Art For Art’s Sake # 95: McKean Magic
by Richard Bruton
And we’re back again with another weekly wonder of all things gorgeous in the comic art world with Art For Art’s Sake
Let’s open with a truly beautiful Charles Schulz cover…
Arkhamaniacs cover by Art Baltazar
Babs Tarr – America Chavez
Fred Hembeck – Batman & Spidey together
Bruce Timm –
Felix Meynet – Corto Maltese and the Dragon Lady
Faith Erin Hicks – her new book, Ride On, is out in 2022 – horses and Star Trek!
Jimmy Gownley – 7 Good Reasons Not To Grow Up
John Cassaday – Black Widow
Kris Anka
Larry Hama – ad for Marvel’s Bizarre Adventures
Marc Hempel – a Delerium work in progress
Mike McKone – Nick Fury
Jimbo Salgado – Spidey
Zatanna by Chris Bachalo
And finally, we’re going to take out usual longer look at one artist and this week it’s the brilliance of Dave McKean…
Beginning with Ideas…
A Joker piece for the 1988 UK Comic Art Convention (UKCAC) booklet…
Black Orchid
Swamp Thing #71
Violent Cases
Arkham Asylum
Judge Dredd –
James Bond covers –
And of course… Morpheus, the Sandman…
And those Sandman covers really were something special – McKean making huge 3D models and photographing them… here’s the cover of issue #1
