Category: Artist Spotlight
“Batman is easily my most favorite character beside Spawn.” Sure, Todd McFarlane has drawn many iconic covers for characters such as Spider-Man, Venom, or Wolverine, but it was his early Batman work where he really made his name. Here we examine the market for a few of...
Carmine Infantino’s dynamic art is to DC what Jack Kirby’s powerful drawings were to Marvel: trendsetting and unforgettable. Infantino's design work on the Silver Age Flash comic is so iconic, that it still stands as the definitive representation...
If you know me at all, you understand that Daredevil and I are lifelong friends. I have been a fan of the character for as long as I can remember, as I have always known there was something unique to the Man Without Fear that drew me...
“It was said Daredevil grew up in Hell's Kitchen, an amazing name for a neighborhood. But that opened a Pandora's Box of all the crime stuff I wanted to do. I borrowed liberally from Will Eisner's 'The Spirit' and turned Daredevil into a crime comic.” – Frank...
When I think of Marvel Comics in the late 1960s and early seventies, I think of one artist more than any other. That artist’s name is John Buscema. Buscema started out as something of a ‘Jack Kirby clone’, more due to the business model of Silver...
Oh, what a difference a McFarlane directorial debut makes. This seems to be what Todd McFarlane is after to have complete control as a creator. He did it at Marvel, and at Image. Is Hollywood next? There are many great artists but every once in a "Blue...
One of the seven brave artists who went their own way in the early 1990s and founded ‘Image Comics’, Marc Silvestri’s name is also closely associated with the Marvel titles Uncanny X-Men (1987-1991) and Wolverine (1990-1992). Today Silvestri also publishes, and currently holds the position of...
Alfredo P. Alcala was a prominent comic creator both in his home country of the Philippines and then, starting in the 1970s, in the United States. Heralded for his great design talent and inking skills, in the...
William Blake “Bill” Everett was a Golden Age comic book writer and artist best known for creating Namor: the Sub-Mariner. However, Everett was much more than the creator of Namor. An original who is the true...
The Tomb of Dracula comic book series gave birth to the Blade storyline. Blade the vampire hunter is born of both human and vampire after his mother is bitten. The guilty party that created Blade the Vampire Hunter is none other than Deacon Frost, Blade's vampiric father....