Tag: Art
NICE ART UPDATE: Simonson provides THE MIGHTY THOR variant cover
The new THE MIGHTY THOR #1 by Fraction and Coipel will have several variant covers, including one by Walt Simonson himself. The book goes on sale 4/27.
More from that Henry & Glenn Forever! Art Show
In case the bare listing hadn't entranced you, check out the rest of the art in the Henry & Glenn Forever! art show opening tonight in LA. The works are based on Tom Neely's comic imagining a domestic sitcom starring Henry Rollins and Glen Danzig. Above art by Kiyoshi Nakazawa.
NICE ART: Ditko's doings
Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko is mostly known these days as a cranky recluse who refuses to talk about any of his Marvel experiences, but he's actually an active cartoonist who has an apartment full of art. Jog brings you up to speed with his recent output.
Nice Art: Law & Order tribute art
Last year artist Brandon Bird organized an art show paying tribute to TV's eternally running procedural, Law & Order, entitled These are Their Stories:
Each piece is an artist's interpretation of a one-line episode summary from the DirecTV program guide (full list of titles artists could pick from). Like the series that inspired them, they are sometimes straightforward and sometimes offer a twist; sometimes they contain no easy answers, and sometimes they are just plain goofy.
Marvel releases cover to FEAR ITSELF #1 by Steve McNiven
Marvel has released the cover to the first issue of its upcoming FEAR ITSELF event, written by Matt Fraction with art by Stuart Immonen...
Nice art: Toby Cypress and RODD RACER
Longtime readers of The Beat will know we are big fans of Toby Cypress's strange but beautiful art, seen on things like Killing Girl and The Schizophrenic. It turns out he's launching his own small press company, Punkrock*Jazz to publish his own work, starting with the long -awaited RODD RACER a Fritz Lang/Frank Robbins/Milton Caniif story about fast cars, crizy cities and a young racer who gets more than he bargained for. Back in the day, they would have called it "Widescreen" but then the screens got too small.
So whatcha up to, Trina Robbins and Tyler Page
While we were noting our one-year anniversary on our calendar, we also asked some of out pals and gals to update us on what they were up to, comics-wise, and a lot of them obliged. So we'll be posting them as we go along. And we'll keep doing more of it because..it's fun.
To Do: Carl Barks art in NYC
Long story short, Heritage Auctions is selling six Donald Duck paintings by the great Carl Backs, and the paintings will be displayed at the Heritage Auctions location at 445 Park Avenue (at 57th Street) through Monday, February 14th.
Nice art: Paul Pope does Guido Crepax
From the Adhouse THB Comics From Mars Issue 2 special edition, now available in the UK only from FPI UK..
Jason reviews Paul Newman movies
The great Norwegian cartoonist Jason recently got a boxed set of Paul Newman movies and has been reviewing them -- for instance, THE DROWNING POOL:
Jill Thompson's Jughead and Betty
Hm, is the multi-talented Thompson working on something Archie Style? After tweeting this art, she tweeted the following:
