The Hatter in New York

November 17, 2008 on 4:26 am | In Comic Cons, Comics | 1 Comment

If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you’ll know that my guilty comic convention pleasure is getting commissioned sketches of Batman villain The Mad Hatter. Currently I have 16 sketches from all up and down comicdom, most of which are framed and hanging in my hallway. Maybe someday I’ll put them all in a book to publish or something. But for now, I just collect, collect, collect!

I picked up some amazing commissions this weekend at the Big Apple Comic Con, a testament to the caliber of artist the con is attracting. I apologize for the picture quality, my digital camera isn’t that good at taking close-up photos of art.

Here’s a fantastic one from Sean Chen (Iron Man, Salvation Run).

Here’s one from John Cebollero (colorist for numerous books, inker for Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight).

I got one from Mini Marvels artist/writer Chris Giarrusso. I’ve wanted to get a Mad Hatter done in the Mini Marvel style since seeing him do commissions at the Baltimore Comic Con.

The first sketch I have in color is from former New Warriors/Night Thrasher artist Guy Dorian. This one took some time, and I’m happy for the extra effort.

One of my favorite creators was at the con with his wife and daughter, and he gave a quick inked sketch of the Hatter. The signature reads “Evan Dorkin needs to pencil more”. Check out his “Milk & Cheese” and “Dork”, collections out now!

Longtime Marvel artist Alan Kupperberg (who also did work for National Lampoon, which is awesome) and I talked over the incarnations of the Hatter for a bit, and he gave me this great sketch. When I picked it up he told me that when he was done he kicked himself for not putting Batman’s head rolling out of the cowl.

And finally, you can’t go wrong with current superstar Rags Morales (Identity Crisis).