Sleeper Issue 4 p11 by Sean Philips and Ed Brubaker. Super Noir. DC 2003
The best noir team working in comics today. Philips and Brubaker are the team supreme of 4-color crime stories.
Sleeper was an amazing story of a meta human undercover with a super villain organization, only to have his handler, the only person that actually knows he’s a good guy, get shot in the head. He faces many tough choices as he tries to survive long enough to get out.
In this scene Holden is tasked with sitting in with his boss, the super intelligent TAO, in a few meetings with members of the criminal elite. This has all the makings of a Classic film noir, dark shadows, formal tuxedos, an old dusty house, a meandering voice over, and of course a femme fatale with the best name ever in comics… Miss Misery.
11x17 pen and ink on bristol, hand lettered, in fantastic condition.
TAO or the The Tactical Augmented Organism was Originally an incredibly efficient member of the WildC.A.T.s, but formed his own organization the Syndicate.
Tao was created by Alan Moore, but perfected by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
11x17 pen and ink on bristol, hand lettered, in fantastic condition.
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FYI.the color image is just a reference for how the art looks published. The only item available is the ink art on bristol.
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