Art

And as we head off to the weekend....via Tyler Walpole at The Gutters

When he isn't doing stunning art for comics, Jock has a busy career doing concept art for motion pictures as well. He's just released some concept art/posters for HANNA, the well-reviewed film starring Saoirse Ronan as a 16-year-old trained assassin.

It is official! Pascal Girard, you have EQUALED Brandon Graham and Vanessa Davis in the TCJ Cartoonist Diaries derby. In fact this feature is so awesome it needs to stop right now so people can remember how cool it was and what might have been.

This week's National Review has a cover of Obama as Captain America by Roman Genn. Sadly a larger image isn't available to us non-subscribers. It isn't as funny as the KICK-ASS cover from last year, but it is funny.

The Comics Journal's new cartoonist diary features Pascal Girard's MoCCA journal and we're already severely flattered. In case anyone is wondering, Pascal, you're #1!

20 Amazingly Integrated Comic Book Logo Illustrations via Comics Alliance

This year's edition of the compendium is guest-edited by Alison Bechdel, with series editors Jessica Abel and Matt Madden.

Homage! Mike Henderson mashes up some well known cartoon characters and the classic X-MEN #141 storyline for a piece he calls...Days of Future Pixar. There's a lot of other tasty stuff at Henderson's blog if you poke around a bit.

Speaking of Daniel Clowes, he drew a pretend comic book cover for PAUL, the movie about a space alien and Comic-Con. It's signed "Pussey", a reference to Dan Pussey, the cartoonist star of PUSSEY! We'd buy it.

Hey Mocca Attendees -- to anyone who is hanging around New York for a day or two afterwards, here are some things you might want to check out. New York is a greenhouse of comics-y/arty events and there are several good ones going on right now.

Apparently Rick Remender and Tom Fowler are teaming up on Marvel's VENOM comic...and it looks INSANE. More insanity in the link.

This week's Village Voice is the Cartoon issue, to tie in to MoCCA Fest, and regular Voice contributor Ward Sutton has done the cover. Sutton is known for his ability to mimic other art styles, but this time, we do believe he's topped himself -- esp. with Marlys Wonder Woman and Rusty Brown Bumstead. BUT...see next item.