Johann Krauss: another markers sketch

August 23rd, 2008

Johann is probably my favourite character from the Mignola universe behind Hellboy himself.   Visually he’s an interesting character in that you have to portray expression through gestures rather than facial expressions.   He obviously looks a look different in the movie too for those of you who only have that experience of him (his character is different too).

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My top five Batman artists

July 25th, 2008

At the end of the day this is an impossible list.

To cut the field down from the calibre of artists that have drawn the Batman over the years is just something I’m not up to.   I don’t know if anyone could, certainly not pleasing everyone (if anyone!).

These are five artists that I just love, I love their interpretations of the Batman and some of them are indeed the best Batman artists ever, but I ain’t saying anything!

  1. Tim Sale - his work has caught the attention of the world thanks to Heroes but before that Sale was and still is doing amazing work on Batman (as well as extraordinary stuff with some of the Marvel characters).

  2. Norm Breyfogle - I grew up on Breyfogle’s work on Batman, he has the most brilliant control over kinetic energy in his depictions of Batman, especially in the cape.

  3. Frank Miller - Apart from being a great writer I love his artwork too, it has this great raw power to it, his Batman is a warrior.

  4. Mike Mignola - One of my favourite Batman series is the Black and White series and part of that series was Mignola’s Batman (he’s done covers before).

  5. Jim Lee - I’m really loving his work on the All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder.

So who are your favourite artists?

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What if Matt Groening drew Hellboy

July 14th, 2008

This was an image I’d first seen over at slashfilm  and then MC reminded me of it.   I’m always disappointed when I pick up a Hellboy or BPRD comic and they’re not drawn by Mignola.   Of course the artists that do work on those issues are brilliant but there’s nothing like a Mignola Hellboy and disappointment is nothing if not fleeting.

But I am interested in seeing other artists interpretations of various distinctive characters in their own distinctive styles and you don’t get much more distinctive or recognizable than Matt Groening:

bprd by groening

 

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