Great Art: Black Panther by Larry Stroman

My wife, children and I all greatly enjoyed Marvel's Black Panther greatly, as the MCU continues a streak of films that have seriously upped their game a decade into their shared universe. With that in mind, I chose this great piece of Black Panther art by a classic favorite of yours truly, the always unique Larry Stroman.

As always, you can check out a lot more Great Art over on the Tumblr. And after you're done admiring some great art here, don’t forget to check out some of the other great stuff on the site this week!

Kickstart the Week 43: Purge

I like to look at quality Kickstarter projects on Monday mornings on a semi-regular basis. These are projects I think look cool, though I rarely have any extended knowledge of the work beyond the basics of the Kickstarter and its creators.

Purge art by Larry Stroman.

I first talked about Purge nearly a year ago when creator Roosevelt Pitt Jr failed to fund the first issue of his series, a revival of a 90s independent comic character. Pitt spent the year since that time working to get the first issue completed on his own dime, especially impressive considering the art by industry veteran Larry Stroman inside the issue. The new Kickstarter seeks to fund the printing of the first 1000 copies of the comic and features a far more reasonable goal for a relatively unknown name in the comic field.

Just as before, this book looks absolutely gorgeous from top to bottom with art by Larry Stroman, Mshindo Kuumba and the Xong Bros. Check out the full video below or head over to Kickstarter for more details.

Kickstart the Week 29: Purge

Purge is a character that first came about in the mid-1990s, just as Milestone was also coming to reality. Independently produced, it was a decent comic that never quite had visuals that would ever get it far. The art was just too weak to ever get it much mainstream attention.



Fast forward two decades, and original creator Roosevelt Pitt is on Kickstarter hoping to revive the character in Past Unspoken. This time he's recruited two amazing artists to re-design the classic character, Larry Stroman and Mshindo Kuumba, two stellar talents that don't get nearly enough work from the big two. Stroman is most certainly best known for X-Factor and Tribe while Mshindo is a veteran indie artist I've loved since his days drawing Horseman.

Along with a pair of Indian artists, that team hopes to produce a new sixty page graphic novel. The sample pages look great no matter which of the four artists are involved. This truly looks like a beautiful re-invention of a character that never really got his attention twenty years ago.

The cry in the comic industry for black creators creating black characters seems louder now than it has been in years, yet Purge: Past Unspoken currently sits at less than a fifth of the way to goal with just two weeks left. With only a ten dollar buy-in, this seems to be the point where the comic industry needs to put their money where their mouths are.