I'm an old-school guy. As such, I really like and admire old-school art. In this particular case, I'm not talking about Rembrandt or Van Gogh, I'm talking Jack Kirby, John Buscema, and Herb Trimpe. You know, the greats. Old-school comic book art. There have been varying opinions about this. Some say it's because comic artists today are rushed to churn out a certain number of pages/books, and as a result, quality has gone down. Of course, another popular opinion is that over t

"Why So Serious?" That's a famous line from Heath Ledger's Joker in the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight . As a long-standing comic book fan myself, I feel that a more appropriate question would be, " Why So Dark?" Comics darker and darker of late, so dark in fact that at least to this reader, they're hardly enjoyable or relatable anymore. I'm aware I've been gone for a while; forgive me, life happens. I'm also aware that this isn't an art post, per se. But as almost anyon