Babs Tarr and Joe Quinones attended the MCM London Comic Con this weekend and took to the Artists Alley Creator Stage to talk about DC Comics without a moderator, though Popverse's Chris Arrant was happy to play the role of the Emergency Moderator Hologram ReedPOP wasn't filming the panel for their website offering, so I thought, hey, waste[...]
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Whatever the case, get ready to see him in his newest role as host and proprietor of this very special swimsuit edition comic! Join our favorite fuzzball as he showcases some of DC's best swimsuit covers and most swim-tacular stories! From the Flash in Speed Force Racing Briefs to Batman in a bat(hing) suit, this[...]
Pinup pages by Maria Llovet, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, Travis Moore, Noah Dao, Claire Roe, Babs Tarr, and more.
Which will include Grant Morrison's debut for the DC Pride books "Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy go to extreme measures to get a little alone time…but there's nowhere on the planet Crush can't crash[...]
Motor Crush was a comic book series by Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr and Cameron Stewart published by Image Comics, from the team that found success in a relaunch of Batgirl at DC Comics, a run that had a big impact the upcoming Batgirl movie By day, Domino Swift competes for fame & fortune in a[...]
I used to play quite a bit of Overwatch when it first came out and was excited to see the team of Mariko Tamaki and Babs Tarr on an Overwatch comic Therefore, I figured it'd be worth taking a look at what the team came up with.
Overwatch: Tracer-London Calling 1 of 5 cover Credit: Image
Forgive[...]
Links to Thought Bubble's fundraising efforts will be shared closer to the time.
Guests and events announced today include an 'In Conversation' event featuring influential cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco who will be interviewed by journalist Ian Dunt, as well as appearances from the likes of Kelly Sue DeConnick, Scott Snyder, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Joëlle[...]
You won't have seen most of them…
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Hang on, hang on, I'll get to them! Appreciate the keenness, though.
Nightwing #29 by Casey Jones.
Nightwing #29 by… not by Stjepan Sejic.
Nightwing #28 by Casey Jones.
Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1 by Jason Fabok.
Shade The Changing Girl #12 by Matt Taylor.
Injustice 2 #9 by Dale Keown.
Dastardly And Muttley #1 by Liam Sharp.
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… I love the variety, I love that people can explore and experience comics for the first time just by wandering through a library, which is great."
Babs Tarr (Motor Crush, Batgirl), clad in a badass Motor Crush-inspired outfit, told me why TCAF speaks to her more than most other cons:
"It's just refreshing, because as someone[...]
Babs Tarr sits down in the DC Comics Art Academy to draw Batgirl and talk about how she got into comics Batgirl was her first comic work, coming from a San Francisco based App company that made educational iPhone games doing art and some freelance work on the side She did some toy work for Hasbro[...]
Atom chose some pretty awesome comics artists to make the posters as well: Art Adams, Nate Powell, Babs Tarr, Becky Cloonan, Jeff Lemire, and Bill Sienkiewicz This is a veritable who's who of comic book artists, and if you're not on the list, you should probably feel a little jealous.
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Or super jealous.
All the artists were rubbing[...]
So in an image where Wonder Woman is drawn as sexual for purely titillating reasons, it is not her choice to do so.
Wonder Woman by Kris Anka
And even if it was, so what? Are we saying a woman, fictional or otherwise, has no worth based on her choice of clothing?
Wonder Woman by Babs Tarr
Is this[...]
Last month, Bleeding Cool told you about retailers who were afraid of ordering Motor Crush #1, the new series from the Batgirl of Burnside creative team of Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr, and Brenden Fletcher, because it has a black, female lead, and their customers are racist However, that hasn't stoped the comic from selling out[...]
By Jonathan Rich
Bleeding Cool Correspondent
The celebrated trio of Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr created quite a following for themselves by modernizing DC Comic's iconic character Batgirl in 2014 and hope to follow up that success with their creator-owned project Motor Crush for Image Comics.
"It's the story of motorcycle racer Domino Swift," Fletcher said[...]
By Marilyn Weiss
Babs Tarr opened up her spotlight panel by asking for paper to do sketches After a few technical difficulties and a quick discussion about the best kind of BBQ, Tarr started drawing Batgirl sketches while answering questions about her journey into the comics industry.
Tarr broke into the industry in a big way, or[...]
Babs Tarr has drawn the cover to this year's Souvenir Book for San Diego Comic-Con, celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Wonder Woman.
