Tag: Art

We don't know who came up with it, but it appears the heartbreak of crotchleg has been with us for a while and seems to be here to stay.

These have been all over the place, but Calamity Jon Morris's renderings of early Marvel stories as pulp novel covers are the definition of nice art. And also, wouldn't a line of Black Widow novels be cool?

The fifth nominee for this year's Russ Manning Award is Dave Wachter, the artist for Night of 1000 Wolves, That Hellbound Train, and several other less-ominous sounding comics.

Andrei Molitiu, he of Abstract Comics fame, is moderating afascinating sounding panel, along with Mark Badger. that looks at Jack Kirby and the abstract art.

Teagan Gavet is the fourth of the nominees for this year's Russ Manning Award, for her work on the original graphic novel Nordgard: On Thin Ice

The third nominee for this year's Russ Manning award is Tyler Crook! Artist for Petrograd and B.P.R.D, amongst others.

Our spotlight of the five artists nominated for this year's Russ Manning Award shifts across to Uruguay's Martin Coccolo, who draws cowboys and monsters. Yay!

The Russ Manning Awards Draw Closer. Here's a quick rundown of nominee Craig Cernak

If you're wondering why Twitter and Facebook suddenly blew up with the name of artist Jason Pearson, he was having a low moment and the comics community has rallied on a Friday afternoon with helping words and deeds.

The creator of BODY BAGS, Pearson has done work on tons of comics over the years. His stylish art has an especial soft spot for drawing the ladies, as the Catwomen art shows.

And in case you are wondering, the comics community has a big, big heart. No matter how silly or stupid things get, I am always grateful to be a part of this world.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Have a Silver Surfin' Christmas with Diana Tamblyn's Marvel holiday cards.

That should really be F*&K Yeah! Victor Ambrus -- one of the liveliest and most versatile kids book illustrators of the last 40 years. At age 75 he's appeared on TIME TEAM as the archaeological illustrator who reimagines how people lived in the past. And draws stegosauruses. The Ambrus website does not have all the tons of meaty illustrations one might hope for, but it is still worthy of exploration.