AUCTION: Frank Miller’s Dark Knight cover up on the auction block

Heritage Auctions continues to tantalize comic book fans with fantastic art offerings this month. First it was Calvin and Hobbes, and now we learn that the auction site has nabbed the original cover artwork for The Absolute Dark Knight collection, and the other is the Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 10th anniversary edition.

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AUCTION: Heritage Auctions offers up original Calvin and Hobbes work

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An incredibly rare piece of original, published Calvin and Hobbes artwork – 1989-90 Calendar Cover Watercolor Illustration Original Art (c. 1988) – by artist Bill Watterson, is expected to bring $50,000+ when it comes to auction as part of Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 23 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® event, at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America).

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INFOGRAPHIC: Every Batman costume ever (almost)

It can be so hard to keep track of what the ever stylish Batman is wearing in a given issue, decade, event, and so on, which is why Ben Moore over at Screen Rant took it upon himself to whip up an infographic showcasing every Batman costume ever… almost.

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ART APPRECIATION MOMENT OF THE DAY: David Finch covers Birds of Prey #4

There is a “shocking revelation” that is “going to upset the status quo all over again” in an upcoming issue of Birds of Prey.  It features a special guest appearance by Batgirl – BATGIRL!?

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Comics as fine art: Sweets gets gallery showing

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SWEETS: A NEW ORLEANS CRIME STORY, the acclaimed noir-inspired comic book miniseries written and drawn by Louisiana native Kody Chamberlain, will soon be collected into a complete trade paperback through Image Comics. Chamberlain’s gritty and richly illustrated series tells the story of a down-and-out detective trying to bring a killer to justice before his city and evidence are washed away by an impending storm. SWEETS is steeped in effortless local detail, recalling readers to the sights, sounds, and flavors of New Orleans.

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