DC Comics is pleased to announce that Tim Bruckner -- sculptor of some of DC Direct's most popular statues -- has signed a one-year exclusive contract. Responsible for bringing a wide variety of DC characters from two to three dimensions, as well as working on a number of action figures, Bruckner's work helped launch the hugely successful DC Direct line. Working in collaboration with the artists who draw these characters, Bruckner's sculpts have met with enthusiastic fan response.

"We are very happy to have such a versatile and talented artist working exclusively with DC," says DC Design Director Georg Brewer. "His unique talent has already made a dramatic impact on the DC Direct line, as I'm sure fans have noticed. Having someone of his caliber on our team will help us continue to grow the business in new directions, and we'll look good while doing it."

"Tim's work has raised the bar on quality for the entire DC Direct line," says Director -- DC Direct Syndee Barwick. "We are very much looking forward to continuing to increase the line's overall quality and exploring new product directions with Tim."

Bruckner says, "I've been working for DC steadily for the last few years; the real lure to signing on with DC has been getting to work with Georg Brewer and the DC Direct team. The biggest challenge for me, and the one I love, is trying to find the essence of DC's characters and translate them into three dimensions, and to make three-dimensional sense of things that were never necessarily meant to be seen that way. The aesthetic and subsequent engineering challenges that this work affords is the biggest draw for me."

Bruckner's most recent work, the Batman And Robin: Detective Comics #38 Large Statue, will be advance solicited in Previews Vol. XI #5.

Tim Bruckner's work can also be seen on the following statues:

• Voodoo Statue
• Wonder Woman Statue
• Superman/Supergirl Statue

Scheduled to arrive in stores May 30th!

Read the RTM interview with Tim Bruckner. Click!.