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Joel Peter Witkin’s Woman Once a Bird, one of Witkin’s less shocking pictures, believe it or not. McKean uses the same techniques—the dark framing around the edges of the picture, the use of harsh physical imagery to convey ideas from myths, the ornamental constriction of his models’ bodies—to make much stranger but less horrifying images. Witkin’s…
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A really lovely Sandman painting by the frankly unbelievable Dave McKean. Will be posting a few of his inspirations today, too.
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And while I’m Alex Ross-ing around, here’s another one of my very favorites (got a bunch of these; will put them all up eventually): a hi-res of his all-Kirby, all the time painting from a few years ago.
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Also, here is a page from what I—seriously now—truly think is probably the greatest serial comic book ever created, Groo, by Sergio Aragones with Mark Evanier. It’s funny as hell, drawn with a level of sustained technical expertise totally unmatched at its length on any other title, and it even manages to pack a real satircal…
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The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Jesus Is a Liberal Democrat www.colbertnation.com http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:368914 Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive Most Christians seem to be stuck in a time warp where the most recent cultural touchstones available are the Narnia Chronicles. Somebody please notice Stephen Colbert, practically dripping…
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And here, for reference, is a great one by Alphonse Mucha, an artist whose work you’re going to recognize if you’ve ever fawned over a great J.H. Williams III layout or enjoyed a good Melinda Gebbie page. He did posters all over New York in the 1920’s, though he was personally Czech. More on him…
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andanotherthingtoo: Gorgeous Alex Ross cover painting from an ish of Grant Morrison’s bugnuts Batman run, which is arguably the best stuff done with the character since the days of the great, underrated Doug Moench/Kelly Jones team. Interiors by Tony Daniel, which Sandu Florea inked with his ass.
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A page from Paul Pope’s unbelievably good Strange Adventures strip in DC’s awesome, AWESOME Wednesday Comics, a full-blown broadsheet newspaper with work by a couple dozen of the best artists and writers working.
GRAPHOMANIA 