Nathan Fairbairn

Best Art Ever (This Week) - 12.05.14
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 12.05.14
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 12.05.14
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 Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web. Some of it’s new, some of it’s old, some of it’s created by working professionals, some of it’s created by future stars, some of it’s created by talented fans, awnd some of it’s endearingly silly. All of it is awesome.
Colorist Nathan Fairbairn Explains 'Pax Americana' Process
Colorist Nathan Fairbairn Explains 'Pax Americana' Process
Colorist Nathan Fairbairn Explains 'Pax Americana' Process
I'm sure more than one comic came out this week, but you wouldn't know that form my Twitter feed, where all anyone is talking about is Pax Americana, the latest chapter of Multiversity by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Nathan Fairbairn. Using the old Charlton Comics characters that inspired Dave Gibbons and Alan "The Original Writer" Moore's classic graphic novel Watchmen, Pax Americana tells a story that is in turn inspired by Watchmen, creating a meticulously structured comic with layers so dense that it's blowing minds all across the comics scene. And one of the most important parts about the comic is color. That's true of any comic printed in color, of course, but in this particular issue, color becomes a major theme, creating a backdrop for the story that's tied into ideas about spiral dynamics, something that's verbosely explained by the Question about three quarters of the way through the book. If that sounds complicated, well, it is, and our own David Uzumeri is hard at work on annotations explaining it all. Until then, we're fortunate enough that Fairbairn has taken to his Tumblr to break down his coloring process and how he worked with Quitely to create the incredible visuals of Pax Americana.
The End Of Grant Morrison's Batman
The End Of Grant Morrison's Batman
The End Of Grant Morrison's Batman
  This week, Batman Incorporated #13, by Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham and Nathan Fairbairn, wraps up Morrison's seven-year tenure on the character. It brings everything to a definitive close that leads to both the character's new era in the New 52 and to the core of the Batman myth itself. It closes not just one loop, but a number of loops, between the present and various points in the past -- t
Bryan Lee O’Malley Brings Evil, Colorful Edition Of ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Vol. 2 To NYCC
Bryan Lee O’Malley Brings Evil, Colorful Edition Of ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Vol. 2 To NYCC
Bryan Lee O’Malley Brings Evil, Colorful Edition Of ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Vol. 2 To NYCC
Debuting at this weekend's New York Comic Con, the second full-color edition of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series will be available in an Evil Edition featuring another of Ramona Flowers' evil ex-boyfriends on the cover: Lucas Lee. As was the case with volume 1 of the Scott Pilgrim color reprint, series creator Bryan Lee O'Malley and Oni Press are also offering a limited edition collector's s
The Trouble on Hyperion Ramps Up in ‘Mystic’ #2 [Preview]
The Trouble on Hyperion Ramps Up in ‘Mystic’ #2 [Preview]
The Trouble on Hyperion Ramps Up in ‘Mystic’ #2 [Preview]
We were pretty enamored with the art on the first issue of the rebooted Crossgen series Mystic by writer G. Willow Wilson, artist David López and colorist Nathan Fairbairn. Judging from the exclusive preview Marvel provided us with for Mystic #2, the team's just getting started making a serious mark on the steampunk-tinged fantasy series. It's ...
Marvel’s ‘Mystic’ Miniseries: Best Looking Book of August? [Preview]
Marvel’s ‘Mystic’ Miniseries: Best Looking Book of August? [Preview]
Marvel’s ‘Mystic’ Miniseries: Best Looking Book of August? [Preview]
Debuting in August is Mystic, the new Marvel Comics series written by G. Willow Wilson, the critically acclaimed co-author of the graphic novel Cairo and the Vertigo series Air. Joined by penciller David López and colorist Nathan Fairbairn, Wilson tells the story of a fantastic city called Hyperion where magic and science are one in the same. Mysti...
The Calvin and Hobbes Original Art of Comic Twart [Art]
The Calvin and Hobbes Original Art of Comic Twart [Art]
The Calvin and Hobbes Original Art of Comic Twart [Art]
The artists of Comic Twart create on a weekly basis some of the best illustration work you can find in the business. As you can see from our numerous posts of the the site's output -- which is based on contributors drawing different character or theme every week -- it's very difficult for us to not just copy and paste the entire site over to ComicsAlliance...
Comic Twart Brings You The Best Art You’ll Ever See… of Jar Jar Binks
Comic Twart Brings You The Best Art You’ll Ever See… of Jar Jar Binks
Comic Twart Brings You The Best Art You’ll Ever See… of Jar Jar Binks
I know it's only been about a week since the last time we were singing the praises of our friends at ComicTwart, but this week, something's been happening over there that you guys are going to want to know about. As you may already know, the deal with our favorite art site is that each week, the artists pick a character that they all draw...
Comic Twart Celebrates One Year of Awesome Art
Comic Twart Celebrates One Year of Awesome Art
Comic Twart Celebrates One Year of Awesome Art
Here at ComicsAlliance, we've been fans of the Comic Twart blog since day one, and this week, the best online art jam on the web celebrates its official one year anniversary! As you can see by Evan "Doc" Shaner's anniversary piece above, the site has seen a gang of incredible artists teaming up to pick one character or theme to draw every week, from Zorro to the films of Alfred Hitchcoc