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2021 May 08

JoeMadArt.com update #53
Battle Chasers will be back soon!

Hi guys!

Sorry for the lack of updates since last December. I hope that you and your families are all good.

Let me start this update with a big "thank you" to all those of you who sent me some emails, comments, private messages etc just to tell me that they appreciate the efforts I put into that website and also on social medias promoting the artists I like and sharing the stuff (mostly arts) that I find cool and fun. When sometimes I feel a lack of motivation, those messages simply energize me and give me the will to continue! Many thanks again to all of you guys!

So what's up in the Joe Mad! universe!?

battle chasers comic 10 promo art by ludo Lullabi Art by Ludo Lullabi Full size: 2585 x 2595

Well... Yes! After so many years, Joe officially announced that the long awaited Battle Chasers comic will make its return this year with the issue #10! For the record Battle Chasers #10 was announced on September 8 2015 as a reward included in the Battle Chasers Nightwar Kickstarter campaign. Since then nothing was shared or mentioned except that the comic would indeed be done at some point.
A bit later Joe announced on June 4, 2019 (See JoeMadArt update #41) that he won't draw all the pages of the comics but that we will instead rely on "highly talented individuals"... and here we are! Joe shared recently a set of pages of Battle Chasers #10 (see below) with the interior art being done by Ludo Lullabi and the story by Joe.
Battle Chasers #10 Red Monika concept by Ludo LullabiRed Monika concept by Ludo Lullabi
Battle Chasers #10 Red Monika concept by Ludo LullabiRed Monika concept by Ludo Lullabi
Battle Chasers comic #10 teaser page 1 by Ludo LullabiArt by Ludo Lullabi
Battle Chasers comic #10 teaser page 2 by Ludo LullabiArt by Ludo Lullabi
Battle Chasers comic #10 teaser page 3 by Ludo LullabiArt by Ludo Lullabi
Battle Chasers comic #10 teaser page 4 by Ludo LullabiArt by Ludo Lullabi
Battle Chasers comic #10 teaser page 5 by Ludo LullabiArt by Ludo Lullabi

For those who wants to know more about the comic you can read that recent interview of Joe done by the hollywood reporter. From that interview we can learn that Joe will in fact draw a few variant covers for the comic but no interior page:
The new comic is due to hit by year’s end, once again from publisher Image Comics, and will be followed monthly by no. 11 and no. 12, with a goal to tell a complete story arc. Madureira is writing the comic but, as opposed to the previous issues, not drawing. Instead, he handed those duties to Ludo Lullabi, whom he discovered while making 2017’s Battle Chasers: Nightwar role playing game. He does plan on drawing variant covers, however
Small correction: Joe worked with Ludo on the Darksiders 1 promotional comic back in 2009. ;)

I know already that many of you are a still a bit disappointed not to see Joe Madureira drawing the interior pages of those upcoming Battle Chasers comics. Obviously it has nothing to do with the fact that Ludo Lullabi is the one replacing Joe... but it's just that it's not Joe. Anyway, we will still get some variant covers! I hope those will be badass!

While we will all wait to see the badass covers that Joe will create, let's have a look to all those he did back in the days for the "classic" Battle Chasers!
I realized that all the covers were not in the website so I though that it was the right moment to include them all!
So you will find below all the official Battle Chasers covers done by Joe plus the Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated cover (Also used for the Digital edition of Battle Chasers #0 in 2012).
All the battle chasers comic covers by Joe Madureira so far
Enjoy!


That's all for this time but I expect to be able to do another update very soon with some fresh news! ;)
So Stay tune!!

And as usual if you want to discuss with some other JoeMad! Fans then you can join the JoeMAdArt forum or the Joemadart Facebook community!

@Ulkhror
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Liquid!
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Aramus
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The Borrower
2020 December 03

JoeMadArt.com update #52
Ruined King to be released in early 2021!

Hey guys!

At last!! After more than 9 months without the smallest sketch from Joe Madureira, Riot Forge and Airship Syndicate revealed some new information about their upcoming game Ruined King: A League of Legends Story including many brand new arts by Joe!

Let's start with the official Ruined King: A League of Legends Story Announcement Trailer:


That trailer reveals a key art of the game featuring the Ruined King in addition to 6 characters from League of Legends who will be playable in the game. Miss Fortune, Illaoi, Braum, Pyke and Yasuo portraits were done by Joe Mad (lines) and colors by (Grace Liu) while the excellent Ahri was done by Hicham Habchi.

Have a look below to some bigger images of those League of Legends heroes:
Also, I invite you to read that long interview of Joe Madureira and Leanne Loomb (Head of Riot Forge) at Millenium.gg
Look, I've worked with Marvel for a number of years, with a lot of other people's IPs. There it was also crucial to find that balance between respecting the original work and at the same time finding those little twists to make it interesting. And that's how we approached this project.

