Friday, March 28, 2008

Mark Millar Interview

1985 splash page by Tommy Lee Edwards

Old Man Logan page by Steve McNiven

Read all about Millar's upcoming Marvel books including "1985" and "Old Man Logan."
Tons of preview art in parts one and two.

Get well soon, Don Rosa

Last week, the legendary artist went in for emergency surgery to fix a detached retina. More here.

Update 04.02.08

Friday, March 21, 2008

How very European

Eastern European matchbox labels from 1950s and 60s here and here.

Toppler by Max Bode

Illustrator Max Bode just had his first comic book published. It's the first in a series of three, about a righteous German mayor from the 15th century. It's available in German, English, and Japanese. More info at the Toppler comic site here.

Common People (in Riverdale)


Check out the whole Archie vs. Pulp mash up here.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Matt & Trey AV Club interview


The intro of south park episode 4, season 2

AV club interview here.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Renkli Dunya

I recently came across these amazing Turkish and Russian vintage posters thanks to random google searches.





Polish posters The posters for recent American blockbusters are really out there (Imperium above is for Star Wars- and I'm sure you spotted the Terminator)
Turkish posters Check out the western section- there are some great Clint Eastwood posters in there too.

Grant Morrison sings!

2nd Kirby book by Evanier

"The next [book] is a much more exhaustive biography, due out in a couple of years. It'll have half a million words, some of them repeated." -Mark Evanier

Thursday, March 13, 2008

'Incredible' Tease!


Dale Keown must be proud.

Dave Stevens (1955- 2008)





Mark Evanier tribute here.
More tribute links here.
Official site here.
Bio here.

Friday, March 7, 2008

Crumb



Crumb (1994) details here
R. Crumb bio here
Crumb Family Official site here

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

What if...Saul Bass did the Star Wars title sequence?


Boy, you think he'd do a little better with the type...
See the real (reel) stuff here.