Black and White Comics: And Other Misunderstood Modern Day Art Forms

The Black and white style of art in modern comics, whether they're Goth Expressionism or Neo-Noir, is a beautiful movement, well protected from the grubby hands of Google search  engines by a special kind of sealing and protection jutsu by Ninja Wizards and Elders somewhere far off in Edo, Japan by the Ink Spirits of Kamaragaru.

Seriously, it's no joke, the sheer amount of blind ignorance and pretension surrounding real actual good black and white artwork online could fuel a New York Power grid for a month. It's no small amount of understanding. I feel no need to explain in terms of what makes good and  bad black and white art, as most of the comics I bought in the early New Millenium and late 90s WERE black and white comics, with rare exceptions like Spawn and Marvel and Image Comics. SLG and Oni made some of the  best B&W modern classic comics I've ever seen, as did much of Dark Horse in the 80s and 90s. There's ONE place to start, with that trio of publishers. They had really good editors back in the day who happened to have superior taste in black and white comics. It was the bulk of what they produced, at least in terms of Oni and SLG...I'm talking about REAL black and white art, not this insincere high school fecal crap. pffffffffffff.

Honestly, in terms of online art, when it comes to black & white (pen and ink), and what I've never seen people So Young look So Egotistical and Pretentious and FAIL SO HARD at actually trying to be COOL in this area. Pretty much the opposite of being cool in terms of online imagery.  But that's my opinion. Love it or shove it.

First off, no one seems to want to use ink pens or sharpie markers anymore. Digital is more gray than black, unless your colorblind of course.

Jay and Silent JM's Secret Stash....bitches....