Paul Gulacy MOKF Splash Pages!
I Can’t Stop Thinking About Comics posted eight Paul Gulacy splash pages from his glorious run on Master of Kung Fu. If you click over you can see all of them in a much larger size!
Category: Comics
DC Comics Offering 5 Free 1st Issue Downloads for a Limited Time!
DC Comics is offering five free comic book digital downloads for the first issues of:
- Brilliant
- Powers
- Scarlet
- The United States of Murder Inc
- Takio
This is a limited-time offer that you can take advantage of by clicking here.
Source: ComicsBeat.
Steranko Vintage Pencil Art!
If you’re a fan of fanzines, then you’ve got to check out Ken Meyer, Jr.’s monthly column Ink Stains. Each month Ken (who is an amazing artist) posts… well, let’s let Ken explain…
I have a collection of over 200 fanzines from the 60’s-80’s that I plan to scan and talk about, one at a time. I hope to have some of the participants answer a few questions. Many of those participants are established comics professionals now, while some have gone on to other things. I will show a few snippets from each zine and give you a link to download a pdf of the whole thing, which I hope all of you will do!
These two Steranko pieces appeared with other art by Steranko, Frank Frazetta, Berni Wrightson, Michael Kaluta, Steve Hickman, Kenneth Smith and others in Spa Fon 5 (Ink Stains #100).
As always, thanks to Ken for bringing back great memories of fandom!
Vintage Howard Chaykin Scorpion Art
This vintage Howard Chaykin art is an unused cover for his Atlas series Scorpion.
Source: Ken Meyer, Jr.
Rocky by Chris Visions
Chris Visions created this beauty for me last year for pick-up at HeroesCon. I’d been a Chris Visions fan for some time and the opportunity to get a commission from him was one I’d couldn’t pass up.
Check out Chris’ site when you have some time to spare. You’ll be amazed at his talent!
Rocky was my first Chris Visions commission. I hope it won’t be my last.
New Mike Hammer Series Coming From Hard Case Crime and Titan Comics
That’s just one of the first issue covers to Hard Case Crime / Titan Comics new Mike Hammer comic series. Based on an unproduced Mike Hammer screenplay written by Spillane, “The Night I Died,” will be adapted by Max Allan Collins with art by Marcelo Salaza and colorist Marcio Freire.
For a look at other covers and some interior art click over to FlickeringMyth.
Steve Rude’s Variant Cover for Action #1000
In celebration of Action Comics reaching it’s 1000th issue, DC Comics is releasing it as a super-size issue with several variant covers. Steve Rude’s cover above represents Superman from the 1930’s. Other artists and decades represented include:
- 1930s – Steve Rude
- 1940s – Michael Cho
- 1950s – Dave Gibbons
- 1960s – Michael Allred
- 1970s – Jim Steranko
- 1980s – Joshua Middleton (not up yet)
- 1990s – Dan Jurgens
- 2000s – Lee Bermejo
Click over to Ryan Higgins’ Twitter to check them out!
Brian Stelfreeze Sketches!
Brian Stelfreeze is an amazing artist. I’ve been fortunate enough to see him draw/paint in person several times over the years. If you haven’t, check out the video below to see a master artist at work.
“First Blood” by Billy Graham
Billy Graham is an artist that left us way to soon. I’m sad to say I never got to meet Mr. Graham but I did grow up reading comics that he did, most notably Luke Cage: Hero for Hire and The Black Panther.
Recently some of Billy’s family members have started posting his art. This very cool First Blood piece was one of those posted.
Eric Canate’s Marv from “Sin City”
There are two things we don’t see enough around here: 1) Eric Canate art and 2) Marv from Sin City.
Today: two birds, one stone.
The Punisher by Mike Zeck & Gerhard
If you click over to The Bristol Board using this link you can see a larger version of this Mike Zeck / Gerhard Punisher pin-up.
Bernie Wrightson Pencils to Batman Nevermore Cover!
Check out these preliminary art pencils for Bernie Wrightson’s Batman: Nevermore cover. You can see a larger version as well as the final cover (which was much different than the prelim) at The Bristol Board.
Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins and Marco Finnegan
Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins and Marco Finnegan (based on Atkins novel of the same name) is available,
After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson — who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads — Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley.
If this graphic novel sounds like something you’d like, you can order here.
If you’re more into prose, then this link is for you. Either way, you’re in for a fun ride.
Marshall Rogers’ Batman Strip Needs to Be Reprinted
Dan Greenfield makes an excellent case that Marshall Rogers’ Batman Strip Needs to Be Reprinted. As a Rogers’ fan, I am in complete agreement.
