Category: Artist Spotlight

by Blaise Tassone | May 8, 2019

If you started reading comics between the late 1970s and up to the mid-1980s, you would have run into artwork by this talented illustrator. Contributing to such important Marvel properties as Iron Fist, Fantastic Four and – most iconically – the Uncanny X-Men - by the...

by Blaise Tassone | March 18, 2019

While some might not consider the illustration work of George Perez to be classic, I would argue that he is a modern master. Moreover, I think time will vindicate my assessment of his work and Perez’s detailed and powerful drawings will eventually become heralded as some...

by Blaise Tassone | January 13, 2019

In recent years there’s been something of a renaissance regarding the collectability of Silver and Bronze age cover art. After a long period during which cover art from this period was, more or less, ignored, a new found interest in these covers can be attested to...

by Norman Robinson | January 9, 2019

Sadly Bernie Wrightson’s death in 2017 has cost the world a talented horror artist. The horror comic book genre will never be the same without him. His top comic books are centered around the creation of Swamp Thing: House of Secrets #92 and Swamp Thing...

by Blaise Tassone | December 26, 2018

Starting out in the early 1940s working on the Zip and Pep titles (from MLJ, later Archie, comics), celebrated comics artist extraordinaire Gil Kane first came to the wider attention of the comic buying public through work produced for DC comics. Kane would go on to...

by Blaise Tassone | December 22, 2018

If you’ve been reading comics for a while you’ve probably encountered the work of writer John Marc DeMatteis. Probably best known for his contributions to DCs horror anthology books and his scripts for Marvel titles such as: Captain America, The Defenders and, most notably, Spider-man, DeMatteis...

by Blaise Tassone | December 5, 2018

Listing the contributions of Jack Kirby (1917-1994) to comic book illustration would be like writing a history of the modern medium. So abundant was his influence, so singular his contributions and significant his impact, that it’s difficult to conceive of a time where the patterns and...

by Norman Robinson | December 3, 2018

Stan Lee passed away about two weeks ago and it is a melancholy time for comic fans. Many great shows lost and removed from services like Netflix, but we go on. Many movies made that don't quite meet expectations like Justice League and we go on. Marvel...

by Blaise Tassone | November 1, 2018

Neal Adams is one of my favorite comic book artists. Given the prices on his iconic cover work, apparently I’m not alone in thinking his art is of high quality. In fact, I would rank Adams in the top ten of all-time great comic book illustrators,...

by Smile4meBatman | September 29, 2018

Artist Spotlight Series is Powered By: The Comic Regime http://TheComicRegime.com Welcome back to another week of The Artist Spotlight. This weeks interview is with the talented Phillip Sevy. He is a successful artist who has worked for many different publishing companies.  He has also  worked with...