Jack Kirby / Frank Miller Crime Comic Splash Page!
Today we have a Jack Kirby splash inked by Frank Miller! You can see a larger version as well as a Kirby Spider-Man drawing inked by Miller at Brian Michael Bendis’ Tumblr.
Category: Art
10 Towering Facts About “The Iron Giant”
Michele Debczak and Mental_Floss present 10 Towering Facts About The Iron Giant. Here are three of my favorites…
5. THE TITLE CHARACTER WAS COMPUTER GENERATED.
Despite being considered one of America’s last great traditionally animated films, The Iron Giant’s title character was created entirely with a computer. The creators took careful steps to make sure the Giant blended in seamlessly with the hand-drawn world. They even went so far as to develop a computer program to make the character’s lines wobble slightly, producing a crude, hand-drawn effect.
6. IT FEATURES A PRE-FAST AND FURIOUS VIN DIESEL.
Before making a name for himself as an action star, Vin Diesel provided his voice to the towering robot in The Iron Giant. Not counting groans and grunts, the Giant utters a grand total of 53 words in the entire film. When Diesel returned to feature voice acting 15 years later for Guardians of the Galaxy, he played Groot, a character whose vocabulary is even more severely limited.
7. THE DESIGN WAS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF NORMAN ROCKWELL.
The Iron Giant takes place in an idyllic Maine town in the 1950s—a perfect contrast to the themes of McCarthy-era paranoia the film explores. To give the setting more of a wholesome, Americana look, the creators drew inspiration from the art of Edward Hopper, N.C. Wyeth, and Norman Rockwell. Even the fictional town’s name—Rockwell—is a nod to the iconic American artist.
Darwyn Cooke’s Batman Omnibus Prelim Process!
Darwyn Cooke was the cover artist for the Batman: Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1.
Over at the Almost Darwyn Cooke Blog they show us some of the prelims Darwyn created before coming up with his finished cover.
Andy Fish and a Lord of Flatbush
Andy Fish created his take on Sly as Stanley from Lords of Flatbush using no reference! If you’d like to see more of Andy’s art you can here!
Mike Zeck’s Debut on Master of Kung Fu!
Years ago, I used to own the original art to the page shown above by Mike Zeck and John Tartaglione. But that’s not the reason I posted it today.
You see one of my daily stops on the internet highway is Diversions of the Groovy Kind. DotGK recently posted…
“The Phoenix Gambit Part I: Temples of Time” by Doug Moench, Mike Zeck (his MOKF debut!), and John Tartaglione from Master of Kung Fu #59 (September 1977)…
and there you can see the entire issue. And THAT is the reason for showing the art.
Paul Gulacy’s Shang-Chi vs Shen Kuei aka Cat
Paul Gulacy recreates a classic scene from Master of Kung Fu when Shang-Chi fought Shen Kuei aka Cat.
Man, that brings back so many great memories! If you’d like to see a larger version you can here.
Source: @GulacyArt.
Bride of Frankenstein by Jordi Bernet
Say the name “Jordi Bernet” to most comic fans and they’ll respond, “Torpedo.” That’s because Bernet is most famous for the art on the Torpedo crime stories.
Torpedo may come to mind first, but I’ll bet many won’t forget the awesome Bride of Frankenstein piece Bernet created.
Source: Steve Niles Tumblr.
JoBlo.com’s Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net
Once a week Joblo.com posts Awesome Art We’ve Found Around the Net. As you can imagine, they post awesome art that they, well, you get the idea.
I always enjoy seeing what JoBlo has found because with each post they list the artist’s name and a link to more of his/her art. If you check it out you’ll discover amazing artists like Dave Rapoza who did the Lobo piece above.
Howard Chaykin’s The Divided States of Hysteria is Coming This Fall!
Howard Chaykin has a new –
I’m in.
But you don’t know what the comic is about. You don’t even know what it’s called.
I’m in.
Listen –
Ok, tell me.
THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA is set in the aftermath of a dirty bomb that wipes New York City off the map, as what will come to be known as the Second American Civil War shatters the domestic landscape in isolated pustules of violence…and a team of five private contractors is charged with stemming this tide of rage and bringing the bombers to justice.
Guess what?
What?
I’m in.
Source: Bleeding Cool.
Kaare Andrews Talks Up Renalto Jones!
Kaare Andrews is a movie and television director, a writer and artist. Talk about a renaissance man! Andrews has a new six issue comic series, Renalto Jones, coming out this summer. Here’s how Kaare describes the series…
KA: Here’s the big conceit of the series: As you said, it’s about a man who hides amongst the super-rich and makes them pay for their super-rich crimes. But he doesn’t just hide in that world, he lives in it. So I can have a great time drawing gold plated Lamborghinis and huge estates, while still being able to get some payback. The book isn’t saying that all rich people are evil (remember, this is fiction), it’s saying that there is a certain kind of evil that’s untouchable because it hides behind wealth. To get at them, it’s going to take one of their own.
What’s interesting for me on a character level is that Renato isn’t really who he appears to be. ‘Renato’ is Italian for ‘Rebirth’ and that plays a big part of his character. Who is he? Why is he doing this? It’s not about revenge, but restitution. That’s important to Renato. He’s not getting even with the super-rich, he’s making them pay.
Check out Rich Johnston’s Why Kaare Andrews Is Focusing 100% On The One % at Bleeding Cool for the full story.
Rambo by Jarrod Alberich
Jarrod Alberich aka The Yard Sale Artist created the Rambo piece above. Jarrod calls himself The Yard Sale Artist because he uses only materials that he finds at yard sales, thrift stores, dumpsters and so on.
Simon Lee’s Predator Visiting the Dentist
This was too good not to share… Simon Lee‘s Predator Visiting the Dentist. You can see more of Simon Lee’s work here.
June Vigants and Stanley from “Lords of Flatbush”
June Vigants created the Sly as Stanley Rosiello from Lords of Flatbush piece above. June was doing sketch commissions through the mail and although I’d never met her, I liked June’s art and decided to commission a few pieces. I wasn’t disappointed.
You can see more of June’s art here.
Mister Miracle Splash Pages – A Time Machine of Sorts
Diversions of the Groovy Kind is a regular stop on my daily website visits. You’ll always find something cool like this post of Mister Miracle Splash Pages.
I don’t know about you, but those Mister Miracle pages take me back to my childhood.
