Coolest thing of the day: superheroes in historical photos
Indonesian pro photographer Agan Harahap has taken his love of history and superheroes to make this Flickr set of superheroes looming in various historical moments.
You'll want to check out all of them because they are incredibly evocative. Above V herds surrendering Germans on June 9, 1944, in the wake of D-Day. Below, Darth Vader helps out at the signing of the Yalta Pact, where Churchill and Roosevelt would sign over Eastern Europe to Stalin.
Gotham Preacher takes to the streets of Brum to spread the gospel according to...
We're not quite sure who this nutter is, but he knows his Batman. In this video, he's taken to the streets of Birmingham, UK to comfort those who have walked in the valley of the shadow of Arkham.
It definitely makes sense, once you put it all together.
Preview: No Man’s Land by Blexbolex
London-based Nobrow reveals their June release: NO MAN'S LAND, a breathtaking visual journey into the inner psyche of one man.
The Situation comic is "fully charged and ready to go."
Because there were not enough well-muscled guys in comic books, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is getting his own comic book, to be published by Wizard World and MPS Entertainment. The cover for the book—which will be released at Wizard World Chicago—has just been revealed and it's by Greg Horn. The interiors have been fashioned by Paul Jenkins, Talent Caldwell, and Paul Mounts.
How helping the Jack Kirby Museum could be the best response
Creator/publisher Zak Sally weighs in on the Kirby Matter, and the actions he suggests are more proactive:
actually, over the course of writing this, i think i DO have an answer– not THE answer, but an idea anyway: it’s somewhat presumptive on my part, and it is NOT what “should” happen, but it falls under the category of “the least you could do”.
The Wall Street Journal's Comic Book Smack Down
In theory, it was supposed to be a review of "Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins of American Comics" by Christopher Irving and Seth Kushner. While Tim Marchman does reference the book a few times in his review of the book for the Wall Street Journal, it's really more of a rant about the failure of the mainstream direct market to capitalize on the popularity of comic book movies. With the fervor you normally expect from a theater critic, Marchman proceeds to rip all sorts of people a new one. And, on the side of restraint, he does stop just short of calling the community inbred.
Secret Identities : Who is What, and Does It Matter?
All characters have characteristics. Do some matter more than others?
The Final Eagle Awards have Landed
Who won big at the Eagle Awards this year? Well, Batman, mostly
Studio Coffee Run 5/25/12: Kickass 2 news, Mythomania Season 2 gets a Kickstarter, Game...
Some holiday weekend tidbits, including Game of Thrones, Derek Kirk Kim's Mythomania looks to Kickstarter to fund it's 2nd season, a first look at The Walking Dead's Michonne, along with a whole lotta Kickass 2 news.
Webcomic AND future comic alert: Tibet's Sacrifice: Exiled Lives
A new comic up at Cartoon Movement by Dan Carino is a tragic look at self-immolation and the Tibetan situation.
New book by webcartoonists tells you how to live well on less money
Sign o' the times? Of COURSE a webcomicker wrote a book on living well frugally. Spike "Templar, AZ" Trotman wrote and Diana Nock illustrated POORCRAFT, which was funded on Kickstarter (in 2009!) of course.
