Web Arted May 24th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Scott VanderPloeg
Scott works in I.T. but lives to eat and read. His other ramblings can be found at AE Index and eBabble. Art collection at Comic Art Fans.
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Asthetics Of Print Versus Digital Reading
Came across an interview with Fantagraphics co-founder and co-publisher Gary Groth about their publishing efforts. This quote got me thinking. “One of the things we try to do with most of our books is to create beautiful objects. I think that…
The Wolverine Trailer Two
Here’s the latest extended trailer from The Wolverine, coming to theatres July 26th 2013. [youtube ] Plus, here’s the Silver Samurai teaser movie poster.
Web Arted May 17th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trailer
Here’s the first full trailer for Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., coming to ABC Tuesdays this fall. [youtube ]
TCAF 2013: Artist Interaction
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival celebrated its tenth anniversary this past weekend and was a grand event in and around the Toronto Reference Library. Like all comic shows I attended in the hopes of interacting with favourite creators and scoring…
Web Arted May 10th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Reviewing To Promote Comics, Not Tear Down
We’ve covered what makes a good review on Comic Book Daily several times, but I recently came across this statement from Gina Gagliano of First Second Books that sums up nicely my thoughts on the process. Reviewers to whom I…
Review | Alex Raymond’s Rip Kirby Vol 1: 1946-1948
A solid look into “the first modern detective”, IDW’s Library Of American Comics presents a wonderful look into post war crime fiction. The first volume of Alex Raymond’s modernist classic reproduces, from syndicate proof sheets, every strip from the beginning,…
Web Arted May 3rd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Web Arted Apr 26th
A gathering of wonderful art culled from the internet years ago and forgotten on my hard drive; sources unknown.
Sourcing Material For Comic Strip Reprints
After viewing the video tour of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum I wondered about what the original material for comic strip reprint collections cost. Sure, if you can tap a big time collector of original newspaper strips they may…
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Tour
Came across a great video about the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum on BoingBoing. Basically some artists who do a podcast went there to have a tour and a look at some great original comic strip and comic book…
Superman Man Of Steel Trailer 3
As the film gets closer the trailers add more and more: this is the best one yet. [youtube ]
Web Arted Apr 19th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Review | Will Eisner’s The Spirit Artist’s Edition
Continue to the Artist’s Edition Index for the complete review. IDW is exceedingly proud to offer an Artist’s Edition of Will Eisner’s The Spirit. Created by Eisner in 1940, the Spirit is to comics what Citizen Kane was to cinema—groundbreaking…
Web Arted Apr 12th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Saga #12, Censorship and Adult Material
The big news this week is that Apple has banned issue twelve of Saga because of two images of “gay sex”. One of the main characters, Prince Robot IV, has a monitor for a head and frequently what he’s thinking…
Web Arted Apr 5th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
Global News is clueless about comics
A “news” article on Global discusses a comic collection on auction this weekend in Vancouver. It’s one of Canada’s largest comic book collections. Sixty thousand comics that were amassed over four decades by an East Vancouver man who doesn’t want…