Art

On his Facebook page, Jim Starlin has posted the B&W art from his covers for the first two issues—#19 and #20— of his run on Stormwatch. The inker is Rob Turner. If we're not mistaken that's the first time the "F" part of the Stormwatch "WTF" cover has been shown. In this case it looks like a villain has triumphed and a hero is dead. WTF?!?!?

This has been making the rounds, but it's too lovely not to share: Jeremy Bastian's Gotham by Gaslight, a commission he did for artist Dustin Nguyen. bastian is bets known as the artist of Cursed Pirate Girl, and if you haven't seen the recent collection that came out from Archaia, you are missing one of the most physically beautiful graphic novels of the last year. Bastian is insanely talented...and also not the most prolific artist in the world. Nguyen got his sketch in 2007...smart move.

Somehow we missed this piece by Bobby Timony when it went up but here at the beat we never miss a chance to big up The Rescue Rangers. Seriously how great would this team be?

Becky Cloonan, she of making universally acclaimed mini-comics when not drawing Batman, Swamp Thing, Northlanders and Demo fame, has just announced that this year she'll be...

Marvel seem to be making a proper investment in their female characters in 2013, with a number of new books launching and several of...

While Persepolis remains one of the most important comics of the graphic novel era, creator Marjane Satrapi seems to have moved on to different avenues for her talents, likebooks and making movies, such as the Oscar-nominated animated version of Persepolis. And now she's having her first showing of her paintings in a Paris gallery.

Just a quick note. Last year we all watched Catwoman twist her spine into impressive new shapes previously unseen by man. But we're in...

For reasons unknown—but probably just for the good of society—Kyle Baker (Deadpool, Plasic Man) has put most of his creator-owned body of...

Whooooeeee is it time again for a new mega crossover event ALREADY? Yep, Marvel's AGE OF ULTRON is rolling out in March, and previews are being released -- here's a couple of teaser images by In-Hyuk Lee—it must be said, they are very nice.

A few months ago Dark Horse announced they were publishing The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia an authorized art book of the storied video game franchise. Such was the excitement for this book that it knocked off Shades of grey from the Amazon best seller list for a while week, and money from The Beat's Amazon affiliate link paid for all our Christmas presents.

Shock reverberates around the internet, as the latest two teasers from Marvel not only features full images alongside one-word teasers -- but one of...

DC have sent out some preview pages for Green Arrow #17, the first issue drawn by Andrea Sorrentino (fresh from a lengthy run on...