Cam Kennedy

And I thought, like, that is like.

an evolution of Cam Kennedy's line art.

Yeah, I can see that.

And I don't know if that was ever in front of you, as far as comics are concerned.

Not someone that I ever really looked that closely at, but I can

see why.

Cam Kennedy is one of my all-time favorites.

I loved his work.

Like it's really great.

It's like painted by Cam Kennedy.

Um, and it's just incredible.

It's really great stuff.

Um, all the way through there's three of them.

Three is not as good in my opinion, but, um, one and two, which is, is done by Cam Kennedy.

Cause they changed the artist, but, uh, Cam Kennedy's art is just incredible, but, uh, um i listened to the audio drama for this which i didn't know they existed but um although this comic despite having a big controversial thing and bringing palpatine back um it actually paved the way for more star wars comics and stories because a lot of star wars comics weren't really releasing at the time in a in a big way they kind of pushed the universe forward so this is kind of the comic that did that what's up

was it palpatine with two eyes is that what they called him

You know, they, they're very expressive that way.

I mean, for, for me, I, I think, you know, e- even though I, I was kind of praising the cover and maybe, maybe, you know, not exactly praising the, the story and interior art, I will say that, you know, Cam Kennedy might have a tie for you because this is the same guy that did Star Wars Dark Empire, right?

Mm.

Like, the, the main difference is he's doing the pencils and inks, but in this, you know, the, there's, uh, you know, Adrian Roy is the colorist, right? So, so there is no...

It's familiar as Cam Kennedy, but I think the colors are i- it's something where most people would be like, "Oh, I don't think..." You know, if Cam Kennedy was left to his own devices, he might, you know, paint the colors on his art in a different way as opposed to-

Yeah

... being done with kind of the, the traditional four-color color guide.

Morris Eagleton is his name, right?

We must discuss Dark Empire.

Published in 1991, written by Tom Veitch with art by Cam Kennedy.

This is the comic that proved to an entire generation of fans that Star Wars could actually continue after the movies ended.

It is set six years after Return of the Jedi.

It's ultimate hubris.

The story is operatic to the very edge of nonsense.

It is wildly ambitious, and Cam Kennedy's painted artwork is a huge reason why it is so iconic.

The colors are amazing.

So remember guys, be pure, be vigilant, behave.

Finally, in response to Critiquing Comics 250, released earlier this month and featuring Adam and me talking about the largely AI-generated comic Ranotabi, ARN-ODK 2852 writes, The series Judge Dredd, The Art of Kenny Who by John Wagner and Cam Kennedy from 1986 predicted the current AI quote art unquote controversies.

That comic was eerily prescient.

They got so many details right.

We never know how to pronounce his last name.

Vetch? Vietch? and artist Cam Kennedy.

It was a completely new look, new everything for Star Wars comics.

And then at the last minute, they decided they didn't want to do it.

It goes to the dark side.

Dark Empire was like the cool thing.

Because even in Dark Empire 2 and in 1, looking at, as amazing as Cam Kennedy's art was then and still is now, when you look at the art in both the comics, it's very nineties art.

It's very moody.