-Joe

Apart all those new visuals, what else did we learn from the different comments over the internet?

- The Game will be more than ever a "Narrative driven turn-based RPG"
- The Game will be available on Nintendo Switch, PS4 and soon after on PS5 with a free upgrade from PS4 to PS5, Xbox One and soon after on the Xbox Series X|S (With the same upgrade option from the Xbox One version of the game), Steam and the Epic Games Store.
- A release date has officially been announced... well, "Early 2021" so let's assume in 2021-Q1.
- The game is single-player only
- The adventure will take place in Bilgewater and The Shadow Isles where you will have to compose a team of 3 Heroes among the 6 announced
- Have a look to the Riot Forge official Announcement about Ruined King: A League of Legends Story

Just to complete that update here are a few more pieces of arts.

For the record, while doing some researches I found that beautiful textless version of that iconic House of M #1 cover inked by Tim Townsend and colored by Richard Isanove.
Surprisingly I also discovered that Richard colored 2 other arts by Joe! He colored that Mortal Kombat Sorpion as well as that Sub zero. In fact that Sub zero as a cover was colored by Liquid! (So Christian Lichtner or Aron Lusen) but an alternative version was also available in the PSM magazine as a poster and that version was colored by Richard Isanove.
I was super happy to find 2 clean versions of those arts. Have a look below:
And to finish, let me share with you a line version of Prince Malchezaar (Joe removed that version from his Artstation account, thank you David Bolton for the info!) and also, 2 pieces of art done back in 2005 for Darksiders and shared this year on twitter by John Pearl:
That's all for that update but don't forget to wish a Happy Birthday to Joe since today is his birthday!

So happy birthday Joe! Stay safe and draw more please! ;)
Happy Birthday Joe Madureira

I wish you all a happy Christmas holiday season! Be safe!

@Ulkhror
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2020 October 08

JoeMadArt.com update #51
Savage wolverine #8 part 1!

Hi Joe Mad fans!

Last month (plus a few days) on August 31 during the Summer Game Fest some super tiny information about Ruined King: A League of Legends Story were shared. Ruined King will be the first game of Riot Forge in partnership with Airship Syndicate with the goal of telling more about the lore of Runeterra and its heroes. The game will be available on many platforms (not only PC) even if none were mentioned. Nothing was shown from the game but just a concept of the Shadow Isles:
Check out the full interview with Joe Madureira, Rowan Parker and Geoff Keighley:

You can also discuss that 1st update about Ruined King: A League of Legends Story on the forum of JoeMadArt.com.

On my side I continue to share with you some pieces of arts that Joe did over the past years...
And today's update is focused on Savage wolverine #8 part 1 with the first 11 10 pencil pages: Note: page 6 is indeed missing, if one of you has a good scan of the pencil version, please contact me!

Also, I found recently on www.kwanchang.com a never before seen pencil page of Sly Cooper: Note: The "Texture" version was added to the site a long time ago but that pencil version is new!

Stay tuned for more!

And if you want to discuss with some Joe Mad fans I encourage you to visit the official JoeMAdArt.com forum.
As well as the Joemadart.com community on facebook

See you there!

@Ulkhror
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Savage Wolverine
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2020 August 26

JoeMadArt.com update #50
Inhuman 1 part 2!

Hi guys!

I hope that you are all fighting seriously that #&%$ing COVID-19! The situation is still not good worldwide so we must all take all the precautions in order to be able to beat it.

OK, let's go back to what that website is all about:
The last update of JoeMadArt.com was 4 months ago, sorry for that lack of updates... Anyway, the website is still living on and you can discuss any "Joe Mad!" topic on the official JoeMadArt.com forum.
You can also join the very active community on facebook.

No big news since that last update in April except the release of The art of Darksiders Genesis" by UDON Entertainment, Airship Syndicate and THQ Nordic. You can have a sneak peek at what's inside by watching that official video by Matt Moylan (Director of Publishing at UDON Entertainment):

On their side Joe Madureira and Airship Syndicate were still very quiet about their next games and in particular about the last one announced in December 2019: the Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. Who knows, maybe something new will be revealed during the Gamescom 2020 this week?

In the meantime, here is a bunch of traditional arts by Joe and Marte Gracia for the Inhuman #1 comic: Note: Regarding that "Design" variant cover, you can find a better version of the Medusa sketch on the website:
On top of that here is a magnificent textless and HD version of the Darksiders 1 cover:
... As well as the pencil version of that 2009 Play mag cover:
Final note, Joe Mad fan Sean Rischar aka SomaXD on Twitter informed me of a mistake on the website about the "Ultimate Extinction #1" cover. Thank you Sean, it's now fixed! ;)
Let's keep our fingers crossed that we get some fresh new Joe Mad stuff soon!

