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adigranovart: Iron Man 3I only did a few pieces for this film,...

Sun, 05 May 2013 11:37:20 -0700

Iron Man 3
I only did a few pieces for this film, this one being the main one. The colour and details changed between this and the finished design, but the overall idea is definitely there.

deantrippe: “You’ll Be Safe Here” took thirteen days to...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:07:34 -0700

deantrippe:

“You’ll Be Safe Here” took thirteen days to complete. Here are the daily progress saves.

Art prints available at Society6. (I ordered the large one.)

This is incredible.

Happy 75th birthdays to Superman and Lois Lane! Panel from...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:34:24 -0700

Happy 75th birthdays to Superman and Lois Lane!

Panel from Action Comics #1 (1938) by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster

marvelentertainment: Check out Spidey’s new costume from “The...

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:31:14 -0800

marvelentertainment:

Check out Spidey’s new costume from “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” now filming!

What do you think of the new duds, Spider-Fans?

rudoreels: Mistico as Spider-Man Mistico in Spider-Man-themed...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:15:20 -0800

rudoreels:

Mistico as Spider-Man
Mistico in Spider-Man-themed attire.

browsethestacks: Heroes by Jim Steranko

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:22:00 -0800

browsethestacks:

Heroes by Jim Steranko

agnesgarbowska: Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! I hope you...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:11:22 -0800

agnesgarbowska:

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! I hope you are spending the holidays with the ones you care about. :) I thought I would give everyone some fun art to bring some more smiles on Christmas day! Enjoy!

Batman and Catwoman by Dusty Abell

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 13:08:43 -0800

Batman and Catwoman by Dusty Abell

gailsimone: One more, then I promise I’m done for the...

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:57:23 -0800

gailsimone:

One more, then I promise I’m done for the night.

This was at a rocking con near Memphis called the Mid-South Con, that I absolutely loved. It was an old-school con, I gather, run by people for the sheer love of what they do. Everything was designed to make people feel welcome and to have fun.

And good lord, were they wonderful hosts. They took us to see Graceland (interesting) and the Sun Records studio (REALLY interesting) and best of all, to Gus’s Fried Chicken, the best fried chicken I’ve EVER HAD bar none.

There was an awards dinner of some kind, for the life of me I can’t remember what it was about. But my husband and I had the good fortune to be seated at a table with these two folks. I will remember them forever. Invited guests were free, I think the attendees paid an extra fee to sit with the invited guests.

It’s a woman and her nephew. They were both incredibly quiet and polite. I kept trying to draw them out, as they both spoke very quietly and seemed very shy. My husband is amazing at getting strangers to feel welcome and join in but even he couldn’t really get them to talk. Salad came and went, they barely talked. Main dish, similar.

Finally, I asked why they wanted to come to the convention, what was it that they were interested in?

And, I love this, they BOTH wanted to make their own comics. No fooling around, no pipe dreams, they each wanted to write, print and sell their own comics.

Well.

That opened the floodgates. The reason she had been so shy is that she had a million questions and didn’t know where to start asking me. The reason he was so shy is that he’s just a super polite kid, I think he was waiting for his aunt to start talking.

So we sat for maybe two hours, if I remember right, me trying to answer every possible question about craft, every question about character, plot, dialogue, how to work with artists, how to distribute, everything. The aunt asked EVERYTHING and I could see she was taking it down in her head, she wanted to learn it and use it. Which I LOVE. Many times, someone will ask a huge question, “How do I make comics?” and then their eyes glaze over, not here. She was listening.

Then, I asked the young man what his comic was about and I swear, he just BLOOMED. He went through the entire plot, telling me all the characters and all the story and how it would look, I thought it was the most fun, thrilling thing I’d ever heard.

I looked over at the aunt at one point and my eyes must have had a little bit of skepticism or something, it seemed pretty ambitious for such a young guy.

She said, “Nope, he’s not kidding. He’s drawing it himself and he works on it every day.”

Dude, I MYSELF don’t make comics every day.

The best dinner ever. I loved it. I had their email, we kept in contact for a while, but I haven’t heard from them for a bit. I hope they have made their comics. I hope they are telling stories. I hope, the next such dinner I’m at, they are sitting with attendees telling THEM how to make comics.

All I know is that they inspired me, I ran right to my room after and wrote half a completed script.

Again, coolest job EVER.

Second trailer for Man of Steel —the new Superman feature...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:32:00 -0800

Second trailer for Man of Steel —the new Superman feature film starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fishburne, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, and Russell Crowe as Jor-El. Directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan.

In theaters June 14, 2013

chrishaley: Hey dudes! Everything in my Society6 store is $5...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:52:43 -0800

chrishaley:

Hey dudes!

Everything in my Society6 store is $5 off thru Nov. 11 if you use this link!

If you can’t afford anything, reblogs are always super-appreciated!

Thanks a lot.

xo
ch

tompeyer: I think some of these Romney supporters voted for The...

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:33:40 -0800

tompeyer:

I think some of these Romney supporters voted for The Penguin.

fantagraphics: Hello from San Diego, where we’ve unpacked the...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:39:03 -0700

Love and Rockets: New Stories #5

Buz Sawyer Vol. 2: Sultry's Tiger

The Cavalier Mr. Thompson

fantagraphics:

Hello from San Diego, where we’ve unpacked the following never-before-seen debut books today (which will all be available to non-Comic-Con-goers in a couple of months at most):

Love and Rockets: New Stories #5 by Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez! Our esteemed colleague Heidi MacDonald of The Beat happened by as we were unpacking, saw our stacks of this new volume, and declared it “book of the show” already — you heard it here first!

Buz Sawyer Vol. 2: Sultry’s Tiger by Roy Crane — The adventures don’t slow down for our flyboy hero in the post-war years as he tangles with the titular femme fatale, tries to foil an insane ex-Nazi, goes in search of ancient Mayan treasure and gets kidnapped to Africa!

The Cavalier Mr. Thompson: A Sam Hill Novel by Rich Tommaso — we’re pleased to be distributing this Kickstarter-funded, self-published graphic novel, a nifty early-20th-century period piece starring a hotel dick and a grifter who turns Big Spring, Texas upside-down.

We’re expecting delivery of more hot-off-the-press debuts in the morning.

mombcast: Spider-Man and Spider-Man by Steve Murray/Chip...

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:56 -0700

mombcast:

Spider-Man and Spider-Man by Steve Murray/Chip Zdarsky

In case you missed it: The final (they mean it this time)...

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:43:06 -0700

In case you missed it: The final (they mean it this time) trailer for The Dark Knight Rises —the current Batman film series directed by Chris Nolan ends on July 20

unknownskywalker: Ms. Marvel by Lynne Yoshii

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:33:48 -0700

unknownskywalker:

Ms. Marvel by Lynne Yoshii

Life With Archie #24 cover art by Fiona Staples

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:50:58 -0700

Life With Archie #24 cover art by Fiona Staples

Boom! Studios recently launched a new Garfield monthly comic...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:36:47 -0700

cover by Gary Barker

Boom! Studios recently launched a new Garfield monthly comic book series all about the adventures of the Jim Davis-created feline. Check out a preview of Garfield #2 by Mark Evanier, Gary Barker & Dan Davis, courtesy of CBR

X-Men Evolution: Jean Grey by Paul Renaud

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:10:27 -0700

X-Men Evolution: Jean Grey by Paul Renaud

captaincook: Smallville DVDs & blu-rays, among other disc...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:04:29 -0700

captaincook:

Smallville DVDs & blu-rays, among other disc sets (Taken with Instagram)