COMICS: First Look At Jim Lee's BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE OWL #1 Variant

COMICS: First Look At Jim Lee's BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE OWL #1 Variant

Hit the jump to take a look at Justice League artist Jim Lee's fantastic variant cover for Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1. It's only the pencilled version for the time being, but it makes for a striking image nonetheless!

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By JoshWilding - Mar 17, 2012 04:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: Comic Book Resources

"The hero known to the public only as Nite Owl announced his retirement today." Plus: Don’t miss the CRIMSON CORSAIR backup story by writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS! This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue.


DC Comics has released a first look at Jim Lee's variant cover for Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1. There will only be 1 copy of this variant cover for every 200 of the regular version so good luck getting your hands on one!




BEFORE WATCHMEN: NITE OWL #1
Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Backup story written by LEN WEIN
Art and cover by ANDY KUBERT and JOE KUBERT
Backup story art by JOHN HIGGINS
1:25 Variant cover by KEVIN NOWLAN
1:200 Variant cover by JIM LEE


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Ceejay
Ceejay - 3/17/2012, 5:12 PM
And with that completely disappears the "reality" tone of the original and Watchmen becomes grounded in the 'muscles and spandex' homoerotica of the standard comic landfil!
AVEN
AVEN - 3/17/2012, 5:15 PM
Yeah, He Looks like Batman :/
DCnerd46
DCnerd46 - 3/17/2012, 5:21 PM
Looks more like the Nite Owl look from the film than that from the comic. But hey, Jim Lee's a pretty terrific artist. Still not 100% on this whole prequel business, but I'll at least check it out.
HairyMclairy
HairyMclairy - 3/17/2012, 5:41 PM
Terrible cover, not a spectacularly bad illustration but a shocking cover.
What is even the point of it?
Asterisk
Asterisk - 3/17/2012, 5:42 PM
Gotta love Jim Lee.
AtomicChipmunk
AtomicChipmunk - 3/17/2012, 5:57 PM
Jim Lee's covers suck badly. But the rest of his work is okay.
I always buy the alternative covers for Justice League.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 3/17/2012, 6:30 PM
Jim Lee can't draw anatomy for shit! The guys neck is larger than his entire face! His waistline is elongated just to highlight a belt! And his forearms are cartoon sized like Popeye! All this with his tired over use of wrinkles and hatch lines.

Nite Owl was never meant to look like a over the top cartoony body builder, he was a normal man with a load of gadgets!
NightForce
NightForce - 3/17/2012, 7:00 PM
@Ceejay
Blah blah comics are dumb blah blah
Grimm
Grimm - 3/17/2012, 7:21 PM
Jim Lee is an exceptional artist and has been for a long time. I'm not really the confrontational type, but I love how people hate on the PROFESSIONAL artists who make their living drawing! And the Batman crap is tired too... EVERY cape and coweled character looks like Batman to these people!
bahman... nope that's Night Owl
BAHman... nope that's Wolverine toweling off after a shower
BAAAAHHHMANNN!... really? that's vulture and spiderman is making rabbit ears behind him! STHU!
Grimm
Grimm - 3/17/2012, 7:21 PM
So sorry for that post...
Grimm
Grimm - 3/17/2012, 7:23 PM
@gangsta lol!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 3/17/2012, 8:53 PM
JIM LEE IS MY FAVORITE ARTIST..LOVE HIS WORK.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 3/17/2012, 9:26 PM
@wearethewalkingdead9 - No argument there, Liefield remains the worst individual to actually get paid to ruin the word "artist"!

Back to this ridiculous Jim Lee sketch, do you realise how long his biceps would have to be in order for his forearms to be situated where they are in that picture?

Jim Lee simply never learned anatomy proportions beyond drawing big muscles for every male and the exact same physique for every female. His renderings have no variety and have gotten worse over the years because of that basic limitation where as other artists like Bryan Hitch actually got better over the years because they learned to perfect the basics.
ComicBookGoth
ComicBookGoth - 3/17/2012, 10:41 PM
did nightOwl dance on over to earth 2 ?
ComicBookGoth
ComicBookGoth - 3/17/2012, 10:42 PM
cut it looks like owlman
sevenyearslumber
sevenyearslumber - 3/18/2012, 12:39 AM
@ ceejay woooowwww you're learnED teach us more, wiseman! psh shut the [frick] up, draw me a picture half as good and then we'll talk. it's COMICS. things get EXAGGERATED. like MUSCLES, and GADGETS and SHIT...
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 3/18/2012, 5:33 AM
Just seeing that image made me realize this project is a huge mistake.
enck
enck - 3/18/2012, 6:07 AM
this is exactly the 90's dumb treatment that watchmen really didn't deserve
AtomicChipmunk
AtomicChipmunk - 3/18/2012, 6:44 AM
This is Aquaman by JL



This is Aquaman by Ivan Reis



I don't understand the praise for Jim Lee when there are way better comic book artists.
jambabeanjuice
jambabeanjuice - 3/18/2012, 6:47 AM
@imnotwearinghockeypants
Huge mistake indeed.
AtomicChipmunk
AtomicChipmunk - 3/18/2012, 6:57 AM
Another comparison

Blackest Night JL



Blackest Night Ivan Reis




JL's drawings feel so static...
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/18/2012, 7:40 AM
jim lee can make any character look good.
AtomicChipmunk
AtomicChipmunk - 3/18/2012, 8:09 AM
No

Always the same shitty poses for Jim Lee. Same expressions, etc.



Great anatomy, dynamic drawings from Ivan Reis.
valeriesghost
valeriesghost - 3/18/2012, 8:23 AM
is the drawing good? Yes. Do i like it?. Not for Nite Owl.
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 3/18/2012, 10:07 AM
Wow Jim Lee is sacred but it's cool to go to town on Olivier Coipel for that Avengers vs X-Men C2E2 poster? You don't need to be a professional to criticize art, the very fact that Jim Lee is a pro and has been for so many years means that his anatomy should be better especially when using a more realistic style as opposed to cartoony like Bachalo.
Odin
Odin - 3/18/2012, 11:29 AM
How is it that one guy can draw anything and it always looks awesome while can't draw nothing harder then a smiley no matter how much I try.
campana
campana - 3/18/2012, 4:01 PM
Jim Lee is a good artist but I have to agree with the negative take on this piece. The anatomy is way off and the pose is the opposite of dynamic. Jr Jr, lee,Silvestri and alot of the "older" comic artists seem to be losing something.
Natetrix79
Natetrix79 - 3/18/2012, 8:28 PM
Nightowl is wearing armor you ass that's why his shoulders are so high not to mention the cape, plus this is before watchman so he might not have his middle aged gut yet. Think before you speak.
Natetrix79
Natetrix79 - 3/18/2012, 9:00 PM
And Jim Lee is THE MAN, who else could redesign every iconic Hero & Villains costume in DC? I mean he didn't go too far from the characters classic look (which means he's limited in what he could do) while still updating it to something more modern. And I'm sure we all can agree that the majority of the costumes are more hits than misses. That whole thing could have went down the crapper with some dumbass designs, anyone remember Red & Blue Eletric Superman, or Armored Daredevil, or pretty much everything that Marvel & DC Sidon the late 90's when they were trying to be hip & new & sale books.......Goodtimes...Goodtimes.
Natetrix79
Natetrix79 - 3/18/2012, 9:02 PM
Marvel & DC "tried", DAMN YOU SPELL CHECK!
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