@Ulkhror
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2020 April 30

JoeMadArt.com update #49
Darksiders stuff again!

Hi guys!

I really do hope that you are safe during that COVID-19 crisis. Since most of you are confined then you may find the time for doing things that were on hold for a long time or maybe trying new things. It seems that's a bit the case for John Pearl (Design Director / Principal Artist at Gunfire Games) since he was able to find the time to dig into his personal files and found some old Joe Madureira artworks done for Darksiders and Darksiders 2!!
From any bad situation something good can still arise isn't it? ;)

So enjoy all those Darksiders and Darksiders 2 arts:
You may have noticed the storyboard that Joe did for Darksiders. The final trailer is so cool!
I suppose that it's the perfect time to watch again that Darksiders War trailer ;)


Also, I found by chance a better version of the Game Informer cover #219 featuring Darksiders 2! Note: That new version has a very nice size of 2461 x 1656px whereas the previous one was only 1920 x 1080px! Enjoy!

Another excellent addition to the site this month is the portrait of War from the BETA of Darksiders Genesis. If you carefully pay attention to the portrait in the final version, War's iconic sword the Chaoseater is not visible while it was in the BETA.
Many thanks to Billy Garretsen (Lead UX Designer at Airship Syndicate) for the share and... in HD (1658 x 2230px)!!
Apart that, as you may have noticed in the previous update, a forum dedicated to Joe MAdureira and the joeMadArt.com website is available! I invite you to register and participate! >> www.joemadart.com/forum <<

For this update I also have something else new!
I've added a "Search" feature (see the button in the top menu) powered by Google. It's super accurate! Try it out, you will see! Go to the forum and let me know what you think of it in particular versus the "tagger". I think that this new search feature is a lot more powerful than the "tagger" so I will probably remove the "tagger" in a future update... I will see.

Until next time Joe Mad! fans! Be strong and... stay safe, stay at home if you can!

@Ulkhror
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Billy Garretsen
2020 April 06

JoeMadArt.com update #48
Join the JoeMadArt Forum!!


Hey guys!

I'm super happy to officially announce that the JoeMadArt forum is opened!

The URL is: joemadart.com/forum!

To be precice, the forum is in fact accessible since the 31th of March but I only mentioned it on twitter and facebook for those who follow me. Installing and customizing it took me a lot of time. I learnt a lot (that was also the goal ;)) but it took me the whole month of march to make it ready. As a consequence this update doesn't contain any new piece of art... I didn't find the time and the courage to work on that part...

Anyway I really hope that you will be many to join and share your passion about the art of Joe Madureira!

Since the last update I noticed a good increase of fans who joined in the Joemadart.com Facebook group, that's fantastic!
I also noticed that many discussions were related to some fan arts and how Joe inspired some of you.
All that convinced me that it was the right time to add a forum. The community around JoeMAdArt.com increased significantly and the topics discussed are so diverse that it's sometimes difficult to follow-up on a specific topic on facebook. The forum will be a better option for that in my opinion.

I did my best to customize the forum so that you feel "at home" there. I tried to give it a unique design in order to really differentiate it from any other forum. This forum will be an excellent way for me to get your remarks and suggestions:
You can find a "JoeMadArt Forum" and another "JoeMadArt Website" forum where you can tell me everything about either the forum or the website.

So don't hesitate! Let me know what you think of them and in particular of the new forum! :)
And if you find a bug you can also write in those forums!

For your information, for the design of the forum I only used pieces of arts that Joe did.

Here are the links to them for the reference:

Go register now and let's discuss all together!

I will add some new pieces of art in the next update! I Promise! ;)

@Ulkhror
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2020 February 29

JoeMadArt.com update #47
Old Battle Chasers Nightwar arts!


Hi JoeMAd fans!

Another small update this month as nothing particular has been revealed by Joe Madureira during that past month. As I said in the last update of December I would add sooner or later all the pieces of art that Joe shared on his Artstation page... well today is the day! ;)

Here are all the Battle Chasers Nightwar arts that were missing on JoeMadArt.com: Note: while the colored versions of those arts were already present on JoeMadArt.com, the uncolored versions were not ;)

2 environment concepts for Battle Chasers Nightwar were still new reveals:
Also I still receive from time to time some Joe Mad sketch scans from some backers, many thanks to you for that!
So here is the sketch that Gerry Morigerato sent to me! Thank you Gerry!
Just like Garry if you possess an original art by Joe, you can send me a HD scan at: ulkhror@joemadart.com. Thank you!

