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tganalostarosciak · 5 months

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Comic artists researches. Part 1

Frank Miller:

Frank Miller is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on Daredevil, for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent Daredevil: Born Again, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.

What is Frank Miller doing now?

On April 28, 2022, it was reported that Miller was launching an American comic book publishing company titled Frank Miller Presents, or FMP. Miller will act as the company's president and editor-in-chief, working alongside Dan DiDio as publisher and chief operating officer Silenn Thomas.

Did Frank Miller draw Daredevil?

He started out with minor tasks, like drawing covers and short stories for Spiderman anthologies. Then, at the beginning of 1979, came the big break: Miller became the official artist for Daredevil, one of Marvel's lesser-known series.

Who influenced Frank Miller?

Among his graphic influences were Neal Adams, Ernie Bushmiller, Guido Crepax, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby and Goseki Kojima. His made his debut in 1978 with contributions to Gold Key's The Twilight Zone. He soon also drew for DC anthologies and Marvel titles like 'Spectacular Spider-Man' and 'John Carter: Warlord of Mars'.

My opinion for this artist of his art style is very interesting for my opinion, that he uses some specific colours for different comic he made for Sin city, Daredevil and 300. As my point of view toward his comic is a mixed with a big art of scene in the comic and four small boxes to show what is going on with that scene which is very interesting to me.

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John Romita Jr.:

John Salvatore Romita is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2010s. He is the son of artist John Romita Sr.

When did John Romita Jr draw Spider-Man?

Romita Jr. made a name for himself as a key Marvel artist thanks in large part to his work on Spider-Man. He first drew the character in 1977, as the rising star son of the legendary John Romita Sr., and went on to become one of the definitive pencillers to ever work on the character.

What was the first comic of John Romita Jr?

Romita Jr. began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six-page story entitled "Chaos at the Coffee Bean!" in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1977)

Is John Romita Jr back at Marvel?

He drew many of Marvel's greatest characters, and then moved to DC for a short period, where he also drew their greatest characters. John Romita Jr. has since returned to Marvel, getting his old job on The Amazing Spider-Man back.

My opinion for this artist of his art style is very pop culture-like as he is uses pop colours for example, red, blue, orange, yellow, etc. As he worked for Marvel as he did his work on Spider-Man as he first dew the character in 1977 as he is going to work back on the Spider-Man for Marvel.

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Brian Bolland:

Brian Bolland is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology 2000 AD, he spearheaded the 'British Invasion' of the American comics industry, and in 1982 produced the artwork alongside author Mike W. Barr on Camelot 3000, which was DC Comics' first 12-issue comicbook maxiseries created for the direct market.

What inspired Brian Bolland?

As early as 1962, aged 11, Bolland remembers thinking that "Carmine Infantino's work on the Flash and Gil Kane's on Green Lantern and the Atom had a sophistication about it that I hadn't [previously] seen." He would later cite Kane and Alex Toth as "pinnacle[s] of excellence," alongside Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson

You'll be surprised to hear that even though Judge Dredd had been in 2000AD since Prog 2 the editors weren't sure which of the interior characters would sell the comic best if that character was on the cover. Artists like me just came up with cover ideas and, if they liked them, we'd draw the cover and they would write a one-page text story based on it to go inside. These early covers of mine fall into that category.

Other covers followed for nearly a third of the first 30 progs, as well as stand-alone pages and some inking duties on Gibbons' Dan Dare. Already familiar with Nick Landau (acting editor), when another artist dropped out, Bolland was called directly to complete a Judge Dredd story in Prog 41 (3 Dec 77) and soon was established as a regular artist on the series. "From that point on," writes Bolland, "either he [Landau] or his successor Steve MacManus called me direct whenever they wanted me to do a Dredd story."

Bolland's early work on Judge Dredd was much influenced by McMahon, a talented newcomer whose idiosyncratic style was fuelling the interest in the new character. Bolland thought McMahon was "terrific, the real ideas man on Dredd," but noted that McMahon's approach was "very impressionistic," while the "average comics reader, certainly at the time, does tend to prefer realism." Bolland therefore states that he "aped Mike's genius... and then reinterpreted [Dredd] in a style which actually borrowed a lot from the work of the American artists," retaining McMahon's "granite-jawed" look but bringing a level of realism and fine detail to the character, which Mark Salisbury says "finally cemented the iconic image."

My opinion for this artist of his art style is horrific but in a good way as he is showing us in the comic with joker and batman as showing the Joker a villain in a horrific, disgusting and creepy style as he is showing toward us in world that the style of his is amazing as he did a well done of showing the art style on the comic book to show what horrific is it.

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worshipevetta · 7 years

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#webcomic #dungeons and dragons #worship Evetta #Alex toth inspired

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archive-archives · 4 years

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Warner Archive October 2020 Releases

Coming soon to an online retailer near you!

