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Kaare Andrews.
Kaare has an obviously stylish take on all of the work he does. what impresses me the most though is how effortless he makes the transitions between styles look. all of his covers look unmistakably like his work… but the styles and the techniques are wonderfully varied. he is one of my favorite modern artists.
Versatile. Talented. He can draw funny in the same book as a fist fight. Dude is a TALENT.
Summer fun with the X-Men by Kaare Andrews in an interconnecting series of variant covers from Unknown Comics that was also published as a Marvel Signature Print as a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive (2024)
Kaare Andrews is better at doing 90s X-Men than Jim Lee ever was.
His characters look unique. They don’t look like a guy copying every popular artist that came before him and then mashed together. Kaare’s work looks like he grew up loving this stuff, but has a unique take on them.
Why do I shit on Jim Lee? Because his work is dull. It sells unbelievably well, and his success is a high water mark for the industry. But his work looks like it belongs on a lunchbox, not telling a story.
the Immortal Iron Fist, Vol. 1 # 27 by Kaare Andrews.
two Superman Variants, by Kaare Andrews.
some Kaare Andrews in black and white.
Fall of the House of X, by Kaare Andrews
Here is his line work.
the Incredible Hulk, Vol. 2 # 49, by Kaare Andrews (after Maurice Sendak).
Fall of the House of X, by Kaare Andrews
Amazing Fantasy: Infinity Comic Prelude #1 (2021)
by Kaare Andrews
Goddamn.
Wolverine gets thought of as a cliche these days. But then you read stuff written by people that know how to write him you get reminded why he’s so popular.
This was a gut punch.
Chris Claremont said it perfectly in an interview. Wolverine is a failed Samurai. For a samurai, the only thing that can regain one’s honor after failure is seppuku. Suicide. But Wolverine cannot die. So he is forever tortured as the imperfect man that is trying to be better. Maybe the best character concept in the last 50 years. It easily becomes a cliched action movie story, but the core concept is solid gold. And scenes like this prove it.
DC Love is a Battlefield cover - Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy by Kaare Andrews *
Savage Sword of Conan #3 variant cover by Kaare Andrews *
the Incredible Hulk, Vol. 2 # 49, by Kaare Andrews (after Maurice Sendak).
a Hulk gallery, as requested by @debodapro
from the top:
01.) Paul Pope.
02.) Brent Anderson, with Inks by Joe Rubinstein.
03.) Kaare Andrews, as an homage to Maurice Sendak.
04.) Jim Steranko.
05.) Joe Jusko.
06.) John Romita, Jr., with Inks by Scott Hanna, and Colors by Gregory Wright.
07.) Michael Turner, with Colors by Peter Steigerwald.
08.) Mike Deodato, Jr., with Colors by Rain Beredo.
09.) John Romita, Sr.
10.) Lee Weeks.
