'The Art of Amanda Conner' in stores today!

At last! The long-awaited THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER, from IDW, finally hits stores today, so you know what to do. G'wan and git a-movin' to the comics shop!!!

Amanda Conner talks about 'Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre' and 'The Art of Amanda Conner' at Newsarama

Amanda Conner's got a lot going on, namely her work on the upcoming BEFORE WATCHMEN: SILK SPECTRE and the career retrospective art book THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER, and she chats at length about both over at NEWSARAMA.

'The Art of Amanda Conner' in stores tomorrow!

Yes, you read it right. The long-awaited THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER finally hits stores tomorrow, so get ready to run straight to the comics shop and fight tooth and nail for your own copy!

'The Art of Amanda Conner'— release date correction

UPDATE: The previously announced release date of IDW's THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER book turns out to have been a mis-quote. It will not be out tomorrow, April 18th, but will apparently be released in stores on April 25th. We apologize for any inconvenience or annoyance that error may have caused, so please refrain from pelting us with rocks, feces — human or otherwise — and/or rotting garbage. Nonetheless, you can still pre-order it here and trust me when I tell you it's worth all the waiting!

A gallery of Amanda Conner art (and a shameless plug)

Let's not beat around the bush: We all love Amanda Conner's artwork. Thankfully, the Internet is around to provide outlets for that appreciation and one such outlet is the fun Tumblr site ART OF AMANDA CONNER, that folks can contribute to and that is found here. Head on over and check it out. It's tons of fun!

And while we're on the subject of Amanda's art, the long-awaited collection THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER is scheduled to be released on May 1st from IDW, so don't forget to order your copy from AMAZON.

Cover for the upcoming cornucopia of A.C.-style goodness.

'The Art of Amanda Conner' — Update

Just a wee update to let you know that the release date on THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER has been pushed back to the end of March, but that's nothing to be concerned about. As previously stated, this handsome hardcover edition is a handsome hardcover career retrospective featuring tons of artwork and anecdotes straight from Amanda herself, so you know it's exactly what her fans have been waiting for. Trust your humble site administrator and rest assured the book is well worth the wait. Pre-order your copy here!

More ART OF AMANDA CONNER: Power Girl's curves of steel

In anticipation of the upcoming collected edition, THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER, the gallery of our intrepid pencil-jockey's work continues with some of her signature work on DC Comics's zaftig bruiser, Power Girl.

If ever there were a textbook case of an artist taking a pre-existing and somewhat marginal character and making it their own, it's Amanda's working relationship with Power Girl. Originally created as an analog of Supergirl, only from one of DC's plethora of alternate Earths, for much of her four-color career the character's sole defining attribute was her rather impressive bosom (thank you for that, Wally Wood!). But in the hands of scripter Jimmy Palmiotti and with Amanda as illustrator, Power Girl took on an unprecedented life upon the page, literally bursting with character in ways to match her equally bursting double-D cups.

Power Girl, displaying some of the patented expressive Conner visual language.

Winsome, aggressive, and more well-defined as a viable entity than many of her contemporaries, Amanda's take on Power Girl won both the character and her artist a burgeoning cult following that's constantly represented at conventions by enthusiastic fans. Perhaps the most fun and unexpected aspect of Power Girl's newfound cult status is that she has become a favorite choice to be portrayed in the alluringly-real flesh by cosplayers who proudly adorn themselves in the character's gear, complete with the most cleavage-exposing décolletage in the annals of American comics.

Power Girl — as embodied by cosplayer extraordinaire, Amber Love — meets her illustrator and makes with the noogies.

For more on Amanda's work on Power Girl and her illuminating thoughts on the subject, be sure to snag yourself a copy of THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER, coming in January 2012 from Desperado and IDW, and available for pre-order from Amazon.

An Amanda fan's treasure trove.

COMING SOON: 'THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER'

Coming this January!

Just come right out and admit it. You love Amanda Conner's artwork. There are few cartoonists working in the biz who imbue each and every image they craft with even an iota of the sheer character and personality that Amanda brings to the page, and even fewer who do so in such a visually appealing way, coupled with a seemingly effortless ability to communicate a visual narrative. The gal has paid her dues, and then some, and her talent is finally getting the recognition it has long deserved with the release of the upcoming THE ART OF AMANDA CONNER from Desperado and IDW, due out at the end of January 2012 and available for pre-order from good ol' Amazon. The book covers A.C.'s career from Day One and graces the reader with a cornucopia of her output, ranging from the pre-pro days up through her critically-acclaimed and fan-favorite work on POWER GIRL (among many others). So, in order to lead up to the book's release, this blog will be running samplings of the lovely Amanda's scribblings, all of which are found in the collection. First up, her classic cover for the GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY WEDDING SPECIAL (2007) and a stunning multi-character scene from the story itself.

The classic cover, which even has cosplaying fans who impersonate it at conventions.

Unbridled mayhem and ass-whuppings handed out by a superheroine in a wedding dress inspired by Vera Ellen's as seen in the "Mandy" number from WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)... Yeah, just another day in the mind of Amanda Conner.

Stay tuned for more previews!