Yesterday’s mystery headbanger was none other than Mr. Darwyn Cooke, writer/artist on New Frontier, the revamp of The Spirit, the upcoming Parker adaptations and numerous other funny books. Give ‘er!

I was looking for old metal magazines at the local used bookstore a few months back and not having any luck. It makes sense, considering that most people I know would be unwilling to give up their early issues of Metal Edge. I did find one vintage metal mag, and it came with a special surprise.

Metallion was a metal magazine published out of my own stomping grounds, Southern Ontario. That was interesting in and of itself, but as you can see, the titles for certain columns were decorated with some really pleasing, loose illustration work.

It turns out that the art director for Metallion was one of today’s most prominent comic artists. There was one double page spread in the magazine that was definitely by this particular person, though I wasn’t sure if he had drawn these headers as well. I bumped into him at the Toronto Fan Expo last month and he confirmed that he was responsible for all the art in the magazine.

I’ll post that illustration tomorrow. In the meantime, any guesses as to who it is?