Marvel Comics: That Time When Captain America Face to Face With Hitler
Posted: January 22, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: America, Captain America, Comic Books, Comics, Hitler, Illustration, Marvel Comics, Superhero, vintage Leave a commentMarvel: Captain America vs. Adolf Hitler
Posted: January 18, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Cartoons, Comic Art, Comic Books, Illustration, Marvel Comics, Marvel Superheros Leave a commentSource: comicbookartwork
Comics: Spider-Man by Paolo Rivera
Posted: January 11, 2017 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Comic Books, drawing, Illustration, Marvel Comics, Paolo Rivera, Spider-Man Leave a comment
HELP! #6, January 1961: Original sketch by Harvey Kurtzman & Final Photo Cover by Ron Harris
Posted: December 31, 2016 Filed under: Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: 1960s, Comic Books, Harvey Kurtzman, Help!, Illustration, Jonathan Winters, Magazines, New Years, Ron Harris Leave a commentCaptain America: ‘His Brother’s Keeper’
Posted: December 9, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Captain America, Comic Books, design, drawing, Illustration, Lettering, Marvel Comics Leave a commentSource: comicbookartwork
Captain America Inked Panels
Posted: December 9, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Captain America, Comic Books, drawing, Illustration, Inking, Lettering, Marvel Comics Leave a commentSource: comicbookartwork
Superman Model Sheets, by Curt Swan
Posted: November 22, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Comic Books, design, Illustration, Model Sheets, Superhero, Superman, vintage Leave a commentHouse of Mystery: ‘The Girl in the Glass Sphere’, Art by Jack Kirby
Posted: October 23, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Books, Cartoons, Comic Books, Cover Art, Illustration, Jack Kirby, vintage Leave a commentCumbria, England: A Guy Wearing a Batman Suit Chases Some Guys Wearing Clown Suits
Posted: October 14, 2016 Filed under: Comics, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere | Tags: Batman, BBC, Clowns, Comic Books, Evil Clowns, Facebook, Gurdwara Sahib Leamington and Warwick, killer Clowns, London, Royal Leamington Spa, Superhero Leave a commentA “killer clown” craze is sweeping Britain, with police warning people against dressing as clowns in order to intimidate or harm people.
Now, the craze has taken a change for the strange in Cumbria, where a man is dressing as Batman and vowing to chase down the creepy clowns.
A photograph has been shared on Facebook of “Batman” seemingly chasing off a “killer clown”.
BBC Cumbria reported local company Cumbria Superheroes is behind the effort to rid the streets of clowns.
They have reassured that the costumed man is not a vigilante, but just trying to reassure local children who are scared of the “killer clowns”.
BBC Cumbria also shared a screenshot of an image, apparently from a local child, who was reassured after hearing “Batman” caught the clown. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Captain Diamond and the Space Pirates’
Posted: September 10, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Comic Books, design, Illustration, Magazines, Pulp, UK Comics, vintage Leave a commentFantasticar in ‘Fantastic Four’ #12
Posted: September 9, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Cartoons, Comic Books, Fantastic Four Leave a commentGodzilla, like Conan and Tarzan, is in the Marvel Universe
Posted: September 1, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Comic Books, Conan, Godzilla, Illustration, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Tarzan Leave a commentOriginal cover by Jack Davis from Tales From the Crypt #44, EC Comics, 1954
Posted: July 27, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Comic Books, EC Comics, Illustration, Jack Davis, Tales From the Crypt Leave a commentSource: thebristolboard
‘Out of This World’, Vol. 1 #04
Posted: May 16, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Cartoons, Comic Books, DC Comics, Illustration, Steve Ditko Leave a commentMighty Thor Scooter Wind-Up Toy, 1967
Posted: April 17, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1960s, Comic Books, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Mighty Thor, Novelties, scooter, toys, vintage Leave a commentSure, Superman Has X-Ray Vision. But How Would It Actually Work?