NEW 2020 1080p master! DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (1999) Run Time 98:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

The Sarah Rose American Teen Princess Pageant is a beauty contest to die for! And that’s exactly what the contestants in Mount Rose, Minnesota, are doing. Ever since the vivacious-but-vicious former beauty queen Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley, TV’s Cheers) started pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca (Denise Richards, The World Is Not Enough), to win at all costs, the competition has been dropping like flies. Between exploding tractors and deadly hunting accidents, it’s a wonder the top challenger, poor Amber (Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man), has the courage to keep her tap shoes on. But after Amber’s mother (Ellen Barkin, TV’s Animal Kingdom) is injured in a suspicious trailer-park-beauty-shop bombing, Amber is determined to fight to the finish – and the battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly! Experience plenty of mom, apple pie and all-American mayhem, plus a hit-packed soundtrack, in this breakthrough comedy that is “clever, fearless and loaded with wicked lines and touches” (Los Angeles Times).

NEW 2020 1080p masters! SPACE GHOST & DINO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES Run Time 420:00 Subtitles English Audio Specs MONO - English Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 (2) Special Feature: Documentary "Alex Toth: The Artist's Artist: The Journey of a Master Cartoonist" (SD)

Showcasing the episodes in the three-segment form as they originally aired, these stellar retro hits soar through space and time to deliver justice! First, intergalactic policeman Space Ghost navigates the cosmos in his tricked-out spaceship The Phantom Cruiser, battling villains like Brak and Zorak with his legendary suit and powerful wristbands. Then, Dino Boy teams with caveman Ugh and dinosaur Bronty to go primeval on the ancient menaces of their primitive home. And finally, Space Ghost flies again with more extraterrestrial adventures and thrilling takedowns. This dynamite compilation also features the dynamic six-part Space Ghost episode The Council of Doom. It’s cosmic entertainment for all!

NEW 2020 1080p master from 4K scan of best surviving nitrate elements! SERGEANT YORK (1941) Run Time 134:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English Aspect Ratio 1.37:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color BLACK & WHITE Disc Configuration BD 50 Special Features: Commentary by Film Historian Jeanine Basinger; Making of Featurette "Sergeant York: Of God and Country"; Classic Cartoon "Porky's Preview"; Vintage Short "Lions for Sale"; Theatrical re-issue trailer (HD).

Torn between religious pacifism and patriotism, Alvin York of Tennessee went on to become World War I's most acclaimed hero. As the simple backwoods farm boy who captured 132 German soldiers during the Battle of Argonne, Gary Cooper (handpicked by York) also won acclaim and his first Best Actor Academy Award®. Released in 1941 when the United States was on the brink of another war, this stirring adventure inspired thousands of enlisting men. Nominated for a total of 11 Oscars® including Best Picture, a winner for Best Film Editing and movingly directed by Howard Hawks, it tells of a religious man's moral crisis, heroics and subsequent return to the rural life he loved while refusing to capitalize on the adulation heaped upon him. An ode to patriotism and the human spirit, Sergeant York endures as one of Hollywood's finest hours.

NEW 2020 1080p master! REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (1990) Run Time 112:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs STEREO - English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD) and feature commentary by Director Barbet Schroeder and Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan

Did European aristocrat Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) try to murder his wife, Sunny (Glenn Close), at their luxurious Newport mansion in 1980? Tabloids of the day had their opinions. “You have one thing in your favor,” defense attorney Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) told von Bulow. “Everybody hates you.” Written for the screen by Nicholas Kazan (Fallen, At Close Range), directed by Barbet Schroeder (Single White Female) and based on Dershowitz’s book, Reversal of Fortune is the acclaimed filmization of events that had all of America talking. For his precise portrait of icy brittleness, Irons won the Best Actor Academy Award®* as well as the Los Angeles and National Society of Film Critics Awards. Think you know the truth? Until you watch…you have no idea.

NEW 2020 1080p master! SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO (1960) Run Time 143:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs MONO - English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

He led America’s battles against the Depression and the Axis powers – and won. But first Franklin Delano Roosevelt fought a personal battle against polio that would either destroy him – or arm him for greatness. This powerful film of Dore Schary’s long-running play is an intimate, admiring profile in courage. Ralph Bellamy reprises his dynamic Tony®-winning stage portrayal of the future President, and Greer Garson is his devoted, warbly-voiced wife, Eleanor. Both were uncannily true in their roles, and acclaim followed: Garson earned Golden Globe® and National Board of Review Best Actress awards, as well as one of the movie’s four Oscar® nominations. With exteriors filmed at Campobello and Hyde Park and interiors staged on uncanny duplications of the real-life Roosevelt homes, Sunrise at Campobello shines eloquently and movingly.

