The University of Maryland-Eastern Shores’ Mosely Gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring three decades of original works of sequential arts illustrator Mike Zeck. The 32 pieces on loan from a private collector represent the artist’s career from DC Comics to Marvel Comics. The exhibit runs through Oct. 22. Admission is free and open to the public. Several of the pieces are inked by local comic book artist Joe Rubinstein (there's the local connection; I was wrong about this. He lives in Los Angeles).
From the online promotion:
"Early illustrations of Zeck’s favorite childhood character, Captain America, will be on display as well as other characters created for the series of the 'Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe,' Susan Holt, gallery director, said. “Several pieces reveal the creative process involved in developing his signature character, The Punisher.
The exhibition, displayed in chronological order, 'enables viewers to gain an appreciation of Zeck’s artistic development and dedication.' Much of the work is accompanied by written descriptions by the collector providing insight into the creative process and details of each character and contextual information, Holt said.
Spanning the early 1970s to 2000, the works include depictions of Batman and other commissions Zeck created while working for DC Comics to later pieces showing the influence of European comic book artists on his style. There are also examples of collaborative works with other illustrators that show the drawing, inking and coloring phases of sequential arts illustration—one of UMES’ unique concentrations in the Department of Fine Arts, Holt said."
Penciled by Mike Zeck, inked by Joe Rubinstein
