José Luis García-López

If you've owned any officially licensed DC Comics merchandise in the last thirty or so years chances are you've seen the artwork of José Luis García-López. It's a very clean and distinct style that instantly pulls me back to childhood. I will touch briefly on his history but the main focus of this post is his Poison Ivy illustrations. From Wikipedia: Early Life: José Luis García-López was born on March 26, 1948 in Spain, and lived subsequently in Argentina. He was inspired by artists as Alex Raymond, Harold Foster, Milton Caniff, José Luis Salinas and Alberto Breccia. Career: During the 1960s, García-López worked for Charlton Comics. In 1974 he moved to New York, where he met DC Comics editor Joe Orlando. His first interior art credit...

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Superboy #2

Written by JEFF LEMIRE; Art by PIER GALLO; Cover by PHIL NOTO; 1:10 Variant cover by GUILLEM MARCH The vegetation of Smallville is out of control, and all evidence points to Poison Ivy as the cause! Superboy's friend Simon thinks there might be more to this than meets the eye, but he'll have a hard time convincing Superboy of that now that he's in the thrall of Ivy ! Originally on sale December 8, 2010. Premise: The plants of Smallville are taking over and Superboy must find out why. Naturally all clues point towards Poison Ivy until she shows up to prove her innocence. It is discovered that a mysterious machine is behind the plant mischief; a machine that Ivy decides she wants for herself. There isn't much of a fight before Ivy is taken...

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"DC Women" by Felipe Massafera

Every now and then I see a piece of art that leaves me speechless. This panel done by Felipe Massafera is one of those times. It was submitted for public viewing on June 24, 2009 but I only noticed it today. Shame! I happened upon this piece when I found myself at the DC Women Kicking Ass tumblr. (Upon last viewing it is their current header.) Of course my eyes immediately darted to lower left when I spied a woman wearing green lipstick with leaves in her hair. It's Poison Ivy and a determined Batgirl looking for a fight with the rest of DC's finest females in tow. "DC Women" by Felipe Massfera I honestly don't know much about Felipe Massafera as of this writing but I do plan on spending some quality time at his deviantART page. His work...

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Batman Live

I've known of the Batman Live World Arena Tour for quite some time but I had no idea Poison Ivy was a part of this production until today. How this got past my attention is way beyond me. The first official group shot has been released and it features many colorful characters including the Joker, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, the Riddler, the Penguin, Poison Ivy, and of course Batman and Robin. The overall motif appears to be very "comic book" with obvious nods to the original 1960s Batman television series and sprinklings from the animated DCU. Let us not forget that this is very much a musical. Batman Live Cast Photo The costumes range from great to good to "what the heck". I think Batman and Robin look a bit too much like the film of their...

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