Every time I look at images of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents I wonder why they weren't a bigger deal. They look like a superhero team that has a vast, deep history. I think this is due to the fact that a few classic comic book artists drew them so well. Wally Wood and George Perez for example. T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and George Tuska is, therefore, a good pairing. Tuska is a classic comic book artist. He's a journeyman, rather than a titan on the horizon of comics history. These images prove his capabilities, though also reinforce his generic style which leads to his journeyman status. It might be how my tastes have changed now that I'm older and have actually made some comic books, but I'll take a journeyman with solid skills like Tuska working regularly in comics over pretty much any comic book artist superstar of the last thirty years.
All artwork by George Tuska
Benjamin Marra is the creator, writer, and artist of the comics NIGHT BUSINESS, AMERICAN BLOOD, and TERROR ASSAULTER: O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror), all published by Fantagraphics. Acclaimed writer Grant Morrison chose Marra as a collaborator on the first issue of the relaunched HEAVY METAL Magazine. Marra had two serialized webcomic series appear on adultswim.com. His most recent book is JESUSFREAK, written by Joe Casey and published by Image Comics. In 2016, he was named one of the Art Directors Club's Young Guns. He illustrated the cover of American Illustration 35. In 2017, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for his album art of Wayfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmare, a collection of obscure 1970s post-Age-of-Aquarius Heavy Metal.
On this winter day in Montreal, cartooning isn’t the first thing on Benjamin Marra’s mind. Instead, with his wife and infant son, he’s attempting his ...
