Shawn Moll (Wildstorm artist) shared the original concept art of Nuura shown in the BlizzCon exclusive Starcraft comic book ashcan (sampler). Shawn Moll informed he is no longer in the project, and most of the original team (i.e. writer and artists) and concepts for the Starcraft comic book have been changed. This is the norm with early project developments, and Starcraft fans are well-versed on Starcraft and Starcraft II alpha and beta changes throughout the development cycle.
Personally, I would have liked to see the original team in the first arc of the Starcraft comic book, but eventually some of them might. Those who are comic book enthusiasts know that writers and artists come and go between story arcs. As of last week, a DC Comics representative informed me there is no time window for the official press release announcement of the Starcraft comic book by Wildstorm. Visit us for new updates about this comic book. I will be at the New York Comic Con to interview Blizzard’s Chris Metzen and Micky Neilson and some DC Comics folks.
Below is a quote of what Shawn Moll responded to my queries.
Shawn Moll: “… this is the original page from my sketchbook of Nuura, that was used in the published preview that is already floating around the internet.
The ship was an earlier version that I was dinking around with. When I was working on it, somebody had asked for “something like Serenity” and this was deemed “too much like Serenity”. I think it must’ve been the rotating thruster things on sides. I think they’re pretty cool, in general, but they certainly aren’t exclusive to the ship in Firefly, as I think you can see similar design elements in Star Wars, Bladerunner and various other sci-fi. Either way, I guess ya gotta start somewhere.
As I think I mentioned in an earlier post, they opted for another direction with the book and the original creative team is no longer involved, but down the road, when the new book does hit stands, I’ll post more of the art that I did when I was on the project. I’ve seen colored versions of some covers and pinups that I drew that I thought turned out pretty sweet, so I’d think you might be seeing some solicits before too long.”
