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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #450 on: May 09, 2017, 09:58:39 AM »
Just saw this one by Olivier Coipel the other day:


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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #451 on: May 09, 2017, 11:12:55 AM »
I got this Batman artwork that an homage to Akira last year from Jeprox in artist alley.  One of my favorite pieces of artwork I ever picked up from SDCC


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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #452 on: May 19, 2017, 01:34:25 PM »
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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #453 on: May 19, 2017, 05:01:55 PM »
Bleeding Cool has been doing a good job collecting images of upcoming DC covers from time to time.  This one includes a lot of the DC/Looney Tunes "crossovers."
 
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I love this Flash one by Howard Porter



And for whatever reason this cover by Steve Rude cracks me up.



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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #454 on: May 19, 2017, 05:06:19 PM »
Have you guys seen the DC Kirby tribute covers? You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login
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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #455 on: May 19, 2017, 10:26:09 PM »
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A piece of original art by Robert Crumb has been sold at a record price for a piece of American comic art by Heritage Auctions.  Crumb’s cover art for the Ballantine Fritz the Cat collection from 1969 sold for $717,000.  That narrowly tops the old top price for a piece of American comic art, $657,250 for the final page of Incredible Hulk #180, the first appearance of Wolverine, by Herb Trimpe and Jack Abel (see “Comic Art Page Sells for $657,250”).  A Frank Miller page sold for nearly $450,000 in 2011 (see “Miller Page Goes for $448,125”).

The record price for a piece of comic art anywhere in the world is still over $3.5 million for the flyleaves/end pages for the Adventures of Tintin albums, by Herge (see “Comic Art Sells for $3.5 Million”).  Two other pieces of Tintin art have sold for over $1 million (see “Original Comic Art for Over $1 Million”).

The art is 11” x 12.5” and was from the Felix Dennis Estate. Fritz the Cat was one of Crumb’s earliest characters, and the subject of two animated features in the early 70s.  It's a sign of how much the world has changed that this piece of comic art, a cover for a collection of underground comics that were on the fringe of pop culture at the time, is now the most prized piece of American comic art ever sold.

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #456 on: May 20, 2017, 10:49:48 AM »
darkhorsecomics Lights off! @igndotcom has an exclusive first look at the glow-in-the-dark cover for the Art of Rick and Morty! #darkhorsecomics #rickandmorty @adultswim

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #457 on: May 20, 2017, 10:55:58 AM »
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I had not, thanks! That Darkseid one is going to end up on my wall at some point.

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #458 on: May 22, 2017, 07:32:19 AM »
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Watch artist @DaveMarquez pencil and ink an interior page of the upcoming "Defenders" #2 in a new episode of #MarvelQuickdraw!

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #459 on: May 26, 2017, 08:42:49 PM »
And this story shall also be told:

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #460 on: May 31, 2017, 11:02:07 AM »
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GET READY FOR COMIC-CON 2017! Comic-Con Celebrates the Jack Kirby Centennial with an Exclusive Souvenir Book Cover by Bruce Timm!

Just about everyone who’s seen a Marvel movie since 2000 has seen a creation or co-creation of Jack Kirby. Kirby was born in 1917 and had an amazing career in comic books from the late 1930s up until the time of his death in 1994. X-Men, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, Thor, the Incredible Hulk, and Captain America are just some of the characters co-created by Kirby (with either Stan Lee or, in the case of Cap, Joe Simon). His impact on the superhero comics industry is monumental. His recognition as the “King of Comics” couldn’t be more appropriate.

2017 marks the centennial of Kirby’s birth and we’re celebrating it at Comic-Con 2017 with a number of panels and a special section in this year’s Souvenir Book. Kirby is in the spotlight on the cover of this year’s book, illustrated by fan-favorite artist and producer, Bruce Timm, who is a guest at Comic-Con 2017. One of the creators behind Batman: The Animated Series and numerous other Warner Bros. Animation/DC Universe animated films and TV shows, Timm has also done work in comics, including covers and the Eisner Award-winning one-shot, Batman Adventures: Mad Love, featuring Harley Quinn, his co-creation (with writer/producer Paul Dini, another Comic-Con 2017 guest). Multi-Eisner Award winner Todd Klein provided the lettering and compositing of this year’s cover, which is an homage to Kirby via the artist’s famous cover for Superman’s Pal: Jimmy Olsen #141, which featured comedian Don Rickles (see below for a comparison of the two covers).

The Comic-Con International 2017 Souvenir Book is given free to all attendees (while supplies last). It’s a keepsake, full-color, trade paperback. This year’s edition weighs in at 272 pages, making it the largest book ever produced for the event. In addition to an extended section celebrating the Jack Kirby Centennial, there’s a section on the Will Eisner Centennial, articles saluting other comics creators with special anniversaries in 2017, plus the 75th anniversaries of Crime Does Not Pay and Mighty Mouse; the 50th anniversaries of Batgirl and Marvel’s Captain Marvel; and the 25th anniversaries of Batman: The Animated Series and Image Comics.

More later on this website about how to get your copy onsite and all the other Comic-Con publications to look for at this year’s show!

(Special thanks to DC Comics and MARVEL for their permission to utilize some of Kirby’s greatest creations and co-creations side-by-side in this tribute to the King.)

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #461 on: May 31, 2017, 12:36:25 PM »
This one's gonna be a keeper!
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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #462 on: June 03, 2017, 12:41:40 PM »
Appreciating the process of comic art creation:

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Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love) has a new graphic novel coming in October from Dark Horse that is an opportunity for English-speaking audiences to get a dose of his rather electrifying artwork for the first time on Rashomon. The new book consists of two installments of a noir mystery set in Japan during the time of the samurai, the first of which was originally published in Santos’ native Spanish, but is now being translated for the first time, and the second installment of which is currently appearing in Europe. Here we get both tales in one volume, rendered in English with new cover artwork and plenty of extras and process pieces, for which Santos is known.

Rashomon begins with the body of a samurai found on the road to Yamashina in feudal Japan, and the story encompasses the search for his killer. Detective Heigo Kobayashi takes the case but finds only “dead-end clues” and no direct witnesses. In this book, Santos’ predilection for noir and filmic elements takes flight, inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s tales featuring the heroic commissioner Heigo Kobayashi.

Victor Santos has kindly shared some process art with us today on Comicon.com. Here’s our look at his process in developing the cover for Rashomon:

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #463 on: June 03, 2017, 05:41:12 PM »
Work in progress stuff is cool.  Seeing how the artists construct the images with layering is remarkable to watch.

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Re: Comic Art Appreciation
« Reply #464 on: June 06, 2017, 10:03:07 AM »
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Maggie Thompson talks about how, when it comes to comic art, "There’s no limit to how good the words can be or how inventive the pictures can be."

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