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I guess Joe Madureira has been feeling nostalgic as of late since his latest post to social media is a sketch of a character from one of his first gigs at Marvel Comics. Joe was hired right out of high school for his comic art talents and illustrated Excalibur issues 57 and 58. Here is the tweet from Joe as well as the sketch and a screenshot of his old art. You can see how much he has refined his artwork; even in his tweet he says "Can't believe they hired me." I was in High School last time I drew this gal...😬. #cerise #marvel #excalibur #comics #comicart #CantBelieveTheyHiredMe pic.twitter.com/ZJ69oOTgZb — Joe Madureira (@JoeMadx) January 26, 2020

Give it up to Joe Madureira to set the internet a blaze with a new piece of artwork. This time around he's teased fans of his Battle Chasers comic series with a new piece of art featuring one of the protagonists, Gully, all grown up as a mature teen(?). It's a great sketch and the reaction has been positive with fans asking if the art is a tease for new comics or for a sequel to the Battle Chasers: Nightwar game. With Airship Syndicate's resent release of 'Darksiders: Genesis' on PC (console versions are due out in February) and 'Ruined King: A League of Legends Story,' there's still ONE unannounced game that's in development. Fingers crossed that it's a sequel to Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Gully, all grown up! 💕 #battlechasers #battlechasersnightwar @AirshipSyn pic.twitter.com/rUO8lE4hwa — Joe Madureira (@JoeMadx) January 18, 2020 Here are some more sketches Joe Mad! has posted the last few months. Most are kickerstarter backer rewards ...

The crew over at Gunfire Games felt generous and posted storyboard art from Darksiders II drawn by Joe Madureira on social media. Joe was one of the founders of Vigil Games who developed Darksiders I & II, and was the creative lead for the games. After Darksiders II was released Vigil Games was shut down due to THQ going bankrupt. Gunfire Games eventually took the reins on continuing the Darksiders series. Enjoy the artwork, featuring 'Death', the protagonist of Darksiders II.

Some new game announcements were revealed at the 2019 Game Awards tonight, one of which was by our friends at Airship Syndicate! Hot off the release Darksiders: Genesis for PC, Airship is also working on the first League of Legends spin-off game titled 'Ruined King: A League of Legends Story.' Joe Madureira, creative director of Airship Syndicate, made the announcement live at the event. Watch the reveal below!

Udon Entertainment has revealed they're releasing an art book for Darksiders: Genesis that will be out on June 30, 2020. Udon also did the art books for all the previous Darksiders games and they include several pieces by Joe Madureira in them. Since Darksiders: Genesis was developed by Airship Syndicate (Where Joe Mad is the Creative Director) I assume there should be plenty of Joe Mad goodness inside. You can pre-order the book off of amazon here, The Art of Darksiders Genesis . Here's the description from Udon, DETAILS: 240 pg, 8.25 x 11.25″, Full Color, Hardcover MSRP: $49.99 USD RELEASE DATE: June 30, 2020 ISBN: 978-1772941302 DIAMOND CODE: OCT198692 Darksiders Genesis heralds the return of series creator Joe Madureira (Battle Chasers, Uncanny X-men) alongside his development studio, Airship Syndicate. THE ART OF DARKSIDERS GENESIS will feature Madureira’s signature art style, synonymous with the Darksiders series. Featuring detailed character designs, rough c...

The day has come! The Joe Madureira Batman Black and White statue revealed at New York Toy Fair back in April has finally been released. The seven inch statue is based off of Joe's 'Justice League Rebirth #1' (2016) cover and is limited to 5000 units. The piece was sculpted by Paul Harding and painted by Michael Cowart. I received mine in the mail and it's a lovely statue. You can purchase one of your own off of amazon, DC Collectibles Batman Black & White: Batman by Joe Madureira Statue Here's the original comic cover that inspired the Batman Black and White statue.

