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His Face All Red by Emily Carroll

In the tradition of Edgar Allan Poe. Emily Carroll’s His Face All Red is a classic little creepy tale of terror. Just what the witchdoctor…

Lorax the Movie

Hollywood once again is dipping into the Dr. Seuss well for ideas. The next movie to be made is the Lorax. The past movies have…

Horror Art by Tatsuya Morino

Tatsuya Morino tackles some of the classic horror stories with his haunting art. Truly breathtaking, my personal favorite is his take on H.P. Lovercraft’s, The…

Halloween: Free Mask From the Mirror

Montreal’s alternate free newspaper The Mirror, has the coolest cover this week. Duy Thang Nguyen artist extraordinaire has a printable version of the mask online…

Calvin And Hobbes Murals

The walls of the the Reynolds Home — a shelter for women and children in crisis are the luckiest walls. Calvin and Hobbes graces the…

Margaret Atwood’s Twitter Superheroes

Margaret Atwood has nothing to prove, her illustrious writing career has earned earn many fans. Now she is a superhero designer on Twitter. She has…

Know Your Nerds by Riccardo Bucchioni

Big Bang theorists want you to know there are different levels of nerds.  Know Your Nerds by Riccardo Bucchioni on threadless demonstrates the variations of…

Curt Swan Face Expression Sheet

Curt Swan was the definitive Superman artist for DC Comics for many years. For three decades he penciled Superman and defined Superman to the height of his popularity. In 1986 he was unceremoniously dumped by the company that he put on the map with his one-man show. He was the true DC artist and still to this day the impact from the characters he drew still live on. The Superman face expression sheet truly distinguishes the scope of his art.

Nuts for Nutella

Either you like or hate Nutella. The Italian secret recipe of the hazelnut-based spread is a European standard in many homes. — The amount of…

The Birth of Wonder Woman

[click to enlarge] Wonder Woman’s creation can be attributed this this exchange letter between artist Harry G. Peter and writer Dr. William Moulton Marston. (pen…

Awful Superhero Toys

From the what were they thinking of department. Comic book related toys licenses are given out to practically anything under the sun. These Wonder Woman…

Inside Periscope Studio

http://media.opb.org/clips/embed/eW63920b20101012154713.js Periscope Studio seems like the coolest place to work at. The Portland studio houses 20 artists from different backgrounds in the comic book industry.…

The Evolution of the Bat Symbol

Andrei D. Robu who specializes in lettering & illustration, examines the evolution of the bat symbol over the years since Bob Kane created the Caped…

Artisanal Pencil Sharpening

Have we become so lazy as a society that we cannot sharpen our own pencils? Since when has it become an art form? David Rees…

Scary Godmother

This just what the witchdoctor ordered for Halloween. Scary Godmother by Jill Thompson is good bad medicine for trick or treating. It’s Halloween night and…

Techno Tuesday

Every Tuesday is Techno Tuesday, the latest DVD titles and books come out and we always find a need to horde more crap that we…

U.S. Acres Back Online

The Farmville gang of U.S. Acres are back again but not in print this time. The Jim Davis creation will be online according to his…

Seinfeld Super-Heroes

The power and lure of the Seinfeld series has lost a little shine over the years. Jerry’s favorite character on the show was Superman and…

New Charles Burns Book

The hottest graphic novel is coming out this October. X’ed Out by Charles Burns is a tip to two icons in the art world. The…

Kawaii Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes never looked better. Jerrod Maruyama is the revisionist behind the Bill Watterson classic duo. The following artwork was created for a Calvin…