Posts Tagged ‘art’
Great Superhero Art
June 18th, 2010 by Riff
I stumbled across this today as I was just surfing. Sadly I can tell you nothing about the artist or their inspiration, but I figured I’d share with you anyhow – it’s a very different take on many of our favourite comic characters. Enjoy it here!
Tags: art, original takes, superhero
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#Perspective Lessons from @CBCebulski and friends
June 25th, 2009 by Riff
So I’m reading my twitter feed and @cbcebulski – someone to be admired in Marvel, begins to not simply wax lyrical – but at length about perspective. Better still he gets some very important comicbook artists to join him and tweet their own advice on perspective. This is gold! And it’s one of the things [...]
Tags: #Perspectivetips, art, Perspective, Twitter
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More on Creation – Joe Quesada
June 15th, 2009 by Riff
A few months back, in fact a loooooooooooong time back when this site was quite new, I wrote a piece called “The Process of Creation”. It featured my friend Federico’s work on Bloody Sugar, from raw layout to the finished item. Sadly a move to a new host managed to lose the artwork (I’ll see [...]
Tags: art, creation, Cup o' Joe, Joe, Joe Quesada, Marvel
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Marvel shuts door on “Open Submissions”
April 5th, 2009 by Riff
Interesting article at Newsarama about Marvel closing down their Open Submissions policy. The interview, with C.B. Cebulski is quite open and frank and they way it’s laid out, I can’t see too many flaws in their argument. I say “too many” because – and you get a hint of this from the comments – if [...]
Tags: art, C.B. Cebulski, comic art, Daredevil, David Mack, Howard the Duck, Jack Kirby, Marvel, Rob Liefield, Trevor Hairsine
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Absolute Justice
March 10th, 2009 by Riff
This is one of those books you want to own just to keep it in pride of place on your bookshelf. It’s taking the whole comic as artifact into a new level but with real class. It’s the Rolls Royce of comicbooks I guess – if that’s not too much of an outdated comparison. DC’s [...]
Tags: Absolute, Alex Ross, art, comic books, DC, Jim Kreuger, JLA, news
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Oeming launches new site
February 26th, 2009 by Riff
Michael Avon Oeming has just launched his new site. Looks cool. I love this guys work both his art and his writing. I’m guessing he’s best known for his work with Brian Bendis on Powers, initially published by Image but now part of Marvel under their Icon imprint. He’s also written a great run on [...]
Tags: art, Brian Bendis, comic art, comicbooks, comics, Cross Bronx, Icon, Image, Image Comics, Mice Templar, Michael Avon Oeming, Oeming, Powers, Thor
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Art or Artifact: Comics as Commodity or Entertainment.
February 22nd, 2009 by Riff
Comicbooks aren’t for kids any more it seems. Hell some of them aren’t for grown-ups either. For many they seem to be a cash cow, an investment, something to be stored in vaults, in plastic (or better still foil) bags, in acid-free cardboard boxes in low ultra-violet light, never to actually be read or enjoyed, [...]
Tags: art, Azrael, Batman, Brian Bendis, Captain America, comic artists, comic books, comicbooks, comics, crucial, Daredevil, DC, Ed Brubaker, Free Comicbook Day, Gene Colan, Greg Ruka, Hellboy, Image Comics, Jack Kirby, John Le Carre, Len Deighton, Marvel, Michael Turner, Powers, Punisher, Queen & Country, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Superman
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The Process of Creation
April 11th, 2008 by Riff
If you’ve ever read anything by me before then you’ll know I’ve got a very good friend in Italy who is an extraordinarily talented comic creator. We met playing the game City of Heroes, we were both novices and in awe of the game – it was a chance to BE the kind of superhero [...]
Tags: art, Bloody Sugar, City of Heroes, comic art, comic books, comicbooks, comics, Shock Tactics, webcomics
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Part the First!
April 3rd, 2008 by Riff
Hey there! Well here we are. Blogsville, Comicbookland! This is the main area for myself and Eblison to discuss comic book news, events etc and all the exciting stuff from the comicbook world! And the best thing is, you can do it to the tuneful sounds courtesy of Music World Radio – www.musicworldradio.com – if [...]
Tags: art, comicbooks, comics, superheroes
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