Monday, August 25, 2008

El Chupabacra EXTINCTION!

Cheers, Sara!


Sara Antoinette Martin's El Chupacabra: Ghost Edition Vinyl Toy has already SOLD OUT from Kidrobot.com!!!

and El Chupacabra: Regular Edition isn't too far behind!

Check out Sara's Skelecore Webstore to pick up the remaining Chupa's (available in three awesome packages that include comics, pins and other rad "secret presents") here

This goat blood sucker is nearly extinct, sucka! You'd better act fast...

Sara-Land here
Skelecore Webstore here
Beastie Weenie here

Charles Burns' 1st Solo Show in NY


CHARLES BURNS: September 5 - October 12, 2008

Featured in the exhibition will be covers and drawings for the serialized version of Charles Burns' epic graphic novel "Black Hole," that received the Harvey Award, as well as the drawings for the covers and pages of "Skin Deep," "Big Baby," and "El Borbah," and a rare RAW era "Dog Boy" strip. The exhibition will also have drawings and covers for The New Yorker, Esquire and numerous other magazines that include drawings of cult figures William S. Burroughs and Robert Crumb. Also included will be the cover of "Permagel" the new large scale book of Burns' art published by French publisher United Dead Artists.

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

The Superman Who Might Have Been

In 1934, Jerry Siegel approached several possible collaborators to develop a Superman newspaper strip. One of these artists was Russell Keaton, the "ghost artist" for Buck Rogers. Keaton even went as far as to prepare some sample daily strips before deciding "not to gamble on such a young and inexperienced writer.”

Read the story of the "Last Son of Earth" here and here.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Guy Davis Interview

Guy Davis discusses the return of his creator owned comic, The Marquis, here.

Paul Pope: "That chick has style!"

Here's a sneak peek at Paul Pope's second Kidrobot vinyl toy / statue release, inspired by Miss November 1978

Also check out Paul's full interview by Kidrobot's Paul Budnitz here






Paul Pope blog here
Paul Pope Flickr here

Paul Budnitz here
Kidrobot here

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Kolchalka redraws the King

On his blog, James Kolchalka presents his version of a page from Fantastic Four #9.

Check out Ron Rege's FF page here.

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Clumsy Stormtrooper- we salute you!

Read the full list of "The Unsung Heroes of Star Wars" here.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The timeless New Yorker minute

More than 100 years old, Maurice Ketten's satirical "'Hurry Up' New Yorker" proves that the more things change, the more they stay the same- even in the Big Apple. Read more here.

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