NEW 2020 1080p master! THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956) Run Time 116:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, STEREO - English Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, 16x9 Letterbox Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

“I’ve waited a whole year to grow claws like these. Jungle Red!” One of film’s greatest lines belongs to a wronged wife who wins back her man with the aid of an aggressive shade of nail polish. First a hit play, then an all-star 1939 (and later, 2008) movie, The Women resurfaces here as the musical The Opposite Sex, complete with an all-star cast, lines dipped in acid wit, big production numbers and fabulous ‘50s couture in scintillating CinemaScope®. June Allyson portrays the betrayed woman. Joan Collins is the siren who steals her husband. And Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood and Joan Blondell are assorted gal pals (true-blue and envy-green) who convince their demure friend to paint her claws – then use them.

NEW 2020 1080p master from 4K scan from best surviving preservation elements! WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940) Run Time 109:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English Aspect Ratio 1.37:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color BLACK & WHITE Disc Configuration BD 50 Includes Theatrical Trailer (HD) and Screen Director’s Playhouse Radio Program with Norma Shearer and Mervyn LeRoy (audio only).

Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war’s unspoken casualties. Heartbroken after Roy is reportedly killed in action, Myra turns to prostitution to make her way. The report, however, is false. Roy later returns from a POW camp, eager to begin life anew with his beloved. But Myra’s shattered spirit may no longer hold any room for happiness. Vivien Leigh plays Myra, at once winning and breaking viewers’ hearts in this exquisite melodrama. In a compassionate performance that was his all-time favorite, Robert Taylor is gallant Roy. Under Mervyn LeRoy’s astute direction, they make Waterloo Bridge a meeting place for lovers.

BLACK LIGHTNING: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (2018-19) Run Time 674:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1, 16x9 Full Frame Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 (3)

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man of many faces. A former Olympic athlete, respected educator and father of two, he’s also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. But Jefferson is not alone. His oldest daughter, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), is a med student, part-time teacher and social activist. She is also the Super Hero known as Thunder, possessing invulnerability and super strength for as long as she can hold her breath. Jefferson’s youngest daughter, Jennifer (China Anne McClain), is a fiery teen who inherited her father’s athletic gifts but not his desire to be an athlete. Jennifer also inherited his powers. Her body generates pure electrical energy, and she possesses the potential to be more powerful than Anissa or Jefferson. Lynn (Christine Adams), Jefferson’s ex-wife, is fast becoming an expert in metahuman medicine. Together, the Pierce family fights the gang known as the One Hundred for the soul of Freeland.

BLACK LIGHTNING: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (2019-20) Run Time 673:00 Subtitles English SDH Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1, 16x9 Full Frame Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 (3)

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), respected educator and father of two, is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. And he doesn’t fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), aka Thunder, and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), aka Lightning, as well as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn (Christine Adams). Together, the Pierce family combats the ills eroding their city, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale (Marvin Jones III). Worse, Freeland has been plagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking, creating metahumans and addicts while making Freeland the target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia. Fortunately, the family still has allies in their fight: former covert superspy Peter Gambi (James Remar) and Jefferson’s neighbor, the scrupulously honest deputy police chief Bill Henderson (Damon Gupton).

New to DVD

THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (2020) Subtitles English SDH Sound Quality DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.0:1, 16x9 Letterbox Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration DVD9

The HBO® series The Plot Against America, created by The Wire’s David Simon and Ed Burns and based on Philip Roth’s acclaimed novel, brilliantly imagines an alternate American history during World War II. Told through the eyes of the Levins, a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, the six-part limited series charts the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism. Caught in the upheaval, the Levins learn that the violence threatening the lives of ordinary Americans is never more than a moment’s political provocation away. Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Michael Kostroff, David Krumholtz, Azhy Robertson, Caleb Malis, Jacob Laval and John Turturro star in this powerful tale of intolerance and totalitarianism.

HEAD OF THE CLASS: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1987-88) Run Time 587:00 Sound Quality MONO - English, DOLBY DIGITAL - English Aspect Ratio 4x3 Full Frame, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.33:1 Product Color COLOR Disc Configuration DVD9

Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati) returns as good-natured substitute teacher Charlie Moore for the sophomore season of this fan-favorite sitcom. Charlie is assigned to the Individualized Honors Program, a very different kind of class. The IHP students are so gifted that their teachers are expected to be glorified babysitters, but the unconventional Charlie upsets the applecart by deciding to actually teach! He guides his charges – classic nerd Arvid (Dan Frischman), overachiever Maria (Leslie Bega), debate dynamo Darlene (Robin Givens), Indian immigrant Jawaharlal (Jory Husain), child prodigy Janice (Tannis Vallely), too-cool-for-school Eric (Brian Robbins), chemistry whiz Dennis (Dan Schneider), academic Renaissance woman Sarah (Kimberly Russell), ultraserious Alan (Tony O’Dell) and ethereal bibliophile Simone (Khrystyne Haje) – through academic challenges and real-life problems alike.