Let's all keep our fingers crossed and wish for some more fresh news from Joe in the coming weeks!

Also, I noticed that many new members joined the Joemadart.com: Joe Madureira Fan website group on Facebook!
The group is now composed of more than 1000 members! (1052 to be exact)
That's fantastic to see so many Joe Mad! fans and artists that are inspired by the work of Joe.
Continue to spread the world about Joe and of course about JoeMadArt.com! ;)

Until next time!

@Ulkhror
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2020 January 31

JoeMadArt.com update #46
Battle Chasers Nightwar Kickstarter Rewards!


After an intense month of December to close 2019 Joe Madureira was again very present during that first month of 2020!
Joe has now finished all the sketches and commissions promised during the Battle Chasers Nightwar Kickstarter campaign and he shared a few of them on internet for our pleasure! :)

You can find below all the sketches and commissions that Joe shared with his fans during this past months:
What else? Are You Not Entertained? ;)
Well a beautiful gold nugget was also shared by Gunfire Games recently.

This is an original traditional pencil page that Joe did for Darksiders 2 and the in-game cutscenes:
I searched and asked for those "cutscenes drawings" many times but this is the first time that I can watch one! Enjoy!

OK that update was short... but strong in new arts isn't it? ;)
Stay tune for more!

Note: If you are a happy owner of a JoeMad art, please send me a HD scan or photo at: ulkhror@joemadart.com!
Thank you!

@Ulkhror
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Battle Chasers (BC)
Airship Syndicate
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Ink
Gully
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Red Monika
Calibretto
Valus
Eideard
The Crow Father
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Vigil Games
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Darksiders 2
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Excalibur
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2019 December 31

JoeMadArt.com update #45
Happy New Year with Darksiders Genesis!


What a month of December! it was full of Joe Mad stuff and surprises!

With the release of Darksiders Genesis (2019/12/05) the crew at Airship Syndicate shared a lot of artistic stuff on Artstation. Have a look if you don't care to be a bit spoiled. And you know what? Joe was also part of it! Yes! Joe Madureira created his own Artstation page! He shared there many pieces of art never revealed before, related to Battle Chasers Nightwar, Darksiders 3, Darksiders Genesis and some other miscellaneous stuff. This update is focused on those pieces of art. Not all were added to the site in this update but eventually they will ;).

So have a look to some more arts Joe Madureira did on Darksiders 3 and Darksiders Genesis:
The next huge news is that Joe Madureira announced during The Game Awards 2019 that Airship Syndicate will be the development studio in charge of a new game in the world of League of legends: "RUINED KING: A League of Legends Story". That game will be the first game "spin-off" of League of Legends and will be officially published by Riot Forge. Apart from the teaser trailer that you can discover below, what is known so far is that it will be a "turn-based RPG" taking place just after the events of the Burning Tides. You can read that story here and visit the official website for the RUINED KING game here.

Watch the RUINED KING: A League of Legends Story teaser trailer plus a short interview of Joe Madureira:


Final announcement for this update, UDON Entertainment announced "The art of Darksiders Genesis" available June 2020. Special note: this new artbook cover was done by Baldi Konijn. Remember that name! That guy did most of the character concepts for Darksiders Genesis. He did a freaking awesome work and won't stop just here! ;)
the art of Darksiders Genesis Baldi Konijn cover
The art of Darksiders Genesis
Baldi Konijn cover
I hope that you had some great holidays and that you played a lot to Darksiders Genesis. This is the game I played the most during those holidays and it's a gold nugget! The game has a metacritic score of 78/100 based on 56 critics. I think this is fair score even if it should probably be a lot more for a Darksiders fan. That War and Strife duo is just so fun, cool and funny! The gameplay is as fantastic as each cut scene and dialogue are. The only noticeable weak point of that game in my opinion is the camera but it's nothing compared to all its other fantastic assets.

And If you are still on the fence about buying Darksiders Genesis, then watch that "Accolades Trailer":

Again, Happy New Year to all of you!
Let's all work hard to make that new year as productive as possible!
Let's all be strong and persistent!

@Ulkhror
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2019 November 30

JoeMadArt.com update #44
Darksiders Genesis release
and Battle Chasers #5 part 2!

Hi JoeMAd fans!

You may have noticed that there was no update for October... I'm sorry. No specific reason, it's all personal ;).
3 years and a half ago I said that I would do 1 update per month... So today I can say that... I failed yes, but it's not a reason to stop isn't it?