It's one of those years, the catalog also recognises the 75th anniversary of Aquaman, Archie, Captain America, Green Arrow, Plastic Man, the 50th anniversary of the Batman TV show, Black Panther, the Silver Surfer[...]
Overall I think that the work that Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr did is admirable Some of what they did was actually very brave It gave Barbara Gordon's character new life that was in some ways better received to a new audience than Simone's It's true, we all have our preferences.
Rich Johnston reported[...]
With Barbara Gordon having been rejuvenated and her condition healed but – and DC were insistent upon this – with the events of the Killing Joke still in her history and uppermost in the character's mind.
But when Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr recreated Batgirl for DC Comics, it was in a spirit very much[...]
That includes Batgirl, the comic transformed by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr, that saw Barbara Gordon move to Burnside and an industry changing attitude that used the term "Batgirling" first internally at DC Comics, then more widely.
In June, we will get the two books Batgirl and Batgirl And The Birds Of Prey, with creative[...]
Nightmares and memories come together in the new issue of Batgirl this month, written by Brenden Fletcher and Cameron Stewart, with art by Horacio Domingues, Babs Tarr, Roger Robinson, Ming Doyle and James Harvey In Batgirl #49, Babs has a new nemesis, and in order to unravel his secrets, her friends must take a journey[...]
Here we have the second installment of DC Comics Art Academy, this time with the art of Babs Tarr and her co-writing team on Batgirl, Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher This one, like the Jim Lee entry, was filmed at last summer's San Diego Comic Con Stewart and Fletcher gives insight into the comic while[...]
After all of that wedding excitement, I was ready to get back to real life with Barbara Gordon. From DC Comics, written by Brenden Fletcher and Cameron Stewart, with art by Babs Tarr, Batgirl #46 changes up the dynamic of Barbara working solo. Barbara seems to have it all together on the outside[...]
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Wedding bells are ringing! From DC Comics, written by Brenden Fletcher and Cameron Stewart, with art by Babs Tarr, Batgirl #45 brings us to the day of Alysia's wedding, and Barbara is the maid of honor! We've experienced bits and pieces of wedding planning over the course of the past few issues, but now the[...]
By Dimitrios Haritos
I was able to make the DC Comics Master Class: Art History panel which was really laid back, moderated by Jason Inman (DC All Access) with Panelists Gustavo Duarte (Bizzaro) and Babs Tarr (Batgirl).
The Panel Began with Duarte and Inman discussing what he should draw, Durate started talking about drawing professionally for about[...]
By Joe Glass
New York TimesOUT is bringing the LGBTQ wonder to New York Comic Con this year, starting with this panel today, featuring Kris Anka, James Tynion IV, Babs Tarr, Kevin Wada, Jenny Wood, and a late and running Steve Orlando.
Asking Steve about Midnighter, one of the only monthly books from DC about an unapologetic,[...]
Amanda Conner, G Willow Wilson, Medeith Finch, Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Babs Tarr, Kate Perkins, Tara Butters, Sana Amanat, Marguerite Bennett, Shelley Bond, Michele Fazekas, Hayley Atwell, Jennifer Lawrence and Melissa Benoist are joined by Grant Morrison, Axel Alonso, Jim Lee, Dan DiDio and more to talk about the rise of the female superhero for Yahoo[...]
From DC Comics, written by Brenden Fletcher and Cameron Stewart, with art by Babs Tarr, Batgirl #41 is a powerful issue that will tug at your heartstrings Between Barbara having a heart to heart with her father, and her new partner in crime Frankie there is a lot to experience.
I think it's important for me[...]
Her first appearance sells on eBay for over $250 slabbed, or $80 raw.
The character will reappear in next week's Batgirl #41, the first of the series' DCYou issue and the very tone and approach to comics that the revampres series inspired.
So what happens when Batgirl gets Batgirled? Well, series artist Babs Tarr has been tweeting[...]
Because it's all about games…
Retro games even…
With extra points for adding Gamergate relevance for exploring, briefly, women in the gaming industry.
And there is Babs Tarr's art for added measure But over at Black Canary, appearing in the back of Convergence: Blue Beetle #2, it's all about the music.
HP Lovecraft music[...]
The Making Of The Modern Super Heroine Panel with Babs Tarr, Jose Molina, Cecil Castellucci, Sarah Kuhn, and Dr Andrea Letamendi rounded off Sunday afternoon at WonderCon this year.
Molina, a TV writer, recently finished writing on Agent Carter Castellucci writes young adult novels and recently did a Sensation Comics Wonderwoman story Kuhn is writing a[...]