Outside of Disney, and video game posters the largest amount of prints in my collection are from comic books. One of my favorite things from collecting comics are the occasional giveaway from a comic book store. For example a diploma from the Charles Xavier institute, or a detention notice for Impulse (a descendant from the Flash), announcing the launch of his comic book series in 1995.
Sometimes my brothers and I would score a poster for a hot cartoon. In the early '90s nothing was hotter than the Batman Animated Series. This long skinny poster belongs to my older brother, but I'm holding onto it for him.
Today I’m going to highlight Bart Sears. He is one of my all-time favorite artists. He drew mainly on Justice League Europe, and DC comics back in the ‘90s. His sense of anatomy was unparalleled among his contemporaries. He studied male, and female bodybuilders extensively so he could draw strong characters much more realistically than anybody else. One of his standout books was Eclipso. Writer Keith Giffen, and Ian Flemming took a minor character, and turned him into a villain with the potential to destroy the entire DC universe. It was great storytelling, with amazing art to carry the plot. I was happy when I got a chance to have Mr. Sears autograph my Eclipso poster.
Similar to the superstar artists that left Marvel to start up Image comics Sears eventually launched his own comic book company as well.
Ominous Press has been around for over 25 years. At the San Diego Comic Con I picked up this print celebrating the company. It’s one of my favorite indy studio prints.
Were there any comic book artists that you admired? Did you collect any prints, books, or posters from them? I’d like to read about it in the comments section. As always if you would like to sponsor me
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