Tim Sale | Hulk

Commentary from Tim Sale: Black and White:

"I continue to be amused by the act of drawing the Hulk and inspired by the act of drawing him in the same way that I am by the act of drawing Batman. Both can so easily be manipulated visually to be expressions of the emotion of each scene.

"Marie Severin drew the Hulk for a little, but I was more interested in (her parody) The Bulk -- he was dopey, with a thick waist, just wonderful. The Kirby design of the Hulk is very much The Frankenstein Monster -- flat head, thick waist. He's a f$%&ing HULK! He doesn't go to the gym and work out. He's not Batman.

"My take on the Hulk -- and we built the Hulk: Gray series around this -- is the moment in the James Whale Frankenstein movie where the monster is with the little girl and she treats him as a friend. He calls her a friend. And there's somebody coming, and he gets scared. She gets scared. He tries to quiet her. She starts screaming. It gets worse and worse. He kills her accidentally, throws her in the lake. And then of course, he's a killer. So people have to hunt him down. In my mind, that tragedy is at the heart of the Hulk. It's not as though he's good, but he is misunderstood."

Pencils from Hulk: Gray #2	Pencils from Hulk: Gray #2	Pencils from Hulk: Gray #3	Pencils from Hulk: Gray #3
Pencils from Hulk: Gray #4	Sketch for a fan	Wash sketch for a fan in Brussels, 2001	Hulk mad. Hulk so mad, Hulk's fist breaks panel border. Puny Sale no like breaking panel border. Hulk no care. Hulk smash!
Sketch for poster for 2008 Emerald City Comicon	Sketch for promotional art for 2008 Emerald City Comicon	This one is a favorite, and a request by a fan. I can't remember if he wanted the Hulk in the Rodin Thinker pose, or the Hulk with a yo-yo, or both. I think the yo-yo was me, but I'm not sure.