Batwoman #5 pg. 4&5 - J.H. Williams III

Tough to overstate how much I admire the work of J.H. Williams. He is one of those rare “every part of the buffalo” artists that uses all the tools and techniques available in the medium of comics for the sake of telling the most immersive story he can in a way that is impossible in any other art form. In this double page spread Batwoman has her own rendering style (strong spotted blacks combined with a wash) and also her own panel style/design with sharp angles that echo the bat emblem of her costume. She is confronting a supernatural villain with water powers who is rendered in a more ethereal wash style and has fluid like panel borders that wash away Batwoman’s panel style as she attacks our hero. These things are the reason I love comics so much!

Thanks to Dueling Dealers and Anthony for wheeling and dealing with me on this one!