Daily Comic Book Covers

Fall of the Hulks Alpha Preview Images from Marvel Comics

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Check out these preview images from Fall of the Hulks Alpha...some sick artwork from Marvel comics. This thing is going to break off in December so keep your eyes wide open. You can check out more images, more information and just overall better quality stuff via Robot6.

Neil Gaiman Impersonates Alan Moore

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:50:00 +0000

Here you go, Neil Gaiman telling a good story and impersonating Alan Moore at one point. You know you like this.

The Boys #1

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:45:00 +0000

The Boys is the superhero satire that got booted from DC Comics despite high sales. You can check this out below, or get it in stores.

Robert Crumb Media Blitz

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:21:00 +0000

Robert Crumb released the book of genesis and now everyone wants a piece of him. Seriously, how many news articles did you read about Crumb? It's ridiculous, since no one said anything about him for about 20 years old.

For instance, you can hear and watch an interview with him here, and then read someone elses thoughts on an event in which Crumb talked about his latest epic.

Don't know who Crumb is?

WAKE UP!

Not sure what he released recently? Look below:

R. Crumb's Book of Genesis is out now, and if you haven't heard about it, you're not much of a comic book fan. For Crumb's fans and bible fanatics, this is a clever rendering of the first book of the bible. Hopefully Crumb decides to do more.

Recently, the Los Angeles Times interviewed and talked about none other than Crumb...specifically citing The Book of Genesis, out now!

How do we read R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis Illustrated"? It seems a contradiction: a sober reconstruction by a man who admits he "[does] not believe that the Bible is 'the word of God.' " And yet, the further we get into this electrifying adaptation, the more it all makes sense. If you remove divinity from the equation, "Genesis" becomes a human creation -- "a powerful text," in Crumb's words, "with layers of meaning that reach deep into our collective consciousness, our historical consciousness, if you will." These stories are sacred, then, not because they were handed down by any deity but because they speak to the elemental conflicts that drive us as women and men.

That's an eye-opening way of looking at the Bible, but it's also completely consistent with Crumb's career. Although he remains best known as one of the founding heroes of underground comics -- the creator of Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, among other iconic characters -- he's always had something more expansive in mind. Partly, this has meant championing other artists, including Art Spiegelman and Harvey Pekar, whose "American Splendor" he illustrated for many years. Partly, it has meant pushing comics into cultural territory where they might not, at first, appear to belong.

Black Panther Ultimate Alliance 2 Video

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:29:00 +0000

Black Panther is one of two new characters that you can take charge of in the new Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 video game, out now. Marvel posted this sick video to help you get hyped!

End of the Month Comic Book Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:35:00 +0000

Here you go, the latest and greatest posts from October 2009 here on this site. If you missed out on the last few posts or the whole month, here's your chance to recap. Enjoy your halloween, I'll see ya in a few days.

Marvel Comics On The Iphone
The Joker and Harley Disrupt a Dentist Visit
Making Comics With Doug Tennapel Video
What if Comics Exploded?
New Star Trek 2 Trailer
Hot Comic Book Women
Marvel Comics Interviews Chad of New Found Glory
Spider-Woman Motion Comic Free Videos
The Punisher Annual #1 or The Punisher Fights Spid...
The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb and Interview
2009 Harvey Award Winners List
The Last Sin of Mark Grimm Trailer
Bane Hates Priests
Azrael #96

Marvel Comics On The Iphone

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:50:00 +0000

The world of Marvel is now coming to the Iphone. That's right, Marvel comics is now putting a lot of their digital comics for you to see on your iphone. I am excited, I just got an iphone and am looking for cool stuff to use with it.

So check this mess out via different locales, and see what's up with the marvel digital library.

The Joker and Harley Disrupt a Dentist Visit

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:58:00 +0000

The Joker and Harley really make you not want to visit the Dentist. Here's a quick set from Batman Adventures "mad love"...not half bad...click for larger views.

Making Comics With Doug Tennapel Video

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:54:00 +0000

Here you go, a video featuring Doug Tennapel and how to make comics...well sort of..

What if Comics Exploded?

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:40:00 +0000

There's a lot of "what if" comics out there. I own a few. But here's something that the comics and crossovers never happened.

Here's a bit of work from Ryan Dunlavey, a better blogger and artist than I will ever be...because I'm an idiot...here's a sample.

For more comic book and comic strip mash ups, click here.

New Star Trek 2 Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:58:00 +0000

New Star Trek?

Yep, a new Star Trek might be on the horizon.

At least that's what news sources are talking about.

But I'm always wrong...

what's this? a klingon recruitment video that some people are saying is the beginnings of a viral marketing campaign to an all new Star Trek film...so they say.

Hot Comic Book Women

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:22:00 +0000

I ran into a cool article about preconceived notions of the girl next door in comics...but was more inclined to enjoy the fabulous artwork featuring hot comic book women...I know they're animated, but come on! These girls...are interesting, to say the least.

