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Batgirl #50 Cover by James Jean.

Artist: James Jean (Penciller)

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Batgirl #50 Cover by James Jean. Comic Art

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Title:	Batgirl #50 Cover by James Jean.
Artist:	James Jean (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,384
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	5/28/2019
Comic Art Archive:	Batgirl Issue: 50 Page: cover View

Description

James Jean, to make ends meet early in his career, picked up illustration work with DC Comics, soon becoming their go-to guy for covers. While he is best known for his work on the covers for the Vertigo fantasy series, "Fables," by Bill Willingham, he also created a number of covers for Batgirl.

Batgirl #50 features a fight between Cassandra Cain and her mentor, Batman, and this cover pulls no punches (or kicks). These are the finished pencils for the piece that he laid over another image and colorized digitally.

Jean's fluid lines lend to a potent sense of kinetic energy not wasted in this piece. I intend to have this one matted in a tight cropping of the image. While instinctively I disdain covering up a piece of any image (especially with work as beautiful and James Jean's), I've found that limiting the scope of the view in this particular case captures the energy even more effectively, as the viewer's eye is led around the image by Jean's fluid lines, bouncing off the matting, and redirected on a continual search around the image. When I've got it matted and framed, you'll see what I'm talking about.

James Jean is now a fine artist in high demand, with a recent exhibition in South Korea being his largest yet.

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Ben H
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 5/29/2019

Great cover! Really fluid and dynamic. Thanks for sharing!

Morgan R.
Member Since 2011

Posted on 5/29/2019

Ben H wrote:

Great cover! �Really fluid and dynamic. �Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, Ben! I love James' work. He's just amazing.

Gregg and Amanda Spatz
Member Since 2010

1 - Posted on 6/1/2019

A great piece with lots of energy to it!

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