Art

In honor of the release of the 60th Anniversary edition of Peter Pan, here's a brief Disney supplied sildeshow highlighting some of the concept art by the great Mary Blair.

I'm not saying it! I don't think I've seen a single review of Matt Fraction's superhero-free series which hasn't eagerly slipped in at least...

Yesterday was hourly comics day, John Campbell's deviation of the 24 hour comic concept originally founded by Scott McCloud, which is a Ronseal sort of...

As a hushed world waited with bated breath, the waiting is over: Pantone has announced their Color of the Year. And it's Emerald, aka Pantone 17-5641 TCX. Reviewers hailed the move, saying ""Lively. Radiant. Lush… A color of elegance and beauty that enhances our sense of well-being, balance and harmony."

B.O. Baby on the way. Via Lileks:

On his Facebook page, Jim Starlin has posted the B&W art from his covers for the first two issues—#19 and #20— of his run on Stormwatch. The inker is Rob Turner. If we're not mistaken that's the first time the "F" part of the Stormwatch "WTF" cover has been shown. In this case it looks like a villain has triumphed and a hero is dead. WTF?!?!?

This has been making the rounds, but it's too lovely not to share: Jeremy Bastian's Gotham by Gaslight, a commission he did for artist Dustin Nguyen. bastian is bets known as the artist of Cursed Pirate Girl, and if you haven't seen the recent collection that came out from Archaia, you are missing one of the most physically beautiful graphic novels of the last year. Bastian is insanely talented...and also not the most prolific artist in the world. Nguyen got his sketch in 2007...smart move.

Somehow we missed this piece by Bobby Timony when it went up but here at the beat we never miss a chance to big up The Rescue Rangers. Seriously how great would this team be?

Becky Cloonan, she of making universally acclaimed mini-comics when not drawing Batman, Swamp Thing, Northlanders and Demo fame, has just announced that this year she'll be...

Marvel seem to be making a proper investment in their female characters in 2013, with a number of new books launching and several of...

While Persepolis remains one of the most important comics of the graphic novel era, creator Marjane Satrapi seems to have moved on to different avenues for her talents, likebooks and making movies, such as the Oscar-nominated animated version of Persepolis. And now she's having her first showing of her paintings in a Paris gallery.

Just a quick note. Last year we all watched Catwoman twist her spine into impressive new shapes previously unseen by man. But we're in...