Friday, September 19, 2008

192. Flex Mentallo


Another great Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely book: Flex Mentallo.
I haven't read all of the run, but what I have seen I have loved.

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191. We3


Crazy busy.
Here's a sketch of Morrison & Quitely's We3.
Great book, meh sketch.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

190. Seaguy


Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled programming: Today is the continuation of the Grant Morrison Chronicles!
Seaguy!
Hey kids, did you hear? Seaguy is supposed to be a trilogy of 3-issue mini's ...and work has already started on the second arc. In fact, Cameron Stewart has a few pages from the second installment posted over at his Illustration blog.
Goooood stuff.

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188. Gold Key covers

First off, whoops. 186, 187, 189?
Secondly, I want to do this entry right, so I'm going to have to come back to this.
Most likely, I'll do a wee-little painting.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

189. Kill Your Boyfriend


I tried to do my best Philip Bond impersonation for this Kill Your Boyfriend sketch...
sorry, Phil.

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008

187. Amalgam Comics


Amalgam Comics were nothing if not good-time, whacky fun. Maybe it's like Bill said: "This is something that worked far better as a concept than it did in execution." But he also said:"The Amalgam Comics 'events' produced some great comics and some even greater ideas, and was a simple spot of fun in an ever more complicated industry."
Once again Bill, you put it far more eloquently than I ever could have.

Also, I'd like to thank Brian Cronin for the kind words on Comics Should Be Good.
That beeping you hear is probably just the Brinks truck backing up to your door.

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Thursday, September 04, 2008

186. Archie Meets the Punisher


I don't think that this needs any explanation: Archie Meets the Punisher!!

185. Squirrel Girl


File this Squirrel Girl pic under: "thought it was funny at the time"

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184. Speedball


oh, Speedball. What have they done to you?

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

183. Blue Beetle


Here we have fan favorite Blue Beetle. The last of the Ditko creations this week that were carried over from his days at the now defunct Charlton Comics.
The brilliance of Steve Ditko knows no bounds!
You need proof? Let's take a look at the most acclaimed work of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons: the Watchmen. Most of the main characters were based (at least partially) on Ditko's Charlton Comics creations.
Rorschach= a mix of the Question and Mr. A.
Doctor Manhattan= Captain Atom.
Silk Spectre= Nightshade.
Nite Owl= our very own Blue Beetle.

Steve Ditko= Creative Genius!

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

182. Captain Atom


Here's Captain Atom.
Let Ditko Week never end!

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181. Shade, the Changing Man


Wow, I had no idea that Shade, the Changing Man was a Steve Ditko creation. I was only vaguely familiar with the Peter Milligan Vertigo version of the character. I tried to get a good mix of the two here, but I'm afraid that whenever you put that crazy coat on him he tends to look all Vertigoed.

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