#Warner archive #Warner archive collection #new to bluray #new to dvd

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biggoonie · 4 years

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SUPER FRIENDS: SATURDAY MORNING COMICS VOL. 1 HC

written by E. NELSON BRIDWELL and others art by RAMONA FRADON, RIC ESTRADA,and others cover by ALEX TOTH From the Hall of Justice come these tales of the Justice League of America, inspired by their hit 1970s animated TV series. In these tales, the Justice League of America assembles to battle evil in the form of Queen Hippolyta, the Riddler, the Ocean Monster, and many more. Collects Super Friends #1-26, Limited Collectors’ Edition #C41, #C46, and the ultra-rare Aquateers Meet the Super Friends #1. RESOLICIT | ON SALE 06.03.20 $69.99 US | 520 PAGES FC | ISBN: 978-1-4012-9542-4 This item is resolicited. All previous orders are canceled.

#Super Friends #Alex Toth

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matthewjrolin · 3 years

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Matthew J. Rolin “The Dreaming Bridge”

Coming 2021 on Feeding Tube Records.

1.) Pinhole (3:32)

2.) Hallucinations ft. Patrick Shiroishi (8:23)

3.) Weeping Willow (4:08)

4.) Drown (6:45)

5.) When I Could See ft. Jen Powers (4:12)

6.) Moonlight (3:26)

7.) 10:30 AM (4:07)

8.) Backyard Blues (4:27)

9.) Bells (7:38)

10.) The Dreaming Bridge (20:06)

“We are living in something of a golden age of fingerstyle guitarists. This glut can be both a blessing and a curse, as it becomes increasingly difficult for even the most discerning of fans to distinguish one player from the next, however capable these players might be.

It is always a pleasure, then, to hear the ways in which the braver and brighter guitarists re-think the tradition from the ground up and recast it in their own image. Enter guitarist Matthew J. Rolin, who plays as if he was born with a dreadnought in his hands. The Ohio-based guitarist’s artistic leaps in recent years are rivaled only by those of Daniel Bachman, another once-precocious player formerly in the John Fahey / Jack Rose mold who has over the years transcended the idiom to create his own singular, deeply personal music. Rolin’s latest LP, the double album The Dreaming Bridge, makes similar strides.

For many practitioners of this style, the first and perhaps most challenging feat is to escape the gargantuan shadow of Fahey. Some do this by adding other instruments or field recordings to their DADGAD ruminations; some opt to play electric. Of course, Fahey did all of those things, too. Better still to have not been directly influenced by Fahey in the first place: Rolin’s initial embrace of the acoustic guitar was inspired not by Fahey himself, but rather by Fahey-influenced guitarists like polymath Jim O’Rourke and trickster prodigy Ryley Walker.

This vicarious influence is exemplified by Rolin’s distinctive, at times irreverent approach to guitar soli. While the influence of Walker’s nimble 12-string probing is evident on tunes like Rolin’s impressionistic “10:30 AM,” and while the guitarist’s patiently unfolding, contemplative “Weeping Willow” indeed recalls O’Rourke’s masterpiece Happy Days, Rolin remains very much his own man, with his own idiosyncratic approach. This is clear from the first notes of The Dreaming Bridge’s opening track “Pinhole,” which introduces Rolin’s affinity for shimmering, almost choral, reverb, the effect doubling as a compositional element. Similarly, on the overtone-rich “Drown,” Rolin’s virtuosic playing is practically a duet with its own echo, an effect deployed not to obscure, but to buoy. This deep attention to atmosphere serves a crucial function on The Dreaming Bridge, which sparkles throughout with a strident, Zen-like focus

Then there are the tunes themselves. Terrific tunes! Like William Tyler—another possible influence—Rolin, despite largely working from the necessarily limited palette of instrumental solo guitar music, thinks like a songwriter. This more traditional approach can be heard on tracks like “Moonlight” and “Backyard Blues” which follow a compositional logic complete with verses and choruses. Rolin performs these compositions beautifully; as a player he is dexterous and dynamic, with a light and agile touch reminiscent of early Will Ackerman or Alex De Grassi.

Album highlight “Hallucinations” features saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi’s keening, double tracked reed work, which at times simulates the sound of a two violins playing cat and mouse between the stereo channels. Rolin wisely cedes center stage to Shiroishi for the track’s first third, supplying gently supportive arpeggios beneath, before the sax fades and Rolin responds. There is something about the unexpected combination of sax and acoustic guitar—not exactly easy bedfellows—that brings to mind both postmodern chamber ensemble Entourage and progressive new age pluralists Shadowfax.

Rolin is joined by partner and collaborator Jen Powers on the meditative and marvelous “When I Could See,” a painterly duet for two dulcimers (one Appalachian, one hammered) that is as rich and transporting as their excellent duo LP released last year.

