BLAST FROM THE PAST: Cartoon Network Cartoon Cartoons #20 cover art!

Another cover that I liked doing! Cartoon Network Cartoon Cartoons #20 featuring Dexter's Laboratory. The two standout things that I remember most was that the UPC box is in the vertical position when I originally designed it to run horizontal. That's why my signature is in the exact spot that it is in. We had some control with covers and could request that certain static elements like title, logos, UPCs, etc could be slightly tweaked for the sake of art. Of course, these requests could get lost in the pipeline of production like this one. It still works for me though. Also, it gave me a big space to sign copies at conventions.

The other major thing that I remember is asking what was a good color that would represent a radioactive glow? The green I originally did and submitted wasn't working. I remember the editor laughing about it. She made inquiries and sent me a CMYK breakdown for a proper "radioactive" green. Up to that point in my career I never had a project that required a green color that looked "radioactive". Looking at the cover now, I wonder why I didn't consider coloring Dee Dee all green as well? The editor never mentioned it as an option. Possibly, in terms of licensing, they didn't want that for a cover and the character should look the way they normally look.

I did the whole cover from thumbnails to final color for DC Comics (this was back when DC paid you for thumbnails, too!). Sold the original final art that was inked on DC art board a long time ago. Still have the memories though and a copy hanging in my studio.