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Best Art Ever (This Week)
Best Art Ever (This Week)
Best Art Ever (This Week)
  We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great pinups, fan art and other illustrations on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art E
Comics Alliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Editor [Poll]
Comics Alliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Editor [Poll]
Comics Alliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Editor [Poll]
2013 was a great year for comics. It feels like a similar statement is made after every year concludes, but 2013 unquestionably saw exceptional work from several creators, across multiple publishers and genres within the medium. To close out the year, we offered what we felt to be the best comics of the year, highlighting dozens of writers and artists whose creative output we felt deserved to be
Denny O'Neil & Michal Kaluta's Lost 'Shadow' Graphic Novel
Denny O'Neil & Michal Kaluta's Lost 'Shadow' Graphic Novel
Denny O'Neil & Michal Kaluta's Lost 'Shadow' Graphic Novel
A good number of of the old comics which continue to influence the aesthetic interests of this website were first discovered by me in 2001, during an epic quest into the deepest, darkest parts of the convention floor at San Diego Comic-Con. I'd pledged to identify and purchase as many hardcover collections, paperbacks, graphic novels or other comics-with-spines as I could, so long as they were thi
Dave Bullock's Silent Film-Inspired 'Batman: Black & White' Trailer
Dave Bullock's Silent Film-Inspired 'Batman: Black & White' Trailer
Dave Bullock's Silent Film-Inspired 'Batman: Black & White' Trailer
One of my favorite cartoonists, Dave Bullock is well known to comics art collectors and the denizens of artist alley, and in comics has produced covers and illustrated short stories like the standout Deadman piece from Wednesday Comics. Most often he's worked as a storyboard artist and director on such impressive animated titles like Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Batman Beyond, Superman: The Animated
Best Art Ever (This Week): Star Wars, Rorcketeer, Supergirl, Buck Rogers, Daft Punk & More
Best Art Ever (This Week): Star Wars, Rorcketeer, Supergirl, Buck Rogers, Daft Punk & More
Best Art Ever (This Week): Star Wars, Rorcketeer, Supergirl, Buck Rogers, Daft Punk & More
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwor
The Ten Best 'Batman: Black and White' Stories (So Far)
The Ten Best 'Batman: Black and White' Stories (So Far)
The Ten Best 'Batman: Black and White' Stories (So Far)
A new volume of Batman: Black and White kicked off last week, continuing the DC Comics anthology's tradition of high quality. Debuting in 1996, the original Batman: Black and White series quickly set the comics world ablaze with a collection of short, powerful tales told by some of the industry's finest. Edited by Mark Chiarello, the four issues gathered sixteen original eight-page black and white
New 'Batman: Black & White' #1 Looks Pretty Cool [Preview]
New 'Batman: Black & White' #1 Looks Pretty Cool [Preview]
New 'Batman: Black & White' #1 Looks Pretty Cool [Preview]
Originally launched in 1997, Batman: Black & White was an anthology in which DC Comics editor and art director Mark Chiarello got the best people he could find to draw and write new Batman stories with an emphasis on creative vision -- particularly that of the artists, whose contributions were enhanced both by the Dark Knight's compelling visual presence and the book's colorless format. The fi
DC Collectibles Execs Talk 'Batman: Black & White' Statues
DC Collectibles Execs Talk 'Batman: Black & White' Statues
DC Collectibles Execs Talk 'Batman: Black & White' Statues
Launched in 2005 by what was then called DC Direct, the Batman: Black & White statue series is DC Collectibles’ three-dimensional spinoff of the hugely acclaimed, Eisner-winning 1990s comic book anthology edited by Mark Chiarello that invited some of the world’s best and most idiosyncratic artists to express their own uninhibited visions of the enduringly popular and graphically compelling Dar
Comics Professionals Draw Batman With Their Eyes Closed
Comics Professionals Draw Batman With Their Eyes Closed
Comics Professionals Draw Batman With Their Eyes Closed
Each year at Comic-Con, amidst all the chaos, there's one moment that stands out. It's a significant moment that, even if you don't witness it, you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you heard it happened. And while I've not taken any kind of formal survey, I feel confident saying that this year, that unforgettable moment happened when writer Christopher Yost closed his

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