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Address Correspondence To:
ERIC BASALDUA SKETCHBQOK
c/o Top Cow Productions, Inc.
10350 Santa Monica Blvd., #100
Los Angeles, CA 90025

cM ail: fanmail@topcowent.com

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Eric BiisUuii 2006 Skctchbook. Dcccmbcr 200(3. ll.RST P JU ^TIN G . Publibcd by lin a Cmics Inc. Office of Publlowlion: 1942
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Herkley, CA 9470*1. Al! contenteTM and 2006 Top CoVy ProJuelions, Inc. unless otherwise notcJ. Al! ri<*hls rcfcrvcd. l-'rcshmcn Tw b itJ/' 20 0 Scti Oteen, Hujj
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of arlwork used for review purposes,.nonc oi lhe contcnls.of ibis book may be reprinted m any fonn wlbout ibe express wrfttetf conset^ f ujpjLw Pro.tctiont Inj
P R IN T K D IN C A N A D A .

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F0 R E W O R
Eric Basaldua or Ebas or Brocha Bas or whaCever I cali him when l see him (Bassm asCerP)
is one of Chose guys who was bom Co do one Ching and do ic beCCer Chan mosC. Por some
C's writing music or designing homes and office spaces or knowing che nner workings of
Chese compucers ChaC vex us. Por Eric, IC's drawing.
MosC of us know someone ChaC for some reason can do someching complex and myscerious
wich liCCle apparent efforc. For me, when I meeC someone who can add more Chan Chree
numbers Co equal someching, I am awescruck and myscified ac Chelr genius. I am also
awescruck by people n my own field ChaC can jusc flac-ouc draw. And Eric can jusc flaC-ouC
draw.
I'm noc going Co do che usual bic and chrow ouc a lisC of luminaries ChaC drift in che same
arciscic orbic as Ebas because all I really need Co say s I love his work and Che passion he
Chrows inCo ic. He jusc loves Co draw. Drawing for Eric will never be whac mosC of us would
cali a job. He will always, I believe, draw solely for Che pur pleasure of ic. IC makes him feel
good. He was bom co do Chis and ic makes him happy. NoC a loe o f people can say ChaC.
Some of my favoriCe work of his can be found in his skeCchbook; Che doodles, squiggles,
and full-on renderings ChaC arciscs do when Chey aren'C Crying Co impress anyone buc
Cheir own creaCive self. In Chis collecCion you'll find a fraccin of chese liCCle exercises in
creaCiviCy, and like me, enjoy chem immensely.
So check ouc Che following pages and bask in Che works of someone who jusc loves Co do
whac he does and does ic specCacularly well.
Thanks and have fun.

Marc Silvescri

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I was lucky enough to have
Steve Rrchow color It?.

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SPECIFICATIONS

This s my first attempt at

drawing a robot. I was as the
food court and I just drew t
on the men waiting for my
friends to come back from
a store. Carlos P'Anda's
robot work n the Gelatom etti
sketchbook really nspired me,
and I wanted to see what all
the fuss was about. He's
right. No matter which way
you move the pen, you're not
wrong.
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A giffc for a former editor.

Sfcill one of my favorite
aeeempcs ac Witchblade.
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My first eake on che HK

soldiers. It's a lot harder than
it lookS/ but it's also a lot
of fun because there's really
wrong way to draw these guys.
<Just like robots...
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Another con variant/ this time

for H u n te r-K fle r #7. It was
Che Baltimore show so we tried
to make sure it resonated with
fans/ and it's a piece l'm really
proud of.

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This was t?he flrot? tme I had

drawn Wolf, so the pressure
was really on. I am very
pleased wteh fche way he carne
oufr because I thnk he looks
badass enough to take on he
who claims to be "the best
fchere is at what he does."

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ic's mportanc, regardless

of Che assignmenC/ Co always
make sure are s done wieh
Che proper amoune of respecC/
fcasfce/ and class. Well, all
Chat: and a calking beaver.
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There was a loe of pressure
on me for Chis piece, and n
cum I put a loe o f mojo inco
C. Originally ncended Co
be che cover Co che Marvel/
Top Cow Crossover crade
paperback C was penciled
and nked by me and colored
by Tyson Wengler before
ulCimaCely geCCng shelved.
you can see C here from
layouc Co completion. This s
one of my favorite pieces/ and
l'm glad c's geCCfng a chance
Co shine here.

i-jjiMr

jam

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ERIG BASALDUA
SKETGHBOOK

A few years back we were

going Co launch anocher
A p h ro d ite IX series. As wiCh
all Chings/ Che plans changed
and Che series didn'C happen.
I worked up chese skecches/
and ttaybe some day Chey'll
lead Co someChing more...

ERIG BASALDA
SKETGHBOOK

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SPECIFICATIONS

When I draw covers with Chis

many girls competing for the
spottight/ I like to ask people
which one is their favorite and
why. So / which one is yoursP

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I love vvhat you can do with

fche Witchblade...

ERIG BASALDUA
SKETGHBOOK

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This was a really big

assignment for me, tackling
such icons and teaming up
with Chris Claremont.

ERIC BASALDUA
SKETCHBOOK

SPECIFICATIONS

The Magdalena was Che flrse

Top Cow characeer I really
got co pufe my signatura on.

ERIC BASALDUA
SKETCHBOOK

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Witchblade is in my top two

favorite TC characters because
I can twist and eum her any
way I lite when l'm drawing.
How many comic characters
can you reaily do that w ith?
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One of Che more difcuIC

covers l've done. I Cried Co
give Che Ilusin of her lunging
forward, buc didn'C quice pul
C off. I Chink I also ended up
puCCing Coo much shadow on
her face, and I wish I could
redraw her.

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The cover to my flrst iseue

of Tomb R a/der.
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I did this for a fan, and 6

acddenfcally got thrown away
I have to redraw C...
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