What is the relationship between Bart Sears and the magazine Wizard?

Bart Sears He is an American known to be a cartoonist, as well as a toy designer, who has collaborated in the Faro phase, known as known as Justice League Europe (1989 – 1993) or Legends of the Dark Night (1989 – 2007). However, what interests us in this article is what is the relationship between this author and the magazine Wizard (1991 – 2011), on whose pages you could discover the latest news of the world of the ninth art. You have to continue reading this article until the end if you want to find out.

All this began in May 1992, which is the date on which the ninth issue of said magazine was put on sale. As can be verified on the cover, which is reproduced in this paragraph, Poisonknown to be one of the worst bad guys he faced SpidermanHe is responsible for acting in it, which should not surprise us in the least, since he is a famous person of WonderOtherwise because the drawing is signed by one Wittmancartoonist that no one had heard to date. Who he was and how, deriving from nothing, he had managed to take care of the coverage of the ninth number of Wizard?

It turns out that the true identity of Wittman It was nothing more than that of the aforementioned Bart Searswho had used the pseudonym for the simple reason that, at that time, had an exclusive contract A.DSo it is normal that this publisher had quite bad to find that not only he had collaborated with the magazine Wizard But, moreover, he had done it with a design of a competition character. However, it should be noted that the second name of Bart Sears era WittmanSo it cannot be said that it was a conventional pseudonym.

However, their relationship with the magazine Wizard He did not limit himself to this coverage, since, at the expiry of his contract with A.D, Bart Sears He made the decision not to renew with the publishing house, since he preferred to work in the magazine, in freelance conditions and with his true identity already revealed. Within this magazine, he opened the section Bruti and girls!in which he dedicated himself to teaching lessons always oriented to the comic world, of course.

As shown in the lower image, from this section, Bart Sears He turned to the magazine readers in the following terms:

Hi, welcome to Bruti and girls.

During this chapter and the following I will try to give you some instructions, suggestions, useful advice and knowledge on how to draw powerful comics.

Our themes will include anatomy, narration style, perspective, design, movement and action, acting and expressions, entrance and references.

Drawing comics is fun and exciting, but drawing comics requires time, patience and a lot of practice.

So … let’s go to it!

To make the section more attractive, a Bart Sears The idea of ​​organizing a competition called “Draw cable“, In which he encouraged readers to use their artistic skills to represent this futuristic son of Scott Summers y Madelyne Pryorwhose winner, according to the number 21 of the magazine Wizardit was one Stephen Gallego. Subsequently, we show the drawing in question.

However, the fact that this Stephen Gallego He has never dedicated himself to the world of comics professionally, contrary to the one with which it happened Gerry Alaguilanwho reached second place, Ken Lashley or Tim Townsendwho were also finalists of the competition conceived by Bart SearsEver since the first two became a cartoonists, while the third devoted themselves to being ink.

To conclude this article of curiosity, it should be noted that the magazine Wizard Ended up declaring that the real manager Bart Sears Will sign your drawing Poison under the name of Wittman It was nothing more than Gareb Schamuswho was the editor of the magazine. He had to be an experiment with the intention of analyzing the impact that he could have had on the sales of the magazine the choice of a drawing made by an artist unknown to the cover, a plan with which Bart Sears He had felt satisfied.

Even if you have to be honest and admit that the explanation has released a tuff with economic excuses that had returned, only not having to recognize that the contract had not respected him exclusively Bart Sears he had had with the publisher A.DThis was not older, so it can be said that the comedy came out to ask for the mouth, both the artist and the magazine.