Category: Art

Gangsters, Vampires and Aliens

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I was already looking forward to Turf, a four issue mini-series by writer, Jonathan Ross and artist, Tommy Lee Edwards, before I read this interview with them over at Newsarama.  As you may recall, Turf is set in New York in 1929 and involves gangsters, vampires and aliens.    Or as Turf is described on the Image site:

A 4-issue hard-boiled noir crime thriller with girls, guns, fangs and aliens.

New York, 1929. The height of prohibition. The cops turn a blind eye while the mobs run the city, dealing in guns, girls and illegal liquor. But the arrival of the mysterious Dragonmir Family from Eastern Europe with more of a taste for blood then booze coincides with a series of brutal attacks on the gangsters themselves. As the gangs fall before the fangs, only a handful of mobsters survive. But an unlikely alliance formed between tough guy Eddie Falco and a character from a long way from New York City – a long way from Earth in fact – offers the humans a glimmer of hope. As the strong willed young reporter Susie Dale from the Gotham Herald tries to survive in the middle of the maelstrom, and an ancient prophecy unfolds, no one can guess who’s going to win the battle for this particular slice of Turf.

I’ve already put in my order for the series.  You may want to as well.

Comic Twart

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Here’s an idea for a website.  Round up sixteen top-notch artists like…

Have one of the artists pick a character for all of them to draw.  Post the drawings as they are completed.  Wait a week and do it all over again.  That’s exactly what happens at Comic Twart.

So far we’ve been treated to their riffs on Zorro, The Rocketeer and Torpedo.  I can’t wait to see what next week will bring.  Heck, truth to tell, I’m excited about what will be posted tomorrow.  I’ll bet you will be to, if you spend a few minutes checking out Comic Twart.

Dick Giordano’s Demolition Man #6

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Dick Giordano, the comics legend is back! During his fifty plus years in the biz he’s done everything from ink all the greats (including himself) to serve as Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics, to co-founding his own comic company.

I had the good fortune to pick up six model sheet headsketches of Sly that Mr. Giodano did before starting work on DC Comics adaptation of “Demolition Man”. This is the sixth. To see all of the other headsketches, click here.

Hang the Batman

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I’ve always liked this drawing of Batman.  It was pencilled by Mike Nasser [aka Mike Netzer] and inked by Joe Rubinstein with colors by Cory Adams.  The art appeared as a panel in a comic story written by David V. Reed called “Hang the Batman” which was part of Batman Spectacular, Summer 1978.

As a kid, I loved those big comic anthologies.  You always got more bang for your buck!  The Batman Spectacular, Summer 1978 also featured a Marshall Rogers cover; “I Now Pronounce You Batman and Wife” comic story written by Denny O’Neil with art by Michael Golden, and a prose story by Denny O’Neil called “Death Strikes at Midnight and Three” with spot illustrations by Marshall Rogers.

At any rate, I’ve always liked this drawing of Batman.  I hope you do as well.

Dave’s New Deal: Everyone is a Winner

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Less than a week ago, I wrote about a neat idea that Dave Wachter had to encourage folks to make a donation to aid the people of Haiti.  Dave was doing a raffle for free drawings to anyone who donated to Doctors Without Borders to aide earthquake victims in Haiti.  Several people took Dave up on his offer and some of the raffle winners’ art has started to show up on his blog.

Today Haiti was hit with another devastating earthquake.  They’re going to need help more than ever so Dave decided to make a new offer to those considering a donation to help the Haiti relief effort:

NEW DEAL: No more raffle, everyone gets a sketch

That’s right EVERYONE who makes a donation to Doctors Without Borders and sends a copy of the receipt to Dave will get a FREE SKETCH CARD.  Click HERE to read Dave’s post.

It’s a cliche that the worst times bring out the best in people.  It’s also true.  If you can spare a few bucks or more, why not send some to help the folks in Haiti?   You’ll feel good and get a great drawing for your troubles.  And if you believe in karma, you’ll earn some points… you know Dave should surely have some good mojo heading his way!

Wachter’s Charity – Drawings for Drawings

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If you’re considering a donation to aid the people of Haiti, then you might want to check out Dave Wachter’s blog.  Dave is doing a raffle for anyone who donates to the Doctors Without Borders in aide of earthquake victims in Haiti charity.  That’s right, Dave’s doing drawings for folks to win drawings.  There are a few simple rules which you can read here.

I’ve always thought of Dave Wachter as an excellent artist.  It’s even nicer to know that he’s an excellent human being.