Paul Pope hates Belle & Sebastian, predicts the future

Paul Pope MGZN #3 Interview

CNI 100 - Paul Pope and Charlito

Hellboy II Trailer

BPRD on the big screen

Now we just need Roger...

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holy deconstruction, batmang!

Anthony Lister interview at Fecal Face here
Anthony Lister official site here

...and Mark Gonzales (with Lister) here:

Seen any good films lately, Brendan McCarthy?

Brendan McCarthy interviewed here.
Official site here.

Paul Pope on Art

Paul Pope guest blogs on First Second:

There seems to be a real psychological need for art -- for all the arts. Art offers us a reflection of interior ourselves, through the eyes and hands and words of another. Through meaningful art, we consider ourselves and our very condition of being human, and in the process, gain more insight into our true natures as living, sensing creatures living on this planet of ours which we call Earth. Comics has stepped out of the wide shadows of film and illustration, and is now invited to stand on its own, an infant medium full of potential and power. We are being invited to share our stories on a world stage, however long or short our stories might be. We've got a lot of work to do, let's show them what we've got.

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Happy Birthday, Peter Bagge!

Peter Bagge turned 50 yesterday.
Thanks for all the Hate!

Bachalo Spidey Sneak Peek!

Editor Steve Wacker answers some questions about the upcoming Spider-man storyline, "A Brand New Day," and shows off some new art by Chris Bachalo!

Inside Mignola's Studio

Newsarama posts the Mike Mignola excerpt of the upcoming "StudioSpace" from Image comics.

Mignola on his approach to drawing:
Here’s an example, say someone wants to draw Batman’s cape, they think of it as a piece of cloth hanging down a man’s back. To me it is an abstract shape, so if I’m drawing Batman moving then the cape has to make some kind of interesting shape. I don’t what that shape is, but either I’m going to get it down really quick as a gesture, perfect, or I’ll spend the next six hours drawing and erasing the shape until I get it right.

I choose you, long-eared jerboa!

Just in time for the New York Anime Festival- real life pikachu is discovered!

Christmas Irony- Only $24!!!

Someone has never actually watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

"It's a Wonderful Life" Lost Ending

Beloved Children's Book Character Arrested, Interrogated

Paddington Bear has been taken in and questioned by police in reference to his illegal immigration from Peru to England. Full story here.

(Surprisingly, the link is to BBC News, not the Onion...)

Here he comes...

Don't ask--Just click it!

Dial B for Blog runs down the top 10 Kirby blurbs.

Tintin Blog

For all sorts of Tintin related miscellany, check out tintinmovie.org.

Celebrity cosplay

Lindsay Lohan as Gwen Stacy(?)
Daryl Hammond (?) as the Incredible Hulk
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Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer
Matthew Fox as Racer X
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Donald served subpoena.

Italian court asks Donald Duck, Tweety Bird and Mickey Mouse to testify in a counterfeiting case.

New God by Pope

Fingers crossed for more Fourth World-ers as seen by Paul Pope.

High Art Flies High

More on Jeff Koons Macy's balloon here.

Astroboy and Gigantor Live!

New Kochalka!

Congratulations, Amy and James!

Alex Toth: Drawings

Check out Collecting Fool's gallery of Alex Toth drawings here
Alex Toth bio here
Official Toth website here

Allred on Stardust

Mike Allred talks about reviving "Stardust" for The Next Issue Project by Image comics.

More on Stardust creator Fletcher Hanks here.

Buy "I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets: The Comics of Fletcher Hanks" here.

Zadzooks!: Sienkiewicz Interview

Mike Mignola: Pre-Hellboy

Dig some of Mike Mignola's work from the days before Hellboy!

The Incredible Hulk #307, 1985 (cover)

Batgirl Special #1, 1988 (cover)

Cosmic Odyssey #1 of 4, 1989 (cover and story art)

Marvel Comics Presents: Cyclops #20, 1989 (cover)

Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure, 1989/1990 (cover and story art)

Dark Horse Comics #2, 1992 (cover)

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #54, 1993 (cover and story art)

Actually... I think this book came out just months after Hellboy's debut...

Program for 2007 Baltimore Comic Con (cover)
post-Hellboy, obviously... from this past September...

and the man himself, Mike Mignola speaking at the 2007 Baltimore Comic Con

Download an audio interview with Mike from Wordballoon here
Wordballoon Interview Podcast site here

Mike Mignola bio here
HELLBOY Official site here

Gorillaz Live

Jamie Hewlett bio here.
Gorillaz official site here.

BodyWorld

Check out the prelude to Dash Shaw's webcomic, "BodyWorld," here.
More comics by Shaw here.

Paul Norris, 1914-2007

Aquaman co-creator died yesterday.

Obit here.

Magnus, the Robot Fighter by Norris

Lost Kirby found at Best Buy

Fantastic Four #108 (art by John Buscema)

Jack Kirby's art for Fantastic Four #102 was shelved by Stan Lee- although parts were used as flashbacks in issue #108 (above). Marvel has released the lost issue as a Best Buy DVD exclusive (with Silver Surfer figurine, natch).

More info here.

The Big Eight Oh for Ditko!

Happy Birthday, Steve!

Beyond beyond...

Blogs to be bookmarked-
"Beyond the Groovy Age of Horror" features an interview with Richard Sala as well as some great scans and synopses of pulp novels.

"Datajunkie" (discovered by Nick) does some analysis of the work of Steve Ditko, Gil Kane, Wally Wood and Jack Kirby. It takes a while to load but it's worth it.

Do They Know It's Christmas, er, Halloween?

been waiting on this one for months now!!!

I've wanted to see more of the elusive C.F. since getting a glimpse of his work in the past couple of Kramers Ergots.

But come nov. 1st the wait is over. here comes: 'POWR MASTRS' (1/6!)

"C.F. narrates the story of a tribe of mystical warriors whose power relations are constantly in flux. As power shifts, so do physical and psychological identities." -picturebox

pre-order it on picture box and you'll get it signed (with possibly a drawing) or pre-order from amazon for 30% off.

buy his posters instead?
maybe his album? (download the free mp3!)

comic Jashar hasn't posted about:

i just happened upon this underground japanese comic artist via picturebox...

Yuichi Yokoyama

his visual language seems really unique. flip through these::: you'll thank me later. i'm pretty sure this one is from 'fight'. here's another possibly from his upcoming 'new engineering' which comes out Nov. 1st.
buy it!
image via ultracyzo.com

Steig in NY

"From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig" opens November 4 at the Jewish Museum New York.

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