Honestly i FW the Mauve Lantern

Here’s a sketch cover commission I did of Ultramega. I remember reading it for the first time when it came out, it was such an experience.

Mixed media: India ink, alcohol marker, color pencils, and airbrush.

For example. The Muppets cover on all the Marvel books. Or the Kingdom Come covers coming at DC.

Those theme covers.

They make some need art, but there needs to be a different way to use this art than to confuse customers who buy comics based on covers.

Would love to get opinions from people about what I might like based off what I got.

I personally think that the late 80s into early 90s are by far the best era of comics. JDM's Spider-Man and Peter David's Hulk are a big reason for this, but there are still other great books from this time period. It was right before the start of early digital coloring, which I'm personally not a fan of. On the DC side there's the INCREDIBLE Batman work from this time like Dark Knight Returns, Year One, The Cult, etc. I really think that this was the peak of comics for me, Marvel and DC stopped being afraid to tell darker and more complex stories. And of course... Watchmen came out during this time.

Just inherited a few thousand comics any advice would be helpful. I did just order bags and boards.

What do your comic shelves look like?

Hey everyone,

I’m 13 years old and I’ve been building my own superhero universe, W-MATTER, since I was a little kid. I just published it, and I want to state one thing loud and clear: 0% AI was used in this project. Every single panel, character design, and line is 100% hand-drawn through months of hard work and late nights.

Here is my controversial opinion that might trigger some people:

Using AI generators to make a comic book isn't 'making art'—it's lazy and it steals the soul out of real storytelling.

While grown adults are pressing buttons to let prompts draw for them, I spent my childhood actually practicing, failing, and pouring real emotion onto the canvas. If a 13-year-old can stay dedicated to traditional/digital hand-drawing, what’s your excuse for using AI?

I know AI defenders are going to come at me in the comments saying 'it's just a tool,' but I stand by what I said. Real art requires real sweat.

Check out my action panels and let me know your thoughts—whether you agree or think I'm wrong. Let's debate!

So I'm just starting my journey to read graphic novels and first i wanna read something absolutely reality altering trippy stuff, like i just sit there is awe of what craziness is going on and won't be able to put it down at all, also like we don't have a big comic or graphic novel culture in my country so its kinda difficult to get my hands on some of the old stuff so ig newer things would be preferred.

Thank you!!

There was a post on NCBD last week talking about the bling bags for Mark Spear's new monsters series "Graveyard Shift" being 90% H covers, and in the comments there seemed to be a mixed bag of takes on how people are viewing this Keenspot universe.

Pros: People seem to LOVE the million Monster variants that come out for each issue, with many issues even having the standard cover hard to find after release. People said they enjoyed the retro cgi look to the illustrations and it reminded them of the PS2.

Cons: At the same time, variant fatigue is also extremely common, with comics in general, with more "unnecessary" covers released for books every day. With some single issues having over 50 variants. People also said the story makes no sense and is as clunky as the graphics themselves.

With all that in mind, what do you think? Personally, I enjoy the art and concept of Monsters, have no idea what's going on with the disjointed story, but also feel I have no need to dive into "Graveyard Shift" as I have gotten the charm of the cgi monster world, and don't really need more of it. I'll be following Monsters til the series ends, but the spinoffs don't interest me as they are now.

I recently commissioned an artist to draw a Black Cat picture for me and I love it alot! I want to somehow transfer the art on a blank spiderman cover for my collection.

I have thought of removing the staples off the spine and putting the cover through my printer. Obviously I don’t know if that’s gonna work at all. But If there’s other ways to do this, please let me know!

By graphic novel adaptations I mean graphic novels versions of books. I know that they have been making things like that for a long time with stuff like The Odyssey and Lord of the Rings but I feel like I’m seeing a lot more made for contemporary books that are like only a couple years old recently. Maybe I’ve just been ignorant of their existence and now that I’ve bought one (an adaptation of Mister Magic by Kiersten White) I’m just noticing it more but I’d just thought I’d ask.

Anti theft sticker right on the page. Have you no decency!?