If you ever went to an art school, chances are you knew examples of these twenty kinds of art students, categorized by Chuck Dillon during his time teaching at the Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia. And if you’re reading this blog, there’s a pretty good chance you might have been the one we’re showing…
So, you want to be a superhero? Not a problem. Oh… you’re not a billionaire orphan with years to dedicate to the martial arts? Don’t fret! I’m sure you can play in a lake of toxic ooze, or get bit by a genetically unstable super-wombat, right? Well… even if you don’t have powers, don’t feel…
Boy, is Chris Claremont going to be unhappy…
In the tradition of the old “astronaut vs. caveman: who wins in a fight?” ComicMix inaugurates a new feature: Friday Night Fights! This week’s battle is pretty close to “astronaut vs. caveman”: the red-blooded Canadian against the green-blooded Vulcan! Mutant vs. Hybrid! Yes, it’s Spock vs. Wolverine! So who wins? Explain your reasoning in the…
I’ve spent too long today looking at typefaces while trying to design the new print editions of ComicMix books, so this is either funny or painful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBqI5NDUEeU A bold future, indeed. (Hat tip: Teresa.)
You may have seen BOOM! Studios‘s marketing slogan a while back: MARK WAID IS EVIL. What you probably didn’t know was that there were other slogans that were considered and rejected…
Cartoon Marriage: Adventures in Love and Matrimony by The New Yorker’s Cartooning Couple By Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin Random House, January 2009, $24.00 Donnelly and Maslin are both professional cartoonists – both regularly appearing in The New Yorker – and have been married for twenty years. [[[Cartoon Marriage]]] is their paired look at modern…
WARNING: Denizens of Cynosure that are planning on attending the Time Traveler Convention held forty-four months ago are reminded that the Chronarch strictly forbids intentional time travel within Cynosure city limits; and that the early 21st Century is a generally unstable chronological era. Travelers should try the 100th anniversary convention in 2105 instead. Yes, Rond…
It’s a fairy tale story that could only happen in comics. Recent photographic evidence has come to ComicMix that shows that Laura Hudson, late of Comic Foundry and currently of Cerebus: A Diablog, is the long lost twin sister of Queen Beth Lowery of Waukau, Wisconsin. Beth Lowery, according to America’s Finest News Source, was…
Watching the Presidential Inauguration – and I realize I’m making fun of a dude in a wheelchair, but heck, that’s just who I am – it occurred to me that our former (damn, it feels good to say this) vice-president Dick Cheney goes on to become… Davros! No kidding. Look at the guy and imagine…
Kenneth Branagh can stop looking for who to cast for his Thor movie. From the London Daily Mail: Burglar flees in terror after homeowner returns from New Year party… dressed as Thor, God of Thunder A muscle-bound building boss who came home from a New Year’s Eve fancy dress party kitted out as Thor scared…
Man, they’re weird up in Nova Scotia. If only they had the budget for that climactic battle at the Fortress of Solitude. Related: this essay as to who’s faster: Superman, the Flash, or Santa Claus: Even moving at an amazing 1 million miles per hour, Santa simply is no match for Superman or Flash, yet…
