@danmarshall: man you are crazy. Facial diversity is one of the things that almost doesn't exist in most comics nowadays and he's the one refreshment from that. He has a fantastic grip on details and anatomy, and also he can actually draw a character's face consistently, regardless of angle or what they have on their face. The way he draws Commissioner Gordon is a great example. You can readily recognize him without glasses or his moustache, and with more muscle definition. Not many artists can do that. Same goes for Bruce and the Joker. We see joker without makeup, without a face, with the red hood on, you can always tell it's him, because he always has the same facial structure that's recognizable. Capullo's work looks almost like a movie with actors in it. Concerning diversity so many artists like Jim Lee, Tony S. Daniel, Ethan Van Sciver, just have stock faces that they put on every character. I look at stuff from the justice league and almost everyone looks the same. Capullo is one of the few artists I've ever seen to make Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Tim Drake look like different people. Also I'd like to complement Capullo's mastery of scene composition. A lot of artists have no continuity within fight scenes. We'll see characters punching and kicking eachother every panel, but never really see a reaction to the hits, or a movement to the fight. This happens a lot in comics where batman takes on a group of henchmen. In capullo's fight scenes, we see which enemies go down, where they are in relation to the main character and the environment, and we can piece together how the main character is moving throughout the panels. A great example is the fight in Arkham in the first issue of the new 52 batman. Give it a look and you can see what I'm talking about. Also he's a beast at architecture. I've not seen many people make Gotham City look as beautiful as Capullo.
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