Comments on: A Month of Art Stars - Chris Giarrusso

By: Blackjak

Blackjak — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:51:17 +0000

Those sketches on ComicArtFans are great!! particularly the rarer, non-Marvel ones... Constantine is brilliant!! and Lobster Johnson... and Red Sonja... and the Flash...

I think I'd really like to see him tackle the Franklin Richards comics...

By: sononsj

sononsj — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:06:52 +0000

Chris is a great artist and if you ever see him at a con, I'd recommend you check out his booth -- he's got some great stuff and he does awesome con sketches!

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:32:57 +0000

Definately one of my favorite sketch artists, though I think Art Baltazar might be his main competition on the con circuit. Here are the sketches I've gotten from him, not counting the Tangent Comics version of Joker, which I got this past Sunday in Baltimore.

By: T.

T. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:10:24 +0000

wow, Audrey Loeb can actually write a good, entertaining story.

By: kymaera

kymaera — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:53:55 +0000

Thought I'd share the sketch of Phoenix that Chris did for me:
http://kymaera.net/sketches/giarrusso_jean.jpg

(Here's my main sketch page: http://kymaera.net/sketches/ )

Definitely love his work. The skrulls ones lately have been great.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:53:33 +0000

Of his work, I've only ever seen Mini Marvels, but I absolutely love it. Just terrific.

By: Scott MacIver

Scott MacIver — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:49:36 +0000

You forgot to mention his animated shorts. "Have at thee!"

By: DubipR

DubipR — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Excellent selection!
Chris is one of those artists that makes comics fun and just plain enjoyable. He's one of the reasons I was reading Marvel comics, just to read his Bullpen Bits.

By: Nick Marino

Nick Marino — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:33:17 +0000

yo Brian what's the deal with you picking all my favorite artists for this week's art stars? are you profiling Ig Guara tomorrow??? cause that would just take this this week to a whole new level of coincidence for me. anyway, Chris is a totally awesome cartoonist and i think it's great to see his stuff up here. i'm going to go Digg this post now!!! (btw, here's a podcast interview i recorded with Chris about a month ago, if anyone's interested: http://www.audioshocker.com/2008/09/09/podcast-episode-046 )

By: Eric Michael

Eric Michael — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:53:49 +0000

Behind the obvious cute-factor of seeing our beloved icons as kids, Chris Giarusso has an absolutely gifted sense of comic timing that makes Mini Marvels such a fun and worthwhile read. I have entire pages memorized, and yet when I read them again, I still laugh.

If you ever see Giarusso at a con, get a sketch.
Mini Hawkeye & Black Widow
http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Page=2&Order=Date&Piece=354274&GSub=55494&GCat=0&UCat=0

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:07:07 +0000

It's good to see that Scientific Progress still goes Boink

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:53:04 +0000

*Great* stuff.

*sigh* I've got the first one-shot pictured above but didn't know about the 2nd. Ah, well, that allows me to rationalize picking up the digest collection, which I was on the fence about because i figured I already had most everything compiled therein.

Wish Marvel would give him a full-length ongoing, a la DC's TINY TITANS (ditto for Colleen Coover), but if I have no idea of whether he wants such a gig or not.