Tag Archive | "art"

The lovely art of Fierce Grey Mouse

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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The art for Chantal Marie Bourgonje’s Fierce Gray Mouse books and apps is just utterly gorgeous and make me smile, and a look at her illustration blog shows up some more lovely artwork from her other children’s book Finn’s Paper Hat. The image above reminded me of seeing a mother taking her very small daughter [...]

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Santa Claus Is Dead In The Tahrir Square

Sunday, December 25, 2011

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Because Christmas isn’t always a time of peace and goodwill after all. Pic by Gianluca Constantini.

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Jimmy Broxton’s Christmas 2012 project….

Sunday, December 25, 2011

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Over on James Hodgkins’ facebook we have this bit of advance art for a Christmas 2012 project. Not much to go on… “Advance teaser for a Christmas comics Project, to be unveiled next year, title is tentative, but the story, with dames, danger, double cross and delinquents is not. A subversive, two colour festive confection [...]

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Christmas – Art For Art’s Sake.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

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Christmas time, and we’d like to take this festive opportunity to wish you all the compliments of the season. Here’s some nice Christmassy art to treat your eyes to. Now, have a drink, settle down with Xmas dinner and rest, you deserve it! Best. Present. Ever…. courtesy of Phillip Bond (and via Warren Ellis) or [...]

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Your special Christmas Eve Art For Art’s Sake….

Saturday, December 24, 2011

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Or alternatively, please, have a look, then go off and have fun tomorrow…. Mawil supplies the Blank Slate Christmas card… “Fantagraphics friend Csaba Mester checks in with “Beardo” — a suitable mascot for seasonal merriment.”: Kevin Eastman supplies an IDW Turtles Christmas cover: Bill Sienkiewicz (from his Facebook): Fred Blunt: “Ritual Humiliation” from Comical Animal [...]

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A Sarah McIntyre-y Christmas

Saturday, December 24, 2011

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As you might expect, a Sarah McIntyre Christmas card is a lovely, lovely thing…. And as a special bonus, here’s her Find Chaffy Christmas pic, in celebration of Jamie Smart’s Find Chaffy book:

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The Christmas Eve Eve Art For Art’s Sake….

Friday, December 23, 2011

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Okay. Christmas comic art. We do these every year, normally a few Christmas cards and a few images for the day itself. So I set up a post for Christmas Day. Then realised we had loads this year. So you’ve got a post for Christmas Eve as well. And then, over the course of the [...]

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Kirby covers Amazing Fantasy #15

Thursday, December 22, 2011

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The Kirby Museum blog posts this cool Kirby reworking of his (pencil work) and Ditko’s (inking) original, iconic Amazing Fantasy #15 cover for Marvel (above), the issue that introduced the web-slinger to the swinging 60s; the new version (below) is pencilled again by Kirby, this time inked by Martin Lasick. Lovely, clear, strong, bold image… [...]

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Burnt Out …. perfect seasonal feel….

Saturday, December 17, 2011

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Look, I know it isn’t in the slightest bit Christmassy, but I know just how Julia Scheele felt when she drew this: Yep, that’s just how I feel right now; tired beyond belief, a list of things to do as long as my arm, no time to do them in, stress building up and all [...]

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Time For A Naplet anyone?

Saturday, December 17, 2011

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Oh yes, you know exactly what that feels like eh? You don’t? Wait till you’re over 35 kids. Sitting comatose on the sofa for half an hours nap will fill you with the sort of glee you never imagined sleep could ever provide. This piece of oh so true life comes courtesy of John Cei Douglas, talented [...]

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WJC’s Hellboy

Thursday, December 15, 2011

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I am loving Warwick J Cadwell‘s take on one of my absolute favourite comics characters, Mike Mignola’s fabulous Hellboy. Would make a pretty nice print. (thanks to Andrew Cheverton for the heads-up):

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Noodling – Sherlock

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

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I’ve been enjoying Irish Comic News’ Noodlers series of sketches from various Emerald Isle artists (you’re following it, right?), and I was especially taken with this rather fine Benedict Cumberbatch (swoon) as Sherlock sketch that the fine Tommie Kelly penned:

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Wonderful animals

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Mexico City based illustrator Alberto Cerriteño has some absolutely wonderful animal artwork, I especially love his fox here: And how gorgeous is this owl, which he’s doing as a print from his Etsy shop (would make a lovely, original gift for someone) – his blog also documents how the print was actually made, which is [...]

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Art For Art’s Sake

Sunday, December 11, 2011

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Comic art on the Internet…. what did we do without it again (the Internet, not comics… I mean, can you really imagine a world without comics? Really? How strange.) Paul Pope Batman…. (via Aw Yeah Comics) Tom Neely: Paul Harrison-Davis on Luke Pearson’s Hilda: And two Marvel pieces grabbed from Grantbridge Street: Kevin Nowlan Doctor [...]

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Chloe Noonan fan-art fun….

Saturday, December 10, 2011

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Perusing Ellerby’s website the other day looking at his Polar Opposites strip (here), I realised I’d never drawn your attention to the various bits of Chloe Noonan fan art he has up there…… Joe pointed out the great Philippa Rice one here, but how about these ….. Oh, just realised, you may not know what [...]

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