On the road again
Yet another travel day! After a few days in LA, old man bars of Burbank, real pico de gallo, insanely fresh sushi at hole in the wall strip malls, agency assholes yapping on their headsets while they cut you off, late night conversations where everyone shares the unique and painful way in which they were [...]
Continue ReadingMichael Cho’s BEST AMERICAN COMICS cover
This year’s edition is guest edited by Neil Gaiman, who tweeted this cover.
Continue ReadingNice Art: Jim Rugg’s Marvel vs. Capcom’s t-shirt art
Jim Rugg is not at the big show but shares his art for a Marvel v Capcom t-shirt. Via ROBOT 6. WANT.
Continue ReadingSD10: Art shows around town
§ As part of the process of de-crwdoing Comic-Con, organizers have been trying to move more events off site for a while now. Con is taking over the town — and it’s not just door hangers and room keys. For instance, The Art Directors Guild will have an art show at the Hilton Bayfront. Some [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: Flesk Publications #5019
Fans of classic comics art should check out the Flesk booth which will offer new books by and about William Stout, Petar Meseldžija, Harvey Dunn and Al Williamson. More info at their website.
Continue ReadingSD10: theBLVD #1223
The artist collective known as theBLVD is back with a new sketchbook and special guests, including emerging comics writer JONATHAN ROSS. The Beat endorses theBLVD.
Continue ReadingNew TWO-STEP collection coming
Via Warren Ellis, the cover to a NEW edition of TWO-STEP, his collaboration with Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti: You know how this project started? I’d worked with Amanda before — on a Vampirella thing, just because I wanted to write something for Amanda, because she’s brilliant. And a couple of years later I got an [...]
Continue ReadingPeople with Blogs: JASON!!!
The tall, taciturn Norwegian comics giant Jason has a blog, which, characteristically, is mostly sketches.
Continue ReadingNice Art: Jeffrey Catherine Jones
If you're not friends with artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones on Facebook, you are missing out on lots of art, like this gorgeous sketch which Jones gave us permission to post here in honor of Cat Blogging Friday.
Continue ReadingNice Art: Paul Pope — the seventh Beatle?
Paul Pope reimagines Abbey Road just for kicks.
Continue ReadingMatt Furie, Louie Cordero, and Jon Vermilyea make wallets for Poketo
Have you been fretting about what to get Sean T. Collins for his birthday? Worry no more! Wearable, usable art company Poketo has just announced Perverse Universe, a limited edition wallet series that "offers a view into the mad minds of Matt Furie, Louie Cordero, and Jon Vermilyea."
Continue ReadingNice Art: Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Model kits as the doorway to pulp transcendence. Komatsuzaki is a cult figure in Japan; in his long 50 year career he painted thousands of illustrations for model kit boxes, among other things. Sadly, it is reported that few of his paintings survive due to a massive fire.
Continue ReadingWhat Wonder Woman covers tell us about ourselves
A look at most of the past 600 issues of Wonder Woman's various runs show many changing fashions in heroism, art styles and just how much of a butt shadow you can safely show.
Continue ReadingThis image has haunted me for years
The genius of Drew Friedman from his sadly long OOP WARTS AND ALL, which I like to call “Channel 9 From Outer Space.” Fantagraphics, please reprint!
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