TheStuffOfLegend

With a portfolio that balances powerful superhero compositions with graceful storybook illustrations in the vein of E. H. Shepard, Charles Paul Wilson III is suited for all kinds of storytelling challenges. The artist aptly demonstrates these skills in The Stuff of Legend series, a WWII era fantasy tale that follows a toy soldier, a teddy bear and a band of fellow toys against an evil tyrant and h

No matter how old you get toys have an ability toys have to evoke powerful childhood memories of pure adoration. Of a time when a simple object like a stuffed animal or a plastic soldier could faithfully be counted on to provide so much joy...

It's nearly Christmas, the time of year when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus by giving children the toys that the Christ child would have wanted instead of the precious metals, perfumes and medicines he was actually given by his Magi, which I'm going to assume from context is some ancient term for "grandparent...

With 2009 about to draw to a close, now seems like a good time to look back on a year of Wednesdays and remind myself of the reason I buy new comics every week. To remember that it's worth sifting through the piles of never-ending zombie comics, celebrity biography cash-ins and Barack Obama team-ups because every once in a while you find a great story with beautiful artwork...