2000AD #2466 p.03 - Dredd’s Attempted Murder! Grey Gargoyle but Salinas illustrated the strip

but Salinas illustrated the strip for 19 years and hand drew the embroidery pattern

Those subtle wash tones compliment the line work beautifully here

This piece is evidence that the cover was specifically engineered for digital compositing so that any of the five candidates could be layered onto the right-hand side of the final image

Perkins creates a fantastic

mortal grit of the Bat-Man against the effortless

2000AD #2466 p.03 - Dredd’s Attempted Murder! Grey Gargoyle but Salinas illustrated the stripIn this third page of Prog 2466, the tension shifts from medical recovery to a chilling assassination attempt within the hospital walls. Mike Perkins uses tight, claustrophobic framing to depict a nurse attempting to inject a lethal dose of insulin into an unconscious Judge Dredd. Or is it Dredd? The page reaches a dramatic crescendo as the Dredd imposter reveals himself to the nurse! Perkins signature use of heavy shadows and high contrast lighting