More on the cartoonist/swimsuit mystery
Our post spotlighting a LIFE magazine archive of photos of 1950 cartoonists drawing on swimsuit models, got lots and lots of attention, but no...
Action as you’ve never seen it before
We missed 1979 Semi Finalists's list of the 100 Best Comic Book Covers ... it's a highly subjective list -- big on Jaime Hernandez,...
The happiest cartoonists of all time
One can only guess at what the occasion for this LIFE Magazine photo shoot was, but it must have been long remembered in the...
Marvel/Miracleman plot thickeners
Likewise, we haven't had time to delve into all the various levels of the return of Marvelman, but let's just say all the players...
Mommy, what was San Diego like 20 years ago?
Here at Stately Beat Manor we're involved in an ongoing process of transferring some of our valuable collection of memorabilia and artifacts, painstakingly gathered...
Interviews: GUTSVILLE's fate and Infantino's final interview
§ GUTSVILLE was one of the highest concept comics ever, a Hawthorne-esque melodrama of a society that lives inside some giant beast. Written by...
Master Post: Von Eeden Interview Extras
Michel Fiffe interviews artist Trevor Von Eeden for the latest Comics Journal, and his LJ includes outtakes and a generous helping of art...
Spiegelman in the Washington Post
Art Spiegelman has a comic in the Washington Post about the St. Louis, a 1939 ship filled with Jewish refugees from Europe that...
Al Jaffee, Arnold Roth & Paul Karasik at MoCCA
http://www.youtube.com/v/KCmqUoWEatU&hl=en&fs=1&
It's kinda shaky-cam, DIY level quality video, but damned if it isn't Al Jaffee and Arnold Roth, and hearing these two speak is one...
Status report: Jemas and McFarlane
Since leaving his job as Publisher of Marvel Comics, Bill Jemas has been taking on many unusual projects besides 360ie, his IP branding...
Brandon Graham on DREADSTAR
And many other comics, also with new Graham art.
I really like the early Dreadstar comics. I feel like this is seeing a dude...
News notes
A few oddments of news we've had floating around our inbox for the last few days:
§ Tucker Stone's MoCCA coverage dropped the bomb...
