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Stop! Don't pass up this thread! The Flash's life depends on it!

Artw — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:03:43 -0800

Marie Severin, First Lady of the Silver Age

interrobang — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:31:42 -0800

Starting her comics career as a colorist, Marie Severin was largely responsible for the distinctive color palette of EC Comics, where her brother Johnny Severin also worked. She later worked in the Marvel Bullpen, drawing just about everything, including many well loved staff caricatures. She turned 80 this year; here are a few of her Marvel covers from the 60s and 70s.

Tell me of your homeworld, Usul

Artw — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:19 -0800

Chris Foss concept art for Dune, with bonus Nostromo. The images were produced for Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1974 attempt at filming the story, with other artists involved including Moebius and HR Giger. Though the project failed Jodorowsky collaborated further with Moebius to lay the groundwork for his own Dune-like comicbook universe (and a trailer for an animated version of it was even created). More visions of Arrakis can be seen on this page of Dune cover artwork through the ages, with bonus midi Toto.

Coffee and Other Important Matters

brain_drain — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:56:10 -0800

15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee. 17 Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat. The MotherF**king Pterodactyl. These and various other amusements courtesy of The Oatmeal.

Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time!!!

marxchivist — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:06:02 -0800

Hey Oscar Wilde! It's Clobberin' Time!!! is a blog featuring gobs of drawings by comic book artists of their favorite literary authors or characters. [via] Ernest Hemingway by Eddie Campbell Walter Gibson by Alex Toth The Shadow by Michael Kaluta (natch) Wilfred Owen by George Pratt Algernon by Mike Choi Lots and lots more.

Some People...

Taft — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:52:24 -0800

"Some People" is a comic about perspective, misunderstanding, and people. The artist writes a lot of interesting comics.

Oh, Rom...

kittens for breakfast — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:39:28 -0800

Rom: Spaceknight was an improbable comics success: Based on a toy series that consisted of one figure (Rom), the comics series debuted in 1979 and lasted an unlikely 75 issues, featuring art from such luminaries as P. Craig Russell and Steve Ditko (previously, previously and previously). The series was written by Marvel Comics mainstay Bill Mantlo, who retired from comics and became a public defender (the legal kind), only to suffer a tragic accident in the mid-1990s that left him in need of constant medical attention. A 2007 benefit for the writer -- Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo -- will be followed by Spacenight 2, an auction of original Rom-related artwork that can be viewed here.

By day a mild mannered pencil-monkey...

Artw — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:04:07 -0800

Zap! Pow! Comicbook artist Chris Weston fights crime!

A contract with US Gov.

Artw — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:29:09 -0800

The usual summary of comic book artist Will Eisner’s career follows the formula that he drew the Spirit all through the 1940s except for the war years and a bunch of ‘graphic novels’ from 1978 till the end of his life in 2005. There’s a long missing period between 1951 and 1978 during which he packaged and adapted cartoon art to commercial purposes, which has not been readily available for our scrutiny or pleasure. It is sometimes summarily dismissed as being of little interest. - Artist Eddie Campbell reappraises Will Eisner's missing years.

Singles

archagon — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:42:34 -0800

Singles, a wonderful animation by young artist Rebecca Sugar.

This simple little test will avert endless future catastrophes

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:52:28 -0800

The Adam Hughes Corollary to the Gene Siskel Movie Test - “Before making a movie based on a licensed property, ask yourself: is this movie going to be less entertaining than just Googling for Adam Hughes drawings of these same characters?” Anatomy of a sketch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Old Ben 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Adam Hughes' Donut Just how hard is it to get an Adam Hughes sketch? 1, 2, 3, 4

Assuming bullets sell in Somalia for USD 0.75

Fiasco da Gama — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:02:57 -0800

The Adventures Of A Would Be Arms Dealer (PDF) is an eight-page comic illustrating how an illegal arms deal works in practice. Via.

Kirby with Ducks, goddamit!

Artw — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:20:32 -0800

21 artists who changed mainstream comics (for better or worse)

Bruxellisation

Artw — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:22:21 -0800

Top 10 comic book cities

Comics in the classroom

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:51:49 -0800

Comics in the Classroom: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teachers

NAWLZ

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:23:27 -0800

NAWLZ: A science fiction flash-based graphic novel 'experiment in interactive storytelling' that's pretty cool. Now up to 13 'issues'. The navigation is a little mystery-meaty, maybe, but I think it's pretty intuitive, and adds to the fun.

HARUKU SMASH!

Artw — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:26:51 -0800

The Incredible Hulk, as told by Koike Kazuo, of Lone Wolf and Cub fame, and Yoshihiro Morifuji. More scans here.

MegaCity-One

Artw — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:38:56 -0800

An epic blog post on the evolution of the architecture of Megacity-One, the futuristic comic-book home of Judge Dredd, by Matt Brooker, showing influence of artists such as Carlso Esquerra, Mike McMahon and Ian Gibson over the years. Judge Dredds cover appearances on 2000ad from 1977 onwards (when each Prog cost 8p), and plenty other images from the world of Judge Dredd. As for that movie... Oddly no mention of Cam Kennedy, which is a bit of an oversight. 2000AD covers by artist (inc. non Dredd covers): Carlos Esquerra Mike McMahon Ian Gibson Ron Smith Colin Wilson Colour version of that first Esquerra image of Megacity one.

But are there any nude photos of Socko the Snake?

Artw — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:47:25 -0800

Some images of rare and obscure Alan Moore material from Slovobooks.

Feck!

Artw — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:01:54 -0800

Eclectic Micks - Irish comicbook artists posting a sketch a day.

Zines!

Kattullus — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:35:23 -0800

The Zine Library has hundreds of zines in pdf format for your perusal. They are organized into categories ranging from the common political (anarchism, political prisoners & animal liberation) and identity based zines (indigenous, race & gender) to the more esoteric (anarchist history, primitivism & theory) as well as the useful (cooking, DIY & organizing manuals) and arty (art, comics & music). Now, zines are by their very nature hit and miss but there are some real treasures to be found. I recommend these three: [all links pdf] The Rebel's Dark Laughter - The Writings of Bruno Filippi, Barefoot in the Kitchen and Delivery from Below, Resistance from Above - Electricity and the Politics of Struggle in Tembisa, South Africa. Note: Many if not most zines are set up to be printed out and bound together in chapbooks. That requires a bit of going back and forth when reading in pdf-format, but they wouldn't be real zines if they were straightforward to read ;) Don't know what a zine is? A pretty good overview is provided by zine librarian Jenna Freedman in Zines Are Not Blogs: A Not Unbiased Analysis. [This site has been posted previously but was buried deep in the weeds of more inside]

Jimmy Olsen would be shocked

Artw — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:26:39 -0800

Secret Identity - The fetish art of Superman's co-creator Joe Shuster.

Comic book grammatical and aesthetic traditions

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:31:38 -0800

Comic book lettering has some grammatical and aesthetic traditions that are quite unique. What follows is a list that every letterer eventually commits to his/her own mental reference file.

The comicbook version ended with a giant squid...

Artw — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:18:11 -0800

Understanding comics - Scott McCloud recaps his comics theory work at TED. He also has two more graphic novels on the way. Lots of previously.

Greylock Arts curated webcomics exhibit

mediareport — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:04:23 -0800

A curated collection of web comics over at Greylock Arts, with creator interviews and lots of links to strips like Underwire, Persimmon Cup, Truth Serum, Wondermark, The Process, Amazing Facts...and Beyond!, Phil McAndrew and more, including a few previously featured on the blue. [via Bookslut]