Archive for the Look There Category

Yesterday, Thom Buchanan over at his blog, The Pictorial Arts, posted scans of Sir William Russell Flint’s colour illustrations for The Odyssey of Homer. Click the image below to jump to Thom’s post:

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Click here to view ALL of the work by Sir William Russell Flint that Thom has scanned and posted so far. It’s a real treasure trove.

I’ve posted a few Idyl strips on this blog in the past, along with one scan of an Idyl original, but here’s your chance to read all 44 Idyl strips (45 pages, total) included in the Dragon’s Dream collection from 1979 (after you click the link, scroll to the bottom of the page). And if you read Spanish (I don’t, and the Google translation leaves a lot to be desired), you’ll also be able (fully, completely) to enjoy a heavily illustrated overview of Jones’s career as one of “those who fled comics.”

That link again, in case you missed it.

And please note, if you haven’t already, that you can read all of the “I’m Age” strips from Heavy Metal right here.

I’m a bit late to notice this, but back in November of 2009, MaestroMedia Productions released a two-disk DVD set of The Polymath, or the Life and Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman, produced, written, directed, and photographed by Fred Barney Taylor. Available for a mere US$30 plus shipping and handling (request a total if you live outside the United States), the DVD set includes the original 80-minute documentary, along with a second DVD with over two hours of raw footage of Delany in conversation and a digital transfer of Delany’s “lost” 16-mm film from 1971, The Orchid (which, comic readers may be interested to know, includes Bernie Wrightson as an extra).

From the official Facebook Web site for the film:

The iconic and larger-than life Samuel R. Delany, best known as the author of Dhalgren and Babel-17, winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, is considered a grandmaster of the sci-fi community. Born and raised in New York City, Delany began writing in the early 1960s and became famous for his provocative futuristic explorations of race and sexual identity. He was a rebellious pioneer who opened up the white male universe of science fiction to issues of race, gender and sexuality

The grandson of a slave, he has written frankly about his life and sexual adventures as a gay African-American, notably in his brilliantly reflexive memoir, The Motion of Light and [in] Water and in Times Square Red, Times Square Blue, a social and critical complaint about the disappearance of the area’s famous porn theatres.

Back in the day, Chip shared a stage with Bob Dylan, drank with W.H. Auden, wrote an opera, made a film, formed a theatre company, and authored several issues of Wonder Woman. He has had, by his count, over 50,000 sexual partners during the course of his lifetime.

Taylor uses visually-stunning images of water and bridges as abstract compositions; a visual correlative of the author’s multi-layered writing. By juxtaposing Delany’s flow of memories, readings and archival footage with mesmerizing imagery of the city, The Polymath expresses in vivid detail the complexities of an eclectic intellectual.

Also, if you’re a fan of Delany, watch for his new novel, Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders, which, if Amazon is to be believed, will appear in early 2011.

Here’s a rough-cut trailer featuring parts of Michael Kaluta’s interview for Better Things: Life + Choices of Jeffrey Jones:

Bonus Link:

Wrightson’s fascinating unpublished layouts for his section of The Studio (Dragon’s Dream, 1979) — added 03 May 2010, because it sort of relates to the conversation in the comments section of this post.

In the comments section of a previous post here at RCN, frequent commenter on this blog, Chris A, writes:

Just happened to see that someone posted scans of Jones’ “Harry” in glorious black and white! It originally ran in VAMPIRELLA #32 in 1974 with garish colors by Rich Corben (whose work I quite like, but this was a bad pairing), and was reprinted in a later VAMPIRELLA in black and white (which these scans came from). Enjoy!

http://atomic-surgery.blogspot.com/2009/10/harry-by-jeff-jones.html

Thanks for the link, Chris. No doubt about it: stripped of Corben’s day-glo colours, “Harry” is a real stunner!

For easy comparison, here is the colour version, which (as Chris A notes) appeared in Vampirella #32 (April 1974):

Anyone prefer the colour version?

On 05 March 2010, Glimmer Graphics, known to readers of this blog as the publisher of an ongoing series of first-rate prints and posters by Jeffrey Jones, will release Poetry (see above image), a lush new 22 x 15 inch limited-edition giclée print by Barry Windsor-Smith. Each of the 375 prints that make up the edition will be signed and numbered and will be presented in a foil-stamped linen folder with a tipped-on colour plate. The unit price is US$135, shipped and insured, and you may pay in full or with installments. To place your order, click here.

This is NOT a paid advertisement. If the money BWS makes from the print enables him to complete work on his long-awaited Monsters graphic novel, that will be payment enough. The previews on BWS’s site are gorgeous!

BONUS LINKS:

The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives Volume 1 HC (Publication Date: 13 January 2010) — “now presented as they were intended, remastered using the original color palette!”

The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives Volume 2 HC (Publication Date: 19 May 2010) — “The two Barry Windsor-Smith archives collect all of the historic and influential Conan the Barbarian comics drawn by Barry Windsor-Smith,” including his adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s “Red Nails”!

Here are the links, listed in order of first publication of the stories themselves:

Toreador from Texas,” Danger Trail #2 (DC, September-October 1950).

