Absolutely! That book is way better than it deserved to be- the characters are great, and the designs have aged really well!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 That is the TRUTH!🔥🔥

@@africansuperhero 100%!

I know. That was so weird, man. Any time they can throw in something like that, or Harley and Nightwing, it's always going to happen.

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 Thank god Paul mostly kept Bruce in check.

@@callmejacob3234 Agreed! A few of the pairings they introduced in the DCAU were great- loved Hawkgirl and John Stewart, but so many seemed really out of left field.

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 I really liked Batman and Wonder Woman. I also liked Bruce and Andrea. Andrea is probably my favorite Batman love interest next to Silver St. Cloud.

@@callmejacob3234 Andrea was great- was cool that they brought her into the comics a bit in that Tom King miniseries. I think that wasn't in continuity (it seems like a very direct follow up to his Batman run), but hope they bring her in.

Good point! I remember reading that now that you bring it up, should have noted that!

That would be awesome to see!!

I'll read it that way next time! Thanks!

@@Dkalban thanks! I'll take a look at that!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 Okay :) It may have been a perfect storm on my end of the sound mix, my AC, and my laptop speakers. ^^; but better safe than sorry?

Thanks!! I agree- he's one of the best, and those 3 shows were GREAT!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 your welcome and yep. I am glad you like those shows as well.

@@Chaosic 100%!!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 👍

Yeah- what a cool coincidence!

I believe you can order direct from dc's online shop, or through your local comics shop- it's in preorder now, and is supposed to ship in August of this year!

I might have had that one too!

Absolutely!!

I'm not 100 percent sure on that- I know Englehart had an at times fraught relationship with DC, but I don't think Rogers did. I certainly wish he'd stayed longer- that we'd have as many issues by Rogers as we do Breyfogle, Nolan or Aparo!

Yeah- he's one of the all time greats!

Absolutely!! That's probably the first time I saw his stuff!

Definitely planning to do a Toth ep!

I'm sorry to hear that happened!

Thanks so much!! I looked around a bit for the correct pronounciation on Giordano and couldn't find anything that seemed right!

100 percent!

I've grown to like it! Actually was working at a theatre when it came out- I lugged the film canisters up to the projector a few days early to check it out!

@@White_Tiger2169 you're right- I should have noted that!!

@@eliasscorsone3220 from what I've read, and seen of his early work- while he certainly improved over time, a lot of his talent seems natural!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 "Talent" sure, but what was/is his routine? What is his studio like?

@@eliasscorsone3220 Aside from the mentions in interviews, I haven't seen a lot of process stuff from him! I'll look into that!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 Much appreciated! I love the idea of "cracking the code" of how to improve. I wonder if he has adhd or autism spectrum, or some hyperfocus for illustration (which would be cool for us neurospicy people to have a hero). His work is just so clean.

@@eliasscorsone3220 His work is definitely very clean- he must have really impressive focus!

Awesome- glad you like his stuff! You're right- TONS of energy in these pages!

I saw that image when I was researching- I'd have included it if I could find it at a higher resolution!

I am a big fan of Garcia Lopez! and you're right- there certainly do seem to be a lot of great artists from those places. Love Jiménez's work- one of the greats.

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 So glad you like Jorge Jiménez. He is incredibly talented. And he has a style that tends to appeal to almost everybody. Have you seen him? Besides pictures you can find interviews here in KZbin. Some, if not most, are of Spanish News Channels. I ask because I wonder if you ever imagined him to be the way he is. ...I thought he´d be just a regular guy and truly impressed me by not being one at all when you think of a comic book artist. In fact, check a video (from DC) titled Visionnaires featuring Jorge Jiménez where they go in dept into his professional life. Please do a video about him. PS So glad he can have as credits the designs of Superboy (Jon Kent) and Punchline.

@@justicierodelaliga I definitely have making a video about him on my list! His work has evolved a bit over the last few years (he's changed up his rendering and linework a bit) that would make it interesting to cover!

Absolutely! I've spent years tracking down the issues he's done interiors for!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 I recently was able to re-read the very short run of Hercules Unbound, and three comic legends worked on the 12 issues of the book; JL Garcia Lopez, inked by the legendary Wallace Wood and the run was finished by the great Walt Simonson. Woody's skills were beginning to diminsh, but the art was still dynamic.

Thanks so much! Hoping to have a new one in the next few days!

It really is! Read that in the Modern Masters issue abut JLGL!

I totally agree with what you're saying- the move towards the darker Batman started even in the early 60s, and I'm being a little hyperbolic with my title. But it kind of came out of the research I did on this. The first thing I think of as far as redfining Batman's world in the 70's is Adams and O'Neil- but their output was a lot spottier (in terms of timing, not quality, of course!) than I realized. They had a great stories here and there, but jumped around a lot, and it wasn't really a "run" that built up momentum. And Aparo- probably my favorite Bat-artist- was still on Brave and Bold for such a long stretch, not really on one of the Batman flagships. I'd never been a big Rogers/Englehart fan as a kid, and their run certainly didn't last that long- but it was always something I'd read about as what other teams looked at as a good baseline for the 70s "darker" Batman. But when I finally checked it out a few years ago, I can see what the fuss was about- it was seemed like it was kind of the first time all the cool things that had been happening with the character post Adam West came together, both in art and writing tone, and really took shape over a few arcs. Thanks for your comment- and some of those artists who you listed will definitely be featured in a new video soon!

Yeah- everybody has their favorite artists in terms of style or storytelling, but it's always seemed like these were the perfect versions of DC's heroes!

