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Sean Phillips covers Blast of Silence for Criterion

January 23rd, 2008
Author Kevin Melrose

"Blast of Silence" DVD cover, by Sean Phillips

On his blog, Sean Phillips posts his artwork for The Criterion Collection edition of Blast of Silence, Allen Baron’s 1961 noir thriller. Phillips also previews the first pages of a four-page comic adaptation included with the DVD. Beautiful stuff.

Darwyn Cooke and Danijel Zezelj illustrated covers for Criterion in 2006.

 

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6 Responses to “Sean Phillips covers Blast of Silence for Criterion”
  1. David Bird Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 11:14 am

    This is a great movie and worth checking out. I picked up a copy after reading a review in Brubaker and Phillips’ Criminal.

  2. Jamie S. Rich Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    As a Criterion maniac (click my website link, it’s a blog where I review their DVDs), I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the other comic book illustrator covers:

    Mike Allred
    Jaime Hernandez
    Bill Sienkiewicz

    I had the pleasure of seeing Blast of Silence many years ago but had forgotten the name in the interim. I thought I’d never set eyes on it again!

  3. Kevin Melrose Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    I’d somehow forgotten about Allred’s cover, but I don’t believe I’d seen the ones by Hernandez and Sienkiewicz. Thanks, Jamie!

  4. Eric Skillman Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    …not to mention the covers we’ve done with Jock (Drunken Angel) and Kent Williams (Miss Julie)

    Blast of Silence is one of my favorite films in a while, and Sean did an amazing job on the project.

    Thanks for the mention, Kevin!

    —Eric Skillman

  5. Jamie S. Rich Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 2:23 pm

    Oh, wow! I didn’t catch that Williams had done Miss Julie. I need to pay more attention to the interior credits.

    (Alas, Drunken Angel is hopefully my next purchase.)

  6. Joe Lawler Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    I saw this and went to add it to my netflix queue and it isn’t there! I may have to buy this, given the comic adaptation phillips is doing.

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