Art

The definitive account of SD10, just as great as it began. Can't wait for the Uncivilized Books version of this epic of epicness.

Children's book illustrator/cartoonist Rhode Montijo sent along some pages from his new book The Halloween Kid -- on his Web site, he's got some activity pages with things like mask cut-outs and mazes. Good stuff.

The CBLDF board is having a meeting today. And Neil Gaiman has been doodling. Not to worry ...the doodles have been donated to the CBLDF to be auctioned off. A productive meeting indeed.

BTW while we were looking for a Richie Rich cover for the previous story, we came across this mysterious site

While looking up New York Comic Con schedules, we found the above Batman commission by Paolo Rivera, who has worked almost exclusively for Marvel. But in the comments he notes he would love to draw Batman "some day"...hint hint hint.

Want to buy some of the best comics art available anywhere and do a good deed, too? Tom Spurgeon has details of artist Steve Rude's efforts to raise money to prevent foreclosure on his house. Rude is running a bunch of auctions at bargain prices. Rude is a much-beloved comics creator who is among the premiere artists of his generation and this is no charity but the chance to own some iconic art that will only increase in value.

This week's theme is "The Money Issue."

Yep, it's that time of year again! And we already have so many awesome contributions we may have to to do more than one picture a day just to keep up. But please keep the links and art coming. We kick off this year's festivities with Andrea Tsurumi's 13 Witches project. According to her website, Tsurumi is an illustrator/cartoonist who is part of the Tapir Tooth comics collective, and creator of the webcomic TERKA.

Jennifer Tong has put the contents of her limited edition book online for all to enjoy. Only 75 copies have been made. There seems to be a whole sub-genre of indie comics about mystical forest creatures, usually told as a fairy tale, many by women. Salamander Dream by Hope Larson. Black Lagoon by Lilli Carre. Much of the work of Anders Nilsen. Flesh and Bone by Julia Gfrörer.

It's called Insane White People.

Experimental, award-winning cartoonist Dash Shaw is obsessed with the reality show Blind Date. Don't ask why -- it just is.

This was sent to us in email by artist Ulises Farinas and we're not sure what it is, but it is pretty damned amazing. Farinas has done other "unauthorized" Marvel art before, but this should so be used for something cool.