“Bells” (not an Albert Ayler cover), a tone poem for singing bowls, crickets, water, and the ringing of various small bells, eventually gives way to the massive sidelong title track. Structured a bit like a canon, “The Dreaming Bridge” inventively and somewhat impishly simulates aspects of post-Takoma guitar music using some unlikely tools: electric guitar, a looper, and various fuzz and distortion pedals. Note the way the tube-rattling distorted guitar begins substituting for the reverberating whole notes that would typically be the job of the thumb in a traditional Travis picking tune. The sidelong piece, its mood somewhere between apocalyptic and oddly triumphal, gradually builds and crests for over 15 minutes before its waves of stoner tumult and slo-mo tremolo twang begin to recede. We are left with nearly three full minutes of the sound of rushing water cascading from rain gutters. It’s as if the guitarist, satisfied with the web he has just spun, has placed his instrument in its case and has stopped to listen to that other music all around us, and invites us to do the same. You’d be wise to accept this challenge, but not before listening to The Dreaming Bridge, an early candidate for one of 2021’s best guitar records, and Rolin’s finest work to date. Keep two eyes on this guy.” - James Toth

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deliciousstarlighttale · 3 years

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Diana The Huntress (YELLOWJACKET #7) The Old Witch In YELLOWJACKET #7, YT #8, YT #9 & YT #10 Above May Have Inspired Creation Of EC Old Witch Her Costume Dialogue Use of Bubbling Cauldron Skull And Bones And Even The Title Tales Of Terror Were Possibly Used (CLASSIC SKULL COVER TALES OF TERROR BEGINS BY ALAN MANDRELL NARRATED BY THE ANCIENT WITCH WEARING A RED CLOAK STIRRING HER BUBBLING CAULDRON AT BEGINNING AND END TO THE STORY JUST LIKE EC OLD WITCH FIVE YEARS LATER TELLS STORY THE AVENGING HAND SIMILAR TO THE MAESTRO HAND IN CRYPT OF TERROR #18 FIRST HORROR SERIES ALEX TOTH ART PAGE GAG FEATURE)

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royalboiler · 5 years

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Brandon!Can you link us or make a nice big post of your favorite manga or the essential manga people need to experience in their lifetime?

Sureee, maybe I’ve talked all of these into the ground but here:

My wheelhouse is mostly 1980′s boys manga

some good stuff to track down-- Tezuka (astro-boy, Black Jack) Matsumoto (Yamoto, Harlock) Go Nagai,(Devilman) Lone Wolf and cub, Blade of the Immortal, Nana, Barefood Gen, Fist of the northstar, City hunter.

Dragon ball (the early stuff especially) and Doctor Slump-- Toriyama’s work was a big gateway for me into manga and the stuff he was doing in the 80′s really clicked with me-- Also his later Sandland is pretty great too.

Shirow’s Appleseed-- What would a perfect society look like and what problems would it have? but also lots of cyborg cops. One of my favorite comics ever. it’s dense and sometimes confusing in really interesting ways. I think Shirow’s choices and page layouts and storytelling are fascinating.

a comic about some of his storytelling that I did in Image plus-- that was reprinted in my Royalboiler artbook

Grey-- a shortish manga (6 issues in the US 80′s release) about a guy who will do anything to realize the dream of his dead girlfriend. Drawn in a sparse style

I made a comic about Grey--

Lum and Ranma and Maison Ikkoku-- Takahashi’s 80′s stuff has such a fun tone to it.

A comic lovers I did about her work--

Area 88-- A commercial pilot tricked into joining a war.

Urasawa’s work (20th century boys, Pluto and Monster) really revived my interest in modern manga and taught me a lot about the value of plot and structure-- as well as helping me see the value in the assistant system in modern manga.

Venus wars, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko’s drawing always looks so effortless-- the same feeling I get from like an Alex Toth’s work.

Otomo (Akira, Domu) I have an especial fondness for his pre Domu work. but that stuff is rare in english.

nausicaa-- I have a theory that Akira is best at the start -- Its at it’s most Akira-- the gangs, the mystery and the characters are at their strongest. but Nausicaa continues to build and build in quality and theme until the end. ( not to shit on Akira-- even with that critique, no one else can Otomo like Otomo) Nausicaa is my favorite thing Miyazaki has done, it’s a shame he is so much more interested in animation than comics.

Berzerk-- Kind of like if Conan had one running revenge plot that pulled you through the entire saga. Another book I started reading when I was disenchanted with modern manga-- that got me excited about what is possible in comics. --

Uzumaki-- Ito is the best horror comic artist I’ve encountered.

Children of the Sea by Daisuke Igarashi. The weather this artist draws ties his work to reality in a way I haven’t seen before.

jiro taniguchi walking man-- I feel like this comic is like the pure element of something that I need in all comics. that slow relatable feeling of just being a person in the world.

