The whole story (so far) is here.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
oh boy! a brand new Pood Movie-just for you!
here it is! the video you've all been waiting for! Pood #3 hits the pavement in April, just in time for MoCCA--and here's a little video preview! If you're one of the few who haven't ordered their copy yet--well, what are you waiting for? here's the Previews order code: FEB110807!
There's still time--You can still call your local comics shop, give em the order # and you'll be guaranteed your copy of pood #3! so hop to it! get your pood while there's still pood to get! There's some definite surprises in this ish--so don't miss out! Order today!
There's still time--You can still call your local comics shop, give em the order # and you'll be guaranteed your copy of pood #3! so hop to it! get your pood while there's still pood to get! There's some definite surprises in this ish--so don't miss out! Order today!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Five Reasons You Should Help Jason Bell
1. He’s the co-creator of the underground Caveman Robot empire, a multi-artform real-life crossover event that encompasses comics, costumes, toys, animation, performance & gallery art, movie-options, an offworld-Broadway musical, and, by the time I’m finished typing this, probably a toothpaste and a satellite phone app; he’s also the earthbound crossroads deity through whom everyone in indie comics and fringe theatre from Brooklyn to Chicago knows each other.
2. He carries a dictionary which he opens at random to make phrases out of the tabbed words at the top of each page to re-scramble conscious thought and access the codes of infinity.
3. Feats of strength and endurance: He can remain on stilts for an entire hobo-cabaret cotillion and has benchpressed two nerds at once (and I think it saved me gazillions in chiropraxis).
4. He called his dad “Morpheus to my Neo”; every time a fanboy avoids a Star Wars reference a daisy blooms in heaven.
5. His apartment, where he houses his old Pa and a brother, was trashed by a fire which made it unlivable, destroyed much of his stuff and killed a kitten -- most of his art and all of his human family is safe, but he needs domestic aide and his site (http://www.tetragrammatron.com) is full of art you can buy (on which his gallerist is waving the commission!), unique tchatchkes you can purchase (unicorn turds! Alternative dolls!), and stock you can buy in the Friends of Bell fanclub (you can find him on Facebook too [Jason Robert Bell to be exact]; Friend him and check for updates and events). We can’t do squat for Dwayne McDuffie but this is an investment in pop and comics’ future!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
28 covers: the album
I've put the cover versions out as an album, like John Lennon's "Rock'n'Roll"! -so if you're so inclined, please check it out and share with your friends: "covered" album
(or check it out at facebook)
meanwhile, here's a few images from the past month, enjoy!
(or check it out at facebook)
meanwhile, here's a few images from the past month, enjoy!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Copying from the Masters; Crossing the Finish Line!
Hey There! My month-long blog-a-thon featuring "cover" versions of all-time great comic book covers
comes to a close today! Check it out at:
Pulp Ink!
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Three Funerals and a Reality
The death of Dwayne McDuffie cast a shadow over the whole comics industry -- while shining a renewed light on the possibilities for the artform that he showed. The next day three funeral-themed issues of major mainstream comics happened to come out, some of which fulfilled those possibilities.
The most high-profile was Fantastic Four #588. This is one of Marvel’s best books by its most important writer, and the death (for now) of Johnny Storm was handled in a monumentally moving way last issue. I can’t wait for Jonathan Hickman’s new “FF” book, and maybe he can’t either, because this final “mourning” issue often felt like something to get out of the way; some moments were very touching and there were others where I couldn’t fight off a mental image of Garth Ennis laughing his ass off. Superhero deaths are a ritual that, in the typical sense of that word, happens again and again, and before blasting into the next adventure the Fantastic Four creative team didn’t quite know how to stop.
With much less fanfare but more weight Issue #169 of Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon was observing the death of its sole title character (but still moving on), through the Dragon’s teenage kids conveying the mixed emotions and honest bitterness that losing a parent early brings on. Dragon is a rare real-time superhero series where you can’t go back, and that’s as good a formula as we’ve got for going forward.
Taking fantasy closer to the world we know was Amazing Spider-Man #655, detailing the death of an everyday person, Marla Jameson, as a casualty of the superbeings’ endless warfare. Marcos Martin’s crisp yet surreal compositions and writer Dan Slott’s imagination and human touch conveyed the distorted senses and toxic thoughts of a loss you feel responsible for, creating an unqualified and stunning work of art. Slott is the funniest man in comics when he wants to be, which he rightly didn’t here, but like all real jesters, he sees straight to the truth.
The story must go on, but for its absent players to have meant anything, it’s proper that a change is made.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Waist deep in the Big Muddy: Copying from the Masters; Week 3
AGH!-hunkered over the kitchen table-Not eating---not drinking- not speaking--just ...marking! Markers running dry--sketchbook running out of paper---looks like the odds are stacked against me!
But I won't let you down--all 5 of you --who keep checking back every day.(Or maybe those are just my own page views?)
So-head on over to Pulp Ink--and see what all this fuss---at least my fuss--is about!
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