#i love dan mora nightwing like he is THE nightwing cover artist

[starvinginbelair]

went to the comic book store today!

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Thoughts on Nightwing #100 variant covers

Happy birthday to my favourite comic ( and comic hero)! May you have at least another 100 issues ahead of you!

By Bruno Redondo

My favourite cover!! Bruno really knows how to draw great covers and this one is not an exception

I love how he managed to include so many characters. It implies that Nightwing has influenced and interact with so many heroes.

I absolutely love how his family is in front, then come his friends and the rest of the characters are on the side/background

Notice how all Dick's favourite people are near to him ( with the exception of Wally but I understand why he's drawn among the titans)

100/10

By Jorge Fornéz

I love the coloring

And how Nightwing merges with the number 100

If I had to pick a solo Dick Grayson variant I'd choose this

8/10

By Dan Mora

Good by not great

I think that Dan Mora has spoiled us with many brilliant covers lately that I was expecting something more

Still Dan Mora's good is another artist's excellent

8,5/10

By Jamal Campbell

Perfection!!

Look Dick's transformation through the years!

Discowing, long haired & ponytail Nightwing and Batman Dick are included.

Friends and family are all included with Mary & John Grayson and Bruce & Alfred ( aka his four parents) being four major figures on this drawing.

Bitewing is included ( she's on Babs'arms) and so is Melinda. The newest additions to Grayson's family.

Dick on the far right looks like he's flying and I love the symbolism on that

11/10

By Travis Moore

Titans!!!Together!!! ( sorry I had to say it xD)

Travis draws everyone pretty

Various groups of friends on various media have this type of picture ( aka the one they are all laying smiling) and I'm glad now titans have it as well

Nice to see Donna and Kory, the titan girls who have the closest bond with Dick being the ones leaning on him.

But why can't Wally who has an even closer bond with Dick on the current continuity be in the place of one of these ladies (don't care which one should exchange places with Wally). I guess they don't like portraying male x male friendships being intimate.

Also, I would exchange Gar or Vic ( or both) for Roy to be included. Sorry not sorry to stan Dick & Roy friendship.

8/10

By Jorge Jiménez

He said that he made this cover to resemble his Batcat cover from Batman #50 (the issue where was supposed to happen the batcat wedding)

He also said he hopes that Dickbabs will have a better ending than Batcat (make of that what you will)

On the actual cover now, both Dick and Babs look so happy???!!! They are having the time of their lives together.

And my love Dick is wearing Babs' glasses. Such a nerd, got to love him

11/10

By Babs Tarr

Tarr knows how to draw sexy covers

And dickbabs deserve to be horny adults

I headcanon this cover a gift to bisexual community bc of the coloring. Also, both Dick and Babs are sexy so it's a win for bi people

Tarr calling Barbara Gordon her favourite girl on her twitter warms my heart

10/10

[lylethewaterguy]

Felt like appreciating some comic book artists so here are 4 current comic artists that just blow me away every time I see their work:

Bruno Redondo

My favourite thing about Redondo’s art is how incredibly livelike it is. His work is so dynamic and his characters have so much personality. Also his composition is immaculate.

Dan Mora

My favourite parts of Moras art are the characters. His character designs are just stunning. Overall his art also just makes me feel all warm inside when I’m reading his comics. It makes me really sentimental in a way I can’t quite describe.

Jamal Campbell

As far as DC is concerned I’m pretty sure Campbell only does variant covers (please correct me if I’m wrong). But all his variant covers blow me away every time I see them (and I may have quite a few comic duplicates just cause I wanted his covers…). His work with composition is always perfect and he’s great at making his art really feel alive. His Nightwing #89 variant is also not only my favourite DC artwork but also one of my favourite artworks ever.

Otto Schmidt

My immense love for Schmidts art is really hard to explain other than that his characters are so Shaped and the vibe of his comics is incredibly unique and inviting. Whenever I’m reading a Schmidt comic it makes me feel like I’m on a really fun old carnival ride or watching fire breathers at a circus.

[ectonurites]

who are some of your favourite comic artists?

OOOO im sorry im interpreting the word 'some' loosely here and just gonna list a bunch that are coming to mind because god I just love. comics and art!!! 

