THE ART OF JUSTICE

SUPERSTAR COMIC BOOK CREATOR BRYAN HITCH SHARES THE SECRETS OF DRAWING THE LEAGUE

JustiCe League is a team BooK so it oFten means drawing several or all the members of the team in a single shot. it’s never quite as simple as just drawing them anywhere you like: there are a few things to consider which can dictate how the team shot works. “Firstly they are all very colourful – big, primary colours too – many of them sharing reds, blues and yellows. so you can’t really have Flash standing in front of superman’s cape and so on. Colour forces you to make compositional choices. so do other things such as what powers they have and whether or not they have capes. Put a character with a billowing cape in the front of the shot and you can’t see the others.

“the most important thing is that although it’s a team book it’s one made of individual characters, each with their own title and each a powerful and popular member of the huge DC universe. their individuality is always a consideration in how they work visually in a group setting.

“there’s no obvious leader here, they are all leaders and experts in their own right. they are each powerful, each having long histories and deep character backgrounds and you have to be aware of all of that. You use what you can and what you need because, apart from their wonderful individuality, you have to make them work as a team. individually, they are amazing. together they are the Justice League.”