Davide Somma
A galactic Davide Somma for The Square Ball's 2019 Summer Special — equal parts Leeds nostalgia and full-blown space-opera overreaction.
About the Project
Made for The Square Ball's 2019 Summer Special, alongside a Leyendecker-inspired Molenaar and a manga fight between Garry Monk and David Wagner.
The headline feature that issue was the Cellino car park incident, but this one went somewhere else entirely: Davide Somma reimagined as something a good deal more cosmic and melodramatic than strict realism tends to allow.
April 2019 — and yes, it includes the yellow Somma variant, because one version of a galactic footballer felt a bit stingy.
Open any figure to inspect surface, print detail, and framing more closely without losing the overall sequence. Motion plates play inline at full page size.
Issue spread
Supporting plates from the same Square Ball issue, grouped as a compact magazine display rather than full-page interruptions.
Sequence note
Every figure here opens full-screen — click any plate to expand it, then arrow or swipe through the sequence without losing your place. The work is drawn at resolutions far beyond the page, so getting closer is actively encouraged.