Posted: March 23, 2016 Filed under: Comics, Entertainment, Science & Technology | Tags: Absorption spectroscopy, Albert Einstein, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Aristotle, Black Hole, Color, Comic Books, Gravitational wave, Light, LIGO, Superhero, Superman, Visible spectrum Leave a commentRhett Allain writes: There is a reason Superman is called “super”. He has super-strength and super-speed. He flies, and he is mostly indestructible. He can shoot laser-like things from his eyes. Finally, he has some type of X-ray vision. Although comic book scholars have debated Superman’s vision before, let’s consider how it could work.
How Do Mere Mortals See?
There is one important aspect of human vision. In order to see an object, light has to go from that object to the eye (light in the visible spectrum). The light from that object can be either reflected light or the object can emit its own light. But either way, the direction of this light is from the object to the eye. This is important.
The eye is only a receiver of light—there isn’t some type of “vision ray” that shoots from the eye. I only point this out because it’s actually an idea that some people have about light. Ask yourself this question:
You are in an absolutely dark room (with zero light sources) for some extended period of time. What do you see after a while?
The answer is that you will see black and nothing but black. Black is the color our brains associate with the lack of light. However, many people will give an answer that you will some some stuff after your eyes adjust.
[Read the full story here, at WIRED]
Perhaps their answer is based on their previous experiences (you rarely get an absolutely dark room) but also on their idea that the eyes do the seeing and can adjust to new situations.
What About X-Ray Vision?
We can make X-ray images. That’s not science fiction. Here’s how it works. If you take high speed electrons and shoot them at a metal surfaces, you can produce X-rays. X-rays are just like visible light except they have a much shorter wavelength (but they are still electromagnetic waves). But since X-rays have a different wavelength (and frequency) they interact with matter differently than visible light. This means that some materials (like human flesh) are partially transparent. You can use this to create an X-ray image by shining X-rays through a human and putting an X-ray detector on the other side. The X-rays don’t pass through bones as much as flesh, so you can get an image.
So, how could this work with Superman’s vision? If his eyes could detect X-rays like humans detect visible light, he would still need an X-ray source. Read the rest of this entry »
WEIRD TALES: ‘The Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt’, by Harry Houdini, 1924
Posted: March 4, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, History | Tags: 1920s, Adventure, Comic Books, design, Harry Houdini, Houdini, Illustration, Magazines, Mystery, Pulp, Thriller, typography, vintage, Weird Tales Leave a commentThe Spirit Fakers of Hermannstadt
Source: pulpcovers
Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’
Posted: March 1, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics | Tags: Comic Books, daredevil, Marvel Leave a commentJustice League of America #1
Posted: February 25, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Cartoons, Comic Books, Illustration, Justice League of America, Marvel, vintage Leave a commentChinese Marvel Godzilla Comic
Posted: February 25, 2016 Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, China, Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Bootleg, Cartoon, Comic Books, Illustration, Marvel, Translation Leave a commentHow Do Kangas Breathe in Space?’
Posted: December 30, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Cartoons, Comic Books, Illustration, Lettering, Sky Kanga, vintage, Wonder Woman Leave a commentWonder Woman Vol 1 #5
Wonder Woman Christmas Card, 1943
Posted: December 24, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Cartoons, Christmas, Christmas card, Comic Books, Illustration, Wonder Woman Leave a commentOriginal Art, Color Guide, and Final Cover Art by John Romita Sr. from Captain America #114
Posted: December 23, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1060s, Captain America and The Avengers, Captain Marvel, Cartoon, Coloring, Comic Books, Comics, design, drawing, Illustration, John Romita Sr, Lettering, Original Art, typography Leave a commentMAD Magazine #5, June-July 1953, 10¢
Posted: December 19, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics | Tags: 1950s, Bill Elder, Cartoons, Comic Books, EC Comics, Horror, Illustration, Mad Magazine, Parody, satire Leave a comment‘Wonder Woman for President’ #7, 1943