There’s also some manga that I’ve never read in English that has influenced me a lot like You are not alone -- the way the artist shows feet specifically

and To-Y that I talk about in this comic lovers about music.

Anyway, that is the list off the top of my head. I’m in a period removed from much going on in comics right now and certainly what’s going on in manga. I look forward to coming back to them in the future and finding more work that inspires me to make stuff.

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eddycurrents · 5 years

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Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand - Chapter One

Story: Mike Mignola & John Arcudi | Art: Tonci Zonjic | Colours: Dave Stewart | Letters: Clem Robins

Originally published by Dark Horse in Lobster Johnson: The Burning Hand #1 | January 2012

Collected in Lobster Johnson - Volume 2: The Burning Hand

Plot Summary:

In 1932, Herald Tribune Reporter Cindy Tynan searches for clues about a rash of fake Indian Ghost murders and gets some information from Harry McTell.

Reading Notes:

(Note: Pagination is in reference to the chapter itself and is not indicative of anything found in the issue or collections.)

pg. 1 - Tonci Zonjic and Dave Stewart make even simple conversation look gorgeous. Arguing over Buster Keaton is also a nice bit of period culture from Mignola and Arcudi.

Random trivia: This story is happening on my birthday, almost fifty years before I was born. Though I personally like when they establish time and place through a more formal narration box, incorporating it into a newspaper blowing through the street is a nice bit of incidental storytelling.

pg. 2 - Gruesome scalping.

pg. 4/5 - Beautiful double-page spread. I really like Stewart’s choice for the muted colour scheme here. Working with somewhat earthy colours and somewhat ethereal greys and whites, with just a hint of blue. It gets that “ghost Indian” idea across well. The red on the knives and axes in the final panel is also a really great visual.

pg. 6 - Perfect last minute save from Lobster Johnson.

pg. 8 - Hard-boiled cop with a heart of gold. Young, investigative reporter with a penchant of getting into trouble looking for the scoop. I love these character archetypes.

pg. 10 - The investigation doesn’t seem to be going so well.

pg. 11 - Harry McTell and Cindy Tynan seem like a good pairing. Also, a simple way of stating that McTell’s class and skin colour virtually renders him invisible when it comes to what he hears and what people will tell him.

pg. 12-13 - This tease of these two is interesting. Especially with the guy in the background hilariously trying to mug to the woman while with his wife/girlfriend.

pg. 14 - I quite like that they’re building up McTell in the beginning here. He was featured well in the present, assisting the Bureau with their Memnan Saa investigation, so it’s nice to see him fleshed out even more here.

pg. 16 - It’s funny that the ghost Indian attacks by known mobsters would come down to a real estate scheme.

pg. 17 - Also, I like that we’re coming to this early into the Lobster’s career. We already saw the end, so now we’re getting the beginning (or close to it).

pg. 18 - Love the design for the Peter Lorre inspired character.

pg. 20 - Being more concerned about the beer than human lives sure gives us a picture of Wald’s priorities.

pg. 22 - Sometimes the familiar story conventions really are the best.

Final Thoughts:

I love Tonci Zonjic’s artwork. He has a refined, deceptively simple style that reminds me of Alex Toth, Will Eisner, Steve Lieber, Michael Lark, and Tim Sale, as well as fellow Croatians Edvin Biukovic, Goran Parlov, and Goran Sudzuka. It’s a versatile style that works really well for horror, war, and western tales, but exceedingly great for mystery and noir. Especially period pieces. Just on a visual level, Zonjic’s Lobster Johnson feels right and it’s generally his Lobster I picture when I think of the character now. It captures the same sort of tone and atmosphere of the best stories of The Spirit and The Shadow, revelling in the pulp sensibilities.

d. emerson eddy enjoys his lobster with butter.

#Give 'em Hellboy #Hellboy #Lobster Johnson #The Burning Hand #Mike Mignola #John Arcudi #Tonci Zonjic #RaisingHellboy #179

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Who are you really?

#my art #naruto #obito uchiha #minato namikaze #kushina uzumaki #naruto shippuden #artists on tumblr #another alex toth inspired poster!#embrace the sketchy lines and shapes!#naruto fanart

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dccomicsnews · 5 years

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Ever wondered when you first met Batman? We know the world first met him in Detective Comics #27 cover dated May 1939. But, everyone has their own individual story. Very few people are going to be able to say it’s in that first appearance, but there may be a few. Each of us probably has a unique anecdote about it. However, it may not be easy to recall it immediately. What clues can you put together in your memory to shed some light on this? This is my story…

It’s hard to remember one’s very first comic book, and while I probably got a Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck or Bugs Bunny, the first important comic book I ever got as a child was Detective Comics #440. I had yet to turn 4 years old and I most likely also got Wonder Woman #211 on the same day. Both are cover dated May, 1974 and are 100 page giants and both exist in my collection in the same condition; the first part of each issue is ripped off and lost to the ages. It’s hard to say what happened to the first part of the books, exactly, but one can imagine what a child of nearly 4 might have done.