Marvel Comics Interviews Chad of New Found Glory

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:40:00 +0000

Once again, Marvel comics throws me a bone. Here's the greater good, they sat down with Chad of new Found Glory and they talked comic books! YEAH!

Spider-Woman Motion Comic Free Videos

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Guess what? You can now see the Spider-Woman Motion Comic that many people were raving about earlier this year with none other than HULU! That's right, check out the Spider-Woman Motion Comic for free right now.

The Punisher Annual #1 or The Punisher Fights Spiderman and Robots

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:26:00 +0000

Here we go again, an insane scan and comic book from me to you...well from Marvel Comics to you. Now you could go and find this comic and try to buy it from a comic book company or ebay or something. The Punisher Annual #1 was recently released, well a efw years ago, and it's really good. It features The Punisher fighting Spiderman and Strippers....the worst kind of strippers, ROBOT STRIPPERS!

Enjoy, click the images to get a larger one...enjoy!

The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb and Interview

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:30:00 +0000

R. Crumb's Book of Genesis is out now, and if you haven't heard about it, you're not much of a comic book fan. For Crumb's fans and bible fanatics, this is a clever rendering of the first book of the bible. Hopefully Crumb decides to do more.

Recently, the Los Angeles Times interviewed and talked about none other than Crumb...specifically citing The Book of Genesis, out now!

How do we read R. Crumb's "The Book of Genesis Illustrated"? It seems a contradiction: a sober reconstruction by a man who admits he "[does] not believe that the Bible is 'the word of God.' " And yet, the further we get into this electrifying adaptation, the more it all makes sense. If you remove divinity from the equation, "Genesis" becomes a human creation -- "a powerful text," in Crumb's words, "with layers of meaning that reach deep into our collective consciousness, our historical consciousness, if you will." These stories are sacred, then, not because they were handed down by any deity but because they speak to the elemental conflicts that drive us as women and men.

That's an eye-opening way of looking at the Bible, but it's also completely consistent with Crumb's career. Although he remains best known as one of the founding heroes of underground comics -- the creator of Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, among other iconic characters -- he's always had something more expansive in mind. Partly, this has meant championing other artists, including Art Spiegelman and Harvey Pekar, whose "American Splendor" he illustrated for many years. Partly, it has meant pushing comics into cultural territory where they might not, at first, appear to belong.

2009 Harvey Award Winners List

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:31:00 +0000

This award Named in honor of the late cartoonist and Mad magazine editor Harvey Kurtzman, the awards recognize outstanding work in comics.

The winners of the 2009 Harveys are:

Best writer: Grant Morrison, All-Star Superman (DC Comics)

Best artist: Gabriel Ba, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse)

Best cartoonist: Al Jaffee, Tall Tales (Abrams Books)

Best letterer: John Workman, Marvel 1985 (Marvel)

Best inker: Mark Morales, Thor (Marvel)

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas

The Umbrella Academy: Dallas

Best colorist: Dave Stewart, The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse)

Best cover artist: James Jean, Fables (DC Comics/Vertigo)

Best new series: Echo (Abstract Studios)

Best continuing or limited series: All-Star Superman (DC Comics)

Best biographical, historical or journalistic presentation: Kirby: King of Comics, Mark Evanier (Abrams Books)

Best syndicated strip or panel: Mutts, Patrick McDonnell (King Features Syndicate)

Best anthology: Comic Book Tattoo, edited by Rantz Hoseley (Image Comics)

Best original graphic album: Too Cool To Be Forgotten (Top Shelf)

Best graphic album-previously published: Nat Turner, Kyle Baker (Abrams Books)

Best single issue or story: Y: The Last Man #60 (DC Comics/Vertigo)

Best domestic reprint project: Complete Peanuts (Fantagraphics Books)
Gus & His Gang

Gus & His Gang

Best American edition of foreign material: Gus & His Gang (First Second)

Best online comics work: High Moon, David Gallaher, Steve Ellis and Scott O. Brown (DC Comics/Zuda)

Special award for humor in comics: Al Jaffee, Tall Tales (Abrams Books)

Special award for excellence in presentation: Kirby: King of Comics, Mark Evanier (Abrams Books)

Best new talent: Bryan J.L. Glass, The Mice Templar (Image Comics)

The Last Sin of Mark Grimm Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:43:00 +0000

Here's a cool clip from a motion comic "The Last Sin of Mark Grimm".

If you have time check out a full interview with a motion comic pioneer, via a better blog.

Bane Hates Priests

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:08:00 +0000

Maybe Bane was molested as a child? I'm not sure, but this sequence from Batman: Bane of the Demon really raised my eyebrows. In this violent sequences, Bane tries to extract some information from a high priest of the Catholic church only to let him plummet to his death. Then he mutters something and wow...what a weirdo huh?

