War of Kings: Darkhawk #2 came out today–and of course I devoured it! I am going to try to keep this short and sweet and keep my enthusiasm down enough to actually create a “unbiased” review (if that is possible). The premise is pretty simple: Darkhawk is confronted by a new Darkhawk called Talon who [...]
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Here’s a piece by Toronto-based artist Marcio Takara (DeviantArt gallery). I just got this in the mail about two weeks ago and it’s happily added to my collection portfolio that one day will be framed for my uber-geek-fanboy “Darkhawk Gallery”… No, I’m not kidding–when I move: I WILL have a wall dedicated to Darkhawk art! [...]
Here we have a new Darkhawk commission by French artist Laetitia Bachellez (HollyBell on DeviantArt.com – gallery link). This was another attempt at me to get outside the comfort-zone by choosing an artist that wasn’t immediately comfortable taking on a fan-boy commission like this. Her art had a whimsical nature to it and I think [...]
The story behind this commission starts at DeviantArt.com–as do many of these tales–but this one has a bit of a longer tale. I was scanning for Darkhawk images and came across a design that was the most different design for Darkhawk that I’d ever seen. It was slick, it was fresh, it was dynamic… I [...]
Next Wednesday is the release date for War of Kings: Darkhawk #2… the long awaited second and final part of this character’s possible entry into the Marvel Universe’s forefront lineup–ok, maybe B-list lineup at least. It’s a move up from C-list and that’s good enough for me! I’ve collected more Darkhawk commissions since last I [...]