These books have always been curiosities in my collection. The Wonder Woman book didn’t get a lot of looks until much later, but as a boy and a teen, I was fascinated with that Detective issue. The lead Batman story was missing, but the rest of the book contained a partial Golden Age Manhunter reprint by Simon & Kirby, a Golden Age Green Lantern reprint by Alex Toth, a Golden Age Doll Man reprint and a Silver Age reprint of Hawkman #3 drawn by Murphy Anderson. The last two stories were a Silver Age Batman story recounting the story of the Outsider and Chapter 4 of Archie Goodwin and Walter Simonson’s Bronze Age Manhunter epic. This of course was still in its first run in 1974. As a young boy I was perplexed at how the two Manhutnter stories were supposed to go together. Additionally, I was also confused by the Doll Man whose powers were so like the Atom and this blonde headed Green Lantern who looked nothing like the other Green Lantern I’d seen. At least I could count on the Batman reprint, but what a bizarre tale- “The Inside Story of the Outsider.”

As I got a little older, I realized what a gem of a comic I had. When I finally learned about the Golden Age of comics, and learned of the importance of creators like Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, I took another look at the reprints and saw them again for the first time. The Manhunter story features S&K in their prime. I’ve wanted a reprint of all their Manhunter stories for years. About the same time, Alan Scott, the Golden Age (blond headed) Green Lantern became one of my favorite Earth-Two characters and I was excited to recall that there was this reprint in that book as well. It would be even later that I learned of the importance of that story’s artist, Alex Toth. Of course, the Hawkman story by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson is brilliant and a high water mark of the Silver Age. To this day, it still surprises me that I have a chapter of the Goodwin/ Simonson Manhunter epic. I would eventually track down a complete copy of the issue to read the Batman story that opened the book. It shouldn’t be surprising that this issue provided a lot of wonder to a boy in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. It also shouldn’t be surprising that it was a Batman comic, but how many issues had such interesting and significant reprints? This and Wonder Woman #211 are the two oldest comics in my collection that I know I got off the stands. I did not get these later once I had started collecting. Was this my first introduction to Batman, though?

In 1972, Mego Toys launched their World’s Greatest Super-Heroes action figure line with a test for Christmas at a couple select locations. This test featured four figures: Superman, Batman, Robin and Aquaman. Batman and Robin in this first run were produced with unique masks. Robin, now known as Removable Mask Robin, came with an easily lost and or broken mask that overwhelmed the figure’s head. It was soon changed to a painted mask in the same shape, but looked much better painted on Dick Grayson’s face. Batman, now known as Removable Cowl Batman had a rubber cowl that slid down over Bruce Wayne’s head and was very interesting, even if it didn’t always fit right, his eyes never quite high enough for the eye holes in the cowl. So, what’s the deal with this? Well, as a child of the ‘70’s I had a lot of Mego super-heroes. Guess who I got first? That’s right- Batman. And, not just any Batman.

Sometime in 1974, Mego changed their Batman head sculpt to a molded cowl version. This not only made for a more concise figure, without an easily lost accessory, but it became more kid friendly, as the Removable Cowl version was definitely a bit darker and ominous than the happy smiling Molded Cowl version. Since I didn’t live in the area where I would’ve had access to one of that test market during the Christmas of 1972, it stands to reason that I got my Removable Cowl Batman for Christmas 1973. I have pictures! It couldn’t have been later, because the Removable Cowl was discontinued before Christmas 1974. This predates that issue of Detective Comics #440 that probably hit the stands in March or February of 1974. So, perhaps my first exposure to Batman was the Mego action figure? However, why would my parents buy me this if I had no previous exposure to the character?

In 1966, four years before I was born, there was a television phenomena- Batman! Starring Adam West and Burt Ward, this television series chronicled a campy version of the Caped Crusader and his sidekick, Robin, the Boy Wonder. While a far cry from his initial noir-inspired origins, this television show was a hit because it was able to be enjoyed by parents and kids alike, even if for very different reasons. Though it only lasted three seasons, it was popular in reruns in the early ‘70’s, even in the afternoons when kids were coming home from school. I have very specific memories of this on channel 18, WCCB in Charlotte, NC. Is this my earliest Batman memory?

I have many memories of other Batman toys and comics from my childhood, but the Mego figure and that issue of Detective Comics are the only ones I can come close to pinpointing with a date. However, it stands to reason that I would’ve seen a rerun of Adam West and wanted a toy and comic. As a kid, different incarnations are indistinguishable. As an example, I specifically remember playing with my Mego Spider-Man while watching reruns of the Spider-Man animated series that originally aired in 1967. It’s not hard to imagine that the Batman ’66 TV show led to an action figure and subsequent comics.

