Art For Art’s Sake #365: The Master — Will Eisner
by Richard Bruton
Looking at the art of comics art, every week, a gorgeous set of images fired into your brain — yes, it’s Art For Art’s Sake!
Let’s start with a bit of fun — Lew Stringer imagines ‘What if Batman was a Newt?’ — because why not? From The Dandy.
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Anna Morozova — Black Cat
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Francesco Francavilla — Absolute Martian Manhunter
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Chris Bachalo — Cap
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BarryWindsor-Smith
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Michael Cho — a couple of Fantastic Fantastic 4 pieces
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And because it’s Fantastic Four and my mind always automatically goes to the King — Jack Kirby
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And that particular search led me to this — Alan Davis poster from Marvel UK, a poster I had on my bedroom wall as a kid
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Thing — E M Gist
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Some recent wonderful daftness from Kyle Baker, now publishing his great works at Viverra Comics.
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Cully Hammer
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More of Kev Crossley‘s homages done way back in lockdown …
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Concrete: Stars Over Sand — Paul Chadwick
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Dan Hipp – Peaky Spiders
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Mitch Gerads — Supes & Spidey
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Matt Wagner
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Tula Lotay — In Your Skin #1
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Well, I completely managed to miss Will Eisner week this year (March 1st-7th) in celebration of his birth on 6th March 1917. But, having remembered late, I had to put up something. So, here we go, just a few of his brilliant pages from The Spirit.
Will Eisner, a master…
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