Hi. I’m Robin Leech. Welcome to studios of the rich… and famous:
Allright, to start things, the owner of our first studio really needs no introduction – Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada. I remember picking up the first issue of 1992′s “The Ray” mini-series from DC Comics and was hooked on Joe’s style, but it was his work on “Batman: Sword of Azrael” that turned me into a life-long fan. Since then he’s worked for both Marvel and DC, ran his own publishing company with Jimmy Palmiotti in Event Comics, created the Marvel Knights imprint at Marvel and finally moving on to the EiC position at Marvel. While Joe’s duties as EiC mean he spends less time behind the drawing table than he used to, Joe can still be found contributing variant covers and the occasional series when time permits.
Joe eagerly accepted my invitation to let readers into his home studio. Joe sat in his studio and took pictures in the round and went one step further – he Photoshopped those images together to create a panorama that really gives you a good sense of what the room is like. It occurred to me that for some, loading that image and scrolling back and forth might be cumbersome, so I asked my friend Lori Shannon for some help. Among the many hats Lori wears, she’s quite expert at creating Quicktime VR videos. So, I asked if there was anything she could do with the panorama that Joe sent us. She took apart Joe’s photos, reassembled them and created a QTVR out of that panorama that’ll help give you a feeling for what it would be like to stand in the middle of Joe’s studio. So, now you have your choice of a close-up look at the panorama, or one you can move around in. Thanks, Lori!
Comic Book Resources makes its bid to be the HGTV of the comics world – The least you could is click through to see the opulance of the Quesadaworld.
