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Lanterns: Gabriel Hardman Owed "Green Lantern" Artwork Credit: Laming

Illustrator/designer Marc Laming wants artist Gabriel Hardman to get credit for the artwork being used to promote HBO's Lanterns series.

First announced back in 2023, this week proved to be a big one for DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran's upcoming New DCU "Green Lantern" series. HBO gave an eight-episode direct-to-series order for Lanterns, with Chris Mundy (True Detective: Night Country, Ozark) serving as showrunner and executive producer. In addition, Damon Lindelof (Watchmen, The Leftovers) and Tom King (Mister Miracle, Supergirl) are serving as executive producers and co-writers alongside Mundy. The series will spotlight new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan – two intergalactic cops drawn into a dark, earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

Since Gunn and Safran first rolled out "Chapter 1 – Gods and Monsters," the following artwork depicting Jordan and Stewart was used to promote the upcoming series – the same artwork that a lot of sites (us included) have used in covering news about the series. Now, illustrator and designer Marc Laming ("Planet Hulk," Daredevil, Batwoman) is calling out everyone who has been using the artwork without giving writer, illustrator, and storyboard artist Gabriel Hardman credit for the work. "Nice to see all the Green Lantern TV show coverage, but if you are going to continue to use [Gabriel Hardman's] art to illustrate your stories and posts, how about you credit the guy? ?"

Here's a look at Laming's tweet/x calling out that Hardman isn't getting credit for the artwork used to promote the HBO series:

"Finally can talk about what I've been working on for the past year and more. From DC Studios and Warner Bros, we're bringing 'Lanterns' to HBO," King began his Instagram post earlier this week, addressing the news much more openly than he could previously – even after Gunn confirmed that he would be working on the series. "Chris, Damon, and I created it; Chris is writing and running it while Damon and I write and executive produce. I like to think of it as from the creators of 'Ozark,' HBO's 'Watchmen,' and, of course, Batman meets Elmer Fudd."

He continued, "We're working with a dream team writer's room, putting together something thrilling and epic and intimate and grounded and funny and true—a superhero show that brings together the glories of the comics with the excellence of an HBO prestige drama. It's such an honor to work on these characters, to build on what titans John Broome, Gil Kane, Denny O'Neil, and my old pal (and Batman/Fudd fan), Neal Adams created. We're endlessly inspired by and grateful for the creativity of so many Lantern comic creators from 1940 to this Wednesday." Before closing, King added a personal perspective to the news: "On a personal level, my late mother was a Warner exec: being back on her lot, building something cool that she'd love—it feels real special."

"We are elated to be reuniting with both Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof as they partner with Tom for this fresh take on DC's 'Green Lantern,'" shared Casey Bloys, chairman/CEO of HBO and Max Content. "As part of James and Peter's vision for the DC Universe, this first new live-action series will mark an exciting new era." Gunn and Safran added in a joint statement, "We're thrilled to bring this seminal DC title to HBO with Chris, Damon and Tom at the helm. John Stewart and Hal Jordan are two of DC's most compelling characters, and 'Lanterns' brings them to life in an original detective story that is a foundational part of the unified DCU we're launching next summer with "Superman.'"

When the series was first announced, Safran noted that the series would play a major role in their New DCU. Comparing it to "a huge HBO-quality event" along the lines of "True Detective," the "Green Lantern" series is set to focus on Hal Jordan and John Stewart – who investigate a mystery that Safran said during the initial rollout "plays a really big role leading us into the main story that we're telling across our film and television. So this is a very important show for us."

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