ComicBase Splash Loader Screen: Mystery Comic Store

I created a variant splash loading page for the new ComicBase 2026 that features a young Pete Bickford standing outside his local comic book store.  The art credit for the program is attached below.

[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the base look. I then imported it into Affinity Photo to clean up a few issues found while creating the background elements (books, poster, sky, etc), and I also used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some flow as needed.]

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trade dressed image as seen in CB2026

uncropped original virgin image

Guy Gardner on the Moon

Guy Gardner is standing on the moon.

[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) prompts to get my starter image, then human edits for ring, lantern, metallic logo, and final clean-ups inside Affinity Photo.]

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Grandmother Clutching Her Pearls

My wife is always talking about needing a meme image of a grandmother clutching her pearls.  I took some time to run through Nano banana and feed it sample art, to make what I wanted.   I then cleaned them up in Affinity Photo, fixing AI glitches as required.

Some of the mimicked art styles are spot-on; others are a poor derivative.

Enjoy!

Powerpuff Girls style (sort of)

Jay Stephens' art style

MAD Magazine art style

The Simpsons' art style

South Park art style

Ugly Americans' art style

Generic 1970s cartoon style

Adventure Time art style

Basic modern animation style

Chibi style

Disney Alice in Wonderland art style

Peanuts style aka Charles M. Schulz

Sabrina the Witch 1970s cartoon style

Scooby Doo cartoon art style

Generic Eskimo grandmother

Wendy the Witch 1970s cartoon style

1950s Romance Comic Book art style

Hanna-Barbera art style (sort of)

Archer TV series art style

Archie Comics art style

Bob's Burgers art style

Darkwing Duck art style

Fat Albert cartoon art style

The Flintstones' cartoon style

Francisco Ibáñez art style

Hayao Miyazaki art style

Hermelinda 1980s art style (sort of)

Kilowog modern art homage in the style of Keith Haring

Kilowog in the style of 1980s modern art, inspired by the original Keith Haring 'Untitled' 1984 art piece.

[Workflow: I fed several of Keith's artworks into Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create multiple base samples. I then imported these into Affinity Photo, where I began collaging various components. Cleaned up many issues created during image overlays, halftoned it, and I also used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some elements of the image flow as needed.]

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It's Sunday, are you ready for some NFL football?

It's Sunday, are you ready for some NFL football?  Guy Gardner, one of Earth's Green Lanterns, takes a brief break from superhero work to root for his hometown team.

[Workflow: A dozen Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) prompts to get my starter image sketched into an homage to Rockwell, then human workflow for merging items/tweaks/TV set fX inside Affinity Photo.]

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Guy Gardner 3D Figurine

Guy Gardner 3D figurine (1:6 scale) standing on a closed laptop computer, while a framed Darwyn Cooke painting hangs on the wall behind the statue.

[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) prompts to get my starter image, then human edits for merging items such as laptop, bookcase, painting, and power ring fX inside Affinity Photo.]

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Justice League #41 - ComicBase Exclusive 'JL#1 Maguire Homage' Cover by TrUzApalOOza

I've created another imaginary DC Comics variant comic book cover.  Inspired by the original Kevin Maguire/Terry Austin artwork from 1987's Justice League no.1 comic book art.   

[Workflow: I sourced images from various DC comic book covers and fed them into Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create multiple base pieces. I then imported these into Affinity Photo, where I began collaging various components. I then finalized the "versus Toyman" logo, adjusted the layout of the blank sketch cover, designed the barcode, and inserted patriotic-hued creator credits. Additionally, I used Topaz Gigapixel to upscale various elements of the image flow as needed.]

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Guy Gardner Figures

A couple of Guy Gardner 3D figurines.

[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) prompts to get my starter image, then human edits for final clean-ups inside Affinity Photo.]

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NO Action Figure from the Spread Comic Mini-Series

"NO" is the main character from the Image Comics series SPREAD, created by Justin Jordan and Kyle Strahm.

[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) prompts to get my starter image, then human edits for final clean-ups, logos, font work inside Affinity Photo.]

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source inspiration from Image Comics