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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
La Galérie du 9e art is currently hosting an exhibition of a series of portraits of classic Franco-Belgian comic characters, as drawn by comic creator Frank Pe. Most of these paintings, featuring Corto Maltese, Lucky Luke, Little Nemo, the Marsupilami and many others, are also present in a book that was published earlier this month by Dupuis. The exhibition also includes a few paintings for which reproduction rights for the book were not secured, namely images of characters by Hergé (Haddock, Alan, Laszlo Carreidas) and Peyo (some quite hilarious smurfs). Worth checking out.
Posted in Comics, Illustration | 1 Comment » | Tags : Frank Pe
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Lowbright, Derek Kirk Kim’s self-professed “Internet’s 2,587,346,987th Diary Comic”, is actually very original. Instead of scanning his daily Moleskine pages, Kim simply takes photographs of his notebook on a desk that looks suspiciously like mine.
His tales are, naturally, autobiographical, and as such never earth-shattering, sometimes quite ordinary, but never bland or banal. And Kim’s art is top-notch.
Posted in Web Comics | 1 Comment » | Tags : Derek Kirk Kim
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Justin Pierce’s Wonderella prank-calls Batman. For God’s sake, woman ! Cut the man some slack - he’s about to die / has died / is dying / is supposed to die but will come back in a few months (take your pick) !
(Wonderella © Justin Pierce, Batman ® and © DC Comics)
Posted in Comics, Web Comics | 3 Comments » | Tags : Batman, Justin Pierce
Friday, December 12th, 2008
This portrait of Alan Moore as a gentle wise man was made by Italian cartoonist Gianluca Costantini as part of his visual report of the 2008 London Comics Festival. You can peruse it in full on his ChannelDraw website, which also contains other reports and examples of his art.
Posted in Comics, Illustration | 1 Comment » | Tags : Alan Moore, Gianluca Constantini
Friday, December 12th, 2008
The Belgian Post Office has released two new issues in its collection of DuoStamps, which is something of a cross between a crass commercial manoeuvre and a genuine attempt to generate fuzz about Belgian comics.
After a couple of Tintin-related sets, and a set commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Smurfs, these sets feature Roger Leloup’s Yoko Tsuno (mostly art cut from the album covers in the series) and Largo Winch by Franq and Van Hamme (with images from the album covers and recent story material).
I’m guessing they will become available from the Post’s eShop at a certain point…
Posted in Comics | No Comments » | Tags : Largo Winch, Stamps, Yoko Tsuno
Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Tying up some of my previous posts, here are some ephemera from Whiz Comics # 79 from 1949, which was just made available in a masterfully scanned version. They include : comic cards featuring the Captains Marvel and Midnight (above), some advice on etiquette by Basil Wolverton from the Culture Corner series, an ad for Captain Marvel merchandise and another one of those RC ads. Enjoy (and say thanks to the scanner) !
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Posted in Advertising, Comics | No Comments » | Tags : Basil Wolverton, Captain Marvel, Captain Midnight, Whiz
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
For the second year in a row, French publicher Cambourakis has published a calendar with original work by 12 french and foreign cartoonists. This year the contributors were asked to present a book that has influenced them in particular.
Besides American cartoonist Matt Broersma, the calendar features strips by Zeina Abirached, Isabelle Boinot, Anke Feuchtenberger, Benoit Guillaume, Joanna Hellgren, Atsuko Ishii, Choi Juhyun, Alice Lorenzi, Nylso, Carl Roosens, Aurélie William Levaux et Rodrigo Fresan.
(artwork © Éditions Cambourakis, 2007)
Posted in Comics | 3 Comments » | Tags : Matt Broersma
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Nice !
(from /Film which also features a video about more wonderful props)
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Monday, December 8th, 2008
I like this videogame-like image from a South-African campaign for the Mini (artwork by Andree Wallin). It’s like the temptation of Saint-Anthony, only the super-heroes are giving in. And it would seem that it’s a phenomenon across the universes, affecting DC and Marvel heroes alike.
No copyright or trademark information in sight, though…
Again, from Ads of the World - click through for a much larger version)
Posted in Advertising, Comics | No Comments » | Tags : Batman, Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man, Superman
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
On his blog, Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling recently lifted a veil from his creative process, carefully detailing the steps he takes to create his weekly comic. Quite interesting !
(© Uclick, 2006)
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