Art: MAGIC TRIXIE
Jill Thompson has been posting some awesome pages from her upcoming GN series MAGIC TRIXIE at her blog
Check it out: Women running away from spooky houses
A gallery of the Gothic novel staple.
Via Neil Gaiman.
Charles Burns’ PERMAGEL
Charles Burns has a new art book coming out from French publisher "United Dead Artists"entitled PERMAGEL. It will be 32 pages in a huge...
John R. Neil’s OZ
Golden Age Comic Book Stories reprints some of the mind-bending work of John R. Neil illustrating the sixth book of the Oz series, Emerald...
The “Spread Leg” motif
PRINT Magazine dissects a classic lurid cover theme. We esp. like this yaoi version!
Via Boing Boing.
International Museum of Cartoon Art moves to OSU
Mort Walker's International Museum of Cartoon Art has had a long (more than 30 year) history of diaspora: from its first home in Greenwich...
The mystery of the AMAZING FANTASY #15 donation
It was big, big news recently when the entire original art for Amazing Fantasy #15, the origin story of Spider-Man himself, was presented to...
More art sale news
Beat readers were divided over the $600k sale of recognized Pop Art master Mel Ramos's painting based on a Gil Kane cover. So here's...
GREEN LANTERN sells for $600k
A painting of Green Lantern pop artist Mel Ramos (a cohort of Lichtentein, Warhol, Rosenquist, etc.) sold for $600,000 this week.
Chew on that,...
A little more on Sammy Harkham
Frankly, we didn't expect the $125 price tag on KRAMERS ERGOT #7 to create such a ruckus in the comments. To give a little...
Chris Ware animation
http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/271552642
Chris Ware has returned with another animated opening for THIS AMERICAN LIFE.
