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Art For Art’s Sake

Sunday, August 14, 2011

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Comics and the Internet… sitting in a tree… (or something like that) Simon Gane does a mean version of Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese: Larry Marder’s tribute to the Fantastic Four on their 50th anniversary: Colleen Doran does some gorgeous work, but since you regularly look at her site, you know that, right? But maybe you’d [...]

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David Ziggy Greene – “What The Hell Just Happened?”

Sunday, August 14, 2011

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More commentary on the riots… this time from David Ziggy Greene:

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Brandon Graham (amongst others) redraws FF #9 – UPDATED

Saturday, August 13, 2011

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Oh my word. Brandon Graham (Via Robot 6) posts up the staggeringly great results of a commission to redraw a page of Fantastic Four #9 (that’s the Fantastic Four as co-created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee). This page: And here’s Brandon Graham’s version: Very, very cool. And then he lets slip that it’s not just a [...]

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New meme thingy… draw Moebius’ Starwatcher…

Saturday, August 13, 2011

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Oh, I do enjoy these…. the latest artist meme, started by Brandon Graham, is a redraw challenge to do your own version of Moebius’ Starwatcher. Here’s the original: … and here’s some of the versions going around…. Moritat Brandon Graham adding a little Bubblegum Crisis to the mix…. And Jordyn Bochon joining in: … and [...]

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Nick Edwards’ Solar System….

Saturday, August 13, 2011

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Wow. A huge, huge, huge Solar System pic from Nick Edwards. Here’s just a little corner of it… (Cheers to Jamie for the nudge) And should you want to see more, because trust us, you really want to see more…. Edwards’ Dinopopolous is out very soon from Blank Slate: “Nigel is your average 13-year-old boy [...]

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Joe Decie…. a little much needed tranquility

Friday, August 12, 2011

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…. and a little moment of peace, in a very Joe Decie style: Beautiful colours, great art, and a very typical Decie-like kick at the end. More if you want it in The Accidental Salad.

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Riots in the Highlands…. or maybe not.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

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From Vicky Stonebridge, artist and Hi-Ex convention organiser…. the problems of being a hoody in the Highlands of Scotland (From Vicky’s Facebook page):

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Communities can be stronger than criminals….

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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For all those out on the streets this morning across the country proving that we’re better than the mob: Emmeline Pidgen on Twitpic.

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Art For Art’s Sake…

Sunday, August 7, 2011

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Comics and the Internet…. full of pretty pictures…. Michael Zulli Death (Comic Art Fans): WJC does a mean Joker…. And so does Darryl Cunningham…. (am I spotting an artist’s challenge in the works?) And whilst we’re on Batman… Frazer Irving has a great new Tumblr, from which… “This afternoon we have Batman to enjoy. As [...]

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Grandville – Bête Noire – the cover, and page 1….

Saturday, August 6, 2011

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This was put up on the Bryan Talbot website back in July. But strangely, I just don’t think anyone’s put it anywhere else on the Internet yet…… the cover to the forthcoming Grandville Book 3: Bête Noire: … and here’s an interior page to enjoy as well….. Page 1, Grandville: Bête Noire by Bryan Talbot: [...]

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Get out of the water Charlie Brown….

Friday, August 5, 2011

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Centre For Cartoon Studies Alumni Chuck Forsman has a great Peanuts / Jaws mashup to show us…. Foreman notes: “After my Raiders/Popeye(still available) strip was so well received I decided to try another combination. This time it is 2 of my all-time favorites: Spielberg and Benchley’s Jaws drawn like Schulz’s Peanuts. Like the last mashup, this [...]

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How to draw bunnies

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

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Artist and comics creator Simone Lia is the guest tutor on the Guardian’s How to draw… slot this month and here she is on the Guardian yesterday teaching just how to draw bunnies! Neat! (thanks to Jamie Smart and Gary Northfield for the link tip, picked up when they both should have been working but [...]

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Art For Art’s Sake

Sunday, July 31, 2011

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Pictures and the Internet and comics…… mix and enjoy…. James Hodgkins presents Jimmy Broxton (via James’ Facebook): “Jimmy B has been wanting to do a drawing of this character for a while, but didn’t just want to do a generic, cute, goth chic piece, he was doodling, and the idea came to him. It’s very [...]

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Dave Stevens Sketchbook

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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Just out among today’s batch of new releases is the Dave Stevens Complete Sketchbook Collection from IDW, a handsome hardback collection of some quite lovely work from the much-missed Stevens’ convention sketchbooks. Obviously his Rocketeer and Bettie Page work is well known and loved (rightly so), but on leafing through some of the work this [...]

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Art For Art’s Sake

Sunday, July 24, 2011

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Pulling some pretty pictures together from the Internet Mark Kardwell shows us some lovely Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba X-Men reinterpretations, Fabio Moon’s classic below, more at Kardwell”s blog: Oh, I’d so pay to see this. Marvel? Marvel, are you listening? Brendan McCarthy’s genius idea for a Fantastic Four story: “These are some sketches from [...]

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