What you want is in my David Bowie sketchbook!

A big reason I wanted to go to Comic-Con International in San Diego this year was solely for the Bowie sketchbook. While I'd hoped to get some superhero artists in the book for the first time, a combination of work duties keeping me away from their official signings and the fact that most of them charge an arm and a leg and have months-long wait-lists for commissions put the kibosh on that. But I did manage to round up a small but elite squad of altcomix luminaries to put their stamp on the wild-eyed boy from Freecloud. Let's see how they did, shall we?

Mark Todd: Pirate Bowie makes a comeback! Whoever's in charge of marketing Bowie's iconography, please pay attention to how many hip young artists gravitate to this one-off look.

Jaime Hernandez: Ah yes, the one you've been waiting for.

Mario Hernandez: All three cartooning Hernandez Brothers are in my book! I'll tell you this--from my position on the opposite side of the table, looking at this upside-down, it was really, really difficult to figure out what Mario was drawing until he finally flipped it over to draw the head.

Johnny Ryan: Lesser men of my acquaintance have been too timid to approach Johnny for their sketchbooks, given his usual MO. Look what you're missing, wimps!

Jim Woodring: Another freaking giant of comics, another relentless self-deprecator. Man, you created Frank and your Bowie looks just fine. Go easy on yourself.

Jordan Crane: One of my oldest acquaintances in comics and the guy directly responsible in many ways for my involvement in them, Jordan represented two firsts for the sketchbook: He was the first to draw Bowie's pre-stardom Mod look, and the first to shit-talk other sketches. Which ones? That's a secret I'll take to my grave.

Previous David Bowie Sketchbook showcases:

MoCCA 2007
SPX 2007
MoCCA 2008

To see the whole shebang as a Flickr set, click here.

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