Indie mainstay Steve Mannion is one of the best around at good/bad-girl art.
Only in the last year or so did I start taking the plunge and commissioning art. With us kicking back for Vacation Week, I figured I’d share what I’ve gotten so far. I hope you dig it:
Part 1: Neal Adams
Part 2: Des Taylor
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Whether it’s The Bomb or Fearless Dawn, Steve Mannion‘s women are over-the-top sexy , exuding pulchritudinous cool.
Well in Dan World, if there’s a specific character who emblemizes pulchritudinous cool, it’s Catwoman.
Steve and I got to talking at our New York Comic Fest last year and next thing I knew, we had a deal for a Selina Kyle piece done in his kittenish style.
The image is classic Catwoman and classic Mannion, the lines precise, the eyes sultry, the rooftop textured with a gigantic moon looming in the background.
Ann Nocenti was getting close to her end writing Catwoman and as we left the show with several others, I showed her the sketch.
“Who did that?!” she blurted out. “That’s gorgeous!”
That’s about as good an endorsement as you’re going to get.
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For more on Steve, hit up his website.
