Batgirl – Greg Goldstein's Comic Art Gallery

Tim Levins — Bringing Down The House

October 15, 2022 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Batman Gotham Adventures #39, August 2001

Here’s a cool “Batman-animated” style page from Tim Levins that captures the fun and the flair of the 90s animated series.

The best art pages have no words — therefore, no word balloons needed. (And therefore, no missing word balloons on original modern art, 98% or more of word balloons are digitally added later.)

I realize its a bit of a cliche — but I always do get a kick out of Batgirl’s signature action move.

And, yes, I likely deserve one myself for employing that pun.

Don Heck — This Series Has Legs

October 13, 2022 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Detective #412, June 1971

“Dandy” Don Heck was a pro at a glamorous situations and glamorous people — including Batgirl and pretty much all the women he tackled, as evidenced in the page above.

Don was best at inking his own pencils, also evidenced above, in this cool action page from Batgirl’s back-up feature in Detective Comics.

Jennifer Graves & J. Bone — Bats And Cats

October 11, 2022 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Gotham Girls #1, October 2002

Batgirl fighting Catwoman? — seems like a great way to celebrate Halloween (upcoming) and Batman Day (belatedly) within a terrific action page by Jennifer Graves and the equally terrific J.Bone.

And, always a pleasant surprise to have a 21st Century piece of art with the word balloons hand lettered on the page.

Call me “old-school” all you want. It’s a compliment.

Fun fact: It took nearly 20 years for DC to collect this mini-series, and when they did they renamed it “Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls to capitalize on — you guessed it — Harley Quinn, who is by no means the centerpiece of the original series.

I can hear the Joker’s cackle from here.

Bill Morrison — Christmas Time (Is Here Again)

December 22, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Batman Family Commission, 2016

Bill Morrison helps the Bat Family — and us — get ready for some Christmas spirit.

(Although I’m not sure Batgirl is all that happy about her present.)

I keep meaning to get this great commission colored, but somehow I never quite get around to it. Oh well, there’s always next year.

In the meantime, here’s hoping everyone has a safe, healthy and happy Holiday Season. We’ll be back here on Christmas Day with a special post.

*The ghost of Batman past… Some cool bat-themed Christmas covers from Batman’s 80-year publishing history.*

Gil Kane — All In Color For A Quarter

September 25, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Batman # 208, February 1969

Giants. Annuals. King-Size Specials. It didn’t matter what you called them, but for 25 cents I was all in.

The DC oversize reprints appeared frequently when I was a kid. And I had no regular access to back issues until later on, so these definitely scratched the “classics” itch.

This Gil Kane Batman page comes from a short “bookend” story tying the theme of the reprints together.

I don’t think DC used this bookending approach all that often.

It’s always nice to pick up a page from a story you specifically remember well. It tweaks the Batman origin a bit, although I’m pretty sure this specific thread was never picked up again.

And Silver Age Kane Batman pages are a rarity in themselves. (Although he did draw some Batgirl back-up stories, which often featured Batman as well.)

(The story itself has never been reprinted elsewhere, a challenge with many DC comics of the same period.)