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| Born | Eric Battle Philadelphia, PA |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | The Spectre, The Scourge |
Eric Battle is an American illustrator. Battle's body of work consists mainly of contemporary American style comic illustrations as well as fully painted illustration for publishing. He has illustrated numerous iconic characters for DC Comics and Marvel Comics including but not limited to Spider-man, Batman, The Flash Green Arrow. Green Lantern & Wonder Woman.
Battle has appeared frequently as a panelist at the Black Age of Comics Convention, on WHAT 1340 AM, and been interviewed by Hard Knock Radio, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Black America Web.
Career
[edit]Early Career
[edit]Battle gained his professional comics start pencilling Kobalt for Milestone Media following Arvell Jones the original penciller of the title. When Kobalt was canceled, Eric was assigned to pencil Hardware_(comics) one of Milestone's flagship titles.
After Milestone
[edit]Following Milestone, Battle began freelancing for DC Comics and soon after Marvel Comics. Battle has also illustrated commercially on a variety of projects including artwork based on characters created by the writer Leslie Esdaile Banks (know also as LA Banks).
Recent Works
[edit]Battle's recent works include The Scourge, from The Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd and writer Scott Lobdell.
Bibliography
[edit]Comics
[edit]- Kobalt (Milestone Media)
- Hardware (Comics)
- The Spectre (DC Comics)
- The Scourge (Aspen Comics)
Notes
[edit]External links
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- Eric Battle at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- dc.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Eric_Battle/Penciler[1], DC Comics Website.
- geek-news.mtv.com/2010/11/11/artist-eric-battle-battles-the-scourge[2], geek-news.mtv.com
- www.blacksci-fi.com/features/article/eric_battle_tackles_the_scourge[3], Blacksci-fi.com