chris samnee’s black widow artist’s edition

The first six issues of the acclaimed Black Widow series by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee is given the award-winning Artist’s Edition treatment. Every cover, page, and layout is scanned from the original art.

Collecting the first six issues of the acclaimed Black Widow series, penciled and inked by Chris Samnee, and co-written with frequent collaborator Mark Waid. All pages have been scanned from the original art and are presented the same size as drawn. This volume will include a number of layouts by Samnee that show his creative process. As with all Artist’s Editions, this book appears to be in Black and white, but is scanned and printed in color, the better to see the subtle nuances that make original art unique.

Chris Samnee won a 2013 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker for his work on The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom and Daredevil and received the 2011 Harvey Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his work on the Thor: The Mighty Avenger. He was also nominated for the 2006 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award. In 2020 he co-created the Image Comics series Fire Power alongside writer Robert Kirkman.

Mark Waid has written a wider variety of well-known characters than any other American comics author, from Superman to the Justice League to Spider-Man to Archie and hundreds of others. His award-winning graphic novel with artist Alex Ross, Kingdom Come, is one of the best-selling comics of all time.