As you can see, Batman and Me-go way back!

80 Years of Batman - Batman and Me-go Way Back! Ever wondered when you first met Batman? We know the world first met him in Detective Comics…

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spacekidcomics · 5 years

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inspiration list

Someone on Instagram recently asked us to name our current inspirations. I decided to share my own list as it occurred to me, just to show you where my head is at these days. So go nuts with it:

Tonči Zonjić Alice Munro Maeve Binchy Alex Toth Randy Reynaldo Anthony Auffret Jean-Claude Mézières Tomas Kubowicz Charlie Dowd Delvon Lamarr Hank Mobley Mary Oliver Pema Chödrön

#creativity #inspiration

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houseofloveconcerts · 2 years

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Toth

When Alex Toth wrote his debut solo album, Practice Magic & Seek Professional Help When Necessary, he was recovering from a broken foot and a broken heart. Toth was stuck in his apartment and struggling to process the end of a nearly 12-year-long romantic partnership with his Rubblebucket bandmate Kalmia Traver, so he did what he normally does to process his thoughts: write music. Taking the advice of Practice Magic to heart, he enrolled in his fourth silent meditation retreat in three years and began to accept the open-endedness of love. Toth wound up writing over 100 songs in that period, chronicling a path to healing from grief and addiction and learning what it means to share yourself with someone.

That exercise opened the floodgates. Toth fell in love anew, wrote the mantra song “You And Me And Everything,” and went for a bike ride while it played on repeat in his head. The next thing he knew, his chronic anxiety melted into bittersweet melancholy and he was crying at the sight of a flock of birds flying out of a tree. If indulging the human instinct to pair bond seemed risky, then at least it came with the perspective to see life as an expansive wealth of experiences, big and small.

On You And Me And Everything, his second solo album as Tōth, he dives headfirst into what it means to accept things beyond your control, especially when feeling stuck in a place of heartache and sorrow. Across these 12 songs, Tōth turns to Buddhism as refuge. The sense of calm it brings him sounds like an infinite indie rock landscape, stretching from bossa nova guitar riffs to cushioned horn swells and earnest piano runs, each one bleeding into the other naturally while maintaining an overarching sense of clarity. Mixed by Grammy-winning producer Noah Georgeson (Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Cate Le Bon), You And Me And Everything recalls the fluid technical prowess of Chet Baker or Alice Coltrane, all open-ended verses with woozy improvisation and palpable heart.

Tōth divides his talent across guitar, piano, synths, trumpet, and drum machine, but arguably his biggest musical strength is his voice. With a gentle delivery, subtle rasp, and surprisingly vast range, his distinct singing style recalls that of Arthur Russell. It allows Tōth to traverse through vulnerabilities with a mix of honesty and curiosity. When he depicts the knotted tangle of falling in love, experiencing suicidal ideation, coming face-to-face with cancer, and healing through grief at the core of these songs, he does so with a ray of sunshine tucked in his pocket. Even the saddest tracks offer a reason to carry on. Perhaps it’s because of Tōth’s conversational lyrics (“Thank you for making everything totally meaningless, beautiful narcissus/ I too am just a daffodil /Slave to the breezes blow me to pieces till I am nothing,” he sings on “Daffadowndilly”) which create an atmosphere of camaraderie between him and the listener.

Inspired by the creative energy of friends and collaborators like Kimbra and Adrienne Lenker, Tōth gets to showcase his strengths as a singer-songwriter in new ways on You And Me And Everything. On “Turnaround (Cocaine Song),” a recounting of one of the lowest points of his life, he fashions detailed snapshots of funerals and alcoholism into motivation for self-improvement. Later, the enormous “I Might Be” hits like an uptempo Bon Iver remix, complete with stacked vocal coos and a buoyant bass line that begs you to dance. Then there’s “Butterflies,” a bite-sized ode to chronic anxiety as the ying to joyful vibration’s yang, a sentiment he mirrors with crashing symbols and an exaggerated vocal slide. Throughout it all, Tōth never loses sight of his sense of humor. On “Guitars Are Better Than Synthesizers For Writing Through Hard Times,” he uses it to balance out an otherwise bleak moment. “My ex just broke up with the person they broke up with me for/ Three years later and at the same time as I’m falling in love,” he sings. “The breakup album I made about her isn’t even out yet.”

You And Me And Everything was created during a period of deep transformation and self-discovery for Tōth. He finally understood on a deeper level that in order to share yourself with someone else—with some modicum of happiness—you have to learn how to love yourself. The album sees him embrace relationships as an experiential journey in real time, even if they have the potential to result in dissolution or depression. To paraphrase “I Might Be,” if love is impossible to define, then you might as well dance together until the music stops. Tōth not only figured that out, but he brought that truth to life through song, too — and with You And Me And Everything, he’s inviting you to join him on that unpredictable, fulfilling ride.

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