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Next week :

SPAWN #207 A8

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2008 ART: REPULSE Sketch

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2007 A1

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2007 ART : old Spawn painting on LEFT.

SPAWN #207 A7

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SPAWN #207 A6

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Keep moving

SPAWN #207 A5

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SPAWN #207 A4

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SPAWN 207 A1

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SPAWN 207 out today!

R1

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Early concept art for REPULSE - 2008

Spawn #207 A3

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SPAWN 207 on sale next week

Spawn #207 A2

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Spawn #207 A1

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From Spawn #207 transformation :

V

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Getting "Repulsed"

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From CBR :

Known mainly as the artist on "Spawn," "Streets of Gotham" and "Zombie Cop," Szymon Kudranski also has a passion for writing taught, gritty science-fiction stories set in the not too distant future. His latest creation "Repulse" follows After Crime detective Sam Hagen on a self-destructive path that puts him on the trail of a very mysterious and unusual killer. The Image Comics one-shot, which hits stores in July, follows Hagen as he literally absorbs the last moments of a corpse's life to solve their murders.

"Sam working for After Crime is basically him doing a suicidal job," Kudranski told CBR News. "He implants himself with memories of the last few moments of a murder victim's life. He feels, tastes and sees what the victims saw, and in the end he dies like the victims did, since his body thinks this is happening to him. It's a very painful job and not for anyone who wants to live until their forties. At some point, his body won't handle dying every day and will finally give up. But for Sam, it doesn't matter -- he's abusing himself with alcohol and other stuff. At some point he will drop dead anyway, so at least he can make money for it."
In the one-shot, co-written with Kudranski's longtime friend and creative partner Jeff Mariotte, Sam's most recent vision reveals a murderer who, quite frankly, should not be possible: a robot. While the story is set twenty years in the future where robots exist as a part of everyday life, there should be no way for one to harm a human, let alone go on a murderous rampage.

"Overall, robots were created to serve humankind," Kudranski said. "They are programmed and they can't do anything about it. They don't have the right tools to create feelings like love, hate, passion, faith, depression or envy and so forth. The robots in 'Repulse' are very primitive, they don't talk much; they don't have opinions, just a machine taking orders, nothing more."

As if the concept of a robot on a rampage isn't a disturbing enough concept for Hagen to process, this one also appears to be reliving a past life, one which is directly informing his crime spree.
"I wanted to do something involving robots, but almost everything had been done," Kudranski said. "I wanted to come up with something new. Whenever I watch movies or read books about robots, they always try to show robots at some point gaining awareness of themselves and fighting back to be free. But for me, it will always be only a machine, no matter if they have dreams, if they want to be human or be alike. So why not merge robots with the idea of reincarnation? It doesn't matter if you believe in it or not; this robot remembers his past life. It's not like someone built some machine to catch your soul, he just remembers it. It's that simple."
Kudranski took concept of robot reincarnation and combined it with his Sam Hagen/After Crime idea, which began life as a separate book titled "New World." Mixing the two together, "Repulse" was born. The creator began telling industry folks about the idea, but he ran into some creative roadblocks along the way.

"I pitched it to a few people in 2008, but some of them said, 'Hey, how he can remember his past life? How could it be? You need to change it and give an explanation, it doesn't make sense.' I said, 'I am not changing a thing. This is a comic book -- it's not like we have a budget of a million dollars to do that thing.' So, I took my chances. People who experience past lives don't have explanations for how they can remember them. Just lay back and enjoy the story."

Because he stuck to his guns, Kudranski's book remained shelved for a few years. In the meantime, he drew "Spawn" and "Streets of Gotham," all the while hoping to get back to "Repulse." Eventually, he was able to get things rolling at Image with a little help from friend and editor Jeff Mariotte.
"Actually, it was Jim Valentino's idea to bring Jeff to the project," Kudranski said. "English is not my first language, so there were a bunch of grammar and syntax mistakes. Jim told me, 'This thing needs to be polished up.' Jeff worked as an editor for a long time and he is a great writer, so it was a blast for me to have Jeff touch up this thing. I have known Jeff for a very long time. He was my first editor back in 2004 at IDW, and we did "Zombie Cop" together at Shadowline. He did an amazing job [on 'Repulse'], and I am thankful for that."

Readers familiar with Kudranski's style will notice that his art has a different look in the pages of "Repulse." The artist explained he wanted to experiment with black and white, placing the final feel of the pages somewhere between "Zombie Cop" and "Spawn" on the spectrum of his work. In addition to playing with his artistic approach, he took inspiration from fellow artists and their ability to really create a world and mood for the story to live in.

"If I need a breath of a fresh air, I read comics done by Ashley Wood, Kent Williams, Alex Maleev, Lee Bermejo, Bill Sienkiewicz and many, many more," Kudranski told CBR. "These guys are like directors. I would say they do more than a director. They build everything from the ground up, from environment to characters expression. That gets me inspired, that one man can build an amazing visual world and give you amazing entertainment."

Ultimately, Kudranski hopes readers find "Repulse" as creative and interesting, because he's got more stories to tell in the world he's created, telling CBR, "The second story is already written. It's just a matter of time when I have more time to draw this thing!"

"Repulse" hits stores in July