February 11, 2010

Check Out The BATMAN ART Of Arlen Schumer!

I just made a new friend the other day & his name is ARLEN SCHUMER. He is an extremely talented Graphic Artist & Illustrator, but more importantly, he's a HUGE Batman Fan! To prove it just check out the 2 pics up above. The 1st photo is a cover he drew back in 1976 for a Batman Fanzine called BATMANIA. But the funny thing is, he had done his own magazine about 6 years earlier... when he was just 12 years old ( that's the 2nd photo )! You can really see some improvement there, huh. Actually I think the 2nd one is great because, even though it's sort of crude, you can tell that a lot of love really went into it. Plus, it's pretty good for a 12 year old. It seems, that in one way or another, he has always been mixed up with the comic book style of drawing. He's done work for a large list of major clients. He just recently produced a book titled "Neal Adams, The Sketchbook" ( more on that later ). If you would like to see more modern-day examples of his work then just click HERE!

1 comment:

ozz said...

It would be cool to check out a few issues of that old fanzine. I do like the artwork. The drawing from the younger days isn't bad for a young kid's work. I get the feeling he decided quite early on that that's the kind of thing he wanted to do.

I hit the link to his site. He digs The Twilight Zone too. Right on! I've got his book "Visions From The Twilight Zone". Pretty cool coffee table kinda book.