The series was written by grant morrison, drawn by frank quitely, and. A graphic anthology laptop guy killtopia killtopia. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with grant morrison. The scottish connection, all star superman and jupiters legacy. Destiny from sandman endless nights by frank quitely comic book artists, comic. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with grant morrison on titles such as new xmen, we3, allstar superman, and batman and robin, as well as his work with mark millar on the authority and jupiters legacy. Three things that can only be done in comic strip form frank. The aim is to encourage fans of the comicbook genre to go and visit the kelvingrove art. From the original artist and cocreator joe shuster all the way down to to modern legends like frank quitely, nearly all of the greatest artists to grace comic books have spent time with the last. It gathers the largest collection of his original artwork ever shown and includes finished covers, interior pages, design drawings and insights into the creative process. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with. Now deighan has grown up and acquired an alter ego, frank quitely, and a successful career as a comic book artist. This is a fan page dedicated to the awesome scottish artist frank quitely real name vincent deighan.
The scottish comic book artist explains the links of comic book art, fine art and politics more frank quitely at the bbc comic book artist to appear in the broons. Frank quitely is an internationally renowned comic book artist who, in his near three decade career, has contributed work to dc comics, marvel, image and many more. New frank quitely exhibition proves glasgows at centre of. Frank quitely museum show original comic art cgc comic. The bestselling, smash hit all star superman bursts into another issue by comics masterminds grant morrison and frank quitely.
A reddit for fans of comic books, graphic novels, and digital comics. Our every four years countdown of your alltime favorite comic book writers and artists continues. A visit with the hanging judge comic story 3 pages the big book of death 1995 series july 1995 dc. The world is flipped upside down when the man of steel encounters his topsyturvy doppelganger bizarro. The incredible journey, and it was wellreceived for being dynamic and innovative in both art and story the story follows a trio of animalsa dog bandit or 1, a cat tinker or 2, and a bunny pirate or 3. Since 1998 he has drawn the greens selfpublished, blackheart, missionary man, shimura, inaba, ten paradox press shorts, six vertigo shorts, flex mentallo, 2020 visions, batman.
Death sandman, enter sandman, comic book characters, comic book. He has drawn numerous fan favourites such as batman. The bbc four recently profiled frank quitely as part of the their what do. Quitely quickly earned a name for himself illustrating fellow scotsman grant morrisons flex mentallo, jla earth 2, as well as neil gaimans. This is a brief visit to an exhibition about the cartoon artist vincent deighan aka frank quitely, who lives and works in glasgow, scotland. Whether true or not glasgow has contributed greatly in the comic world. Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art.
Allstar superman is a twelveissue american comic book series featuring superman that was published by dc comics. Metro toronto, best ongoing comic book series of 2006. The comic book artist, better known as frank quitely, has been. The 15 best batman stories 20002009 brian cronin dec 25, 2016. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least years of age, and have read and agree to the terms of service and. Jill thompson sandman brief lives poster neil gaiman, comic books art, comic art. This book accompanied the frank quitely exhibition at kelvingrove art gallery and is a fine addition to that exhibit. Of all the collaborations between grant morrison and frank quitely we3 is the most experimental. I really wish these guys got paid more for what they do. Superman decides to keep his impending death secret from the public. The old saying goes that you should never judge a book by its cover, but that only extends as far as prose. Death of kings 2 by kevin macleod is licensed under a creative. Written by grant morrison allstar superman, batman incorporated with art by frank quitely allstar superman, jupiters legacy and colorist nathan fairbairn seconds, batman incorporated, this issue explores the legacy of alan moores watchmen on the. The amazing creative team of writer grant morrison and artist frank quitely.
Comic book artist frank quitely beside the wallpaper he has designed for glasgows new radisson red hotel 3 comments theres a party going on in a room in the new radisson red hotel in glasgow. There is significant violence, so i would not recommend this book for anybody emotionally younger than a teenager also some of the more rewarding aspects of what the story critiques would be. It has been described as a combination of the terminator and homeward bound. The art of comics explores his work on titles such as dcs superman, batman and marvel comics xmen. Very cool documentary on a day of a comic book artists life. Frank quitely is the alter ego of glaswegian comic book artist vincent deighan. Writer grant morrison and artist frank quitely might just be the best onetwo punch. Premium members of are able to list their artworks for sale in our comic art classifieds section, and we also maintain the largest original comic art dealer network online and share their inventory in our comic art dealer search. A sample of why frank quitely is one of the best artists to ever work the medium. Frank quitely discusses his views on quality control and time management. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Frank quitely honoured to appear in comic strip that. In the world of comics, covers are an integral element of the final product.