Ho no it's not! ;)

How could I stop now with Darksiders Genesis just around the corner!?
Darksiders Genesis will be available next week on PC and the 14 of February on consoles. You probably wonder why such a gap in the release dates? Well the answer is simple: "Quality".
The game code on console is a bit different from the PC version and THQ NORDIC decided to delay the release on console in order to fix some issues. Wise choice I would say even if some of you will probably be frustrated... I understand.

And for those still on the fence about buying that game (Really guys?) well...

THQ NORDICS released a new trailer presenting the "Abilities and Creature Cores":


THQ Nordic also released a very cool, beautiful and funny video to present Strife. Have a look!

On his side IGN did a great preview of the game with a super promising conclusion by Mitchell Saltzman:
All in all, I came out of my demo of Darksiders Genesis excited and hungry for more. Despite its visual similarities to other isometric action games, this actually feels like the most unique Darksiders game yet

Watch that Darksiders Genesis Final Preview: More Darksiders, Less Diablo



Not only that but Escapist Magazine and Gameumentary did a super interesting "first cover story featuring Darksiders Genesis" with some great interviews:



And finally, you can now buy some Darksiders Genesis (And Darksiders in general) posters made out of metal on Displate!. You can find there 4 Darksiders arts with lines by Joe Madureira (see the reference of the arts below):
That's all about Darksiders Genesis... for now ;). I expect to discover many cool sketches and drawings by Joe Madureira in the months to come because honestly the bestiary looks cool!
And I also hope that all those videos convinced you to buy that game on day one ;)

Apart that and just in case you missed the information the 4.86" tall Batman Black and White Limited Edition Statue (5000 units) Based on the DC Comics "Justice League Rebirth #1 variant cover" that Joe did in 2016 is now available everywhere. (See the JoeMadArt.com update #36)

To finish here is the part 2 of the Battle Chasers #5 pages ;) Note: Again a special thanks to Tom McWeeney for the scans of the original inked pages.
Special thanks to Alexander Lee too for the scan of the page 15!

Have a fun with Darksiders Genesis!

@Ulkhror
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2019 September 30

JoeMadArt.com update #43
Battle Chasers #5 part 1!

Hi JoeMAd fans!

For this month the main info is the release of the Battle Chasers Anthology TPB, the "second" print of the legendary Anthology comic released in 2011! Except the brand new cover done for this second print, the content is exactly the same as the first print. This Anthology book collects all the Battle Chasers comics released so far (#1 to #9), the Battle Chasers Prelude comic (#0), the side story featured in the Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated book as well as all the covers and variants plus some sketches and unused pages!

For the occasion I updated the cover art with a bigger version, enjoy! And if you prefer the digital version of that Battle Chasers Anthology TPB, you can get it on Comixology with a good discount!

Following that cool release, the backers of the Battle Chasers NightWar game kickstarter campaign will also be happy to receive (if not already) their sketch done by Joe Madureira.

Bradym1 on the Airship Syndicate community forum shared his Garrison: I will share more in the next updates!

Apart that, Joe is still very quiet about the next comic issue of Battle Chasers... He is without any doubt fully focused on finishing Darksiders Genesis that should hit the stores for Christmas.

In the meantime, let's have another look to some Battle Chasers #5 pages! Note: Special thanks to Tom McWeeney who shared some of the original inked pages with me! Thank you Tom!

That's all for this update!

Well oh yes, I also found a slightly better image version of that Resident Evil PSM Magazine cover... ;)
And as usual, if you have some original pages by Joe Madureira, please send me (ulkhror@joemadart.com) some big and clean photos or scans of them! ;)

Stay tune!

@Ulkhror
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2019 August 31

JoeMadArt.com update #42
Darksiders Genesis at GamesCom
and Avenging Spider-Man!

Gamescom 2019 ended one week ago and Darksiders Genesis, the game developed by Airship Syndicate (Joe Madureira) did a great impression! Some new gameplay videos were broadcasted and 2 new official trailers were revealed.

Darksiders GENESIS official announce trailer during Gamescom 2019 Opening Night:


Darksiders GENESIS "Stadia Connect" official trailer:


THQ Nordic has also officially shared 6 new HD Darksiders Genesis screenshots that you can find below:
Darksiders Genesis GamesCom 2019 official screenshot 1
Darksiders Genesis GamesCom 2019 official screenshot 2
Darksiders Genesis GamesCom 2019 official screenshot 3
Darksiders Genesis GamesCom 2019 official screenshot 4
Darksiders Genesis GamesCom 2019 official screenshot 5
Darksiders Genesis GamesCom 2019 official screenshot 6
And if you want more, you can watch those interviews:

#1: Reinhard Pollice (THQ Nordic) and Billy Garretsen (Airship Syndicate) presenting the game and the Strife statue:


#2: Another very interesting interview of Billy Garretsen (Airship Syndicate) by IGN:


And if you just want to see the game in action then you can watch those 2 gameplay videos:
#1: Excellent one by Arekkz Gaming

Note:This trailer let you see Samael's portrait (Also called "Sammy" by Strife lol) into the game for the first time!

