MetaFilter posts tagged with vertigo

Here’s sand in your eye

Artw — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:58:42 -0800

Neil Gaiman celebrates 20 years since the first publication of Sandman. Yes it’s that old. Io9 lists five ways in which Sandman changed the comics world.

Vertigo comics plagiarism scandal!

UKnowForKids — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:52:30 -0800

Plagiarism scandal rocks DC's Vertigo line. A comics blogger has discovered shocking evidence of theft in Fables, Y: The Last Man, Sandman, and other major Vertigo titles. (Via Comics Should Be Good!)

Cheer up, sleepy Jean

klangklangston — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:07:40 -0800

James Jean shows how he creates the painted cover for Fables. His blog is full of gorgeous figure studies and sketches that show influences from Lucian Freud and pop/manga design. His eponymous site also includes a broad cross-section of his works: Dive, Tigerlily, and his great recess series.

I still say it's basically the A-Team

Artw — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:57:52 -0800

The Losers Cover Gallery showcases the bold design sense and unique art style of UK comics artist Jock, who also produced much of the interior art for the VERTIGO series. Losely based on a WWII comic of the same name it became a fast paced action caper with a political edge under writer Andy Diggle, and the covers reflect both the themes and the cinematic style of the comic.

Vintage Vertiginous Vaudevillian

tellurian — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:09:49 -0800

Ben Dova the Drunk Daredevil, contortionist, Hindenburg survivor and one of the 10 most unfortunately named people on the internets.

When we first saw this we thought "What the hell is going on here?"

vernondalhart — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:33:01 -0800

Столбы (Stolby) Free soloing I climb. I've sky dived. But watching videos of people free soloing gives me vertigo. In the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, however, there is a community for whom this is their bread and butter. And now, cats.

Ironworkers Above The City

jonson — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:21:39 -0800

Amazing photo sequence from the Philadelphia Inquirer on the ironworkers building the top floors (45 - 55) of the Comcast Center. Not safe for those with Vertigo. Via.

Vertigo, Then and Now

y10k — Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:01:21 -0800

Vertigo then and now is a collection of pictures from Vertigo, then and now. [via Scrubbles]