Archive for November, 2009
Another post listing some of my favourite covers from the 80s, and probably my first encounters with the American Graphic Novel format. Looking back at those now I think that the 80s were a very fertile ground for comics, especially with the rise of independent comics — and the Big Two (Marvel and DC) put out a remarkable amount of more left field work (sometimes using company characters) in their range of prestige format books. I was pretty much a Marvel Zombie back then, and the “Marvel Graphic Novel” label in the corner or at the top of their books meant I was going to be in for a treat: psychedelic art & stories by the likes of Rick Veitch and P. Craig Russell — not to mention the incredible graphic storytelling — and Bill Sienkiewicz on pretty much everything, from covers to movie adaptations…
So here are a few of my favourites from, to me at least, a golden era in comics:
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I’m happy to announce that WIWP have reissued the posters from their “Now Showing” exhibit, including my Logan’s Run poster!
Wear It With Pride have teamed up with Blanka (no stranger to fans of fine design products) to produce the new prints which are now available in 2 formats: 50cmx70cm, priced at £75 GPB (edition of 25), and a cheaper A2 sized format priced £50GBP (unlimited print run). Both are Giclée print on Da Vinci Archival Art Paper.
WIWP is having a site overhaul at the moment, so in the meantime you can buy the poster HERE from their Flickr shop.
Just in time for that perfect holiday gift!
Too many comics, not enough time to read them all.
I’m going to start something new, from now on I’ll highlight and link the comics & books I think you should be reading.
• Hellblazer #261 (DC/Vertigo Comics)
• Batman & Robin #6 (DC Comics)
• Powers #1 (Marvel/ICON)
• Astonishing X-Men #32 (Marvel Comics)
• Ultimate Armor Wars #2 (of 4) (Marvel Comics)
• Ultimate Avengers #3, 4 (Marvel Comics)
• Captain America Reborn #4 (of 5) (Marvel Comics)
• Fantastic Four #572, 573 (Marvel Comics)
• Image United #1 (of 6) (Image Comics)
• Haunt #2 (Image Comics)
• Phonogram — The Singles Club #5 (Image Comics)
• VIKING #4 (Image Comics)
• Hellboy — The Wild Hunt #8 (of 8) (Dark Horse Comics)
• B.P.R.D. 1947 #4 (Dark Horse Comics)
• Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder #5 (of 5) (Dark Horse Comics)
• Abe Sapien: The Haunted Boy (Dark Horse Comics)
• Gravel #15 (Wrap cover variant) (Avatar Press)
• Chronicles of Wormwood: The Last Battle #1 (Wrap cover variant) (Avatar Press)
• Ignition City #5 (Painted cover variant) (Avatar Press)
• Supergod #1 (Wrap cover variant) (Avatar Press)
• Scalped Book 5 “High Lonesome” (DC/Vertigo Comics)
• Luna Park Graphic Novel (DC/Vertigo Comics)
• The Wintermen TPB Collection (DC/Wildstorm Comics)
• Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7 (Fleet Street Scandal)