Too Many Suspects,” Green Lantern vol. 1, # 37 (National Comics Publications: March-April 1949), as reprinted in Detective Comics #440 (DC, April-May 1974).

The Bandidos,” Zorro #9 (Dell, March-May 1960).

Dangerous Competition,” The Frogmen #5 (Dell, May-July 1963).

Vision of Evil,” Eerie #2 (Warren, March 1966).

Eternal Hour,” The Witching Hour #1 (DC, February-March 1969).

ComputERR,” The Witching Hour #8 (DC, May 1970).

Mask of the Red Fox,” House of Mystery #187 (DC, July-August 1970).

The Mark of the Witch,” The Witching Hour #11 (DC, October-November 1970).

Bride of the Falcon,” The Sinister House of Secret Love # 3 (National Periodical Publications, March 1972).

Black Canary,” Adventure Comics #418 (DC: April 1972) & #419 (DC, May 1972).

Death Flies the Haunted Sky,” Detective Comics #442 (DC, August-September 1974).

Daddy and the Pie,” Eerie #64 (Warren, March 1975), as reprinted in UFO and Alien Comix (Warren, January 1978). And if you don’t like that scan, try this one.

Chennault Must Die!Savage Combat Tales #2 (Atlas, April 1975).

The Question,” The Charlton Bullseye #5 (CPL/Gang Publications, March-April 1976).

39/74,” Witzend #10 (Bill Pearson, 1976).

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Click here for another short list of links to “Comics Stories with Art by Alex Toth” available on the Web.

Click here to visit the gallery of Ethel Hays comic strips at Hogan’s Alley.

<strong>ABOVE:</strong> Sergio Toppi, Punti di Vista

ABOVE: Sergio Toppi, Punti di Vista

Click the image below to visit the gallery of images at Golden Age Comic Book Stories:

James Montgomery Flagg, illustration from <i>Liberty</em>,  16" x 22.5"

ABOVE: James Montgomery Flagg, illustration from Liberty, 16 x 22.5 in.




In Drawing with Pen and Ink (a book which I myself own, in a later edition), Arthur Guptill writes that Flagg “draws his lines very rapidly, as may be ascertained by a glance at his illustrations, yet in spite of this rapidity thesee lines are skilfully placed. Many of his blacks are added with a brush[...]. If one of these spots seems over-black or solid to Mr. Flagg, he scratches through the ink to the surface of the paper, thus making white lines[...]. He also employs cross-hatch freely where he feels the need of it” (page 426).

Here’s a bonus scan — which I just created — that you won’t find on the Golden Age Comic Book Stories blog (as usual, please click the image to view the big version):


Charles Dana Gibson, humorous character studies, 20 x 13 in.

ABOVE: Charles Dana Gibson, humorous character studies, 20 x 13 in.




Oh, I can’t resist. Here’s another:


Charles Dana Gibson, "Bedtime Story," 25 x 16.5 in.

ABOVE: Charles Dana Gibson, "Bedtime Story," 25 x 16.5 in.

Lynd Ward’s illustrations for Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, are stunning examples of the wood engraver’s art. Nick Mullins has some great examples from the book on his site, but John Lauritsen has them all.

Ward's Frankenstein

Above: P. 161: The monster strangles little William.

BONUS LINKS:

Lynd Ward: A Centennial Appreciation

Lynd Ward As Illustrator

Toth art

Courtesy of Tor.com, an original graphic story by a talented young artist, Ms. Wesley Allsbrook:


The Leviathan

I had pretty much the same feeling reading this piece as I had when I first read Jillian Tamaki‘s City of Champions mini-comic and the shorter “comic book” edition of Skim a few years ago, i.e., this is someone to watch!

P.S. If you buy the superb Skim graphic novel from this Amazon.com link, you’ll be doing yourself a favour and Jillian herself will receive a little extra in her Amazon Associates account!

Bonus Links:

Wesley Allsbrook Illustration

Wesley’s Wallsblog

Fresh Paint: Wesley Allsbrook (interview)

Graphic art by Alex Toth

The Blood Money of Galloping Chad Burgess,” The Unseen #5 (June 1952) .

Murder Mansion,” Adventures into Darkness #5 (August 1952).

Alice in Terrorland,” Lost Worlds #5 (October 1952), as reprinted/recoloured in Seduction of the Innocent #1.

The Phantom Ship,” Out of the Shadows #6 (October 1952).

Joe Yank: Black Market Mary,” Joe Yank #5 (1952).

The Hands of Don José,” Adventures into Darkness #9 (April 1953).

The Corpse That Lived,” Out of the Shadows #10 (October 1953).

Grip on Life,” The Unseen #12 (November 1953).

Images of Sand,” Out of the Shadows #12 (March 1954), as reprinted/recoloured in Seduction of the Innocent #4.

The Reaper,” Creepy #114 (January 1980) – story by Archie Goodwin.

BONUS LINK:

Twenty Questions with Alex Toth.

GRATUITOUS LINK:

Barney Rooster” with fabulously fluid funny-animal art by the fabulous Frank Frazetta.

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