This portrait of legendary fantasy writer H.P. Lovecraft was done by no less legendary cartoonist Bruce Timm and can be found, along with other literary portraits by comics luminaries, on the completely rehashed Digital Medusa, which now carries the less catchy but immensely more funny name, Hey Oscar Wilde! It’s Clobbering Time! A gem of a collection !
Things Magazine has a very nice new project online - a complete scan of What On Earth Are We Doing?, a book from 1976 which is still very topical in this time of climate change and an urgent need for ecological awareness. And it’s got very nice, typical 70’s illustrations to boot.
For their third annual Special Comics Issue, the Baltimore City Paper people organized a Comics Jam, with people like Mark Wheatley, Brian Ralph, and Marc Hempel collaborating on a single comic. The result is interesting, to say the least.
While you’re there, don’t forget to check out the winners of the 2006 City Paper Comics Contest. I particularly liked 99 Nightmares of Necrophobic Nevin by AV. Creepy and cute at the same time. Oh, and the previous Comics Issues are also still online, so dig in !
The Ephemerist will be at the Angoulème Festival from Wednesday January 28 until Saturday January 31. If you want to meet up, let me know.
