Batman taking out Swamp Thing by Frank Cho

A one minute later commission by Frank Cho...

...a take off from the cover of Swamp Thing 6. Nuff Said!

Saturday Evening Post painted covers with Zatanna, Joker, Harley Quinn, Swamp Thing!

I recently discovered the work of a great illustrator, Juan Carlos Ruiz Burgos, and this fantastic series of Saturday Evening Post paintings that the did with DC Comics superheroes! Each one depicts characters in different eras from 1938 to 1971.

Clark Kent in the year he first appeared, 1938. Love the Siegel and Shuster sign above the shoe sign station! One kid is reading Action Comics #1 while Clark reads the Daily Planet with Superman on the front page.

Wonder Woman in 1945. Love the little girl looking up to her with a copy of Sensation Comics #1 in her hand.

Joker and Harley Quinn in 1942, looking like Bonnie and Clyde on the run. His first appearance was 2 years earlier in Batman #1, and of course Harley came much, much later. But it's fine to imagine Harley in this time period.

Catwoman getting caught on the job. Why 1989? Puzzling, but I figure that is the year the Michael Keaton Batman movie exploded into movie theaters.  The cop arresting Selina Kyle? Chief O'Hara from the Batman 66 TV show.

Zatanna with too many rabbits. Zatanna's first appearance was in Hawkman #4, 1964!

Swamp Thing - my personal favorite of this entire series! Swamp Thing first appeared in House of Secrets #92 in 1971, so there is a nod to that. It's illustrated in black and white since all the classic monster movies were filmed that way. The appearance of Swampy and Abby is most decidedly in the vein of Alan Moore's take on the characters.

Visit Ruiz Burgos' Deviant Art page or his blog for more great artwork. Nuff Said!

Monster Monday: Swamp Thing by John Totleben

A 2006 commish by one of the great Swamp Thing artists, John Totleben...

Nuff Said!

Monster Monday: Swamp Thing by Berni Wrightson

Not one but two Swamp Thing commissions by the master, Berni Wrightson!

A great head shot with fine detail.  The design of this character was pure genius.  I don't know exactly when this piece was done but I believe it was in the aughts.

The monster running amok in the swamp.  Nuff Said!

Monster Monday: Swamp Thing commissions by Berni Wrightson

Berni Wrightson left the Swamp Thing series in the 1970s, but it hasn't stopped him from doing commissions of his greatest creation.

This illustration features Swampi charging out of the woods.  The design of the creature seems a bit more like the Bissette & Totleben version of the character.

Here is another one, featuring an enraged Swamp Thing amid the brambles.  Nuff Said!

Wrightson, Ditko, Romita, Miller, Beck, Infantino on a Golden-Silver-Bronze Age Jam!

C. C. Beck, Rich Buckler, Steve Ditko, Lee Elias, Carmine Infantino, Fred Kida, Frank Miller, Jim Mooney, Irv Novick, John Romita Sr., Joe Staton, Bernie Wrightson and other artists contributed to this fantastic jam illustration that I found on Heritage Comics.

Here is a quick but not complete rundown:

• Black Cat - Jim Mooney
• Martian Manhunter - Rich Buckler & Brett Breeding
• Black Cat (Golden Age version) - Lee Elias 
• Justice Society (Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Flash, Green Lantern, Black Canary, Dr Midnight - Joe Staton, with an autograph by Gardner Fox
• Adam Strange - Carmine Infantino
• Swamp Thing - Berni Wrightson, Len Wein autograph
• Daredevil - Frank Miller
• Blue Beetle - Steve Ditko
• Airboy - Fred Kida
• Daredevil (Golden Age) - John Romita Sr

This piece must have been owned by Martin Greim, judging from the writing.  A fantastic piece, he was very luck to have all these superstars work on it.  Steve Ditko is a rare one indeed.  Nuff Said!

Monster Monday: Swamp Thing 1974 pinup by Bernie Wrightson

Here is a 1974 pinup by Bernie Wrightson of his most famous creation, Swamp Thing!  No idea where this came from, but I have this nagging suspicion this illustration was used on the cover for a 70s convention guide?  Nuff Said.