With the original Resident Evil trilogy out on good old games () it’s never been a better time to explore what on earth was up with the RE1 original game box art? What’s the lore behind the concept? Who was the artist? Why does the character look so weird and scared but also angry? Let’s explore with sources from the people involved at Capcom and Marvel.
⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 - Important questions
0:35 - Origin of box art
1:30 - Cover boy
2:53 - Two tarantulas
4:41 - Bill Sienkiewicz’s art style
6:40 - Judge Dredd and the very weird gun
9:30 - Source and comic
📒 Sources:
- Oral History of RE1 Box Art
- Resident Evil Comic - Resident Evil Vol. 1, No. 1, Ny, NY: Marvel Comics, April 1996
- Reed, P., J. (2020). Resident evil (G. Durham, Ed.). Boss Fight Books.
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