Sparring with Gil Kane

Sparring with Gill Kane: Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics collects interviews with one of the masters of Silver Age comics. Kane was a fascinating raconteur and a formidable analyst and theorist of the art form, and this collection vividly documents an emergent school of criticism founded on a passion for comics.

I wanted to create a cover that reflected the gravity of the art criticism with a nod to the ‘60s, the period Kane was most active as a practitioner. Rather than using a straight CMYK palette, I chose 4 Pantone inks, including a dusky sage ink with a subtle metallic sheen. These colors paired with a layout aligned on a tilted grid speak to the sophistication and cool mastery of the artform Gil Kane was known for.