Once upon a time a very nice man invented the Internet. On the plus side, we soon had lots and lots of comic art to look at. On the minus side… no time anymore, The Mail Online, You Tube comments, I could go on, and on, and on, and on….
But anyway… comic art…
Lets start off with some gorgeous Carl Barks watercolours from the Bristolboard site:
X-Men gets a new #1 from Brian Wood and Oliver Copiel in April. This is the cover….
But this, by Kristafer Anka is better…. (variant?)
Phil Noto – Marvel’s Pixie with a Pixies t-shirt….
The great Eleanor Davies gets a coveted gold medal from The Society of Illustrators – Sequential/Series. Davies was awarded for ‘In Our Eden‘ publshed in Nobrow 7, 2012 (page 1 below, for the rest follow the link to Davies’ site). (Via The Comics Beat)
Jonathan Edwards – new Beatles print at his shop:
… and also from Edwards, a recent cover: “Spirou Gazette – Cryptozoology special! In this week’s Spirou.”
Fantastic Ben Templesmith commission…. Matt Wagner’s Grendel
Dave Bullock – Spidey Year One:
And more Spidey, this time from artist George Kambadais and writer Jesse Young. Here’s page 1, for the rest head to either gentlemen’s websites….
The Flash by Francis Manapul (via Keane)
Bear Watching Caveman Threaten Cub by Frank Frazetta (Via Spaceship Rocket)
Hellboy by Chris Bachalo (Via Spaceship Rocket)
Frida Kahlo x Adèle Blanc-Sec, by Jason. (Via Fantagraphics Tumblr)
Mick McMahon is back blogging:
Sun, Jan 27, 2013
Art and animation, Comics and cartoons