Wait, Chris Daughtry drew a Batman comic book cover?

Your move, Sanjaya.
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Max Knoblauch
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Breaking: Chris Daughtry can do more than sing that one catchy song about going home.

American Idol's 2006 fourth place winner drew a variant cover for Batman #50, and it's crazy good. 


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Daughtry posted a few sneak peaks at the artwork on his Instagram a few months ago, following up with an image of the cover in the flesh on March 22.


In an interview with Uproxx, Daughtry said that his bath to becoming a professional comic book artist began when he was a contestant on Idol. He messaged artist Jim Lee on Myspace and the two became friends, their correspondence eventually leading up to the variant cover.

Daughtry, seemingly not one for relaxing, also recently played the role of Judas in Tyler Perry's live musical The Passion.

Your move, Sanjaya.

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Max Knoblauch is the Assistant Humor Editor in the NYC office. He is a journalist, comedian and illustrator. More humor and art by Max can be found on his website.Follow him @MaxKnoblauch

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