Art For Art’s Sake #238: Another Trip Down The Rabbit Hole Of Sequential Art

Art For Art’s Sake, a little bit of great comic art shining through the darkness of your lives, illumination through illustration…

Okay then, let’s begin… Steve White and unexpected visitors to the Clangers…

John McCrea – Joker commission…

Hunt Emerson – a Groo commission

Fred Hembeck –

Sometimes Stories painted covers by Brett Ewins and Brendan McCarthy – 1977

Shane Oakley – The Bat…

Darwyn Cooke, Nick Fury…

Proposed cover for The Spirit magazine (Warren Publishing) – 1970s by Neal Adams

Jaime Hernandez – 1989 Amazing Heroes #164 Swimsuit Issue

Creepy #15 frontispiece. Art by Bruce Timm, 2013.

Richard Piers Raynor – Hellblazer piece –

Gary Erskine – Spidey commission…

Greg Staples – ‘This Hellboy piece was once used to secure me the gig as principal concept artist on the latest Hellboy film. While the film may not have been the best received, I can honestly say it was my favourite film gig in many years, working in Vancouver with some truly incredible talent. Just jamming in a room alone with Mike Mignola was worth it.’

Colleen Doran – Dazzler

Plastic Man by Art Spiegelman and Chip Kidd…

Wonder Woman – Babs Tarr

Kevin Nowlan – New Mutants #51, 1987

Kyle Baker –

Sgt Rock by Brian Bolland…

Walt Simonson – Green Lantern…

And more Simonson, this time Death’s Head 9 cover with inks by Mark Farmer. 1989.

Tula Lotay – Anderson…

Kev Crossley has been knocking it out of the park with various commissions/homages recently… like this Dredd after McMahon…

Or this after Kev O’Neill… seriously, go get a commission…

And dear God, the brilliance of Moebius, will anyone get anywhere near his level again? Man From Ciguri – 1992

And from The Incal #4, such a perfect line…

….and this, oh this… Blueberry – Three Bandits – 2007