Back in the good old days, before Image Search on the
World Wide Web, getting reference material was a major pain. After getting a
script I would spend a day in the public library searching for the reference I
needed, often without success. In this case, the writer, Mike Barr, set the next
four page sequence in the New York City Port Authority. I was annoyed; I’d just
BEEN to Manhattan. If I’d had some advanced warning I could have visited and shot
my own photos. Luckily, I knew about the Warner Studio reference library (I had
just finished a two year stint on the Batman Animated TV series after all) and
hit up my pal and fellow Bat-Artist, Dan Riba (who was still working at WB), to
access said library for my purposes. Dan could only find reference on the
exterior; I had to fake the interior scenes.
As for the bus, there was a bus yard within a mile of
my house. I asked permission of the security guard who graciously let me snap
all the photos I needed. This really
paid off on pages 22 and 23.
This is page 21 for "The Mark" issue 3,
volume 2, otherwise known as "The Mark In America", published by Dark
Horse Comics in February 1994. Written by Mike Barr, Drawn by Brad Rader.
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