Jon Morris

As much as I love comic books, I've never been all that into superhero-themed roleplaying games. My interest in rolling dice seems to be directly proportionate to the likelihood of encountering a gelatinous cube, so I tend to stick to the sword-and-sorcery genre -- and apparently, that has caused me to miss out on some truly weird stuff.

Upcoming: Vanguard Publishing has announced that the hardcover edition of The Frazetta Sketchbook will arrive in stores on December 26 and include 160 pages of previously unpublished drawings and painting preliminaries by the artist. Controversy: It appears, perhaps unsurprisingly, that The National Organization for Marriage has a problem with the wedding in Astonishing X-Men #51...

In response to ethical concerns raised about Marvel's much anticipated The Avengers film, which is based on characters co-created by Jack Kirby and other comic book professionals who (or whose estates) will not benefit financially from the hugely popular motion picture, cartoonist Jon Morris offered a thoughtful proposal for conflicted fans who are mindful of the situation but do not wish to boyco

Between the awesome art he does for his website, his creation of the Cornered art blog and the DC Fifty-Too project, it's safe to say that Calamity Jon Morris is one of our favorite artists. And over the last month, he's shown us exactly why with a collection of art depicting Superman's greatest enemies...

We told you last week about DC Fifty-Too, a website dedicated to showcasing the DC Comics superheroes as interpreted by talents from the world of indie comics and the Web. Specifically, creators were asked to imagine their version of the #1 issue of any DC title...

Character-identifying artwork in the upper lefthand corners of comic book covers is somewhat of a vanishing craft these days, but the contributors on the blog Cornered still want to celebrate the smallest and most useful panel in the world of cover design elements...

If you've been following our pals over at Project Rooftop, you're probably already familiar with "Calamity" Jon Morris as one of their judges, but if you're not following Morris's own site, you are missing out on some of the most fun depictions of super-heroes on the Internet...