#2: 16 Minutes of gameplay with IGN

That's all about Darksiders Genesis...
Sorry, but no new art by Joe (Except that Samael portrait) and no interview of the boss...
But that's not yet finished with that update of JoeMadArt.com!
Let me share with you a few arts by Joe Madureira! I decided this month to wrap up the Avenging Spider-Man era.

So you will find below all the remaining pencil pages of the Avenging Spider-Man #3 comic:
And now to finish (for real): a small update regarding the cover of the upcoming Battle Chasers Anthology TP 2019 cover. It seems that a new colored version replacing the "orange scale" one is now displayed everywhere.
That's all!
Have a fun and Until next time! ;)

@Ulkhror
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2019 July 31

JoeMadArt.com update #41
Avenging Spider-Man Vol1 issue #3 part 1!

After the announcement of Darksiders Genesis last month, THQ Nordic said that the game will be playable at Gamescom this year (21-24/08/2019 in Cologne). Will Joe Madureira and some crew members of Airship Syndicate be there too? Well nothing has been announced yet but Joe was present at Gamescom for Battle Chasers Nightwar so it's highly probable! In addition, THQ Nordic finally announced the Darksiders Genesis collector's Edition and the Darksiders Genesis Nephilim Edition! The Darksiders Genesis collector's edition contains:
  • The Game Darksiders Genesis
  • A collectible Steelbook case
  • A 9-inch strife Figure
  • A artbook
  • The soundtrack
  • Some stickers
The Nephilim Edition is the same as the collector's edition plus contains the board game Darksiders the forbidden land.
You can preorder The Darksiders Genesis collector or Nephilim edition here
For your information, all the figures included into the Board game were sculpted by Hector Moran aka "HEC".
Have a look to his work more in details on Artstation:
Darksiders the forbidden land Fury figure
Darksiders the forbidden land Death figure
Darksiders the forbidden land War figure
Darksiders the forbidden land Strife figure

Unfortunately, no new Darksiders Genesis artwork to share with you in that update...
So let's get back to some older stuff... but not that old ;)

Enjoy below the first 10 pages of the Avenging Spider-Man issue #3:
And to finish, let's talk Battle Chasers for a change ;).
In the previous update of JoeMadArt.com and because that update was dedicated to the Darksiders Genesis reveal, I deliberately omitted to talk about the official Battle Chasers Anthology trade paperback new release! That new oversized graphic novel is coming this year on September 25 and will collect the Battle Chasers comics #0 to #9. The description also says that it will include some "never-before-seen sketches and new artwork" plus a fold-out poster! The preorders are already opened!

And here is the new cover of that Battle Chasers Anthology trade paperback featuring Garrison and his sword:
Battle Chasers Anthology trade paperback 2019 cover
Battle Chasers Anthology TP 2019 cover

Also, some important information. In the last kickstarter update (June 4, 2019) Joe wrote a special message to backers with some bad news about the upcoming Battle Chasers #10-#12 comics:
Hello, backers!

I just wanted to give you an update on the status of the new BC books. First of all, thank you for your continued patience! I realize this update is long overdue.

It’s been a wild ride for us since Battle Chasers: Nightwar launched, diving headlong into our second project with no downtime. It’s a big one for us, and you’ll be getting a look at it VERY soon. Our little studio, Airship Syndicate is now close to 35 people developing not one, but two games concurrently. It’s not something we planned on, but companies grow organically. Doors open and shut, and you’ve got to play a good hand when it’s dealt. Our growth is pretty unprecedented for an indie studio, and I don’t think any of us could’ve foreseen it back when we were a team of 6, launching our Kickstarter campaign (though we dared to dream). As far as rewards, introducing some new books to the comic series seemed like a no brainer, especially since it’s been a personal goal of mine for some time.

Unfortunately, it’s proven difficult to work on them alongside my responsibilities at the studio. Realistically, the only way to get the books finished and into your hands any time soon is to recruit some highly talented individuals to help out. I’ll still be working on the story of course, and drawing as many pages as I can manage. One of the reasons I haven’t let anyone take over the series in the last 20 years is because I always felt that if it were to continue, it had to be me. Or a team I had complete faith in, and I think I’ve found that team. I’ll be releasing more details on that soon.

