BATGIRL #24

AQUAMAN #37

AQUAMAN/JABBERJAW SPECIAL #1

AQUAMAN #36 and BATGIRL #23

 

BATGIRL #22

AQUAMAN #35 and BATGIRL #21

ACTION COMICS #1000

 

I was lucky enough to be asked to illustrate a 'decade' cover for the momentous ACTION COMICS #1000. Even luckier for me, I was assigned the 1980s, which for me was the high-point of DC Comics design, thanks largely to the legendary José Luis García-López and his equally legendary DC Comics Style Guide.

The 1980s also produced the still unrivaled Super Powers toy line, which is where I was first introduced to Mr. García-López's perfect renditions of DC characters on the packaging. I have since learned that many of García-López's drawings were beautifully inked by Dick Giordano.

When I was offered the cover, I suggested to my editor that he just use any of García-López's Superman drawings and be done with it, but I got the job. I tried, but there was no way I was going to come up with a more classic Superman pose, so apologies and thank you to Mr. García-López.  

 

AQUAMAN #34

BATGIRL #20

AQUAMAN #33