public function getArtists($artist)
{
$data['artist_name'] = $artist;
//Get Artist information
$data['artist_cover'] = Comicbooks::artists($artist)->select('cover_image')->orderBy('published_date', 'asc')->distinct()->get();
$data['artist_works'] = Comicbooks::artists($artist)->select('book_name')->orderBy('published_date', 'asc')->distinct()->get();
//Check to see if artist exist in database. If it doesn't Redirect to a wiki page
$data['has_artist'] = count($data['artist_works']) ? true : false;
if (!$data['has_artist']) {
return Redirect::away("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" . ucwords($artist));
}
$this->layout->content = View::make('artist', $data);
}
