Alex Ross – Greg Goldstein's Comic Art Gallery

Gabriel Hardman — Terror In The Public Domain

October 21, 2021 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Project Superpowers: Blackcross #6, November 2015

Our third annual Halloween tribute continues now through October 31.

Gabe Hardman creates an image of The Black Terror, that’s… well… pretty terrifying.

Launched in the Golden Age, the character has since fallen into the public domain, and has appeared in numerous titles and incarnations. This most recent version of The Terror spins out from the Project Superpowers project, the clever Alex Ross-driven series from Dynamic Forces that combines a number of PD characters into one universe.

As noted multiple times previously, I find Hardman’s work among the best in modern comics art.

I just wish for more of it.

*The Black Terror’s launch and subsequent iterations from Alex Ross and Alan Moore / Chris Sprouse.*

Alex Ross — Mr. Kirby’s Wild Ride

April 10, 2021 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Lithograph, 1999

We continue to celebrate Jack Kirby’s legacy at DC Comics with a special two-week look at Jack’s characters and concepts as envisioned by other creators. 2021 is the Fiftieth anniversary of the Fourth World storyline. *

Alex Ross recreates one of Jack’s best-know splash pages from New Gods in his exquisite photo-realistic painted style for a lithograph and Giclee.

Jack Kirby. Alex Ross. Not much more to add here. Different art styles. Different art mediums. Different generations. Both masters of their respective forms.

*Purists will note that some of the characters and titles actually made it onto newsstands before the close of 1970, but the fully integrated series (Jimmy Olsen, Forever People, New Gods, and Mister Miracle) — doesn’t fully materialize until the following year.

*As is often the case, the original color (below right) seems more true to form than the digital re-color, above.*

Alex Ross — Justice Is Served

May 10, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Giclee, Warner Brothers Store, 1997

Concluding our three-week tribute to the 80th anniversary of the JSA, with one special bonus post.

Alex Ross presents pretty much the entire classic Justice Society of America (16 heroes) in one fantastic image.

As noted earlier, I rarely post anything other than actual originals, but this piece is so great, it deserves its own showcase.

Other than perhaps the irony of Superman and Batman in the forefront (they barely appeared in the Golden Age JSA), this is everything you want, and more, in a exceptional photorealistic painting.

There seem to be many versions available of his image; mine is the large canvas, which I believe was limited to either 10 or 100. Unfortunately, the numbering was handwritten in sharpie marker, and like my Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax autographs (seriously), the numbering has faded into oblivion.

I sure hope I find that “certificate of authenticity” someday.

(A smaller version of the image is available for purchase here, and other versions have appeared in auction at Heritage and other houses.)