New Talent Portraits from New York Comic-Con

What do Grant Morrison, Greg Capullo and Dave Gibbons have in common? All three men have created comics for DC and all three have photos included in our latest batch of DCComics.com talent portraits.

 

If you’re not sure what we’re talking about, allow us to recap a bit. Over the past year, we’ve been taking our mobile photo studio and crack team of professional photographers to some of the biggest comic book conventions in the country to capture our talented creators on film. Our first convention was Wondercon, then C2E2, and then San Diego Comic-Con. Throughout it all, the response to the portraits has been phenomenal, so to make sure we ended the year on a good note, we sent our studio to one final 2012 convention: New York Comic-Con.

 

Considering how many of our writers and artists live in or near New York, we knew this would be a big convention for us, and we weren’t disappointed. All told, we added over 30 new portraits to our talent directory.

 

You can see a few of them below, but why don’t you take a pass through our directory and see how many you can find? Then come back to THE SOURCE on Wednesday for the full list.

 

Grant Morrison

 

Andy Kubert

 

Phil Jimenez

 

(All photos by Mike Jara Photography)

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Announcing YOUNG ROMANCE: A NEW 52 VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL

This February, celebrate Valentine’s Day with your favorite DC Comics characters!
 
Hitting stores on February 6, YOUNG ROMANCE: A NEW 52 VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #1 is a 64-page anthology-style issue that will surely get your heart pumping with excitement.

 

Featuring characters such as Wonder Woman, Superman, Batgirl, Catwoman, Batwoman, Aquaman, Mera, Apollo, Midnighter, and Dick Grayson, YOUNG ROMANCE: A NEW 52 VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #1 will also include perforated Valentine’s Day cards featuring the stars of its stories.

 

From writers Andy Diggle, Ann Nocenti, Cecil Castellucci, and Peter Milligan, and artists Gene Ha, Emanuella Luppichinno, Phil Jimenez, Sanford Green, and more, this is an issue you don’t want to miss!
 
Take an exclusive first look at YOUNG ROMANCE: A VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL #1 by checking out Kenneth Rocafort’s cover for the issue below. Romance is in the air indeed!

 

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Preview Mondays: BATGIRL #12, BATMAN #12, BATMAN AND ROBIN #12 and FAIREST #6

For this week's installment of Preview Mondays, we're giving you exclusive first looks at BATGIRL #12, BATMAN #12, BATMAN AND ROBIN #12 and FAIREST #6, all in stores this Wednesday.

 

Featuring a special guest appearance by Batwoman, BATGIRL #12 is written by Gail Simone and is illustrated by Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue.

 

A stand-alone issue starring the esoteric Harper Row, BATMAN #12 is written by Scott Snyder and features stunning guest art by Becky Cloonan, the first woman to ever illustrate the series. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue.

 

Concluding the “Terminus” storyline with one epic showdown, BATMAN AND ROBIN #12 is written by Peter J. Tomasi and is illustrated by Patrick Gleason and Mick Gray. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue.

And wrapping up the premiere story arc of this new FABLES spin-off, FAIREST #6 comes to you from the acclaimed creative team of Bill Willingham, Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue.

 

 

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Preview Mondays: BATGIRL #9 and FAIREST #3

For this week’s installment of Preview Mondays, we’re giving you exclusive first looks at BATGIRL #9 and FAIREST #3.

 

You may have noticed that all of the titles in the Bat family this month have one dark and sinister thing in common: the Night of the Owls. Continuing this epic crossover event, BATGIRL #9 pits Barbara against an assassin of the Court of Owls whose target just happens to be her father, Commissioner Gordon. But who is this Talon and can Barbara put a stop to the Court’s diabolical plan before it’s too late for her dad and Gotham City? BATGIRL #9 is written by Gail Simone and is illustrated by Ardian Syaf and Vicente Cifuentes. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue.

 

In March, you were introduced to FAIREST. Spinning out of the acclaimed world of FABLES, this new ongoing series centers around the secret histories of Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Cinderella, the Snow Queen, Thumbelina, Snow White, Rose Red and many more. Out this week, issue #3 finds Briar Rose and Ali Baba captured by the Snow Queen. But what does the Snow Queen want with them? And where do the loyalties of Ali Baba’s truly lie? FAIREST #3 is written by Bill Willingham and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, Andy Lanning and Mark Farmer. Click here to see an exclusive preview of the issue.

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DC Comics All Access: Out at DC

It gets better.

 

And if you work at DC Entertainment, it can be pretty amazing. DC is an incredibly open, inviting place for members of any minority or sexual identity. And there's no better way to see that than through the eyes of a young fan.

 

A group of students and chaperones from the Hetrick-Martin Institute, home of the Harvey Milk High School for LGBTQ students in New York, came for a tour of the DC Comics' New York office as part of a "Break Out Day" event organized by the various LGBTQ organizations in each department of Time Warner. The students started with breakfast, sharing their stories and hearing about the positive experiences from some of DC's diverse staff.

 

We were joined by artist Phil Jimenez, who energetically encouraged those students interested in art and writing to practice, practice, practice. He also walked them through the creative process for an artist, armed with everything from comics he created in high school to pencils from his latest Vertigo project, FAIREST.

 

To all LGBTQ kids, we wish you the best of luck with the bright futures ahead of you.

 

- Out at DC

 


 

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