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ELLISON | GALLERY | VARIOUS | HOMAGES | DARK HORSE PRESENTS 66 | |
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 Dark Horse Presents Art By Paul Chadwick Copyright 1992 Paul Chadwick |
Dark Horse Presents Concrete - "Byrdland's Secret" Issue 66, September 1992, Dark Horse Comics story & art, Paul Chadwick; art assist, Jed Hotchkiss Concrete, a creation of Paul Chadwick who first appeared in the premier issue of Dark Horse Presents before moving on to his own series as well as these occasional short stories, is the story of a former speech writer who is abducted by aliens and has his mind placed in a large, non-human body with super-human strength, etc. The series explores his reactions to this body and how they would affect a regular person in a world where one does not go out and fight crime in these circumstances. "Byrdland's Secret" takes place during the longer Concrete story "Fragile Creatures" which describes Concrete's experiences working as a "Special Effect" on the set of "Rulers of the Universe" a film with a resemblance to the Master's Of The Universe. "Byrdland" tells the story of Concrete's visit to one of the original writers of the "Rulers" script, Dwayne Byrd, in his fabulous home "Byrdland." Both the character of Byrd and his home are obviously based on Ellison and Chadwick's visits to Ellison Wonderland. The story also features Byrd's wife Susan. It is full of references to Ellison; his work; his love of comics, art, fantasy, etc.; and several of his actual stories. I'll try to identify some of these points in the gallery art. While Chadwick had worked in Hollywood as a story board artist and Ellison as a screenwriter, neither worked on the Masters of the Universe film. Ellison has often praised Chadwick's work on Concrete in his articles and interviews about comics. |
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