Judge Parker Brings In a New Artist
February 23, 2010See Update Below
As I mentioned before, Judge Parker artist Eduardo Barreto fell ill several weeks ago, and was temporarily replaced by a ghost artist.
It was announced recently that artist Mike Manley has become Barreto’s permanent replacement. I’m not sold on Manly’s interpretation quite yet, but it always takes a while to get used to a new artist. We’ll see how the strip progresses over the next few months.
Update: I was under the impression that Manley was the ghost artist and had been recently awarded the job full-time, but many astute readers pointed out that this was incorrect. The interim artist is John Heebink. Mike Manley’s strips will start on March 15th.
Here’s a side by side:
Barreto - Judge Parker - 02/21/2010
John Heebink - Judge Parker - 02/19/2010
NO, NO, NO. The work you posted from 2/19/2010 above is by the “temporary artist”, John Heebink. Heebink is filling in again for Barreto until the new artist, Mike Manley takes over on March 15th.
The Washington Post has the full story, with some background on why it has come to this:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/02/this_just_in_judge_parker_name.html
Comment by Dave — February 24, 2010 @ 10:08 pm
That is not Mike Manley’s work. It’s John Heebink’s art and he is temporary on Judge Parker and will be done with it on March 14th.
Manley starts on JP on March 14th.
Comment by Jeff — February 25, 2010 @ 4:17 pm