Erik sketches a new idea using the team to build a retro hovercraft. Ben lifts it, Reed works all over, Sue brings the toolbox, Johnny serves drinks.

Erik Gist creates thumbnail sketches for a Fantastic Four cover, focusing on design, composition, and storytelling to capture the team's dynamics.

Improve your comic covers by avoiding tangents, corners, and sameness! Instead, vary elements, use strong value separations, and add movement.

Erik designed the Fantastic Four #44 cover to highlight their teamwork, showing each member using their unique abilities to contribute to a shared task.

Erik dives into another cover design, showing how he took the story, composition, and history of Iron Fist into his cover illustration.

Erik explains the compositional elements in his Moon Knight cover designs, blending Egyptian motifs and warm-cool contrasts to create iconic, resonant images.

When designing a cover, make it eye-catching with strong silhouettes and colors, meet the client's needs, and tell a story that compels readers.

E.M. Gist has worked on various comic covers over the years, focusing on creating impactful single images that tell a story and resonate with viewers.

In this special SDCC panel, Stan is joined by Marvel artists and instructors from the course to offer advice for aspiring aspiring comic book artists.

At Lightbox 2022, Erik Gist and I joined the Proko booth for a live portrait demonstration.