Tag: Art

No idea where I got this from but it's swell.

Jon Klassen is an animator turned illustrator who's pretty amazing. He made the above BAFTA-nominated promot spot for the BBC's Winter Olympics coverage, and worked in character design om such films as Coraline. Now he's switched to books with such things as I WANT MY HAT BACK.

According to anew mailer, artist Steve Rude has been instructed by his lawyer not to talk about his case. However "He does want me to pass along his deepest gratitude. He really loves reading any mail that comes his way and words of encouragement to be strong." You'll recall that on the night of Halloween, Rude was arrested and charged with assault and violating a court order in a dispute with a neighbor. In happier news, the full color Rude 2012 Sketchbook is now available for presale. This weekend it's on sale for $20. Regular price of $25 goes into effect on Monday. All purchases get am exclusive presale print.

Yuku Shimizu, the illustrator best known in comics circles for her covers to various DC books, has a new art book out. While this surely qualifies as Nice Art, it might also make a nice gift for someone!

Drew Friedman's print shop offers this stunning view of wrestler/Ed Wood Jr stock player Tor Johnson for a mere $150. Friedman's site contains many more prints of a similar quality level: Frank Sinatra. The Three Stooges. JF. Surely you know someone who would like such an object as a holiday gift? If not, you are hanging out with the wrong class of people.

We're not going to plagiarize ALL of Dave Johnson's cover comments...only several of them. He's at it again this time with some cover PICKS:

While Frank Miller's outburst against the OWS protesters might not have been the smartest PR move for him, he was right on the money about one thing: as a cartoonist, he was well qualified to comment. Graphic novels and comics have inspired a lot of the OWS protesters' iconography.

Editorial cartoonist Nick Galifianakis (Carolyn Hax) has come up with a lovely contribution for TEAM CUL DE SAC, the book benefitting Richard Thompson and his battle with Parkinson's disease. The piece provides a lovely tribute to the entire heritage of editorial cartooning.

X'ed OUT was one of 2010's best comics, a fantasmic, multi-leveled horror fantasy by the man who practically invented the category, Charles Burns. It was also an interesting experiment for publisher Pantheon, as it was at a slender 56 pages really only the first chapter in a story. The second part has been long in coming, but Entrecomics has posted what appears to be the cover to part two, THE HIVE. Dunno if it's the real thing or not, but hopefully the next part is coming in 2012.

A new variant cover for month FOUR of the New 52.

Speaking of Dave Johnson, he's part of a new all-star art blog called What Not: that features Amanda Conner, Andrew Robinson, Becky Cloonan, Bill Sienkiewicz, Cliff Chiang, Dan Panosian, Duncan Fergredo, Eric Canete, Jock, Mark Chiarello, Mike Oeming, Reverend Dave Johnson, and Sean Phillips. Can you say wow? Bookmark!

How would you like to sit in while Anthony Bourdain critiques food or Albert Pujols talks hitting or Herman Cain talks how to look credible in a big sinister fedora? That's the kind of master class Dave Johnson has been delivering on cover design via Twitter and now...a blog. That would be the Dave Johnson who created some of the most iconic covers of the last decade or so. While he may not be making a lot of friends, he's calling 'em as he sees 'em. Here's a sampling: