Michael Gaydos’ Expressionist Illustration
In an interview with planetebd.com, Alias artist Michael Gaydos discusses how and why he cultivated his distinctive expressionist illustration style and what it brought to the pages of Alias. #jessicajones 1/6
“I would like it to be said that it is an expressionist style. It’s the best way to do it, for me. I’m influenced by all these great painters who I find have brought all these qualities into their work, often in black and white.” 2/6
“In college, I made a lot of prints and it left a strong impression on me: the contrasts of black and white with a very expressive balance between them.” 3/6
Gaydos further cites his comics influences as a combination of John Byrne mixed with more experimental comics artists such as Sienkiewicz, Muth, Pratt and Kent Williams. 4/6
The result is the highly distinctive Alias aesthetic, a unique and emotive visual style ideally-suited to an atypical superhero in an atypical new iteration of the longstanding Marvel Universe. 5/6
You can read the full article (though it is in French) here. 6/6