Posted: December 12, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1940s, Comic Books, Comics, DC Comics, design, Illustration, typography, vintage, Wonder Woman Leave a commentWonder Woman #7 (1943)
[PHOTO] Reading ‘Weird Tales’, 1949
Posted: November 30, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1940s, Comic Books, Horror, Magazines, Pulp, Weird Tales Leave a commentWonder Woman #34, 1949
Posted: November 8, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1940s, Adventure, Cartoon, Comic Books, design, H. G. Peter, Illustration, Robert Kanigher, Superhero, Wonder Woman Leave a comment—Wonder Woman #34 (1949) by Robert Kanigher & H.G. Peter
SPOILER ALERT: Superhero Identity Revealed
Posted: November 2, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Breaking News, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1930s, Cartoon, Clark Kent, Comic Books, Daily Planet, DC Comics, Illustration, journalism, media, Secret Identity, Spoiler, Superman, vintage Leave a commentMAD Magazine Halloween Issue, 1960
Posted: October 23, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1960s, Cartoons, Comic Books, Halloween, Illustration, Mad Magazine, Magazines, satire, vintage Leave a commentRocket Stories, 1953
Posted: October 13, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Robotics, Science & Technology | Tags: Comic Books, Crime fiction, design, Illustration, Paperback, Pulp, pulp fiction, Sci-fi, Science fiction, Space Travel, typography, vintage Leave a commentRobots On The Loose at #NYCC2015
Posted: October 8, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Robotics | Tags: #NYCC2015, Comic Books, Comicon, media, New York City, news, Twitter Leave a comment
This was one of the best things I’ve seen all day! #NYCC2015 pic.twitter.com/zHDoTKsUbh
— Rob Mejia (@Enigma905) October 8, 2015
Detective Comics: ‘Batman Has Pride’
Posted: September 26, 2015 Filed under: Comics, Mediasphere | Tags: 1950s, Batman, Comic Books, D.C. Comics, Detective Comics, vintage Leave a comment1957. Copyright DC Comics.
1954 Letter in Defense of Comic Books, in Honor of #NationalComicBookDay
Posted: September 25, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Censorship, Comics, Entertainment, History | Tags: #NationalComicBookDay, 1950s, Cartoons, Comic Books, Congressional Archives, D.C. Comics, Horror, Marvel Comics, Mystery, Thriller Leave a commentComics: Superman 75th Anniversary/The Creation of Vintage Batman
Posted: September 19, 2015 Filed under: Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Batman, Bob Finger, Bob Kane, Comic Books, DC Comics, design, Illustration, Jerry Siegel, Superman, vintage Leave a comment[BOOKS] E.C. Segar’s Popeye
Posted: September 18, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: Bluto, Books, Cartoons, Comic Books, design, E.C. Segar, Fantagraphics, Illustration, Popeye, typography Leave a commentOriginal Splash Page from Batman: Mad Monk #3, DC Comics, by Matt Wagner, 2006
Posted: September 5, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Batman, Batman: Mad Monk #3, Comic Books, Comic Panel, D.C. Comics, drawing, Illustration, Inking, Matt Wagner, Splash Page Leave a commentOriginal splash page by Matt Wagner from Batman: Mad Monk #3, published by DC Comics, December 2006.
Komatsuzaki Shigeru Cover Art for RED PLANET by Robert A. Heinlein
Posted: July 8, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Japan | Tags: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Arthur C. Clarke, Comic Books, graphics, Illustration, Isaac Asimov, North Korea, Robert A. Heinlein, Science fiction Leave a commentastromonster – michaelallanleonard
‘Pilots, Man Your Planes!’ Original Steve Canyon Illustration by Milton Caniff, circa 1966
Posted: July 4, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1960s, Comic Books, Fireworks, Illustration, Lettering, Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon, U.S. Independence, vintage Leave a commentSteve Canyon illustration by Milton Caniff, circa 1966.
[REWIND] The Avengers on David Letterman
Posted: May 23, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: Comic Books, David Letterman, Illustration, Marvel, Marvel Comics, The Avengers, typography Leave a commentOriginal Cover Art by Brian Bolland from Superman Annual #12, Published by DC Comics, 1986
Posted: May 5, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics | Tags: Brian Bolland, Comic Books, DC Comics, design, drawing, Illustration, Superhero, Superman, vintage Leave a commentOriginal cover art by Brian Bolland from Superman Annual #12, published by DC Comics, 1986.