The Green Arrow does not get the love that he deserves in my opinion. For a character that is as cool as he is, you would think a Green Arrow movie would already be at the theater.
This Green Arrow image by Stanley Lau represents everything that makes Green Arrow awesome!
The Green Arrow by Stanley Lau
See more artwork by Stanley Lau at: www.imaginaryfs.com
Mitch Breitweiser has done some brilliant work. His Captain America is amazing.
See more of Mitch Breitweiser’s artwork at: www.mitchbreitweiser.com
Zero Point by Mitch Breitweiser
Galactus by Mitch Breitweiser
Welcome to the Atomic Age by Mitch Breitweiser
Theater of War by Mitch Breitweiser
Daredevil Yellow by Mitch Breitweiser
Batman Superman by Mitch Breitweiser
This would be a great opportunity to introduce Carlos Valenzuela to you, and maybe offer some background information to fill out this gallery post, but to be perfectly honest I don’t know very much. What I do know is that his art work is varied in style, and a blast to behold. I hope you enjoy his work as much as I have.
See more of Carlos Valenzuela’s art at www.valzonline.deviantart.com
The Usual Suspects by Carlos Valenzuela
The Huntress by Carlos Valenzuela
Marvel Heros by Carlos Valenzuela
Savage World by Carlos Valenzuela
Artist Cliff Chang is sort of a young gun on the comic book scene, although he has worked with all the big companies. You have probably already seen his work in Green Arrow/Black Canary. Weather you have seen his comics or not, does not really matter. Weather you are a fan of comics or not, does not really matter. What is truly needed for this spotlight is a love for 80s pop culture, and more specifically 80s album covers. Check out these radical re-imagined covers by Chang. They are guaranteed to knock your socks off, like totally, like to the max, like fer sure.
The Breakfast Club
Purple Rain
Duran Duran's RIO
Flashdance
Visit Chang’s website for more amazing artwork: http: www.cliffchiang.com
There are comics out there that you may never see even if you are looking. Often behind those comics are artists and writers doing something that they love. These small independent books are more than just comics they are someone’s dreams becoming reality. Rachel Young is the creator of Witchman and she strikes me as one of those artists, a true dreamer.
Witchman is typically the kind of comic that I dismiss upon pure precedent. At first glance it is filled with all the stuff that I hate. There is the dark magical forest, and of course the elves, and a baby that needs to be protected, and so on. Of course the “first glance” approach is a terrible way to judge a book for review. I like to be a good comic book reviewer, so I read the book. Guess what I discovered? Witchman is not your run of the mill Tolkien rip-off. It is a funny tongue and cheek spin on the standard superhero comic with a little Dungeons and Dragons mixed in. For instance the main character has a traditional comic book secret identity, but instead of being a mutant his powers are magical. He of course has super villains to deal with, but they mythical monsters instead of mad scientists. In a recent interview with Hero Spy Rachel Young described the leading man this way “The title character is something of an unlikely hero, who didn’t exactly sign up for the job, but finds himself getting tangled up in a mission to destroy seven goblin creatures representing ancient evils. Meanwhile, he’s making friends with ghosts, demons and fairies. So it’s cool because it’s a genre crossover story that has a little something for everybody.”
Young’s artwork has a very animated quality. I noticed that her artwork progressively improves throughout the book, which means it goes from really good to really really good. She seemed to have a much better sense of the characters as she went. There is no doubt in my mind that book two will take Young’s style to the next level.
All and all I enjoyed Witchman. I laughed, I cried, the artwork was great, and I was delightfully entertained. I completely recommend this book. Witchman is good wholesome fun.
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