I realize many backers will be (understandably) upset by this news. We’ve heard from a few backers that the books were the ONLY reason they pledged. I sincerely hope those backers played Battle Chasers: Nightwar, because that’s what our campaign was for after all, and we poured our hearts and souls into it. It’s a damn good game. If you feel you can’t or simply don’t want to wait for the comics, please submit a request at support@airshipsyndicate.com and we will try to issue a refund for the unused portion of your pledge. I’m truly sorry to have let you guys down. Everyone else, I promise the wait will be worth it. This game has reinvigorated me to create new Battle Chasers stories, and I think they’ll be among the best so far.

I’ve mentioned this somewhere before, but in case you missed it, issues #10-12 will pick up exactly where the last issue left off, and focus on Garrison, his past, and his complicated relationship with the fugitive Red Monika.

In related news: I get so many people asking whether the original Battle Chasers Anthology will be reprinted, and I’m happy to announce that Image is about to relaunch it in an affordable softcover format (the original giant-sized hardcover is impossible to find, and pricey). This collects all 9 issues of the original BC run, as well as a couple short stories, pinups and covers. It launches in September, so look out for it.

Thank you again for taking this journey with us.

-Joe
Sorry to finish on such a note...
That's all for now! Enjoy your holidays and have fun!
Let's talk JoeMadArt again next month! ;)

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2019 June 30

JoeMadArt.com update #40
Darksiders Genesis at E3 2019!

[Edit 2019 Jully 03]
E3 2019 ended just a few weeks ago and many fabulous games were revealed!
As suspected in the last JoeMadArt.com update, Airship Syndicate (Joe Madureira) and THQ Nordic presented their new game: Darksiders Genesis!! Yes!
Darksiders Genesis LOGO by Billy Garretsen
Darksiders Genesis LOGO by Billy Garretsen

So, do you want to know everything about Darksiders Genesis?
Well fortunately for you I did my researches and found nearly everything that Joe said about it!
I tried to gather the most relevant and interesting coverages and interviews!

And since nobody will be interested by anything else than Darksiders Genesis then this update of JoeMadArt.com will be dedicated to it! ... so it means you won't get as many arts as usual ;).

OK let's start with...
The impressive Darksiders Genesis HD announcement trailer revealed just a few days before E3:

Just next are the 2 official Darksiders Genesis arts done by Joe Madureira, Grace Liu and Billy Garretsen: Note: Regarding that "title screen" art that one above is in HD but cropped. The full version looks more like that one below... I'm still expecting to find it in HD ;)
[Edit 2019 Jully 03] Just after this update THQ Nordic accepted to share with me the super big HD version of this image. Thank you THQ Nordic!
Darksiders Genesis in-game E3 demo title screen
Darksiders Genesis E3 demo title art screen
Also, just as in Battle Chasers NightWar, when some key characters talk, some portrait arts are displayed.
In the demo at E3 you can see the portrait of War and Strife that are obviously some pieces of art by Joe Madureira. I expect that I will be able to put my hands on some clean versions of those so I decided not to "officially" add those to the side for now. That being said I did a small mok-up from some screenshots of the game, Enjoy! ;)
Darksiders Genesis in game strife and war portraits mok-up by ulkhror
Line art by Joe Madureira and colors by Billy Garretsen
There's also another key art but that one looks like a photoshopped version of the model from the CG trailer and not a Joe Mad art. Still very nice!
For those who haven't heard of the game and who are wondering what it looks like...
I invite you to watch that 1 player HD gameplay walkthrough... a lot better than a few screenshots isn't it!?:

And just because playing co-op has nothing to do with the solo mode here is another gameplay walkthrough with 2 players:
Darksiders Genesis - 5 Reasons It's Good As Hell:

So now, do you have some questions about the game? You would like to know more? What about asking the boss?
You can find below the most interesting interviews of Joe Madureira done at E3 2019:

Video Interviews:
1) Joe Madureira, Ryan Stefanelli and Reinhard Pollice at the E3 Coliseum 2019 Panel presented by Geoff Keighley
2) Joe Madureira interview by Gamerhub.tv
3) Joe Madureira interview by Ultima Ficha... and speaking a bit Portuguese
4) Joe Madureira interview by Escapist Magazine and Gameumentary
5) Joe Madureira interview by TechRaptor
6) Joe Madureira interview by gamereactor.eu

Interview transcripts:
1) Joe Madureira interview by AllUSANnewsHub.com
2) Joe Madureira interview by gaminginstincts.com
3) Joe Madureira interview by rpgsite.net
4) Joe Madureira interview by usgamer.net

So, what did we learn from all that?