There are many others I can mention in the same league: George Pérez, Ramona Fradon (in the Super Friends comics and design for the cartoon) and the current Jorge Jiménez.

@@justicierodelaliga I really don´t know what people sees on Jimenez art. It´s my personal opinion, of course. I´ll say one of the best DC comics artist right now and for the last 10 years, is Ivan Reis.

Yeah, his Superman has yet to be matched. Somehow it looks like every good live action version of Superman at the same time- total perfection! And thanks so much for checking out Scarlet Twilight! Working on the sequel now!

Oh- totally, these were all characters with designs well established before he drew them. In fact, I don't think he changed anything on the characters in that first guide- just made the existing versions look as good as they ever have!

100 percent- I don't think anyone's captured as much of how those characters move as he did, and his Supergirl is to me, the iconic version! So much nostalgia there. Came to Atari Force late, but it was amazing, the design was awesome. Pretty good story too.

I looked a little- couldn't find anything for sure. But I imagine they had a lot of friends/colleagues in common- it's certainly plausible to think they're friends!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 I love both their work so much. Garcia-Lopez's work is absolutely gorgeous, but Aragones's ability to tell stories with just pictures is almost unparalleled.

@@jessewilley531 Definitely! I never was as into the cartoonists as much as the illustrators when I was younger, it wasn't til I had to reproduce some simple styles at my first job how much goes into art like that!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 I started reading comics at around 8. But mostly Archie and Disney stuff at first. I got into superheroes around twelve. (Around 1992). My friends and I went to a lot of local shows a few times a year. We almost always brought between $50-$100 with us each time. The difference is... they'd go and get one or two big things (first appearance of Venom. a signed Youngblood #1, etc.) I'd ask the dealer 'your sign says, long box $25.' They'd say 'Yeah, which one do you want'. I'd say 'Make it $30 buy I want to be able to sift through whatever ya got'. Usually, they'd agree. (Of course, once they gave it to me he had to give it to everyone else. But those dealers often wound up with no quart or 50 cents boxes when they left, so he loses on that deal exactly?) I discovered a lot of great writers and artists that way. Jose Louis Garcia-Lopez, George Perez, Walter Simonson, John Romita Snr, Sergio Aragones, Fred Hembeck, and writers like JM DeMatteis, Paul Levitz, and Dwayne McDuffie.

Thanks so much!!! Phantom inspired a lot of his design!

Both are on my list! Probably will get to Perez first! Been re-reading Crisis and Legion of 3 Worlds lately!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 How prolific was the late, great George Perez? He drew the Avengers and the Justice League AT THE SAME TIME.

@@tygrkhat4087 I've read that- it's hard to imagine! Takes me days to crank out a page of interiors, and a lot longer if it's a team book!

Hope you'll like it! Did a lot of research on old JSA when was trying to get a good mix of 40's and modern art for Scarlet Twilight (I didn't really nail it!). But those old JSA comics have great visuals- I think they did something really tough, balancing all those characters and colors and making it really shine. If they hadn't, I'm not even sure a lot of team books would have caught on the way they did!

He's one of the best ever- and you're right, while his art has always been the public facing version of the DC characters (at least until they started mixing some Jim Lee in there), his name wasn't as related to the art as other pencillers. I think that's really changed the last 15 yrs! Also, I wouldn't say he had a problem with deadlines from anything I'd read- I think that quote was just acknowledging that he realized early on he wasn't going to be a Mark Bagely or JRJR book-a-month guy.

Thanks so much!! Glad this gave you a look at his non superhero stuff! Twilight might have been the first book I saw he did interiors for- that cover was all over the free comics newsletters the shops gave out back in the 90s, and I always was looking for it! And my JLGL copy of Modern Masters is dog eared beyond belief, but is one of the books that's made it through every move. Oh- and an Aparo ep is definitely coming soon- the script for that one is half written already!!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 I enjoy learning about my favorite comic artists and the history of comics in general. I'm still hunting for a copy of Lopez's Modern Masters edition tho,have been recently buying other copies of them like : Mike Ploog,George Perez,Art Adams,John Byrne and a few others. I'm one happy camper. LOL. And glad to hear the good news on your production feature of Jim Aparo.

Glad you liked it! That Hulk vs Batman is a great read if you can find it- even fairly early on in his superhero career, it's incredible stuff! His Superman and Batman stuff has been spotty, but DC's collected it into a few editions of just his art. Awesome that you're getting back into comics!!

@@benjaminmorsecomicbookarti3793 Yeah, also checked out your stuff and it REALLY looks interesting. I also love your style. And especially August looks like its right down my alley. Recession hit me hard but I will keep an eye on the kickstarter. :D Just bought a bunch of comics at a flea market and currently am going through the immortal hulk. So much stuff I missed out on. But 20 years ago I tried my best becoming an illustrator, but making a living from my hobby totally killed all the creativity and passion. Also I wasnt really that good to be honest. :D But yeah, gotta start drawing again too I guess. Just to relax the mind a bit. :D

@@reuterss306 Thanks so much for checking out my stuff!! Really appreciate it! Hope you enjoy Immortal Hulk- still have to check that out! And good luck with getting back into drawing!

Thanks so much!!! Really appreciate the kind comment! And Golden is on my list!!!

I think you're right! I'll have to check things like that for the next video and make sure I'm getting it from 2 sources to confirm!

He's also better

@@mungosmungo8694 Is he better than The Shadow? That's the real question and who Batman ripped off more.

Thanks so much, Jeff!

Yeah. Don't elaborate or anything so he can fix whatever you're talking about. Just throw out vague criticism about "research." Do you mind explaining that?

​@@miked5814seriously no ..he must have known better...thank anyway