Eric Battle is an American

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

. Battle's body of work consists mainly of contemporary American-style comic illustrations and fully painted illustration for publishing. He has illustrated numerous iconic characters for

DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with their f ...

and

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...

including Spider-Man,

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in the 27th issue of the comic book '' Detective Comics'' on March 30, 1939 ...

, The Flash, Green Arrow,

Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness ...

, and

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superhero created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter. Marston's wife, Elizabeth, and their life partner, Olive Byrne, are credited as being ...

. Battle has appeared frequently as a panelist at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, on WHAT 1340 AM, and been interviewed by '' Hard Knock Radio'', ''

The Philadelphia Inquirer ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The newspaper's circulation is the largest in both the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley metropolitan region of Southeastern Penns ...

'', and ''Black America Web''.

Career

Early career

Battle gained his professional comics start pencilling Kobalt for

Milestone Media Milestone Media is a company best known for creating Milestone Comics, which were published and distributed by DC Comics and the '' Static Shock'' animated series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, ...

following Arvell Jones, the original penciller of the title. When Kobalt was canceled, Battle was assigned to pencil '' Hardware'', one of Milestone's flagship titles.

After Milestone

Following Milestone, Battle began freelancing for

, and soon after

. Battle has also illustrated commercially on a variety of projects. including artwork based on characters created by the writer Leslie Esdaile Banks (a.k.a. L.A. Banks).

Recent work

Battle's recent works include ''The Scourge'', from '' The Walking Dead'' producer

Gale Anne Hurd Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertainment (formerly Pacific Western Productions), and a former recording secretary for the Producers Guild of America. Early life H ...

and writer

Scott Lobdell Scott Lobdell (; born 1960) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on numerous ''X-Men'' series for Marvel Comics in the 1990s, various work for DC Comics in the 2010s, namely '' Red Hood and the Outlaws, Teen Tit ...

Bibliography

Comics

*'' Kobalt (Milestone Media)'' *'' Hardware (comics)'' *''

The Spectre (DC Comics) The Spectre is the name given to several fictional antiheroes who have appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''More Fun Comics'' #52 (February 1940). He was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Ba ...

'' *''The Scourge (Aspen Comics)''

References

External links

* * ARTIST ERIC BATTLE BATTLE'S THE SCOURGE

MTV *www.blacksci-fi.com/features/article/eric_battle_tackles_the_scourg

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