ERIC BATTLE

Eric has illustrated many stories of popular icons, from Spider-Man and The X-Men, to Batman & Godzilla. His collaborators include bestselling novelist L.A. Banks on her Vampire Huntress Legends novel series, World Fantasy Award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, AMC’s Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd, and Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin.

Eric acted as curator, art director & illustrator on the Philadelphia Jazz Project (PJP) coffee table book “Philadelphia Jazz Stories Illustrated”, as well as the graphic novel “BLAM!: Black Lives Always Mattered!: Hidden African American Philadelphia of the 20th Century” for Temple University’s Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. In June 2022, Eric exhibited original artwork in “The Artist’s Experience: From Brotherman to Batman” at New York City’s Society of Illustrators.

His client list includes Night Kitchen Interactive, Legendary Motion Pictures & Comic Books, Marvel Comics, DC Entertainment, Philadelphia Jazz Project (PJP), Top Cow, Aspen MLT, Inc., Dynamite Entertainment, Valiant Entertainment, Dark Horse, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Beveridge Seay, Del Rey/Random House, St. Martin’s Press, Scholastic Books/Just Us Books, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Swarthmore College and the Please Touch Museum of Philadelphia.

In October 2023, Eric was recruited by the U.S. Mint’s Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) to add his dynamic design & visual sensibilities to upcoming coin & medal designs.

In Summer 2025, Eric completed painted illustrations for the children’s book Abel Benson: Patriot of the American Revolution. He also completed the 264+-page graphic novel Dark Fear: Framing Emmett Till for Abrams Comic Arts, to be published in Fall 2026.

Abel Benson: Patriot of the American Revolution tells the dramatic story of Abel Benson, a young African American boy from Framingham, Massachusetts, who, on the night of April 18, 1775, was one of the relay riders, like Paul Revere, who helped launch the American Revolution. With a narrative written in rhyming verse, by Margaret Denise Dennis, and beautifully illustrated by Eric Battle, the book tells the true story of Abel Benson who was also a talented musician, as he rides on horseback and sounds the alarm with his trumpet, to alert the American colonists in Middlesex County that the British King’s Regulars are coming to confiscate the weapons stored at Concord.