Gleb Melnikov (He's doing Robin right now & did the Jinny Hex oneshot, his arts just so fuuuun)

Jorge Jiménez (Currently doing some Batman stuff, did like Joker War, also well known for Super Sons)

Dexter Soy (Red Hood and the Outlaws 2016 art, my beloved)

Joëlle Jones (looks lovingly at Yara Flor)

Belén Ortega (will be doing Tim's Urban Legends story and she's one I hadn't really read much by but everything i've seen since i've heard of her is gorgeous)

Patrick Gleason (Robin: Son of Batman and the first few issues of YJ 2019 🥺️)

Bruno Redondo (current Nightwing run!! everything has been stunning)

Francis Manapul (did Kon's Adventure Comics stuff in 2009 and is doing some BEAUTIFUL variant covers for Robin right now)

Doc Shaner (im still like. Crying over the Superman Red & Blue cover he did that dropped recently)

Dustin Nguyen (li'l gotham, my beloved)

Dan Mora (did Dark Detective in future state and currently doin' stuff in Detective Comics.. such good Bruce art oh my god)

also this has been sitting in my drafts for a week idk why i didnt already post it? sdgfhgjhg my brain. bad <3 i forget things

[davidmann95]

Got a handful of DC-solicit asks, so I’ll just write up my thoughts on the whole batch again.

Mister Miracle: The Source of Freedom #1: The BALLS to not only do the next Mister Miracle thing after King and Gerads, but to do it with Shilo Norman and therefore invite Seven Soldiers comparisons as well. I wouldn’t be that interested, but the preview art that came with the announcement looked fun so this is a maybe for me.

Wonder Girl #1: I got a Yara Flor ask so I’ll go more into detail with that, but this sounds...not good.

Future State: Gotham #1: Hahaha, thanks, call me in six months if the next team does something there’s a reason to give a shit about. Except...wait, Dennis Culver cowrote that E Is For Extinction Secret Wars mini, dammit this might be good. Either way though, god willing we get a Future State: Metropolis book by Dan Watters too.

Legends of the Dark Knight #1: Hopefully this going with Sensational Wonder Woman means there’s a similar Superman anthology in the cards too, but I won’t hold my breath. Darick Robertson doing Batman is enticing, but I’m not familiar with his work as a writer and the premise doesn’t sound that gripping so I’ll wait and see. That Francavilla variant though? DC, blow that up to poster size and you’d make a mint.

Milestone Returns: Infinite Edition #0: Hmm. I got love for Static, but I might wait for further announcements and/or buzz before taking the plunge on this one.

DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration #1: This is a SERIOUSLY stacked lineup, definite buy.

Stargirl Spring Break Special #1: Impeccable timing, DC. It feels like it must be some kind of statement that there are no Morrison members of the Seven Soldiers in the mix (even swapping out Ystin for the original version of Shining Knight no one cares bout) - we focus on the Moore fixation, but there’s enough tidbits that I really do feel like Johns probably flat-out hates Morrison. And what’s this ‘secret eighth soldier’ nonsense? There’ve always been eight soldiers, people have been joking about it forever!

Justice League: Last Ride #1: Discussed that announcement here.

Batman: Earth One Vol. 3: *blinks*

*blinks again*

*squints at the cover art*

...Geoff Johns are you seriously trying to step to Morrison and use the Miagani tribe? YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN PEOPLE

I Am Not Starfire: Interesting concept that seems like it pushes into indie-flavored territory as much as DC’s superhero output just about ever has, if word-of-mouth is good there’s a decent chance I’ll get this.

Action Comics #1031: Wonder if this is serious about the potential of Kryptonian refugees, given PKJ suggested the idea in Worlds of War and that could play a significant part in the New Krypton stuff from Bendis’s Legion (with Johnson being clear he’s following up on a lot of Bendis’s ideas with his own Superman run).

Superman #31: This sounds big-time like Johnson hammering Superman into a swords-and-sorcery shape for an arc since that’s his bag, but Superman’s malleable enough for that to work so I’m not complaining.

American Vampire 1976 #8: Still not getting, so.

Batman #108: Tynion’s well and truly figured out how to game the direct market’s dopiest instincts, hasn’t he? Well, as long as that’s in service of him getting to continue doing weird Batman stuff with Jorge Jimenez like introducing whatever the ‘Unsanity Collective’ is, that’s fine with me. And more Ghostmaker!

Batman: Black & White #6: Not as packed for the finale as some previous issues, but still looking good. And there’s really never gonna be a ‘last’ Scott Snyder Batman story, is there? Sure it’ll be good but that’s kind of a shame, his Detective #1027 feature really felt like a nice full circle.

Batman: The Detective #2: Guess I wasn’t the only one wondering if it was a stealth DKR prequel and they wanted to cut that notion out at the knees.

Batman/Catwoman #6: Still very down for it, but BOY that Batwoman costume Mann debuted on Twitter.

