Brazilian comic book artist and writer Rafael Grampá has a distinct style that can be witnessed across Marvel, Darkhorse, Valiant, Vertigo, and more. Grampá has drawn covers for books such as âShadowmanâ, âUncanny X-Forceâ, and âDetective Comicsâ and heâs now reuniting with Gothamâs greatest. Rafael revealed on twitter the variant cover for the 6th issue of âDark Knight III: Master Raceâ, the third in the âDark Knight Returnsâ series created by Frank Millar back in 1986.
The cover shows the older, grizzled Bruce Wayne that the âDark Knightâ series is built upon along with Carrie Kelley, the Robin featured in the original âDark Knight Returns" who adopted the Catgirl persona in the follow up âDark Knight Strikes Againâ. Rafaelâs line work, which does an exceptional job of ageing the Bat, is so incredible DC has apparently decided to print it in black and white as noted in Rafaelâs tweet. When asked about his process Grampá also shared a photo of how he uses a pen to ink around the white spaces, rather than going back in with a brush and white ink or paint.
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"The Dark Knight III: Master Raceâ #6, written by Brian Azzarello and Frank Miller with art by Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson is scheduled for release on October 19th.