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Archived: Doe on X-Men: The 198, Immonen on Nextwave
Note: A version of this entry originally appeared on Jan. 28, 2006, at Supernaturally, my work and idea blog.I've been meaning to link to PopImage's interview with artist Juan Doe, who borrows from...
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Body language: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
It's rare that a manga cover catches my eye.That's not to say I don't like manga; there are several titles I regularly enjoy. It's just that a majority seem to employ fairly straightforward,...
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Fables Vol. 7, step by step
One of my favorite cover artists, James Jean, has posted the wraparound cover for the upcoming Fables Vol. 7 trade paperback, which collects the "Arabian Nights (And Days)" storyline. As a process...
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Lip service: American Virgin #1
When Vertigo released the cover art for American Virgin #1, I was immediately taken with it.It's by Frank Quitely, and I like Frank Quitely. Beyond that, though, it's a beautiful and disturbing image....
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Comrade Steel, the people's hero?
Although DC Comics won't release its June solicitations until tomorrow afternoon, Newsarama offers an early glimpse of the covers for 52 #6-8, all by J.G. Jones. Issue 8, shown above at left,...
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Samurai summer
Silent Dragon trade paperback, by Leinil Francis Yu; Solo #11, by Sergio Argones; and Y: The Last Man #46, by Massimo CarnevaleI'll put together a post later about some of the covers from DC Comics'...
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Like a wolf on the fold
I meant to point this out earlier, but I'm the forgetful type: Kalinara at Pretty, Fizzy Paradise has a nice post about one of her favorite covers: Fables #1, by James Jean.I like the covers to the...
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But do you have anything by John Grisham?
Amazing Spider-Man #533, by Ron Garney; Wolverine #43, by Humberto Ramos; and X-Factor #8, by Ryan SookThe original plan was to finish up my comments about DC Comics' June covers, but while I wasn't...
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Earthtone trilogy
100 Bullets #73, by Dave Johnson; Secret Six #2, by Karl Kerschl; and Checkmate #3, by Lee BermejoNow back to those DC solicitations. Lately, I've been drawn more and more to earthier colors, like the...
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Of mice and ... mice
I'm jumping around a lot, partly due to my magpie nature but also because I don't want to focus on just one or two publishers for too long. I haven't finished commenting on the DC and Marvel covers for...
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Cosmic thing: GØDLAND #12
The wraparound cover for Joe Casey and Tom Scioli's GØDLAND #12 just screams Comicraft, doesn't it? If the design itself doesn't give them away, the near-trademark blue and orange does.It's busy...
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Secret Six #1, redux
The cover of Secret Six #1 as it was solicited, left, and as it will appear on shelves in MayAt Horhaus, artist Karl Kerschl shows us what the cover to DC's Secret Six #1, due in May, will really look...
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Cover stories
Comic Foundry is relaunching on April 3 as a monthly webzine chock-full of comics interviews, reviews and the like.For the debut edition, I'll be contributing a lengthy Q&A with illustrator James...
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Placebo effect
Most of the time, I know immediately why I like a cover. Other times, though, I'm enamored with an image but it takes me a while to discover the reasons.Tomer Hanuka's The Placebo Man is one of those...
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Something old, something nouveau: Rex Mundi logo
The old logo for Arvid Nelson's noir/alternate history epic, Rex Mundi, was fairly nondescript, of the Generic Horror Font No. 4 variety. It served its purpose, I suppose, but it never truly captured...
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Money changes everything: Supermarket #1-4
Supermarket #1-4, by Kristian DonaldsonI've already talked on my other blog of my appreciation for Kristian Donaldson's use of color in Supermarket, but the series' covers deserve further mention...
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Reading Room: the new Comic Foundry
As promised, Comic Foundry unveiled its monthly magazine format today, with all kinds of interesting content. And I'm not just saying that because I contributed a Q&A with James Jean. Really.I only...
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Eisner nominees: Best Cover Artist
Eisner nominees: Frank Espinosa (Rocketo); Tony Harris (Ex Machina); James Jean (Fables, Runaways); Jock (The Losers); and Eric Powell (The Goon, Universal Monsters:Cavalcade of Horror)Nominees have...
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Flight 3: Robots in Eden
I've started at least four entries this week that I never finished -- on Marcos Martin and Alvaro Lopez's covers for 2002's Batgirl: Year One, and Eisner Hall of Fame nominee Jim Steranko, among them...
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I've not fallen off the face of the earth. Yet. No, I'm buried under a mound of work, which means I won't get around to posting anything of substance until this weekend.
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Candid camera: Runaways #18
Although I really enjoyed Marcos Martin's cover work for Batgirl: Year One, Green Arrow and Breach, his current stint on Marvel's Runaways hasn't impressed me that much (except, possibly, for Issue...
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Lone Cat and ... kitten?
Catwoman #57, by Adam Hughes, and Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 3, by Frank MillerDespite being largely unimpressed by the DC and Marvel covers for July, I have a backlog of things I'm itching to write about....
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Winding up: Teen Titans Go! #33, step by step
Baseball Player Windup, by Norman Rockwell, and Teen Titans Go! #33, by Sean GallowayI enjoy Sean Galloway's art almost as much as I like glimpses into the creative process, so I was happy to see those...
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Whew, this place has gotten dusty. Sorry about that.I toyed with restarting this blog, but figured between my contributions to Blog@Newsarama, my work and my comics projects, I'd end up neglecting it...
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