On May 15th, my wife and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary. After a lot of deliberation, I finally hit on what I wanted to give her as a gift. She likes a lot of different stuff. And I like comics. So I asked a bunch of my favourite artists to contribute pieces of art inspired by some of that lots of different stuff. The plan was to put the art in a book, and give it to her on the day. What I wasn't expecting was for the finished article to be quite as awesome as it was. When she opened the present, there were tears. Because she loved it, you understand. Not because she was freaked out or sad or anything. Now, I can't give you the book. That's hers. But it seems a shame having all this awesome art and not sharing it. So with the permission of the artists involved, I'm going to post their amazing work here. Please share it about, and show your appreciation to these creators with your love and money, by buying their stuff. It's awesome, I promise.
"The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible."
- Severus Snape
Harry Potter - Young Severus Snape by Becky Cloonan
Becky Cloonan is a rising star on the US comic scene, and one of the most enthusiastic people you will ever meet. She is excellent.
"When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!"
- Do You Hear The People Sing? from Les Misérables
Les Misérables by Jordan Morris
Jordan Morris is an American artist whose digital paintings are brilliant. Her favourite movie is Jaws, and her favourite song is Hotel California.
"There are things that I'll never laugh at. The handicapped. Because there's nothing funny about them. Or any deformity. It's like when you see someone look at a little handicapped and go 'ooh, look at him, he's not able-bodied. I am, I'm prejudiced.' Yeah, well, at least the little handicapped fella is able-minded. Unless he's not, it's difficult to tell with the wheelchair ones."
- David Brent
The Office - David Brent by Paul Rainey
Paul Rainey is the creator of the confessional comic, The Book Of Lists, among others.