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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Warner Bros. releases cover art for Batman: Arkham City

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Batman: Arkham City

Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Entertainment released the cover art to the upcoming Batman: Arkham City video game, which comes out in October.

The sequel to the well-regarded Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City is set inside the newly constructed fortified walls that have transformed part of Gotham’s slums into a sprawling maximum-security prison for the city’s gangsters, thugs and criminally insane. The folks at the WB say it will be five times larger than the playable area of the first game. It will feature, of course, Batman, as well as the Joker, Catwoman, Two Face, the Penguin and a playable Robin (if you order it from Best Buy).

June 29, 2011 @ 12:00 PM by JK ParkinTagged: Batman: Arkham City, video games

One CommentMike JaJune 29, 2011 at 1:41 pm

“AWESOMMMMME!” in my high pitch singing voice

Thursday, May 5, 2011

DC Comics releases full cover for Search for Swamp Thing

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Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing

Although they previously teased it with two characters blacked out, DC Comics has now released the full covers (plural) for the first issue of Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing.

The above cover by Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes’ is the book’s final cover, with John Constantine and Zatanna appearing where big blobs of black once dwelled. And after the jump is J.G. Jones’ variant cover, featuring Batman, Swamp Thing and Constantine.

*****

May 4, 2011 @ 10:00 AM by JK ParkinTagged: Brightest Day, comic books, cover art, dc comics, Hellblazer, John Constantine, swamp thing

12 CommentsJMay 4, 2011 at 10:28 am

After all these years of having John drawn by the likes of John Ridgway, Tim Bradstreet, Gary Erskine, Warren Pleece, Steve Pugh, Sean Phillips, Mark Buckingham, Jock, Simon Bisley, Guy Davis , Dave McKean, David Lloyd, Frazer Irving, Sean Murphy, and Richard Corben I never realized how much I yearned to seem him drawn by people aping Jim Lee. Bats, Supes, and Z look as psyched as I am.

b2quaredMay 4, 2011 at 10:32 am

Love that JG cover! It reminds me of a Starman cover from those late 90s days of yore… so cool.

Paul1963May 4, 2011 at 10:48 am

The scene I’m dying to see now that Constantine is back in the DCU:

(Two-shot, John and Batman. John has just given Bats a non-answer to some question. Batman is doing the whole tall-dark-and-scary thing.)
BATMAN: Don’t try my patience, Constantine…
(Same as previous panel. They’re looking each other in the eye. Batman is taller than John. John takes a drag on his cigarette. No dialogue.)
(Same as previous panel. John exhales a cloud of smoke. Still no dialogue.)
(Same as previous panel.)
JOHN: Listen, mate. I’ve been to hell and back–literally–three or four times. I’ve faced the First of the Fallen and lived to tell about it.
(Same as previous panel.)
JOHN: You want to SCARE me, you’re going to have to do better than that.
(John turns away from Batman. Looking back and smiling slightly, he delivers the punchline.)
JOHN: …Bruce.

Justice~!May 4, 2011 at 10:59 am

Paul1963′s terrible fanfic scared me more than any Constantine Hellblazer book, that is for sure.

Simon DelMonteMay 4, 2011 at 11:11 am

Not sure whether I want to applaud DC for keeping true to Constantine’s character and leaving that cancer stick in his hands, or to question how they can show him smoking on a cover of a comic that (in theory) kids will be seeing.

Amit!May 4, 2011 at 12:27 pm

To be fair, kids see people smoking in public anyway. If it was something far worse than something that commonplace – and as long as it’s not on something aimed directly at kids – I, personally, don’t think it’s that big of a deal.

TorstenMay 4, 2011 at 1:27 pm

Batman gets a shadow, but not Superman or Zatanna? And where’s that light source, in Bat’s utility belt?

Constantine’s pose isn’t that great… Compare his lighting up in the regular cover to the one in the variant. And if he’s just lighting up, why so much smoke?

Plus they could have used the trees in the background to suggest Swamp Thing’s visage.

There’s too much “negative space” above Batman and Zatanna, to the left and right of Superman’s head. This is a bad composition, but the fault lies with the editor, not the artist. The editor should have improved this layout or requested a better design.

JMay 4, 2011 at 2:48 pm

They should have filled in that negative space with a dope Zatanna top hat. The editor saw this and said, “Yeah, fuck it. Whatever.” The title of this book is “Brightest Day Aftermath: The Search for Swamp Thing”. With the length of that I am pretty surprised they were able to fit four people on the cover. I bet 6 bucks there was a debate over whether or not to have Supe’s eyes have that weird “I just shot some heat vision” red smoke crap coming out of them.

JMay 4, 2011 at 2:49 pm

I have decided they are marketing this to people who hate art and literature.

JMay 4, 2011 at 2:50 pm

J.G. Jones is dope though.

HDOMay 4, 2011 at 3:48 pm

Hell, I’ll jump on a bandwagon when it comes around. What’s up with John’s hand? There’s no way he’s holding a lighter.

That Jones cover though – nice!

Steez MalenkoMay 4, 2011 at 5:43 pm

That top cover is downright awful. Seriously. I don’t think I’ve seen any Syaf art that wasn’t somewhere between “eh whatever” and shitty.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Bendis reveals the cover to Brilliant #2

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Brilliant #2

Over on his Facebook page, writer Brian Michael Bendis shares the cover to issue #2 of Brilliant, the new series he co-created with artist Mark Bagley for Marvel’s Icon line.

The comic, about a group of students who “invent” super powers, kicks off in July.

April 26, 2011 @ 11:00 AM by JK ParkinTagged: Brian Michael Bendis, Brilliant, cover art, Icon, mark bagley

2 CommentsTrevorApril 26, 2011 at 11:14 am

You know, I typically don’t care for Bagley’s artwork (I admire his ability, it’s just not my cup of tea) but the few preview pages I’ve seen and now this cover…I’m sold. Looks really dynamic. Can’t wait for the first issue.

Other ChrisApril 26, 2011 at 4:23 pm

With Bagley on board, I’m sure everything will be Brilliant but the script.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Swipe File - Two Apes, One Cover

Art by Karl Richardson & Francis Manapul
If you had asked me what were the chances of opening the Previews catalog and finding two covers featuring a big scary ape crushing a human skull, I would say they were near zero. Two of them? Even less.
And yet here we are. On the left we have BOOM!'s Planet of the Apes cover, and on the right DC's Grodd of War, part of their Flashpoint event. I don't think this is a true swipe, as the art is very different on both of these, just one of those odd coincidences where two artists will use the same layout and/or composition.

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7comments:

Ivansaid...

Grood of War has inside art by the great Ig Guara.

Just plugging my teacher's work. :P

March 25, 2011 12:58 AM

Trevorsaid...

This was a fascinating feature! It's a swipe but it isn't !

March 25, 2011 12:15 PM

Anonymoussaid...

Why is this the most recent post in over 48 hours?

March 26, 2011 10:59 PM

Ryan K Lindsaysaid...

Seriously?

What Dan Slott said.

What.

Dan.

Slott.

Said.

:)

March 27, 2011 6:00 AM

Francinesaid...

Yay it's Ryan the patronizing ass, god forbid a reader would have a negative opinion of a feature

March 27, 2011 10:32 AM

Matt Duartesaid...

Sorry, Anon, that has been mostly my fault.

March 27, 2011 11:50 AM

Ryan K Lindsaysaid...

Francine-I don't see a negative opinion of this feature...I see someone annoyed we took a weekend. I also see me smiling, but thanks for the name-calling. Appreciated.

March 27, 2011 4:12 PM