Those were the days...

I was sitting at my desk at work the other day thinking about some of my favorite comics back in the day. I am losing my job in a week or so, so frankly there is not much for me to do while I sit in front of this machine. Some of my favorite comics back then were Batman/Detective Comics where Tim Drake had been introduced as the new Robin, and Ben Reilly had shown up as the Scarlet Spider. There is one major common denominator of those 2 books from 2 different companies, and that would be the uber-talented Tom Lyle. Incidentally, I came across his blog the other day. I had always wondered where he went, turns out he has been teaching at the Savanna College of Art and Design. I have seen some books on the shelf from him recently, from the DC title Vigilante. I usually flip through the book at the shop, but this version of the character did not really appeal to me. It was nice seeing Mr. Lyle’s work again though. The three Robin mini series he did at DC were some of my favorites. I remembered seeing the ads for the books and remember getting pretty excited. One of these days I hope to get a commission from Tom or a cool piece of his original art. I never have really seen much of his art on the market though. I hope he posts more on his blog, as I thoroughly enjoy reading about the insights of the world from the artists and creators whose work I love.