Darksiders GENESIS in brief:
  • Darksiders Genesis is not Darksiders 4
  • Darksiders Genesis is not an Action RPG
  • As its name says, Darksiders Genesis is a prequel to the first Darksiders
  • The story in Darksiders Genesis begins just after the four horsemen get their powers and kill all the Nephilims
  • In Darksiders Genesis War and Strife must discover what the new plans of Lucifer are
  • In Darksiders Genesis War and Strife will meet for the first time some returning guys such as Vulgrim and Samael
  • You can only play War and Strife, not Fury and not Death
  • Darksiders Genesis is a solo or 2 players cooperative action game where 1 player controls War and the other Strife
  • In solo player mode, you can switch between War and Strife on the fly (There's a cooldown)
  • The co-operation mode can be local or online
  • Darksiders Genesis is not a Diablo-like game but is closer to the style of Tomb Raider: Guardians of Light
  • Darksiders Genesis is loyal to the gameplay of Darksiders 1 with a top down isometric camera
  • War has pretty much the same move set as in Darksiders 1
  • Just like in the other Darksiders games, Darksiders Genesis includes many puzzles and interactions with the environment
  • Gareth Coker (Ori and the Blind forest) is the music composer of Darksiders Genesis
  • The camera in the game can't be controlled but you can still zoom in or out
  • The dungeons aren't randomly generated
  • The game will be available for pretty much all the platforms including the Google Stadia
  • You can go back to previous levels and play them again to discover some secrets or loot some monster cores
  • There's at least 1 secret in every levels
  • The creatures drop cores that can be used as materials to upgrade the characters
  • You can customize your character by using some skill and ability trees as well as combat upgrades
  • There's no map to explore but just a hub where to get your new mission before jumping into a new or old level
  • You can choose among 3 level of difficulties before entering a level (a bit like in Battle Chasers Nightwar)
  • The level of difficulty of the game will be similar to Darksiders 1, not super hard
  • The end of Darksiders Genesis will lead to Darksiders 1
  • Airship Syndicate is targeting a 15 hours length game and more to complete it at 100%
  • No DLC planned for Darksiders Genesis
  • Darksiders Genesis will include an "arena" mode
  • Strife will be able to find up to 7 different ammo types
  • Darksiders Genesis release date is planned for this winter 2019
  • Release price should be around 40$

Let's wrap up this update with a small photo gallery of Joe at E3 and the great team at Airship Syndicates!
The Airship syndicate team nearly complete Airship Syndicate core team! ... well Grace Liu, Billy Garretsen and Derek Taylor where "photoshop-added". And if you want to know the names of all of the members of the Airship Syndicate's crew then you can click the link!
Joe Madureira at E3 2019 final day
Joe Madureira at E3 with the strife statue
Joe Madureira at the E3 coliseum 2019 Panel
Joe Madureira interview by gamereactor.eu
Dave Hunt (psnation.com) Joe Madureira and Ryan Stefanelli at E3 2019
Dave Hunt (psnation.com) Joe Madureira and Ryan Stefanelli

For the record, Game informer did a nice Airship Syndicate tour of the studio! Have a look!
Airship Syndicate studio lobby
Airship Syndicate studio dev open-space
Airship Syndicate studio tour harm s way room entrance
I hope that you enjoyed that "as much complete as I could" summary about Darksiders Genesis.
Don't hesitate to leave me a comment on twitter or in the Facebook group (See links at the top)
Stay tuned and happy summer holidays to all of you!

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2019 May 31

JoeMadArt.com update #39
Old and obscure stuff!

As you probably know the E3 game show is right around the corner (June 11-13 at Los Angeles). Chances are very good that the second game of Airship Syndicate will be unveiled during the event... and this game may be... Darksiders Genesis! While all this has yet to be confirmed, what is certain is that Darksiders Genesis will be revealed by THQ Nordic at this E3 2019! In addition to that, just a few days ago Airship Syndicate updated their twitter banner with a dark art of some Demons and fallen angels as you can see below... coincidence?:
Airship Syndicate Darksiders Genesis game art teaser

Something not related and totaly different now, another cool thing that I didn't see coming is that the previously revealed "X-Men Gambit and Rogue art" done as a kickstarter backer reward will be also used as an official marvel comic cover for the upcoming (07/24/2019) "HOUSE OF X #1"! If you are interested by that variant cover, I recommend you to preorder it since that cover is 1:50!
Xmen Gambit and Rogue House of X #1 comic cover
And for this month update I decided to pick here and there some old and sometimes obscure arts that Joe Madureira did. I apologize in advance for the quality or size of them. This is the best that I was able to find and get. That being said the never released Battle Chasers #10 cover is really nice, I hope that we will see that issue for real before the end of the year!

Random old and obscure arts from the 90s by Joe Madureira:
That's all for this month, stay tune for more after the E3 ;)

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