Category: Artist Spotlight
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....
Thor #137 is the first appearance of Ulik the Rock Troll. Now Ulik has been around the Marvel Universe for quite some time. Usually just another in a long line of Thor foes who gets the privilege of feeling the power of Mjolnir upside their villain domes....
The creator of Swamp Thing and Wolverine (among many others) if it wasn’t for Len Wein modern superhero comics would look very different. Getting his start early on in the comic book industry, Wein worked for both Marvel and DC and his creative vision shaped the...
Alan Moore is a magician. This claim is at once a metaphor and literally true. The English author and comic book writer trained years ago to become a practicing ceremonial magician. But it’s through his words and ideas that he creates his true magic. Since Moore...
On the wall in my office there’s a lenticular reproduction of the famous Marvel Bronze Age cover to the first issue of Star Wars. This iconic cover, with its dramatic framing of the central protagonists screaming action and adventure is basically everything a comic book cover...
For the 80th anniversary of Batman’s 1st appearance in Detective Comics #27 released in 1939, several variant covers were created in celebration for issue #1000. Over 50 different variants exist, but one stands out head and shoulders from the crowd, the Alex Ross Art...
