The Ephemerist

Here’s a little game for you all. The image above shows three very famous British comics writers. Can you guess them all ?

Update - as numerous people have told me, this is the work of David Oakes, who has a whole showcase of neat comic-related Lego stuff at his website, including the Watchmen, Hourman and Sandman (my favorite Golden Age characters) and The Endless. Do check it out !

Just to make a point clear - it was never my intention to feast on David’s inspiration. During this 40th Birthday Marathon, I mostly posted stuff that I had shared in my Comics Ephemerist Yahoo Group. I had simply forgotten where I got this, and googling for “neil gaiman lego figure” didn’t bring anything up either — oops, now I’ve given the answer away. Oh, well…

Over the last few years, I’ve come to many conclusions, and had to change them all almost immediately. One of them, though still stands : James Kochalka is the best elf in contemporary comics. And although I’ve read better books than “Watchmen” since 1990, it still ranks quite high in my opinion. So there…

As Neil Gaiman’s photographs of their wedding assert, Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie are amongst the coolest people in comics, or on the planet for that matter.

A single frame from the upcoming Watchmen film was leaked through a trailer for 300, the adaptation of Frank Miller’s comic.

The picture shows Rorschach, eerily looming against a darkened sky. Of course, a frame doesn’t say anything about the movie, but i do like the atmosphere it calls up. Something to look forward to, I guess…

(Source : Wikipedia)

As LinkMachineGo reports, several people have made videoclips to David J’s rendition of Alan Moore’s This Vicious Cabaret (from V For Vendetta). They do this using a slideshow with David Lloyd’s Art or with footage from the V movie that came out a couple of years ago (and wasn’t that good).

I’ll probably lose all credibily I’ve carefully built up so far, but I had never heard of David J. I knew that Alan Moore did a few songs with people from Love and Rockets, but never delved into it. But after listening to his work on his website, I’m totally hooked. This is on a par with Echo and the Bunnymen and The Jesus And Mary Chain - atmospheric, melodic guitar rock. The world can never have too much of this…

This fan made trailer for a Watchmen movie just blew me away. The makers have successfully transposed the pulpy art and color that Gibson used in the comic, to a visual language that’s reminiscent of B-movies. And Rorschach’s voice is just awesome ! I can’t wait for this to be picked up by some honch at WB…