"Thank Henry Ford for standardized parts!"

Check out more episodes of Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow's BIG GUY and RUSTY THE BOY ROBOT on Hulu. The all star cast includes Bobby Hill as Rusty!

Iron 2 Man?

Richard Sala blogs

Keep up to date on all the latest Richard Sala news and information at Here Lies RICHARD SALA.

Under Siege

Joe Quesada gives us a look into his process as he creates the covers for Marvel's next big event.

Marcos Martin interview

Michel Fiffe interviews artist Marcos Martin over at The Beat.
Check out more samples of Martin's artwork here.

In the year 2000!

art by Leinil Yu.

In 1998, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Mark Waid and Tom Peyer pitched a revamp of Superman. Their proposal (entitled "Superman 2000") was turned down by DC editorial who swore those writers will never be allowed to work on the character.

Years later, those ideas are worked into All Star Superman, Superman: Birthright, 52 and...Spider-man?! Read an analysis of the Superman 2000 pitch here.

Charles Burns Interview

Jesse Thorn chats with cartoonist Charles Burns on The Sound of Young America.

Turtles Forever

TMNT characters from cartoons, movies and comics (not to mention their creators!) cross paths in the upcoming Turtles Forever! The movie will be released on November 21.

Happy Birthday, Sesame Street!

Official site here.

Joe Q: Origins

Graphic NYC interviews Joe Quesada about his rise to the top- from starting out as a colorist at Valiant comics to becoming Marvel's Editor-in-Chief.

kmrimg

Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out the name of this artist but you can see more work here. (View the site in english here.)

Decoding Steranko

James Romberger interviews Jim Steranko here.

Steranko gallery here and here.

Finally!!!

DC comics is finally doing something significant with the Milestone characters whose return was announced more than a year ago. The original artists, including John Paul Leon and Milestone Founder Denys Cowan, will be joining writer Dwayne McDuffie to tell "a bittersweet tale that chronicles the literal end of a universe, and the birth of something new, with major consequences for the future of the DC Universe." Read more here.

What took so long? Read 4thletter! blogger David Brother's thoughts about DC's mismanagement of the Milestone properties here.

Free Frazer Irving

art by Frazer Irving

Read the full issue of Days Missing #1 for free here.
Archaia Studios Press site here.

Kurt Russell as Han Solo

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Ditko!

Steve Ditko turns 82 today! Watch "In Search of Steve Ditko" here.

Kaneda inked

More from Paul Maybury here.

The Peter Parker-ing of Clark Kent

Amazing Fantasy #15, art by Steve Ditko (left), Superman: Secret Origin #2, art by Gary Frank

Silly Symphony

Guy Davis Podcast interview

Comic Geek Speak talk with Guy Davis about everything from his love of arcade video games to what its like to be a major contributor to the Hellboy universe.

Davis is also the subject of the next issue of Modern Masters.

Official site here.

"But you do duck down and shout 'Hey, balloons!' when there are none about."

Jessica Drew is free

art by Alex Maleev

Watch "Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D." on Hulu!

Neat!

Buddy, Babs, Butch, Mom & Dad might be joining all of the other animated families on Sunday night! Fox has ordered an pilot based on Peter Bagge's comic "The Bradleys."

Read Fantagraphics' announcement here.

The Twilight Zone Turns 50!

NY Times article here

The Twilight Zone at Wikipedia here

Rod Serling Memorial Foundation here

and watch full episodes online at CBS here

Home sweet home

Check out some photos of Edward Gorey's house by filmmaker Chris Seufert.
More info on Seufert's documentary "Gorey: The Last Days of an American Gothic" here.

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"Sorry. Writing is self-taught."

art by Neal Adams

Read Dennis O'Neil's inaugrual "How To Write Comics And Graphic Novels" column here.

A Monkey-Girl-A-Day

Barth Maunoury, a British animator/illustrator/terminator, posts a daily Monkey Girl drawing on his blog, Year in Merde.

Yoshito Usui (1958-2009)

Yoshito Usui, creator of Crayon Shin-chan, died in climbing accident. He had been missing since Sept. 11.

More info here.

Ellis on Kirby

Warren Ellis retells Jack Kirby's move to DC in a way only Warren Ellis can.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Royal Boiler finds

Brandon Graham always has the coolest things on his blog.

Check this out-

Geoff Darrow and Moebius collaboration! More here.

The work of Guillaume Singelin was highlighted recently, too.

His stuff reminds of Guy Davis meets Gipi with a Taiyō Matsumoto influence.

"The End Is Near" video by Ian Cinco

Music Video made for the Soundcheck Video Contest. Fiery Furnaces song "The End Is Near." iancinco@gmail.com

Shhh!

Check out more here.

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House of Mouse eats House of Ideas

Disney buys Marvel in a $4 billion deal!

The King's Birthday

Happy birthday, Jack! Here's a video from last year's tribute panel at New York Comic Con:

Why Kirby Will Always Be The King
Bully's 24 hours with Jack Kirby tribute

More Morrison inspiration?

The above panel has been cited by Grant Morrison as an inspiration for his take on the current Batman-

"I can certainly see the Dick Grayson Batman digging this day on a more regular basis!"

Perhaps, the Dick Grayson Batman and Damian Wayne Robin were inspired by this:

Also, I think Bruce needs to look up the definition of the word "ironic."

Batman and Robin #3 hits comic stores today.

Check out a video discussion between Morrison and Clive Barker here.

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Avery Hologram's 365 Draweteria

Check out the work of Avery Hologram, the "composite personality consisting of AVERY SQUARE aka SARAH LOCKE aka FOUND MAGAZINE's CARDIOLOGIST and BRIAN HOLOGRAM aka DAN JAMES aka GHOSTSHRIMP's GHOSTSCOUT LEADER."

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Barbarella/ Manara

Milo Manara designs from an abandoned Barbarella remake
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G.I. Joe: All-Star

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Henry Rollins

Credits:

Laz Alonso as Doc
Alexis Bledel as Lady Jaye
Billy Crudup as Zartan
Zach Galifiankais as Snow Job
Tony Hale as Dr. Mindbender
Vinnie Jones as Destro
Joey Kern as Tomax
Joey Kern as Xamot
Chuck Liddell as Gung Ho
Julianne Moore as Scarlett
Henry Rollins as Duke
Alan Tudyk as Shipwreck
Olivia Wilde as The Baroness
and
Sgt. Slaughter as Himself
Also featuring Jamin Fite as Cobra Commander
Frankie Kang as Storm Shadow
Geoff Mann as Buzzer
Andreas Owald as Snake Eyes
Daniel Strange as Torch
Kevin Umbricht as Ripper

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G.I. Joe: Resolute

Check out the rest of Warren Ellis' take on the G.I. Joe franchise here.

More from Warren Ellis here.

Fantagraphics to publish Ernie Bushmiller's NANCY

Read the press release here.