Batman Standing in the Rain

Batman stands resolute in the pouring rain, the dark skies illuminated only by the distant flashes of lightning, his Dark Knight silhouette.   I created this image with NightCafe AI Image generator and then did some artifact clean-ups.

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Shazam! Punches a Hole Through An Enemy Spaceship

I stripped out the main Shazam (Captain Marvel) image off the cover art from Whiz Comics #123 (1950 Fawcett Comics) drawn by Pete Costanza and then added my own hand-built logo to make my own version.

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Green Lantern Power Ring Charged Up and Ready for Action

I pulled Kyle Rayner's GL battery-powered fist from Green Lantern vs. Aliens #4 (© Dark Horse/DC Comics 2000) drawn by Rick Leonardi and Mike Perkins.

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General Zod's Heat Vision

I stripped General Zod off the cover art from Kneel Before Zod #2 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Jason Shawn Alexander, and then worked my own font work, and augmented the original heat vision beams to make my own version.

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No Joke. This Is A Stickup!

I pulled one panel from Batman #144 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi, then remixed them into my own version of The Joker making a terrible joke as he dumps sinister laughing gas into the local Starbucks while firing an AK-47 in the air to get everyone's attention.

Affinity Photo Workflow: Panel pulled, dialog balloon replaced with my own weak joke.  Frame created with vignette overlay.  Gas recolored to green to be more Joker-appropriate.  A variety of masks are applied to alter the look (such as reflection).  New deadly laughing gas was added to the canister in his hand.  Mixed some skull-and-crossbones into the nasty green gas.  Replaced the original Joker face with another grabbed from a different source so we could see his psychotic grin way better. 

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The Joker Laughs As He Gets A Beatdown

I pulled panel elements from a couple pages of the issue of Batman #142 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi, then remixed them into my own version of The Joker getting a beat down provided to him by some Gotham City thugs.

Affinity Photo Workflow: Thugs pulled out and adjusted to show movement.  Machete and crowbar elements were added for more fun.  Masked and mixed in Joker's HAHA into the background, radial-gradient added, then recolored everything green.  Painted in grass.

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The Joker, Batman, and Donald Trump walk into a bar together...

I pulled one panel from Batman #144 (© DC Comics 2024) drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli and Stefano Nesi, then remixed them into my own version of The Joker making a self-referencing joke to Batman: The Killing Joke as he walks into a bar.

Affinity Photo Workflow: Dialog balloon added with my own weak joke.  Hand-created the frame. Some minor half-tone/masking filters to adjust color saturation a smidge. 

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The Batman Finally Murders The Joker

I extracted a batch of panels throughout the issue of Batman #140 (© DC Comics 2023) drawn by Jorge Jiménez to provide my own truncated version of Batman beating the cr*p out of The Joker.

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The Dominators Launch Another Attack on Earth!

I grabbed a panel out of Batman: The Brave and the Bold #9 (DC Comics 2024) that was drawn by Gabriel Hardman split it out, altered the dialogue, and spiced it up with custom balloon, panel wrappers & a bit of font work.

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Zatanna Zatara repels her attackers

Zatanna Zatara stood tall as the four men taunted her, threatening trouble. With a carefully phrased backward casting ward and a wave of her hands, she summoned a pair of sparkling spiral shields to repel her attackers.

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Catwoman jumping over inner city rooftops

Catwoman (Selina Kyle) jumping over inner city rooftops.  I like the way the silhouette works on the cloudy night sky backdrop, especially with the water tower.

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Batman Wants to Put You In a Coma

Eduardo Barreto had a nice panel in DC Comics' Batman - Gotham by Gaslight, which I pulled out, isolated, and then did a few edits and added fresh dialogue "Why don't I help you slip into something more comfortable... like a coma."

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Commissioner Jim Gordon

My latest DC character bio-page features Batman's favorite former police detective, James Gordon. I created the GCPD badge from vector pens and then warped the interior letters to fit within the shield's shape. Hi-rez image link.

Ra's al Ghul

 Another DC character bio-page, this time of Batman's enemy Ra's al Ghul. Hi-rez image link.

Batgirl (Barbara Gordon)

Text overlay and masking playtime while compositing a clean Batgirl image, originally drawn by Bruce Timm. Hi-rez link.

Robin (Dick Grayson)

More text overlay and masking playtime while compositing a clean Robin image, originally drawn by Bruce Timm. Hi-rez link.

Darkseid Trading Card (#1 in the DC Villains card set)

I took the altered Jason Fabok Darkseid image from last week and used it to create trading card #1 for the DC Villains series.  Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.

Clayface Trading Card (#31 in the DC Villains card set)

I've composed Clayface (Basil Karlo) to create trading card #31 for the DC Villains series.  Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.

Hush Trading Card (#22 in the DC Villains card set)

Using the now classic Jim Lee/Scott Williams image of Hush (Thomas Elliot) to create trading card #22 for the DC Villains series.  Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.

Killer Croc Trading Card (#9 in the DC Villains card set)

I pulled out an image of Killer Croc (Waylon Jones) from a recent Poison Ivy comic book which was drawn by Marcio Takara (colored by Arif Prianto) and created my own trading card #9 for the DC Villains series.  Hi-rez image link for your zooming pleasure.