Frank quitely is a scottish artist acclaimed for his frequent collaborations with writer grant morrison, including new xmen, allstar superman, we3, batman and robin, and flex mentallo. We had a chance to sit down with frank quitely at the 2012 fan expo in toronto to talk about canada, his collaborators, and his dislike of cons, all while swooning me with his scottish tongue. About about us catalogue press stockists submissions trade rights bhp comics team our books comic invention dungeon fun frank quitely. Quitely genuinely prefers doing comics which allow him a far greater.
This is a varient cover for the book of all star batman and robin it again has no name and is a digital sketch, its also digitally coloured. In 2005, legendary comic book writer grant morrison teamed up with artist frank quitely for the 12issue limited series allstar superman, which aimed to bring superman back to his heroic roots popularized during the golden age of comics. Vincent deighan born 1968, better known by the pen name frank quitely, is a scottish comic book artist. Frank quitely is an eisner awardwinning comic book artist born vincent deighan from scotland. With the popularity of quitely and millars first team up on the authority, this book is shaping up to be a colossal success.
As quitely he has assisted superstar writer grant morrison in reimagining superman and the xmen, and worked with kickass author mark millar on the authority amongst others. Worldrenowned comic book artist decorates the walls of. Salvador dali comic story 3 pages the big book of weirdos 1995 series april 1995 dc. Designed as a companion to his extensive kelvingrove exhibition, the art of comics transcends this purpose, standing alone as. We 3 is a 2004 vertigo comics miniseries by writer grant morrison and artist frank quitely.
This then led to work on 2000ad including judge dredd. Glasgows newest hotel gets unique comic book look from. With three decades of comics art behind frank quitely, the art of comics selects his favourite works from such titles as all star superman, batman and jupiters legacy and offers insights into the stories and processes behind them. Earth 2 hardcover, the invisibles, transmetropolitan, the authority, captain america. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is. Search more than 100,000 comic artworks for sale contained within our comic art marketplace. Comic book artist frank quitely, a glasgow native, designed wallpaper for the radisson red that reflects the citys distinctive culture. Illustrator reacts to good and bad comic book art 3. Bbc scotland bbc scotland the art school reject who. The plot is a bit predictable, but the way morrison and quitely have presented the characters, expertly meshing art and written word, make this a classic. Sandman gaiman, death sandman, neil gaiman, morpheus. Vincent deighan aka comic book artist frank quitely, pictured in one of the rooms in the new radisson red hotel in finnieston, glasgow that features his.
Ive been a fan of the broons for as long as i can remember, so to have them visit the exhibition is just unbelievable. He is one of the comic book worlds leading talents, but now he is to experience a new degree of success. The art of comics runs from today until october 1, 2017. His us comics breakthrough title was the flex mentallo mini series for vertigo in 1996 which began the first of many collaborations with grant morrison. Frank quitely is currently the subject of a major career retrospective at the kelvingrove art gallery in glasgow frank quitely.
As one of a group of british writers and artists who have reinvented the superhero genre, frank s depictions of. A list of key comic books written by frank quitely provided by key collector comics. Frank quitely superhero comic artist uk exhibition youtube. In a 2014 poll of thousands of comic book fans conducted by, frank quitely was named the number two comic book artist of all time following only jack kirby and beating out frank miller, will eisner, neal adams, george perez, john byrne and other major talents. Frank quitely s amazing, finely detailed artwork has been gracing the pages of dc comics since he began illustrating stories in the big book series, from dcs paradox press imprint, in the mid90s. See more ideas about comic art, comic books art and comic book artists. Frank quitely, from comic books to wallpaper design. Search more than 125,000 pieces of original comic art, sketches and paintings for sale from over 45 comic art dealers, comic artists, and marketplaces. Why does quitely draw realistic details in an unrealistic art style, and more importantly, why do people seem to like this the above is an extreme example, but even on something like all star superman every single character looks like an action figure with loose skin stretched over it. Brit comics art original comic art by frank quitely. This is a fan page dedicated to frank quitely and he is in no way affiliated with it.