Welcome, Bold Reader, to THE STANDARD! Hi, everybody. This is John Lees, writer of THE STANDARD, here to welcome to you to the first page of what will be an online serialization of the whole series. We launch with the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CHAPTER 1: LEGACIES Writer: John Lees Artist: Jonathan Rector Colorists: Ray Dillon & Mo James Letterer: Kel Nuttall Editor: Steven Forbes Here we go! The ominous cover to the thrilling first issue of THE STANDARD by series artist Jonathan […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here we go, bold reader! Page 1, issue 1. Let’s start off by taking a look at the script for this page: … PAGE ONE (4 panels) Panel 1. We open on a black-and-white medium shot of The Standard, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a significant page in the history of THE STANDARD. Way back in 2009, when I was first trawling the web looking for an artist to draw the book, I put an ad up on the Digital Webbing forums. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What a stunning page, eh? The creative team of artist Jonathan Rector, colorists Ray Dillon and Mo James, and letterer Kel Nuttall all came together here to craft a stunning splash which perfectly encapsulates the persona of Gilbert Graham. And […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is another page I think is great fun. In fact, when I’m on the convention floor and selling THE STANDARD, I specifically open a copy of the first issue to this page to highlight the merits of the series. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here we get the first full-fledged leap to present day action, save for the cryptic opening sequence. That first panel was intended to create as bold and jarring a shift from the quirky Silver Age escapades that came before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking back, I’m not overly fond of this scene. From a script perspective, it reads very much like a first-time comic writer trying to get across some exposition in a short space of time. And the result is a little […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Funny story about this page. Originally, that first panel has Alex telling the Hawks Network to “fuck themselves sideways.” But I changed that, and removed the other F-bombs too. Why? Back in 2010 I had printed out a small run […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here we have Bill Finney, The Standard’s agent, who is of course equipped with rocket boots in order to keep up with his client. This is the only time we see him flying around with the rocket boots, if there […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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