That's right...James Gandolfini, a.k.a. Tony Soprano IS...
Mario Cipriani.
Good eye. Well, hard to miss.
Yep, that fine actor was indeed my model for Mario. I had the most fun drawing him for this book.
"You're late."
"You said noon."
"It's 12:15. Buy a f--king watch."
The Inner Harbor scene in Baltimore took me about 2 weeks to do.
The stone stairwell scene with Steele, Rasmus and Fat Eddie took about a week.
I abused the hell out of my French Curve!
I agree, Jack. I want to redraw issue #3 entirely for my new inker.
Mostafa is simply the best find.
Did you know he's got a book coming out from Image Comics in March?
IRON WINGS. It's in this month's Previews.
And my cover artist, Brian Rood, has an X-Men story he painted, written by Paul Jenkins coming out in a couple months. Look in X-Men Unlimited.
Again, glad you liked the book.
All reorders via Diamond, use code JUL991328.