Crank Those Panels #14 - Death of The Flash

@M.S. Feather: oh man oh man oh man, next to the death of Gwen Stacy and Supergirl this is my third most tragic moments in comics. A most excellent choice :)

@M.S. Feather: Major Epicness ! Will be really hard not to do this one.

@M.S. Feather said:

@tonis: "Have to keep running...no matter how much it hurts." Gets me every time. T_T

Yea, both Kara and Barry's deaths were handled so noble and dramatic in that series. I still get shivers to this day reading it. Those two months back in the 80's left me completely floored as a comic fan.

oh this is going to be cool...

am so in a flash drawing mood,just finished reading road to flashpoint and flaspoint

omg Omg OMG !!! I am definitively doing this.. sooooo excited :D

Great choice for the segment. One of the most iconic moments in comic history and one of the least artistically explored. Lots of potential.

@The_razors_edge: whoa dude, crappy phone pic aside that looks spectacular. Very very nice :)

@The_razors_edge: Terrific man!!!

@The_razors_edge: Nice work!

@The_razors_edge: Really cool man.

@The_razors_edge:

Great stuff! Powerful drama! : )

PANEL1&2:Jay Garrick is trapped in the hands of the Anti-monitor

PANEL3:Barry Allen rushes to the rescue,moving and replacing Jay

PANEL4,5,6,7:Jay realizes what just happened and sees Barry die before his eyes

PANEL8&9:Kid Flash runs away knowing what just happened

BLAST! I wish I could still draw :(

I would try to do this, but I already have a little piece I want to do...oh well!

When Feather announced this as the next crank subject I knew I wasn't gonna be able to resist. The Flash's death in Crisis #8 was truly one of the most heroic and well handled deaths of any comic character.

This was not an easy one to pull off, in the comic the whole sequence of events took 9 pages and 92 panels. I squeezed it down to 6 pages and had to edit it to the essentials but I feel I got the basics in there :)

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@M.S. Feather: hehe, well I tried to get it down to less pages but after reading and re-reading the event there was just SO much there. It was really tough deciding what to edit cause everything seemed relevant and I wanted it to explain the moments leading up to his sacrifice.

Really made me appreciate the massive job they did with that series, and how epic this moment was. :)

@tonis:

Lot's of work, really shows the effort you put it in. Liked it to the point I had to download it and appreciate all the detail by zooming in. I did notice on the first page 3rd panel that Psycho-Pirate was reaching for something on Thunderer below the waist, was that intentional there tonis? Hehehe! JK

All in all I am impressed at how well your story panned out!

@KEROGA: Lovin' it buddy, keep it up!!

@RamsIllustrations: lol, only you would notice that. If I'd raised the Flash up another foot it woulda looked even funnier :D

Yea downloading it is a bit of a trial, originally I had it all in 1 big vertical file, till it got to 15,500 pixels tall.

@tonis: Actually I only noticed it because Egod kinda got me on that a while ago on my Hulk and vampire kids pic I posted.

On here it just didn't get big enough for me to appreciate all your work on each page, downloading was an option. : P

@RamsIllustrations: lol, leave it to EGoD to spot a crotch grab or other oddity, the man has eagle eyes for stuff like that :D

@tonis: Yeh, one of the kids looked like he was going for the Hulks business, it was just a distance perception thing. Egod would notice! : P