The King's Turtles

Peter Laird on this Blast from the Past:

I don't know the exact process by which it came to be, but my understanding is that some time in the late 1980's or early 1990's, Jack Kirby did this 10 inch by 15 inch pencil drawing -- his interpretation of the TMNT -- at Kevin's request, and some years later, Kevin (who knew I loved this piece) graciously gave it to me.

As far as I know, this is the only time "The King" ever drew the TMNT... and it's SO Kirby. I love it!

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Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot

Episode 1: Dracolon, The Great Sea Monster


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Blade Runner: A Comic History

art by Moebius

Lots of links here to comics that inspired and were inspired by Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.

Dress to Destroy

DKNY has launched their Paul Pope collection, "NYC 2089." Check out their promo website, complete with inspiration and sketchbook sections.

Negadon: The Monster from Mars

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Cannon comes back for Moore

Zander Cannon's rough layout with Todd Klein's lettering

Top 10 lives! I haven't read any official announcement for "Top 10 season 2" but artist Gene Ha states, "I've started work on writer [and layout artist] Zander Cannon's new Top 10 series. My run will be at least four issues." Letterer Todd Klein confirms that it's been in the works since 2006 on his blog. This is exciting stuff- I'm glad to hear that the original team is back working on the book (sans Alan Moore, of course).

I never read it but the Top 10 mini-series without the original creative team always seemed a bit sacrilegious to me.

TOP 10 SEASON TWO #3 (OF 4), art by Gene Ha

Update 09.21.08- Thanks to Gene Ha for directing me to the DC comics page for Top 10 season 2! Can't wait for October 1st! I'm still stunned that a bigger deal hasn't been made yet...

Dr. No likenesses

Mitchell Hooks remembers his art direction for the first James Bond movie poster.

"Yeah, it's actually kind of funny: I don't think they had any idea at the time just what a valuable property they had. They actually said to me, 'Don't worry too much about likenesses on this one -- this just has a couple of unknown actors [Sean Connery and Ursula Andress] from England in it' !"

More from Mitch at Today's Inspiration- a blog that really lives up to its name.

All good things must come to an end

All Star Superman #12, art by Frank Quitely

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's run on "All Star Superman" ended yesterday with the release of 12 issue. This series does for Superman what Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" did for Batman - it shows everyone how the character should be done while telling a great final adventure story.

This series was the first time I've read comics that felt like instant classics, not as a result of some gimmick or stunt, but based on the power of the storytelling alone.

Thanks, Grant. Thanks, Frank.

Well done.

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