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25

Alex Niño’s “Dead Ahead”

Filed Under Comics Artists, Filipino Artists | 11 Comments

Finally some news about Alex Niño’s newest comics project!

Dead Ahead #1

“Water, Water, Everywhere!” On a restless ocean, a group of weary survivors contemplate their grim fortune: What had started out as a fun little fishing trip soon turns into a nightmare of damnation, trapped on a floating prison. The continents have been hit by a plague that has turned humanity into living corpses – leaving our castaways at sea to fend for themselves! With provisions low, hope comes in the form of a luxury liner sailing into view on the horizon. All they needed to survive would be on board, but who among them has what it takes to find out what happened to its crew and passengers?

Written by Clark Castillo and Mel Smith, art and cover by Alex Nino and Moose Baumann.

24 pages, $2.99, in stores on September 17, 2008

More artwork can be found at Heidi McDonald’s blog here:

Alex Niño @ Image
http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/24/alex-nino-image/

The image is small, but you can see even more art from this comic book at this link.

I’m amazed at how relevant and how innovative Alex Niño remains in today’s comics, not to mention that he is still actually doing comics. And looking at these artworks, I can dare say that he surpasses even his recent efforts “The Orc’s Treasure” and “God the Dyslexic Dog”. Mabuhay ka, Alex!

Comments

11 Responses to “Alex Niño’s “Dead Ahead””

  1. gilbert monsanto on June 25th, 2008 8:57 am

    Ang GALINGGGG! Ibang klase, saka ito talaga ang forte niya. Ayos!

  2. Jonas Diego on June 25th, 2008 10:02 am

    Zombies! Yes! Brains! :D

  3. Ed on June 25th, 2008 1:14 pm

    La-man, Jonas! LA-MAN!!! :P

    Anyway…HOLY SHOOT! *dies*

  4. Jonas Diego on June 25th, 2008 7:14 pm

    Suddenly made me realize na okay siguro kung ido-drowing ni Alex Nino and isang issue ng Lobo ng DC. :D

  5. gilbert monsanto on June 26th, 2008 12:19 am

    Omegamen yata ang hinawakan dati ni Alex sa DC noon, ewan kung nag guest si lobo dun? :)

  6. Rod Samonte on June 26th, 2008 11:11 am

    Nino is back with his inimitable stylized drawing. However, the colors that was used by the colorist, reds, yellows, oranges and fuchias in sweet pastel shades does not go well with the macabre images. Comparatively, Gerry did a better coloring job in his Liquid City example shown below that fits with the dreary and tragic events he’s showing. Notice his dark clouds, compared to the azure skies in the Nino illustration.
    Rod

  7. auggie on June 26th, 2008 1:15 pm

    Rod,

    Oo nga in-appropriate ang color scheme, nawala tuloy yung macabre and foreboding sense ng supposedly thriller na ito….

  8. Robby Villabona on June 26th, 2008 8:18 pm

    I actually like the colors (both versions). It doesn’t conflict with the art in the sense that it doesn’t hide the beautiful line work (which many colorists tend to do). It gives proper recognition to the art. The bold pastel will also make it stand out in store shelves, apart from the usual fare.

  9. Rod Samonte on June 26th, 2008 10:19 pm

    Auggie,
    Talagang hindi bagay. Ang tatamis ng kulay na ginamit. Ngayon lang ako nakakita ng zombie na kulay pink.
    Rod

  10. Rod Samonte on June 26th, 2008 11:37 pm

    Actually, I’d like to see the cover in black and white. Personally, I like Nino better in black and white. I wish that first page shown on the blog, which was black and white, were bigger and sharper. I’ll look for it come September.
    Rod

  11. gilbert monsanto on June 27th, 2008 2:30 pm

    Teka, di ba manual ang pagkukulay sa baba? Eh di kau Alex ang color choices na iyan?