It’s no exaggeration to say horror is having a moment in the entertainment industry, most especially in the world of comics. IDW in particular has been cultivating its own horror imprint for some time. Among the many recent standouts is Operation: Iron Coffin from writer Kenny Porter and artist Tyrell Cannon that puts a decidedly different twist on the Dracula mythos by putting Bram Stoker’s classic character in the middle of World War II.
Last week during a stream for the latest issue, artist Tyrell Cannon revealed that he included a little tribute to legendary comic artist Sam Kieth who sadly passed away earlier this year. With a instantly recognizable art style that was surreal and expressive art, Kieth’s passing hit both fans and professionals hard. As it happened, Cannon was drawing Operation: Iron Coffin #2 around the time of Kieth’s death. So he honored The Maxx creator in a page with his approach to the art and even a little “RIP SK” in the background.
When I was working on this issue is when Sam Kieth passed away and he was a huge influence on me big time. one of the first artists that I was like, ‘What is this?’ And tried to copy it and tried to like understand it. It was blowing my mind as a little kid. He passed away earlier this year. I number one, I just wanted to have all the little scraps and scrapes and I did some of his little telephone cord little swirly dirlies there on on some of it. And I put a little rip Sam K up here.
