This final batch was published to promote the DC firepower cards, and a set of cards featuring depictions of Marvel Superheroes by the Hildebrandt brothers, grandly called “Marvel Masterpieces”.
Not the most original of ideas, but I kinda like the naive quality to the illustrations. From Ads of the World, as ever.
’nuff said.
(Batman & Superman © DC Comics; Mother Goose & Grimm © King Features Syndicate - but above all, thanks Phil)
Entrecomics reports on a Spanish project involving illustrative artists and cartoonists illustrating poems. They cite examples by Johan De Moor (above) and Joost Swarte, but (as far as I understand the text - I can do a wild guess when it comes to Spanish) there’s supposed to be a lot more.
I like this kind of endeavours. They bring good cartooning under the attention of different audiences, and they encourage cartoonists to do different things and stay creative.
My kids were invited by their uncle to go and see the Monster Jam event this weekend. Dieter’s favorite seems to have won ! And, as you can judge from the picture above, I guess it’s like father, like son once again.
Katie Cook draws the cutest Poison Ivy ‘ve ever seen. I want one ! And just look at these cutesy Watchmen :
Check out her other sketch cards for DC, Star Wars and others. This girl is a graphical genius.
Over on his Blog, master letterer (or should that be ‘comics typographer’) Todd Klein is doing a series on the evolution of the Batman Logo. He’s comparing the logo’s that have graced the covers of the Batman book and all its spin-offs, and relating them to the common vision on comics in general and lettering in particular. Gripping stuff, proving that Klein is not only one of the major arts men in this medium (I hate to call it an industry), but he’s also a keen essayist as well.
One more blog for the reader - and I hardly get any work done as it is…
(Logo © DC Comics)
R. Sikoryak is a reknowned illustrator who has worked for Harvard Business Review, LA Weekly, The Stranger and The New Yorker. He’s also a very keen parodist of several cartoonist’s signature style, such as his Tintin On the Moon parody (or hommage),”Prisoners On The Red Planet”, which was publsihed in Wired in 2001. In his Masterpiece Comics, Sikoryak does adaptations of classic literary works in a cartoon style which, however different, always seems to fit.
Again With the Comics reprints Sikoryak’s Sprang-like remake of Dostoyevsky’s Crime And Punishment, as published in Drawn and Quarterly 3 (2000), and currently out-of-print, as far as he knows.
Spider-Man and Catwoman advertise for Chech bookstore Shakespeare And Sons . A campaign by Publicis, with illustrations credited to Petr Herold, Sattons (but no copyright information on the characters in sight).
Ads of the world provides more info on the books (quoted) :
Spiderman is reading book BEETLES. It is a classic and timeless childrens book written by Jan Karafiat in 1867. It tells stories of a young beatle from his birth to falling love and other adventures and challenges that life brings. It describes wonderfully the psychological growth of a young being and all that one sees and learns about the world.
CatWoman is reading book ALL ABOUT DOGGIE AND PUSSYCAT. It is a chlidrens book by Josef Lada known and loved by generations of children and their parents. All of their stories and adventures relate to their living together and all the things they experience. From keeping the house to making a cake.
(via 2WENTY 4OUR)
Pencils at Dawn is a new cartoon blog on which Mike Jacobsen and Phil Selby battle with their pencils over one keyword. Very good stuff, and not just because it happens to feature the Penguin.
