Pulled From My Files #74: GHOST RIDER 2099

All images © Marvel.

Some time in late 1994 or early 1995 I was asked by Joey Cavalieri at Marvel to design a new logo for this book. I’d already done a revised version of the 2099 part for him, and he wanted a new look to go with it. This existing logo, which I think was by Ken Lopez, is kind of a digital approach to the regular flaming Ghost Rider logo, and I like it, though I’m not crazy about the 2099 part.

I did three marker sketches. This is the 2099 I had already done with a stencil approach to the character name. Not very easy to read, and I now find it a bad design.

My second sketch uses the same letter forms, but uses a bevelled outline and fills in the background with sold black, which helps readability some. The flame around the outside harkens back to the previous regular Ghost Rider logos.

I think this is the most interesting of my sketches, though the approach is similar to one I had used on other Marvel logos. None of these sketches really embody anything futuristic, and I think they should have.

Marvel went another way, and used another designer for their final logo, and this design is much more original and interesting than any of mine, with its combination of angles and verticals. I think the A.D. is mine, not sure. I’m also not sure who designed this, but it’s pretty nice, and does seem futuristic.

Other articles in this series can be found in the “Pulled From My Files” topic on the right column of this blog page. More when I have time.