Comics Corner

ARTISTS WE LOVE: XERMANICO

A rising star evokes praise from Luis with his bold framing and lush topography

This month’s artist we love is the Spanish comic book artist extraordinaire Alejandro Germánico Benito Gonzalez who professionally goes by the pseudonym Xermanico.

Xermanico has created a name for himself over the past 13 years with work for DC Comics and IDW (for their WWE books). His painted covers are evocative of the work of Stefan Sepjic while his interior work features a thicker more masculine line with some of the best framing in the entire industry. His interior work reminds me of a young Ivan Reis but with thicker line work.

He rose to popularity with his collaboration with Aussie scribe Tom Taylor on DC’s long-running and wildly successful Injustice comic. Their expansion of the mythology of the Injustice world from the video game was the perfect mix of breakneck action and soap opera style elements all told with the specter of the super powered despot Superman lording over the entire universe.

His partnership with comic book powerhouse Grant Morrison on Green Lantern BlackStars elevated his profile even more. In this book Xermanico’s creativity was really able to shine as they reinvented the history between the Darkstars and the Green Lanterns. His takes on alien life and topography showed a great design work while lushly rendering foreign landscapes. His upcoming work on the covers of Flashpoint Beyond is some of the best work of his career. Xermanico is an absolute rising star in the comics landscape.

Xermanico

Xermanico

Xermanico

Xermanico

SWINGING INTO SPOILERS

We all watched No Way Home after making our way through every previous Spider-Man movie.

Into the Spiderverse might just be the perfect comic book film. Its use of the comics as a base is prevalent throughout. No Way Home seems like the live action version of it while pulling on the emotional heartstrings. While Betty couldn’t remember all nine movies, here is how five Dubbs readers ranked the movies: (see the desktop version)