MF DOOM Gets New Visual Treatment Thanks To Legend Sanford Greene

MF DOOM’s estate enlisted comics artist Sanford Greene for its Collectionzz Artist Series, giving the masked MC’s legacy a new visual treatment.

The collaboration with Rhymesayers Entertainment will launch October 29 at 11 A.M. ET, according to the estate’s announcement.

“DOOM’s legacy keeps growing because he was ahead of his time. His music is timeless to me and so many others, which is why so many different communities continue to champion his work. I wanted to express that legacy through body language. In this image, he’s sitting like a king, absorbing his accolades and engulfed in adoration, looking back at the journey,” Sanford Greene said.

That approach gives the rapper’s villain persona room to reflect, with Greene focused on the man taking what he’s due.

Greene brings years of experience drawing Black characters to the project. His credits include Marvel’s Power Man and Iron Fist and cover art for Black Panther and Luke Cage. His work has also appeared at DC, Dark Horse and Image, crossing both major superhero publishers and creator-owned comics.

At Image, he created Bitter Root with David F. Walker and Chuck Brown. The series follows the Sangerye family, monster hunters facing supernatural threats in 1920s New York.

Its Harlem Renaissance setting places the fight amid a major era of Black art and culture. Family losses and disputes over how to fight evil shape the story alongside its monsters.

Greene has also brought Hip-Hop artists into the comics world.

He handled the artwork for Marvel and Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It… project, with Brandon Thomas writing.

That collaboration recast artists including Nas, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Slick Rick as comic characters. It tied the visual storytelling to Mass Appeal’s album series, giving Greene another direct link between rap’s larger-than-life figures and the way they appear on a comics page.

DOOM’s own history makes that connection easy to follow.

Before the mask, listeners knew him as Zev Love X in KMD. He appeared on 3rd Bass’ “The Gas Face” before KMD released its 1991 debut, Mr. Hood.

After his brother and fellow group member Subroc died, he later returned with the DOOM identity. Rhymesayers’ artist biography traces that return to 1997 and describes a producer who pulled from rap, R&B and cartoons.

The character and the sound grew together.

Artwork, items and prices will be revealed at launch. Orders are preorders, with shipping planned for the week of December 7.