Art

On a fixie by Tony Goins. More Ghost Riders in the link.

Bradwick McGinty, J Chris Campbell, and Josh Latta have been getting into the psirit of the season at the sketch blogHalloweirdos. Guests like Rob Ullman and Pat Lewis and Ashley Holt (Above) have also contributed. McGinty was so excited he drew his own Mars Attacks card (below.)

Simple but this should get you in the mood. Kochalka tells us he drew this map for the Halloween party at son Eli's school. It lists the various activities, but some abstractly. "For  instance, 'silly windsi is a ping pong ball race where you blow the ping pong balls with a straw."

There's been much speculation over the fate of Krypto, Superman's pet dog who somehow came with him to Earth, in the New 52 -- it seems, based on comments at NYCC, that in this grim, no future world of economic collapse, there is no place for a dog in a cape. We'd argue that the opposite is true -- the world needs a dog in a cape more than ever! -- but it seems that Superman's dog will only be seen in flashbacks set on Krypton, like the above Gene Ha variant cover to SUPERMAN #3. He's also been given a grim and gritty makeover as an albino dire wolf, like he wandered over from the set of Game of Thrones. Those who miss Krypto will definitely enjoy the art that is going up in an auction for writer Steve Niles's greyhound Sonny, who is undergoing a very expensive treatment for lymphoma. Artists have been donating art for Niles to sell at auction and collect into a print set to raise money for the treatment. Here's a Bernie Wrightson piece, which really should be in the 31 days of Halloween folder:

Fresh off the announcement of his reboot of The Prophet for the Extreme Studios, Brandon Graham has a teaser for "The Speaker" a new story in December's Dark Horse Presents #7.

To cleanse our palate from the previous Stan Lee story, happy news that Jim Woodring's website has been relaunched. Mary Woodring tells us "Be advised that Mr. Woodring has a brand new web site (designed by Plexipixel of Seattle) that is loaded with such features as an extensive gallery, ecards, wallpaper and links to various relevant media as well as other eye-tingling and spine-watering delights."

Long time web-cartoonist Millholland (rhymes with witch) is posting a story called The Last Trick or Treaters with some lovely watercolors AND cute trick or treaters.

Although it would be equally suitable for a 28 days of Valentine feature, we'll file Jonathan Case's new GN DEAR CREATURE under Halloween just because it stars Grue, a deep sea monster. Encountering volumes of Shakespeare beneath the waves, he decides to come to shore to look for romance, and finds it with a woman named Giulietta...but nothing is as it sounds like it will be. This was one of the most unexpected GNs we encountered all year, especially coming from Tor Books. It's kind of loopy but very sweet and the art, in pristine black and white, is hugely expressive.

Over on her site, Colleen Doran is posting her out of printGothic short story "Three Black Hearts"a page a day until Halloween.

Team Cul-de-Sac launched as a fundraising effort for Parkinson's Disease Research after Reuben award-winning cartoonist Richard Thompson was diagnosed with the disease. The plan is to publish a book next spring and auction off some of the all-star art. Along the way it's featured art by retired cartoonists like Bill Watterson and Cathy Guisewite, all drawing Thompson's Otterloop characters. Here's a new piece by not-retired cartoonist Garry Trudeau. This is gonna be some book.

Okay we kinda fell off the track there with our Halloween feature but we'll play super catch up until the big day. here's Stephen Price's take on Hellboy as Eustace Tilley, the New Yorker's cartoon mascot, in a submission for their annual Eustace Tilley art contest.

HABE writes with some links to webcomics suitable for the spooky season, starting with his own anthology The Midnight Tea Party, a Goth Lolita collection of tales, and "Fairy Soup" illustrated by Ashley Cope, creator of Unsounded (below).