MetaFilter posts tagged with comics

Now that we're in the future, let's look back at the past.

tractorfeed — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:30:03 -0800

The Vintage Ad Browser "aims to collect vintage ads from a variety of sources, including comic books, CD-Roms, websites, APIs, your submissions, book, magazine & comic book scans, and more." At the time of this post, the site contains 123,286 ads. Brought to you by the creator of Cover Browser (previously), where you can peruse almost half a million covers of "comics, books, and more."

Killer bisexuals, pregnant lesbians, predatory gay men.

The Whelk — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:36:22 -0800

On Writing Gay Characters : Megan Rose Gedris.at Squidoo talks about common mistakes and preceptions to avoid when writing LGBT characters.

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

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

The top 75 Iconic DC covers of all-time

Gonna need a bigger boat

Artw — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:41:08 -0800

JAWS - The Manga! part 1 - part 2

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.

How to Start Reading Comics

Caduceus — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:18:26 -0800

Just in time for your Black Friday wish list needs, MeFi's own mightygodking has written a guide on how to start reading comics. Perfect for total comics newbies or people* who have really only ever read webcomics and seen superhero movies, the guide is a list of twenty volumes of comics that would be good for introducing people to the medium, and why they are his choices. *Like me.

Draw it as you see it.

adamvasco — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:36:17 -0800

Joe Sacco is a political journalist. His medium is the comic. He gave a talk last march at the Walker Art Centre where he also answers questions. Talk starts 07.50 after introductions. (wiki previous 1, II ) For those like myself who until recently were not aware of Joe Sacco; Here is an interview from a few years back and here an interview published last weekend.

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.

Pornsec Doubleplusungood!

Halloween Jack — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:32:22 -0800

When the Jessamine* County Public Library acquired a copy of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier, two library workers conspired to keep it out of the patrons' hands, checking it out for an entire year. After an eleven-year-old girl put a hold on the book, they removed the hold; upon discovering this, the library director fired them. Sharon Cook, one of the fired workers, said, "People prayed over me while I was reading it because I did not want those images in my head." Here's a Flickr set of some of the images in question, NSFW unsurprisingly, that show scenes from an imagined meeting of Fanny Hill and Lemuel Gulliver, a Tijuana Bible created by the Pornsec division of the Ministry of Truth from Nineteen Eighty-Four, and other naughty bits. *Yes, MeFi mod/librarian eponysteria. (Via)

Lt. Brad Pitt and his Howling Commandos

Artw — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:04:44 -0800

Jack Kirby's Inglorious Basterds

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.

Bullet to the head

Artw — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:52:09 -0800

The first four issues of Stray Bullets set the world on fire when they came out. Paper burns, you see, and a comic book as inflammatory as Stray Bullets just had to be burned. The religious right burned them. The Godless left burned them. The people in the middle felt left out and burned them too. Only a few copies survived and are probably worth millions by now. Inaccessible to the common man, the wonders of the digital universe have finally arrived to allow you—the average Joe—to see what the fuss was all about.

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.

Quoi, moi me préoccuper?

Skeptic — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:28:41 -0800

In 1948, in the aftermath of the Second World War, with Europe still in ruins, three young Belgian comic strip artists, Joseph Gillain (aka Jijé), Maurice de Bevere (aka Morris) and André Franquin, crossed the Atlantic with the intention of settling in the US. All three would eventually return to Belgium, their hopes of working for Disney ultimately dashed by the turmoil of the McCarthy years. However, in the meantime they made the acquaintance of their colleagues of the Charles William Harvey Studio in New York, including a cosmopolitan young wit named René Goscinny. Goscinny would follow them back to Europe, and eventually found Pilote magazine with Jijé and Franquin. He also collaborated with Morris as writer for "Lucky Luke". Of course, his most famous work was "Astérix", such a symbol for the resurgent France of the postwar era that even the first French satellite was named after him. Another French icon created by Goscinny was "Le Petit Nicolas", a series of good-humoured stories about a schoolboy whose gentle humour has had a lasting impact in French culture, best seen in films like "Amélie". And what did the remaining artists of the Charles William Harvey Studio do? Well, they coped.

Comic Strip Mashups

backseatpilot — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:48:02 -0800

Comic Strip Mashups

Classic Newspaper Comics

marxchivist — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:52:46 -0800

I Love Comix. Tons o' galleries of classic and not-so-classic newspaper comics. Essentials such as Little Nemo in Slumberland and Flash Gordon. Also Batman, Conan, Dark Shadows, and Pogo. Also lots of oddball stuff like Myra North: Special Nurse and Chris Welkin, Planeteer. [via] They have your Star Trek and Star Wars too. Some of the images are bigger than others, the Little Nemo's for example are available in nice large scans.

Scream Dracula Scream

Artw — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:13:26 -0800

Chris Sims of the Invincible Super-Blog has tangled with the undead before, most notably with The Annotated Anita Blake, but now he's taking on the big daddy with the cape and the fangs: It's Dracula Week! Over on Comics Alliance Chris lists Dracula's Greatest Comics Appearances, then back on ISB he's followed up with Batman versus Dracula and Dracula versus Superman. Now he's taking on Dracula in his ultimate, most 70s form. Behold... BLACULA!

The ultimate freakout team-up.

COBRA! — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:33:12 -0800

Zappa. Kirby. Pals! (via)

Happy 70th birthday, Harvey Pekar

mediareport — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:22:35 -0800

The Pekar Project started a couple of months ago from Smith Magazine; it posts new webcomics every other week by Harvey Pekar and one of four artists, like "Pekar and Crumb: Talkin' 'bout Art, plus occasional extras. They just posted a tribute to Harvey's 70th birthday. [Smith Mag's webcomics previously, including Pekar's The Next-Door Neighbor I Don't Know] [via] In case it's not obvious, click the images to advance the stories.

"Magellan" by Stephen Crowley

shetterly — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:33:23 -0800

"Magellan" by Stephen Crowley may be my favorite superhero comic on the web. The art seems to owe more to Tintin than Marvel or DC. The dialogue and plots are fun. The cast is huge, but the characters are distinctive, and generally charming. If you like Paul Grist's Jack Staff, give this a try. To start at the beginning: here.

"Oh boy! Are we gonna try something dangerous now?"

Artw — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:58:07 -0800

Floyd Farland: Citizen of the future - the comic Chris Ware doesn't want you to read.

Psychiatric Tales

Artw — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:17:31 -0800

Schizophrenia, a story from Darryl Cunningham's forthcoming Psychiatric Tales.

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.

Doom smash!

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:01:37 -0800

Dr. Victor von Doom, ruler of Latveria, master of magic and science, demonstrates his new Doom-O-Matic (SLYT)