Batman #647 Original Cover Art OA by Jock 2006 DC Comics Under the Red Hood

This stunning cover features Batman and Jason Todd (the Red Hood) masterfully illustrated by Jock from the acclaimed storyline "Under the Red Hood". This artwork is pencil and ink on 11" x 17" art board.

This is the original artwork that was used to print the cover to issue #647. It's truly one of a kind! Mark Simpson, known by the pen name Jock, is a British comics artist and writer, best known for his work in 2000 AD, The Losers, [1] and more recently Batman[2] and Wolverine.

Jock began his professional career at British comics magazine 2000 AD, on series including Judge Dredd and Lenny Zero, the latter with writer Andy Diggle. [4] It was with Diggle that he got his big break in the American comic book market at DC Comics and their Vertigo imprint, working on The Losers[5] and Green Arrow: Year One. [6][7] Also at Vertigo and with Mike Carey, another former 2000 AD writer, Jock worked on an issue of Hellblazer and the Faker limited series, [8] returning the character John Constantine in the graphic novel Hellblazer: Pandemonium with Jamie Delano. [9] Following his run on Green Arrow he got more work on main DC universe titles, in particular two storylines on Detective Comics, the first featuring Batwoman and the second Batman.

[10] Jock is also a prolific cover artist with a distinctive style he has produced covers for several titles across all major publishers. The item "Batman #647 Original Cover Art OA by Jock 2006 DC Comics Under the Red Hood" is in sale since Sunday, March 27, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Comics\Original Comic Art\Covers". The seller is "artist_lost" and is located in Canada. This item can be shipped to United States, to Canada.

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