Although the comic strip Flash Gordon might not have invented the space opera genre, it certainly helped define it. And for nearly a decade, the creator and visual maestro behind Flash, Alex Raymond, drew a weekly strip that continues to inspire young artists today. Since 2012, Titan Books has been issuing reprints of these classic comic ... Read More
If you read this site, chances are you’re familiar with Alex Deligiannis. He is a super talented artist and a friend of the site (he designed our Sasquatch!) and we’ve had him on Bubble Pipe Theater as well as featured some of his awesome geek art.
Well, he’s been busy drawing these awesome Mars Attacks! sketch cards for IDW Limited’s upcoming book. If you’re lucky enough to snag the Red Label edition you’ll get 40 sketch cards by Alex. From the official press release:
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When comic book geeks hear the names Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, they probably think of the duo’s most famous and enduring character: Captain America. And rightfully so. But these two talented creators didn’t stop at the star-spangled Avenger; they also wrote and illustrated dozens of other comic book stories throughout the Golden and Silver Ages.
Over the past few years, Titan Books has been releasing some of the best work from these groundbreaking collaborators in the form of the Simon & Kirby Library collections. The latest edition covers science fiction comics spanning the heyday of space opera, to the atomic era, and everything in between. Read More
One of the great things about animation is its ability show us people, places, and things we’ve never dreamed possible. Distant planets, mythical lands, or even more grounded subjects, like ancient history, can come alive thanks to the work of a team of dedicated artists and animators. And when the canvas is so limitless, it’s ... Read More
It’s the spring of 1954, and comic books are king. Four-colored panels tell tales of masked crusaders, gun-blazing mobsters, hatchet-swinging madmen, and barely dressed damsels in distress, sold for a dime at the corner drugstore to kids of all ages. One of the leading publishers of these not-so-funny funnybooks is Starr Syndication, run by Maggie and Jack Starr a step-mother and son duo with street smarts and style to spare.
But their cartoon empire is threatened when Dr. Werner Frederick, a noted psychologist, releases his controversial new book, Ravage the Lambs. Lambs accuses comics of being the instigator of youth crimes, that those spandex-clad heroes are homosexual influences, and that they might be making our kids dumber to boot. His words stir up the pot, and Congress calls for public hearings, threatening to do something about this “ten-cent plague” in our midst.
When Dr. Frederick winds up dead thanks to a scheme ripped directly from the pages of a best-selling comic book, there are too many suspects to count. Hoping to protect his industry and his cronies, Jack Starr takes on the investigation and follows a path that leads him to the seediest parts of the four-color publishing racket.
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