Art For Art’s Sake #355: Jorge Jiménez’s ‘Batman’

by Richard Bruton

Welcome to another Art For Art’s Sake. The brief is simple. We present to you the finest in comic art from here, there and everywhere. You, well, all you have to do is look in wonder …

We’ll end this week with some lovely Jorge Jimenez Batman artwork, just like this …

But first…

Alivaro Martinez — connecting covers to the new Vertigo titles – obviously paying homage to Brian Bolland‘s Vertigo Winter’s Edge cover …

And here’s that Brian Bolland cover to Vertigo Winter’s Edge, 1997

Dan Mora — Superman

From 1982, UK pop music magazine, Smash Hits (of all places), drawn by Harry North — ‘The Ascent of the Human League’:

Martin Morazzo — Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #4:

John McCrea — Judge Dredd and Hitman

Batman & Catwoman — Otto Schmidt

Batman & Catwoman — Rafael Grampá

Paul Neary — Ka-Zar in space…

… which obviously homages the great Jim Steranko Nick Fury #6 cover from 1968:

Unpublished Michael Kaluta cover art for The Shadow #5 (1974)

Kev Crossley commissions — Torquemada, Nemesis, Sláine…

Patricio Oliver — The New Teen Titans

And we’ll end thisweek with some art by the rather popular Jorge Jimenez, a Spanish artist who’s become a mainstay at DC these past few years.

But much as I enjoy his coloured art, there’s something really special about seeing the original black and white art … really shows off that mix of European, Manga, and American influences, all melding together into something lovely.

Batman #5 original art …