Here’s another great, old Infantino composition. Among other things, he designed the new Batgirl character during the “New-Look Batman” era of the ‘60s. Unfortunately, the Catwoman in the comics of that time wore an odd, green costume. Her counterpart from the campy TV show had a much better suit… so I used it for this …
Meet my friend, Cherise. Cherise is a cop. She could kick my butt and yours and still have time for coffee. Her hubby, Ty is a die-hard Batman fan. At some point during their connection, it was determined that she resembled DC Comics’ Power Girl. Hmmm… kinda’ hard to argue.
I’ve had a “thing” for Madame Hydra, ever since Jim Steranko introduced her during his short but legendary stint on Captain America. Steranko sure knew how to squeeze a lot of “sexy” under the nose of the Comics Code! I don’t know if it’s the green cat suit, the green boots, the green gloves, the …
Along with Spider-Man, Doctor Strange had been a big favorite of my late brother, Terry. Terry was 6 years older than me. He was my hero. We shared a bedroom and he tolerated me with the kind of patience you only read about in biographies of saints. If Terry thought something was cool, so did …
Ah, the final chapter in the mini-series and my farewell to the Golden Age Green Hornet and Kato. I’ve always wanted to do a sequel to this story. Ron and I had so much fun with The Baroness, the numerous cameo appearances and our own super-patriot, Yankee Commando. Maybe someday. sigh.
I had left TSR in 1989 but was still doing a lot of freelance art for them. Luckily, they still had me painting the Gamer’s Handbook update covers. I had originally wanted to highlight much more of Spidey’s rich history and wonderful Rogues Gallery, but the deadline didn’t allow it. I was told to make …
Bonus Books asked me to create a piece for the slipcase of a hardbound compilation of the first NOW Comics Green Hornet series. This was a great chance to do a little portraiture of Van Williams, Bruce Lee and Keye Luke as part of the bargain. The artwork was later used as a promotional poster …
I know what you’re thinking: “He’s not green, he’s blue!” Yeah… well don’t get technical! This was actually the first of 3 colorful covers I did for this “dark future” mini-series featuring another generation of Reids and Katos who fight crime in their spare time. The Future Hornet’s mask is a hologram, which apparently explains …
This was another cover for the Marvel adventure paperback series. I was given a typewritten blurb instructing me to paint a picture of the ever-lovin’, blue-eyed Thing slugging it out with a robotic version of himself in Reed Richard’s lab. Sounded like fun to me.
All my other Handbook covers had been painted traditionally in acrylic. TSR felt that they were looking too dark and asked me to make this particular cover bright and colorful. I decided to pull out the airbrush and give it a whirl. The results are mixed. Compositionally, the montage fits with most of the other …