The Art of Mitch Byrd Volume One (Paperback)

by Mitch Byrd (Author)

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Product Description
His work is fiendishly clever. His designs are innovative. His girls are big, beefy, and simply breath-taking! Artist/creator Mitch Byrd has long been a fan-fave. His work for Verotik and DC Comics, as well as the deliriously wicked work he’s been doing for the SQP Gallery Girls series makes Byrd a perfect candidate for an up-close and personal overview of his very strange and talented mind. The Art of Mitch Byrd contains dozens of sketches, ideas, and finished pieces that can only hope to show a glimmer of his endless abilities. If you like your action two-fisted, and your girls nicely twisted, this book will not disappoint!

About the Author
Mitch Byrd is the kind of a person who probably retires to the kitchen at a house party. Outwardly very quiet, but if you can get him talking - look out! Mitch has such a staggering array of interests and talents, this first book of his work barely scratches a very deep surface! A world traveller, an outdoorsman, a student of many disciplines, he’s a very quiet sponge, drinking everything in, and producing work of suprising detail and insight.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: SQP (May 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865620369
• ISBN-13: 978-0865620360
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #232,534 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE WILD WORK OF MITCH BYRD, October 17, 2005

By	Tim Janson (Michigan) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Mitch Byrd isn't the typical SQP Glamour/pin-up artist. If there's one guy who really seems to be out to create a unique niche for himself it's Byrd. Mitch got his start in comics working first for Malibu comics before working for DC on Guy Gardner: Warrior and Starman, for Marvel on Generation X, and later for a variety of other publishers on such characters as Shi, Predator, and Lady Death. Byrd has shown he has the talent to work in any genre from horror to fantasy, to sci-fi, to crime and superhero, and, it seems, basically anything under the sun.

This book represents an overall sampling of Mitch's art from all of these genres. The Byrd woman isn't the svelte, supermodel type you're probably used to seeing in most of the great books from SQP. Mitch's women are curvy, buxom, and full of attitude, fully looking as if they'd just be as happy to punch out your lights as have a drink with you. To me his work reminds me a bit of Richard Corben, slightly in style but more in attitude.

Check page 14 with a wonderful jungle drawing of a great ape striding through some ancient ruins as a large-hipped, and very nude woman looks on with a startled expression. The work conjures up the feel of those old 30's and 40's jungle action pulp magazines. Another pure Byrd piece is the one on page 35 that features a nude woman lying seductively as a comedic, squat, Hindu man can barely contain his glee as he strokes her legs.

The Byrd woman is fearless as evidenced by the drawings on pages 29 & 59. The first showing a female warrior fighting off a hulking minotaur and the second showing a nude female about to battle a gigantic, coiled snake. Strange aliens, voracious beasts, powerful heroes, treacherous villains...gun blazing action and epic space battles; It's all to be found in this fantastic 64 page collection of Mitch's art.

Reviewed by Tim Janson