The Artist's Edition of The New Teen Titans has been published!
Above you can see Mrs. George Perez, Carol, proudly holding up her copy of the tome.
If you pull back the lens on that photo a little bit, something in the background interests me.
That painting on the wall! What a great portrait of George Perez!
Unfortunately the resolution of the photo does not allow a reading of the artist's signature.
I wish I knew who painted it.
Are you ready for a decidedly different take on the cover to Action Comics #1?
Ivan Manuppelli is an Italian cartoonist with a very distinct style!
The gentleman is also known as Hurricane Ivan and you can read a little more about him over here.
Hulk smash!
The bold coloring scheme on the artwork REALLY smashes!
A tip of the hat to artist JP Cuison also known as Gigzilla.
Here is an Instagram reel of the artist creating the masterwork, very fun!
Absolute Martian Manhunter has been for me one of the highlights for me of DC Comics' Absolute line.
The writing by Deniz Camp was crisp and provocative while the art and colors by Javier Rodriguez were hypnotically beautiful.
After the series won three Eisner Awards at the San Diego Comicon last week, Mr. Rodriguez wrote "Deniz came up with an incredible pitch; I picked up some Play-Doh and that's how it all started."
Play-Doh!
Aw yeah!
I have been a fan of Art Baltazar and his artwork for over 20 years now. Even before his ingenious Tiny Titans was my reading highlight of every month I was purchasing every issue of Disney Adventures digest magazine just to get his couple of pages.
Now the gentleman has posted a photo of himself side-by-side with his self-portrait.
Very nice!
Klaus Janson is one of my all-time favorite comic book inkers!
I have been a fan of the gentleman's artwork ever since his Batman cover to TCR #109 came out in 1974, so that's a pretty long time.
Down below is a 1977 page from Daredevil #149 I used to own. The pencils by Carmine Infantino showcase that genius's familiar poses and masterful storytelling, and the inks by Mr. Janson add the perfect amount of gloss and sheen and grit. Nobody could have inked this page better!
Last month saw the publication of Justice League: Dream Girls #4. Quietly nestled inside that final issue of the miniseries was an 8-page backup story entitled "Just for One Day: Heroes." Written, penciled, inked, and colored by Klaus Janson, this powerful memoir should be sought out and read by every comics fan!
Superman lives in Metropolis, right? But Metropolis, Illinois?
The small town of Metropolis, at the bottom tip of the state of Illinois and located on the Ohio River, was incorporated in 1839. It was a century later in 1938 that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman and geographically located him in a generic Metropolis.
In the 1970s the town of Metropolis decided to capitalize on the name of their town and they built a Superman Museum! Every Summer they have a Superman Week and the fans show up in costume.
Down below is a nice photo from this year's celebration.
If you might like to read something else I wrote about Metropolis, back in 2012, please be whisked away by this link.
