REVEALING THE ART OF TOONS; BOOKS ALEX ROSS Mythology (Titan, pounds 16.99).(Features)

Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) | January 8, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: PAUL COLE

GONE are the days when DC Comics characters were strictly kids' stuff. An entire generation has grown up with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their superhero sidekicks.

Graphic novels have elevated cartoon capers to an art form now dominated by artist Alex Ross, whose life-like airbrush paintings portray the crimefighters as middle-aged men and women.

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