Babs Tarr

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Babs Tarr
Motor Crush

Barbara Tarr (also known as Babs Tarr) is an American freelance

Batgirl
and for her Japanese-style illustrations.

Early life

Babs Tarr grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.[1] She went to Bishop England High School, after which she studied Printmaking at Osaka University of Arts and Illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art, where she received her BFA in Illustration.[2]

Career

In 2014, Tarr's Japanese-influenced fan art caught the eye of

Boom! Comics, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe
, and Brand X. Her manga-inspired style has become more popular after Batgirl's popularity in the comic book industry, and it has found its way into other comics that Tarr has worked on.

Tarr's Sailor Moon Motorcycle Girls illustration inspired

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]

In 2016, Tarr stopped working on Batgirl and moved on to work on Image Comics' Motor Crush series where she worked as an artist and writer.[9]

In 2019, Tarr began co-hosting the weekly Internet show Pub Draw on the Critical Role Twitch and YouTube channels. Each week, Tarr would teach co-host Marisha Ray and occasionally a guest how to draw characters from Critical Role, on which Ray is a star.[10]

Bibliography

Artist

  • Batgirl Vol. 4 #35–50 (2014)
  • DC Sneak Peek: Batgirl (2015)
  • Motor Crush #1–5, 7–11
  • Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years (2017)
  • Batgirl: An Adult Coloring Book (2017)

Variant Cover

  • Batgirl Vol 4 #52 (2016)
  • Black Canary #2
  • Gotham Academy #6 (2015)
  • Justice League Vol. 2 #39 (2015)
  • Bombshells United #1
  • Doom Patrol Vol. 6 #1
  • Southern Bastards #16 (2017)
  • Stranger Things #1 (2018)
  • Loki #2 (2019)

Cover

  • Batgirl Vol. 4 #44, 45, 47–52
  • Convergence Superboy #1–2 (2015)
  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink (2017)
  • Motor Crush #2–11
  • Southern Bastards #19 (2017)

Penciller

  • Young Gotham Sampler

Writer

  • Motor Crush #4–11

References

  1. ^ BABS to the BONE. Twitter. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  2. ^ Tarr, Barbara. "Babs Tarr Info". BabsBabsbabs.
  3. Charleston City Paper
    .
  4. doi:10.1386/jfs.3.3.291_1
    .
  5. ^ Tarr, Barbara. "Babs Tarr Info". babsbabsbabs.
  6. ^ Kanayama, Kelly (9 December 2014). "Zooming in on Badass Ladies: Interview with Babs Tarr". Women Write about Comics. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Babs Tarr". 14 July 2014.
  8. ^ Ochoa, Randy Z. (2015). "Babs of Burnside -- An Interview with Batgirl Artist Babs Tarr". We the Nerdy.
  9. ^ Pitts, Lan (31 March 2016). "Babs Tarr Says Goodbye to Batgirl and Hints at What's Next on IMAGE COMICS". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Pub Draw". 2019.

External links

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