Continuing Visions of Lorelei, a 13-part artistic event that celebrates the recent publication of Lorelei: Sects and the City, a Mature Readers graphic novel that reintroduces the soul-stealing succubus. Today we’ve got a sketch from one of the 1990s’ top “bad-girl comics” artists.
In 1991, before his work on DC Comics’ Catwoman was even on the horizon, Jim Balent and writer Ed Polgardy were the creators of an indie horror miniseries, From the Darkness. The story was okay—a half-naked vampire queen on a rampage—but the real, er, draw was Balent’s great black and white artwork. So when I wandered past Balent’s table at an NY comic con and realized there was no line in front of him, I went back and asked him for his take on Lori.
Pretty impressive, wouldn’t you say? No wonder DC hired that guy!
