Art For Art’s Sake # 286: Marvelous Classic Manhunter
by Richard Bruton
Welcome to Art For Art’s Sake, giving you all the art. Well, some of the art. Okay, a tiny fraction of the art. But it’s GREAT art…
We shall end this one with a longer look at Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson’s classic Manhunter. But before that…
Steve Purcell‘s Sam & Max…
Ilias Kyriazis – zombie smurf…
Wally Wood layouts and designs for Daredevil… (via David Roach)
Nicola Mari – Dylan Dog
Bill Sienkiewicz MTV ad…
Ken Reid – The Nervs…
Colin MacNeil – Bloodquest
Alex Toth – Buzz Sawyer
John K Snyder – Grendel/Brian Li Sung & Grendel/Eppy Thatcher commission…
Dave Stevens & Michael Kaluta – Shadow & Rocketeer…
Jonathan Edwards – Batman
JaKe – proposed Batman print that DC didn’t want. Silly DC.
Walt Simonson Batman…
John McCrea
Marguerite Sauvage
Dave McKean Hellblazer ad from back in the day…
Roberta Gregory – WW
Aaron Lopresti
Juanjo Guarnido – Blacksad
The always missed Archie Goodwin – by Archie Goodwin…
And if we’re talking Archie Goodwin, let’s end this one with a look at one of his finest strips – Manhunter, drawn by Walter Simonson.
It’s one of those really fondly remembered classics, appearing as a back-up feature in DC’s Detective Comics #437 through 443, in 1973 and 1974. Paul Kirk’s Manhunter, of course was originally created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby back in the Golden Age.
Goodwin had this to say about the series…
‘What I wanted was something that would fit (however loosely) within the “detective” format of the book, but contrast vividly in terms of mood, character, and artistic style with the lead stories, something that would nail the eye of the casual browser and maybe eventually develop a following of its own, bringing the book a few readers beyond the dyed-in-the-wool Batman fans.’
Yes, a classic series from a hugely talented writer and editor, one of the medium’s best…
Now, a few classic Manhunter images from Goodwin and artist Simonson, followed by a gallery of homages…