The Batman & Scooby Doo Mysteries #2: I recently finally started reading Sholly Fisch and companies’ Scooby-Doo Team-Up! recently after getting the whole run for free on ComiXology earlier this year and have fallen in love with it, so I’m totally grabbing this digitally.

Batman/Superman #18: “The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel are on a mission to stop the godlike Auteur.io from destroying the pocket worlds he’s created...but where on Earth did Auteur.io even come from? The answer starts not on Earth at all, but with an ancient cult of World Forger worshippers on a planet far away—and if our heroes are to have a prayer of stopping this mythic behemoth, they’ll need to get to the bottom of his power source, and quick! It’s a race against time as the parallel lives of entire worlds hang in the balance!”

Anonymous said: Haha is Yang really doing Superman & Batman vs. Zack Snyder and the Snyder Cult (look up “auter” if you don’t know what I mean)? That’s fucking hilarious, especially since he apparently comes from the World Forge which is where all the shitty Earths full of bad ideas are made. Pretty pointed criticism there if I’m reading it right.

I’ve seen two or three people other than this anon independently conclude this arc is about the Supermen and Batmen of the Multiverse teaming up to stop Zack Snyder from destroying them all and at this point I’m ready to ask my LCS owner if I’m allowed to pay more than cover price for this run.

Batman: Urban Legends #3: Much more into this after the Grifter and Outsiders stories in Future State.

Catwoman #31: No reason not to assume this’ll continue to be great.

Challenge of the Super Sons #2: Good for the folks who want this, and that Nick Bradshaw variant is fun.

Crime Syndicate #3: I wanna be convinced to get this book, but the interviews are not persuading me.

Detective Comics #1036: How long is Mora sticking around?!

The Dreaming: Waking Hours #10: Another one I’ve got nothing to say about because I’ve never been getting it.

The Flash #770: Actually really excited to hear about how bad this run will suck now that I know it’s by the mind behind that “Geoff Johns’ OC - do not steal - beats up the Grant Morrison DC future” catastrophe from Future State.

Green Lantern #2: Really couldn’t wait a month for Far Sector to wrap up, huh?

Harley Quinn #3: Still not interested, but that *is* a nice cover.

The Joker #3: There’s a very real possibility I’ll have dropped the book by this point if it turns out to be the illustrated editorial mandate I get the feeling it could be, but fingers crossed.

Justice League #61: Not complaining, but wow, this really is Naomi 2 since Campbell’s busy in order to provide the necessary material for the CW show.

Looney Toons #260/Mad #20: Were these grouped with the rest of the solicits before?

Man-Bat #4: Very curious how this’ll be received, given nobody much cares about Man-Bat but Wielgosz seems to be quickly becoming a favorite.

The Next Batman: Second Son #2: Hadn’t realized this was only 4 issues - guess for at least one of them it’ll be the Luke Fox book everyone expected in the first place.

Nightwing #80: Dick Grayson vs. Heartless, not how I expected the DC/Kingdom Hearts crossover to happen but I’ll take it. That variant though? ALL TIMER:

The Other History of the DC Universe #4: I was trying to figure out who the focus of #4 would be since we know #5 is about Thunder and Lightning, forgot Montoya was confirmed.

Robin #2: Wanna care, so don’t care.

Rorschach #8: I will get it and probably like it.

RWBY/Justice League #2: My thoughts here will be their own post because there’s something particularly notable, but:

Anonymous said: Have you seen the BATtleaxe from the new art for RWBY/Justice League?

Yes, anon. Yes I have.

Sensational Wonder Woman #3: Eh, premise doesn’t grab me but maybe.

Strange Adventures #10: God I love the book about how Adam Strange sucks.

Suicide Squad #3/Teen Titans Academy #3: Hahahahaha

Superman: Red and Blue #3: Fiffe and Stokoe doing Superman stories!!! And...Nick Spencer. With Christian Ward art?! Sigh, fine, hopefully it’ll be Nick Spencer doing a nice little comedy, and not having Grant Morrison Superman throwing his t-shirt away because he grew up and realized changing things is too hard. A horrible shame Pope is doing the main cover though, the allegations against him I guess never really got any attention. At least there’s this JPL variant:

The Swamp Thing #3: Swampy will never be my guy but very happy for those who dig him, because I imagine this’ll be terrific.

Truth & Justice #4: Normally I wouldn’t care at all, but what I’m hearing on Twitter about this is a crying shame - that Jeff Trammell is really talented and Red Hood is a favorite of his and this is likely to be one of Jason Todd’s few Actually Good comics, but that artist Rob Guillory is a bullying transphobic piece of shit. Sucks all around.

Wonder Woman #772: I was so excited for this run, and then Immortal Wonder Woman had to go and suck.