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The Kubert School - Acceptance
Joe Kubert (1926-2012) Tribute: Part 2 Joe Kubert legitimized drawing comics and cartoons as a career. Graduating High School I had no direction. I grew up inspired by comic book artists, but saying you wanted to draw comics for a living was as remote in the late 1970’s and early 80’s as saying you were going to be an actor, or sing on Broadway. Sure, people did it – but there didn’t seem to be any clear path to actually doing so.
Best comic book covers of the week - October 26 2020
Well, everything’s buggered. If you’ve been keeping up with Dark Knights: Death Metal, you’d realise that even by DC’s reality-destroying benchmarks, the current outlook for the publisher’s greatest heroes looks less than rosy. Spoilers below, so consider yourselves warned. The Batman Who Laughs has basically won, achieved godhood by placing his brain inside an alternate-reality version of himself that became Doctor Manhattan, and has transformed himself into The Darkest Knight. So uh…what’s next?
Absolute Swamp Thing by Alan Moore Vol. 1
The classic Swamp Thing stories from criticall acclaimed author Alan Moore (Watchmen) are now collected for the first time ever in a slipcased hardcover edition with brand new coloring in Absolute Swamp Thing By Alan Moore Vol. 1. The classic Swamp Thing stories from criticall acclaimed author Alan Moore (Watchmen) are now collected for the first time ever in a slipcased hardcover edition with brand new coloring in Absolute Swamp Thing By Alan Moore Vol.
I’ve Got Art: SWAMP THING By Stephen R. Bissette
I have been collecting original artwork since 1985. Almost every piece has an interesting or personal story connected to it. But none more personal than the first which happens to be Swamp Thing by Stephen R. Bissette Bissette drew this piece for me in October of 1985 while doing an in-store appearance at Starship Excalibur (out of business for almost twenty years now) in Providence, Rhode Island. I had just turned fifteen several days earlier and was loaded with birthday cash.
Spielberg on Heavy Metal's "1941" Comic: "Nothing Wrong With Beastiality, Cannibalism"
The Tumblr blog Panel to Panel has dug up an amazing artifact of comics/movie/Heavy Metal history. It’s a letter from Steven Spielberg to Heavy Metal editor Julie Simmons regarding 1941: The Illustrated Story (available for $6.00 in the Heavy Metal store), a comic-book adaptation of the Spielberg-directed 1979 comedy 1941.
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