Perkins, Mike - El Cazador: The Ballad of Blackjack Tom #1 Cover! Barbara Gordon In a nice comedic bit

In a nice comedic bit

haphazardly covered up the unwanted areas with black paint

Is he dead

painterly textures elevate this beyond simple illustration

Perkins, Mike - El Cazador: The Ballad of Blackjack Tom #1 Cover! Barbara Gordon In a nice comedic bitBack in 2016, Mike Perkins was tasked with relaunching Deathlok a Marvel. The publisher decided they wanted to go a different route and feature a different visual look for the character. With that in mind, Perkins was asked to design new head gear, which he did with fully finished illustrations on the second board you see here at bottom. As with most artists doing design work, Perkins could have simply done looser sketches or perhaps tighter pencil