Category: Artist Spotlight

by Collector26 | November 7, 2020

We are taking our second look at the first appearance of today's greatest comic artists.  Today's greatest artists and writers will be looked at from a new perspective. For our second installment, we will take a look at 3 greats. Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, and Ryan Stegman....

by Joseph Overaitis | November 6, 2020

Frank Frazetta. To many, he is the greatest fantasy artist of all time. To others, he was the man whose talents lifted the comic book art form. To a young lady named Sara, he was something more…Frank Frazetta was her grandfather. Gatekeeper to the...

by Joseph Overaitis | November 6, 2020

If you read these blogs you see so many superhero reports that you would assume that it is the only genre of comic books you can make money on.  If you believe that then you are missing out.  For this article, I will focus on the most...

by Joseph Overaitis | October 29, 2020

When the names of the great comic book artists are mentioned he is absent.  Rarely does his work shine because he did not think it to be significant.  Instead, he was happier contributing to others' work through his inks and pencil work.  Even though he would not...

by Ryan Kirksey | October 28, 2020

In late September, Marvel began rolling out the first of 32 unique Alex Ross Timeless Variant Covers. These are an Alex Ross take on many of Marvel's most classic comic characters, and over the course of about five weeks will appear on the cover of comic issues related to...

by Peter Daddone | October 27, 2020

Since many of us have so many social media platforms we interact with every day, there is the potential to miss a post that would normally have given us some pause to think, laugh, or maybe run out to our local comic shop or online to eBay...

by ComicArtTrends | October 23, 2020

 In the last 21st Century Da Vinci, I focused on Greg Capullo.  Today, I spotlight Identity Crisis artist Rags Morales.  Just as Leonardo Da Vinci shaped the future with his scientific thinking and...

by ComicArtTrends | October 3, 2020

Leonardo Da Vinci is perhaps the greatest artist of all time. He shaped the future with his works.  Who are the future shapers of modern comic art in the 21st century?  Consider my first candidate...

by hatchy69 | August 6, 2020

One of my favorite artists is Dustin Nguyen. His watercolor work gets me every time. While key collecting is where I spend most of my effort, there are runs I put together for the sheer joy of it. Like the Super Sons covers. Today we are...

by James Jou | July 2, 2020

Traditionally, negative space is the areas around the subjects/focal points of an image. Beyond that, it can be used creatively as part of the main subject, and engage the viewers’ imagination to fill in the blank. This technique is most prevalent the work of illustrator Coles Phillips...