Author Archives: Andrew
Greatest Toy Packaging Ever… Activate
If you’re lucky enough to be in San Diego right now for the annual cram-way-too-many-smelly-people-wearing-Wolverine-T-shirts-into-one-giant-hall-and-make-them-forget-how-to-walk-in-an-orderly-fashion event (also known as Comic-Con), then make sure you stop by the Mattel booth. I have no clue where it is at the show. I’m … Continue reading
Why haven’t you seen Tom Whalen’s art yet?
There are so many great artists in comics today. And so many pretty mediocre ones too. So it always blows my mind when I stumble across a really unique and talented artist, who’d be perfect on a regular comic. Tom … Continue reading
School’s In at Hero House
It’s shout-out time. My buddy Justin has been working his tailbone off for the past 18 years or so on his comic book Hero House. Well, I’m pleased to finally announce (mainly because it means he’ll stop complaining to me … Continue reading
The Battle for New York starts in Queens
Don’t bother hitting your local comic shop for this summer’s latest Marvel Comics crossover. Uh uh. Instead, hop in your car and head to Queens, NY to see the work of street artist Gusto. Located at 86th Street and Roosevelt … Continue reading
Rob Liefeld’s Greatest Work
Love him or hate him, you’ve gotta remember this classic Levi’s commercial from the ’90s. It features my all-time favorite superhero: The Spike Man! And of course the classic revelation that Rob’s never had any formal art training. Shocking I … Continue reading
A Different Kind of Sketchbook
Anyone who’s ever been to a comic convention knows that artists will sit there sketching out doodles or detailed illos for fans. Usually in those little black hardcover books. Well, I may not be able to take this sketchbook home … Continue reading
Batman Who? It’s All About Watchmen!
So the new Batman movie opens tonight (well, technically tomorrow at midnight). And yes it looks great, is getting rave reviews and all. But the real star of the show is a short preview trailer appearing before “T
Why December will rule
If I had a million dollars, make that 50 million dollars… I’d buy me a gorgeous old Victorian House, fix it up and turn it into a comic book art/sculpture museum. And I’d spend every dollar I could on buying … Continue reading
Gibbons Speaks
It was just about a year ago when the Watchmen movie machine really kicked into high gear, thanks to this all-new San Diego Comic-Con Watchmen poster by Dave Gibbons. Frothing fanboys immediately followed. Myself included. This year I’m actually att
Swingin’ Spider-Man
In college, I followed a local band (friends of my geeky D&D type friends of my roommate actually) who called themselves The Acoustically Bent. They had a decent sound and I watched a show or two of theirs. While they … Continue reading