Image comics has released a new trade paperback collection of the whole Battle Chasers series thus far (which hasn't been re-released since April 2011). There's a new cover featuring Garrison, and the collection includes issues #0-9 as well as some extras. Unfortunately it was originally solicited as 344 pages which "...includes never-before-seen sketches and new artwork, including a fold-out poster!" but was slimmed down to 312 pages. You can buy the trade paperback at your local comic shop, or online at Amazon.com Battle Chasers Anthology (2019) ! Hopefully this new release is a hint that Battle Chaser's issues 10, 11, 12 will be in development soon!

The Joe Madureira variant cover for the re-launching X-Men title 'House of X' written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by Pepe Larraz has been revealed...and it may look familiar! Remember that Gambit and Rogue sketch Joe did a few months ago that took social media by storm? That sketch has been inked and coloured for the cover and it looks amazing. It's a fantastic call back to Joe Mad's Uncanny X-Men run back in the 90's and pulls all the nostalgic strings from that era. Hopefully we see more art from Joe this year!

An interesting article over at newsarma.com has new information on where Joe Madureira is at with the future of Battle Chasers comics. Here is the article in full. Battle Chasers writer/artist Joe Madureira says that work on the long-delayed continuation of the series is still in development, but he has decided to enlist others to help him draw upcoming issues. "Realistically, the only way to get the books finished and into your hands any time soon is to recruit some highly talented individuals to help out," Madureira said. "I’ll still be working on the story of course, and drawing as many pages as I can manage. One of the reasons I haven’t let anyone take over the series in the last 20 years is because I always felt that if it were to continue, it had to be me. Or a team I had complete faith in, and I think I’ve found that team. I’ll be releasing more details on that soon" Back in 2015 Madureira ran a Kickstarter campaign to fund development of the since...

E3 is in full swing and we now know what Airship Syndicate has been working on since releasing Battle Chasers: Nightwar... Darksiders: Genesis! The game is a spin-off of the 3rd-person action adventures of Darksiders I, II & III and takes on a new play style featuring top-down action-RPG dungeon crawling (a la Diablo). The game features a new horseman of the apocalypse, Strife, who joins War in saving humankind against Lucifer. Expect "intense combat, exploration, puzzle-solving, epic boss battles and serpent holes from heaven to hell." Check out the teaser trailer!

Marvel Comics recently announced two new X-Men series debuting this July written by acclaimed writer Jonathan Hickman. They are titled 'House of X' and 'Powers of X' and will redefine the X-Men and their place in the Marvel Universe. Joe Madureira had a successful run on Uncanny X-Men back in the 1990's and Marvel has commissioned him to draw various variant covers for X-Men over years since then. Fans can now anticipate a new variant cover by Joe for the new 'House of X' series this July since his name is in the solicitations. Here's an image promotion the new X-Men series (not drawn by Joe Mad!).

Back in February Joe posted to twitter about a Kickstarter backer sketch reward (for backing Battle Chaser's: Nightwar) that featured 90's Uncanny X-Men characters Rogue and Gambit. Today he's posted some rough concepts of the two before he decided on the final piece. It's amazing to see Joe draw these characters again after so many years. Here's what Joe had to say on twitter: Some roughs for that Rogue and Gambit Image I posted recently. Everything starts with messy scribbles! #rogue #gambit #XMen #marvelcomics #ComicArt #90s #sketches

Exciting news for DC Collectible fans! At Toy Fair 2019 DC has revealed their upcoming lineup of releases and one is a Batman Black and White statue by Joe Madureira! Here's what DC says about the release: "Straight from the variant cover of JUSTICE LEAGUE: REBIRTH #1 comes Batman by Joe Madureira, in a powerful stance, ready for action. This Batman Black & White piece features Madureira’s bold and graphic lines and strong character design, all sculpted into 3-D form by Paul Harding. The Batman Black & White line brings to life interpretations of the World’s Greatest Detective and select Gotham City characters from the comics industry’s brightest stars. Limited edition of 5,000 and individually numbered." The statue can be pre-ordered online now. Image below shows Justice League: Rebirth #1, which is the comic cover the statue is based on. Here's hoping there will be some other Joe Madureira statues released in the future.