Archive for the ‘Comics’ Category
You’ll Ruin The Furniture!
I’ve been picking up old Jack Kirby comics over the last year or so just because I like their throwaway-ness. The man was an art jugganaut, churning out pages like nobodies business, often copied, never bettered. What strikes you when you read the scripts from the 70’s is how basic they are and some of [...]
Spiderman meets Dr. Strange by Brendan McCarthy
Just finished reading this short, 3 part series where everyone’s favourite wall crawler teams up with Dr. Strange in a story called ‘Fever’. I’m not a big superhero comics fan, Superman, Batman, X-Men etc. don’t do much for me. I generally prefer the more leftfield end of things, in fact I think this is the [...]
3A books launch today
One of my favourite artists and certainly my favourite toy-making company – Ashley Wood and 3A – launch their new book range today on the eve of a massive art and toy show in Beijing. Two hardback books with work from Phil Hale and Ashley Wood are available for $25 each but the one I’m [...]
New Qemists LP cover by Glenn Fabry
Ninja Tune artists seem to have a love of comic art and one particular comic in particular has played host to various artists who have also graced Ninja Tune sleeves – 2000AD. The first was The Herbaliser’s ‘Wall Crawling Giant Insect Breaks’ 12″ back in 1998 with a cover painting by Jason Brashill -aka graffiti [...]
Shots from the Studio
For the hundredth post: the first in an occasional series, miscellaneous shots from around the studio…
