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…a new surprise exclusive!!

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Detective Comics 856 (Batwoman 3) cover in stages

Black, white and grey…

Color by myself, with some major changes to the structure of the design, done digitally…

Logo treatment by me…

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Detective Comics 854 (Batwoman 1 pg 2 and 3)

Black and white. Click.

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Detective Comics 854 (Batwoman 1 page 1)

Here is the first page in black and white, along with the version I turned in for the lettering layout. Clicky…

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DETECTIVE COMICS COVER 2…

Here is the second issue cover (#855) In black and white…

This is the final color work by me. There was also some minor art tweaks done at this point as well, things that bothered me with the drawing. Sometimes it’s more practical or faster to make art changes digitally, things that I might notice after I’ve scanned the image.

Here is the logo treatment my me…

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Packed Brats!

Okay, here is another blog to try an garner support for independent comics. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it’s bad to read comics from the big publishers, it’s just that there is a lot of independent books that deserve just as much attention. The one I’m talking about today is Brat Pack, by comics master Rick Veitch. Just about every comics fan has read Watchmen or Dark Knight Returns and consider those as benchmarks in the genre of superheroes, but Brat Pack is certainly on that same must read list. However, it seems to me to quite often get overlooked. Brat Pack is definitely a deconstruction for the genre just like Watchmen or Dark Knight, but I dare to say it, a bolder work. I’m sure to get some funny looks when I say that in someways it does it better than the those big two. I guess I really enjoy it’s satirical irreverence. Where Watchmen and Dark Knight assuredly makes us see the pathos of the costume wearing crime fighters and psychology, they both still maintain this sense of subtley causing one to be more inclined to think all this pathos is sorta cool when compared to Brat Pack. Brat Pack is about as subtle as a freight train smashing through a building, stabbing at the genre in ways that make you very squeamish, bringing the pathos of the characters into full light. All done with this wink of black humor and, god, I love it for this. This book really is part of a deconstruction superhero trifecta. The amazing thing about this work is that it is a satire that still gets you to care about the characters that live in the satire. You still get highly immersed in their world. Most satires can’t do this because they become so much about the commentary of their subjects. The other thing I’d like to mention is how much the art just sucks you in. It’s brilliantly detailed with thought provoking layouts, Rick’s rendering is astounding (see example below). I highly recommend all of his works and they can be found at WWW.RICKVEITCH.COM

Brat Pack should be on the same shelf sitting right next to Watchmen and Dark Knight, just so it can smack ’em around a little, or maybe a tickle.

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Look At…

…the source for a little bit of fun.

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ROBOTIKA (SUPPORT COOL COMICS NOW!)

A friend of mine by the name of Alex Sheikman is the creator and artist of the series called Robotika, currently published by the under turmoil Archaia Press. Here’s the the deal, Robotika is a very imaginative book that has very small sales numbers due to a lack of reallly good promotion, and then the publisher ran into some serious troubles causing the book to be unfairly delayed beyond expectations. But now, through some wrangling, Archaia press are moving forward with publishing the remainder of the second series. They are taking an interesting approach by doing this in two double sized editions. The first, reprints the original first issue of the second series along with the unpublished second issue, together in one book. The second double sized issue will contain the unpublished issues 3 and 4. And, to top it off, collections of the first series are still available. This is good creative stuff! This book and his work need all the support it can get.

Alex has made printable coupons with order codes that can be brought to your local comics store to get them to order these books specifically for you. This material is wonderfully strange and unique, all done with a real sense of passion for the work. Alex has a unique creative voice that deserves to be heard and seen by a much wider audience. There needs to be more support for independent voices in comics. So go get those those coupons and take action, it’s best if you bring them in to the stores by April 13th.

And here is where you can find out more information… Alex’s blog and a less updated Website

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