Fine Art in Comics

[Artistsean]

I have noticed that comic artists occassionally reference fine art or classic art in the comics. I have posted some examples, I posted in the Marvel section since I found more Marvel examples. Go ahead and post your own pictures too.

MC Escher

Michelangelo's Piata

 

[Elijya]

there's a website that's been linked to before that shows like 3 dozen comic references to the Piata

 

[Artistsean]

Do you know the link to that website?

heres another one

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yep, Pacheco's clearly an Escher fan. Or maybe a Labyrinth fan:

 

[Tropico]

Is that Longshot?!?!?!?!DDp

 

[Artistsean]

Here are just a few Norman Rockwell references

The last one could also be an homage to Roy Lichtenstein's style as seen in Alex Ross' Astro City cover above.

 

[The Question]

Is that Longshot?!?!?!?!DDp

No. It is the Goblin King. Show some respect, or he'll steal your kid brother and then hit on you while mezmerizing you with his hypnotic buldge.

 

[Artistsean]

Uncle Sam, I don't know the artist of the original

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That Hulk cover reminded me of this one:

It's based off of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are:

 

[Artistsean]

I forgot about that one, I liked that cover.

Heres more,

Eddie Hopper's Nighthawks

and I think there are more examples of this diner too.

 

[The Question]

It's been coppied so many times it's not even funny.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

"Eddie" Hopper? You and he go way back, huh?

The painting is called Nighthawks, by the way.

 

[Tropico]

No. It is the Goblin King. Show some respect, or he'll steal your kid brother and then hit on you while mezmerizing you with his hypnotic buldge.

So you get hypnotized by bulges, huh? Now a lot of things about you are starting to make sense!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's funny; David Bowie's music is probably less known than his package among this generation because of Labyrinth.

 

[The Question]

So you get hypnotized by bulges, huh? Now a lot of things about you are starting to make sense!

Not any buldge. Just David Bowie's.

 

[Tropico]

I'd understand if it were the Goblin Queen....

 

[The Question]

Oh yeah. I'd hit that.






.......and David Bowie.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

heres another one

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man

I remember the Vitruvian also being referenced in the Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One story--with Spidey in the middle of it as well.

 

[Artistsean]

Thanks MaskedManJRK
Found it
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One

 

[KevanG]

That Hulk cover reminded me of this one:

It's based off of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are:

That hulk cover is now my favorite EVER!!! I still have my copy of "Where the wild things are"

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Thanks MaskedManJRK
Found it
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One

The one I was thinking of was actualy the last page of the final issue--Otto's in a jail cell with one of the tentacles drawing Spider-Man in as the Vitruvian Man.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That hulk cover is now my favorite EVER!!! I still have my copy of "Where the wild things are"

Sendak's a genius.

 

[Artistsean]

The one I was thinking of was actualy the last page of the final issue--Otto's in a jail cell with one of the tentacles drawing Spider-Man in as the Vitruvian Man.

I can't seem to find that one. Can you post it?

 

[PWN3R]

Here are just a few Norman Rockwell references

wow thats great!

Awesome thread.

 

[Kool-Aid]

I'd understand if it were the Goblin Queen....

Whats that from? Its Hawt.