It’s Abe Sapien Month at Multiversity! To see all sorts of Abe content, like our “Evolution of Abe Sapien” contest, fantastic original art, interviews and more, click here.
To celebrate our “Evolution of Abe Sapien” art contest, which gives every fan with some ambition and a modicum of artistic talent a chance to have their work published in an issue of “Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible,” as well as take home a complete set of Hellboy Library Editions, we decided to bring in some ringers, to show us how they interpret everyone’s favorite fish-man. We will be posting pieces each day for this entire month, so come join us for 31 Days of Abe!
One of the first artists approached about this project was our pal Tom Scioli, who turns in this rich, saturated Abe. “I went with as different a palette as I could while still having him read as the character. I’m imagining what a month of Abe Sapien drawings would look like and there’s probably going to be a lot of pale blues and greens, so I wanted to do something to make this one stand out a little,” said Tom. Tom was recently a guest on The Hour Cosmic, where he talked about his fantastic webcomics: American Barbarian, Final Frontier and, most recently, Satan’s Soldier (which is basically the best “what if Superman was pure evil?” story you could imagine). Tom is also the penciller on Image’s “Godland,” his series with Joe Casey. You can follow Tom on Twitter (@tomscioli), and check out his webcomics at Ambarb.com!
Feeling inspired by this great piece of art? Then enter our “Evolution of Abe Sapien” art contest! Full details are here. And make sure to pick up “Abe Sapien” #1 on April 3 from Dark Horse!