So here you go, a little bit of Bane from the Batman spin off:

Azrael #96

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:53:00 +0000

Well if you aren't sure where I have been, I'm sorry. I was moving from Seattle to another city. I've been working on unpacking and you know, the things you do when you move. In regards to updates, here's a good one for all you batman fans. It's Azrael #96, and it is scanned and ready for you to view it. Dc Comics spun the caped crusader into a lot of different monthly editions, and here's just one of those, this time Azrael has to deal with a guy named Two Face...and look for a cameo from old Batman himself.

Click the images to get larger versions of Azrael #96, as I ease into posting more stuff for all 2 of you out there that might still visit this site.

Grandville Graphic Noel Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Bryan Talbots new steampunk fantasy adventure graphic novel due out this October 2009. Colour filling and trailer directed by Jordan Smith (cover artist for Alice in Sunderland). Fans of DC's Sandman comic will know Bryans work well.

Comic Book Movie News

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:24:00 +0000

The latest news from the comic book world is huge!

We're getting a New Daredevil, Ghost Rider, Silver Surfer, and Spawn movie! Yep.

Start your engines

The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 By Charles M. Schulz

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:45:00 +0000

Tennis, anyone? Billie Jean King serves up an introduction... and we celebrate Woodstock! The twelfth volume of Peanuts features a number of tennis strips and several extended sequences involving Peppermint Patty’s friend Marcie (including a riotous, rarely seen sequence in which Marcie’s costume-making and hairstyling skills utterly spoil a skating competition for PP), so it seems only right that this volume’s introduction should be served up by Schulz’s longtime friend, tennis champion Billie Jean King.

This volume also picks up on a few loose threads from the previous year, as the mysterious “Poochie” shows up in the flesh; Linus and Lucy’s new kid brother “Rerun” makes his first appearance, is almost immediately drafted onto the baseball team (where, thanks to his tiny strike zone, he wins a game), and embarks on his first terrifying journey on the back of his mom’s bike; and, in one of Peanuts’ oddest recurring storylines, the schoolhouse Sally used to talk to starts talking, or at least thinking, back at her!

The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 also includes one of the all-time classic Peanuts sequences, in which Charlie Brown’s baseball-oriented hallucinations finally manifest themselves in a baseball-shaped rash on his head. Forced to conceal the embarrassing discoloration with a bag worn over his head, Charlie Brown goes to camp as “Mister Sack” and discovers that, shorn of his identity, he’s suddenly well liked and successful. 344 b/w illustrations.

About the Author:

Charles M. Schulz was born November 25, 1922 in Minneapolis. His destiny was foreshadowed when an uncle gave him, at the age of two days, the nickname Sparky (after the racehorse Spark Plug in the newspaper strip Barney Google).

In his senior year in high school, his mother noticed an ad in a local newspaper for a correspondence school, Federal Schools (later called Art Instruction Schools). Schulz passed the talent test, completed the course and began trying, unsuccessfully, to sell gag cartoons to magazines. (His first published drawing was of his dog, Spike, and appeared in a 1937 Ripley's Believe It Or Not! installment.) Between 1948 and 1950, he succeeded in selling 17 cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post—as well as, to the local St. Paul Pioneer Press, a weekly comic feature called Li'l Folks. It was run in the women's section and paid $10 a week. After writing and drawing the feature for two years, Schulz asked for a better location in the paper or for daily exposure, as well as a raise. When he was turned down on all three counts, he quit.

He started submitting strips to the newspaper syndicates. In the spring of 1950, he received a letter from the United Feature Syndicate, announcing their interest in his submission, Li'l Folks. Schulz boarded a train in June for New York City; more interested in doing a strip than a panel, he also brought along the first installments of what would become Peanuts—and that was what sold. (The title, which Schulz loathed to his dying day, was imposed by the syndicate). The first Peanuts daily appeared October 2, 1950; the first Sunday, January 6, 1952.

Diagnosed with cancer, Schulz retired from Peanuts at the end of 1999. He died on February 13, 2000, the day before Valentine's Day—and the day before his last strip was published—having completed 17,897 daily and Sunday strips, each and every one fully written, drawn, and lettered entirely by his own hand—an unmatched achievement in comics.

Doom #3

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:51:00 +0000

Originally, I thought that this book was about the video game Doom. The cover almost looks like something that was birthed out of the classic ID Video Game. However, this comic book is not really about that, it's about Doctor Doom! I guess that kind of spoils the ending. This was part of a three issue lot, and I'm not sure where to find it. So here you go, full scans of Doom #3, not bad...great overall graphic style and an interesting story.

So check out Marvel's Doom #3 by clicking the images to get larger versions and if you've got a few cents buy something via the amazon links.

Ren and Stimpy Parody Comic Book

noreply@blogger.com (Sir Jorge) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:13:00 +0000

Ren & Stimpy is a classic cartoon that many people grew up on. It's one of my favorite shows of all time, and the fans know what's up. However, recently I found this cool comic but it's a parody. It's a parody of Ren & Stimpy called RED & STUMPY...hilarious, check it out below, click the images: