2019 Gem Award Nominee: Reprint TP or HC of the Year – The Boys Omnibus Vol. 1

 

DEFINITIVE EDITIONS:

The Boys Definitive Editions. Six oversized, slip-cased, hardcover editions of the series by Garth Ennis, Darrick Robertson, Russ Braun, Tony Aviña, Simon Bowland, and more. Since the series was about a group backed by the CIA, and tasked with watching and keeping superheroes in line, I wanted all of the design and bonus materials to look like you were sorting through well worn file folders put together about the characters and the series. Every element that is seen underneath a page or folder is actually on the next page in that position as you flip through. It was a lot of fun to create, but a nightmare for file sizes and my scratch disc.

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OMNIBUS EDITIONS:

To coincide with the Amazon Prime series, I was hired to scale down the oversized Definitive Editions to traditional, graphic novel proportions, to redesign and adjust some of my interior designs, and to create new covers for these six, soft cover collections. For the covers, my thought was to have each volume focus on a single member of the team, culminating in one last group image for the final book.

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Written by GARTH ENNIS

Art by DARICK ROBERTSON, RUSS BRAUN, JOHN McCREA, and more

Colors by TONY AVIÑA

Letters by SIMON BOWLAND

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THE ART OF THE BOYS:

This 9" x 12" coffee table art was produced to showcase the cover art of series co-creator Darick Robertson. I wanted to make sure that fans were able to not only see as much of Darick's art process as possible, but to also get a bit of the story as well by including the original marketing descriptions for each issue as written by the series' other co-creator, Garth Ennis.