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Best Art Ever (This Week) - 02.20.2015
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 02.20.2015
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 02.20.2015
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, as well as the special qualities of comic book storytelling, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great pinups, fan art and other illustrations on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwork that we come across in our regular travels across the Web. Some of it’s new, some of it’s old, some of it’s created by working professionals, some of it’s created by future stars, some of it’s created by talented fans, and some of it’s endearingly silly. All of it is awesome.
ComicsAlliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Cover Artist
ComicsAlliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Cover Artist
ComicsAlliance Reader Choice Awards: Best Cover Artist
2013 was a great year for comics. It feels like a similar statement is made after every year concludes, but 2013 unquestionably saw exceptional work from several creators, across multiple publishers and genres within the medium. To close out the year, we offered what we felt to be the best comics of the year, highlighting dozens of writers and artists whose creative output we felt deserved to be
Criterion Enlists Comic Artists For 'Zatoichi' Box Set
Criterion Enlists Comic Artists For 'Zatoichi' Box Set
Criterion Enlists Comic Artists For 'Zatoichi' Box Set
This might be the strongest "oh crap I need to own that" reaction I've had to anything in 2013 so far. Criterion, the company that produces high-end Blu-ray/DVD collections of classic films, has recruited more than 25 artists to produce illustrations for an upcoming Zatoichi box set, collecting the 25 Zatoichi films produced between 1962 and 1973. The list of creators involved is somewh
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 07.14.13
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 07.14.13
Best Art Ever (This Week) - 07.14.13
We make a regular practice at ComicsAlliance of spotlighting particular artists or specific bodies of work, but because cartoonists, illustrators and their fans share countless numbers of great images on sites like Flickr, Tumblr, DeviantArt and seemingly infinite art blogs that we’ve created Best Art Ever (This Week), a weekly depository for just some of the pieces of especially compelling artwor
Parting Shot: Murphy, Shimizu, Guarnaccia and Crabapple Discuss ‘The Art of Illustration’ [Video]
Parting Shot: Murphy, Shimizu, Guarnaccia and Crabapple Discuss ‘The Art of Illustration’ [Video]
Parting Shot: Murphy, Shimizu, Guarnaccia and Crabapple Discuss ‘The Art of Illustration’ [Video]
If you've never checked out PBS's YouTube series Off Book, you're missing out. Every other Thursday the web series debuts a new segment focusing on the cultural impact of various artistic and writing endeavors. Past videos have focused on indie video games, graphic design, the effect of color, internet comedy, and the impact Twitter has on journalism, just to name a few topics...
‘The Unwritten’ Cover Artist Yuko Shimizu Wins Society of Illustrators Medals
‘The Unwritten’ Cover Artist Yuko Shimizu Wins Society of Illustrators Medals
‘The Unwritten’ Cover Artist Yuko Shimizu Wins Society of Illustrators Medals
Congratulations to Yuko Shimizu on winning the prestigious gold and silver medals from the Society Of Illustrators for her recent work, including a cover for the Vertigo comic book series The Unwritten. The storied Society has been promoting the art of illustration since the beginning of the 20th century, but it's ties to the comic book industry were made stronger this year when it acquired the co
‘The Unwritten': The Grown-up Boy Wizard Comic Begins a Twice-Monthly ‘War of Words’
‘The Unwritten': The Grown-up Boy Wizard Comic Begins a Twice-Monthly ‘War of Words’
‘The Unwritten': The Grown-up Boy Wizard Comic Begins a Twice-Monthly ‘War of Words’
In the pages of The Unwritten, Mike Carey and Peter Gross have crafted a remarkable epic about the power of stories. (If you've yet to try it, Vertigo offers the first issue as a free download.) On one level the Vertigo Comics series is about the power of fiction to subtly shape the world around us through shifts in opinion and belief...