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John Byrne
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 7:15am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Approx 8.5x11 inches

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David Ferguson
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 7:19am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Is that character obscure or is it just me?
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Carmen Bernardo
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 7:25am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Wow.  Looks like one of those Silver Age DC villains to me.
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Marc Foxx
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 7:28am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

Clock King? Interesting choice...but always well executed!
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John Byrne
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Looks like one of those Silver Age DC villains to me.

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Yup. First appeared (at least by name) in 1960.

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Dwayne Gassmann
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 7:34am | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Unusual request, but I like it.
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Jamie Grey
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I like the way the hands on the face look like eyes
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Peter Martin
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 8:34am | IP Logged | 8 post reply

What an odd character!

I like the pose, which gives it a real sense of movement as you capture him mid-turn, and how lithe the limbs look. Nice drawing of the hands as well.

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Brandon Pennison
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 8:51am | IP Logged | 9 post reply

The pose is a great choice!  Never heard of the character, but looks interesting!
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Matt Hawes
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 9:12am | IP Logged | 10 post reply

I can honestly say that's the coolest rendition of The Clock King ever!!!
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Kevin Brown
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Posted: 10 July 2010 at 9:13am | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Ok, the silver age geek in me loves that.

JB, odd question for you, the time showing on his face, was that the time you finished the piece?

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JB, odd question for you, the time showing on his face, was that the time you finished the piece?

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It's the time on the reference I used.

This being a DC "gimmick" character, and assuming the hands on his face don't actually move, panel to panel, I would not be surprised to find this is based on an old tradition of displaying watches in advertising and on signs with the hands set at 10:10 or 1:50. Evidently this was done to ensure the brand name of the watchmaker was nicely framed by the hands.

(There is an "urban legend" that the hands are set to show the time Abraham Lincoln died, but since he died at 7:20am. . . )

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