Black and White art, then and now

Its kinda interesting that quite a few of the more popular artists working today, such as Jock, Dom Reardon and Kev Walker use black an awful lot to create mood, in a way not dissimilar to what we were seeing back in the 70's.

No more so than with Frazer Irving, a true inheriter of the crosshatch crown.

The Spider - where the new versions started

The idea of getting the new generation of artists came from nattering to Jock at a Dreddcon sketch session.

I'd gone there with the intention of asking different artists to have a go at some of my favourite characters and Jock was a natch for the Spider as he's tops with the ol' black and white.

So this is the start, and what a great start it was