BATROC! on Flickr.
Today is Leap Day. And who leaps greater than Batroc? No one.
This is from 2009.
I love Batroc.
Happy Batroc the Leaper Day (and Superman’s birthday)!
I never ask because it embarrasses them. I tell them that the art is stolen; I have my own ideas on how it’s passed around, and I’ve investigated it. It’s not a complete picture, but I have a hazy picture of what really happens. If they’re young people… I had a very young boy come up to me with a page of my artwork. I don’t have the heart not to sign it. I’m not going to embarrass that child, or a female, or a very sincere fan, so I sign it. I have a high respect for the people in comics. I know the average comic fan is a heckuva guy.
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I’m not out to be a Leonardo DiVinci, I’m not out to be William Faulkner; I’m out to sell comics, which I think is a very valid American medium. There are people who play down comics, but comics is a valid medium. It’s a visual narrative; instead of words, we like the pictures, we like the balloons. If you’ll go with me to the Sistine Chapel, I’ll put up a couple of balloons on Michelangelo’s work and we can really tell what was going on, (laughter) because I think they’re cartoons in a way.
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-Jack Kirby (via supervillain) OH MY GOD I WANT TO SEE THE JACK KIRBY SCRIPTED SISTINE CHAPEL RIGHT NOW. (via twentypercentcooler) New idea - sketchbook of artists redrawing the Sistine Chapel as Kirby characters. When it’s done, photoshop them together, print out, and hang on my ceiling. |
Imagine, if you will, a 29 year-old man with a mohawk walking through the store carrying these, hoping that it won’t end with him explaining what his job is to a police officer.
I’ve found all of those in WallMart EXCEPT FOR THE MY LITTLE PONY ONES THAT I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. Guess everyone will have to settle for superheroes. #FirstWorldProblems
Today was Hourly Comics Day. Here are my hourly comics.
Anthony why are you so good. Why are you so good at comics.
Seconded.
Ask Chris #90: Charles Atlas vs. Count Dante
By Chris Sims
Q: Count Dante vs Charles Atlas. Which one reigns supreme in having the best ads in comics? — @chudleycannons
A: As much as I love the stories in old comics, one of the great pleasures of reading through the back issues of the ’60s and ’70s is seeing the ads. There was a ton of bizarre stuff on offer back in the day, and as much as I’m all for the acceptance of comics into the mainstream, I have a lot of unearned nostalgia for the days when super-hero adventures were partially funded by the secrets of the Dim Mak Death Touch.
But as for which of the two icons of that era reigns supreme, there’s no question in my mind: Count Juan Raphael Dante, The Deadliest Man Alive.
To see why, you just have to take a look at the ads themselves. Let’s start with the Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System.
This page is unquestionably the single most iconic comic book advertisement of all time. It ran in comics for sixty years in one form or another, starting in the ’40s and continuing until at least a few years ago, when I saw one plastered on the back cover of Savage Dragon. They managed to outlive even Atlas himself, and the only real change was the addition of the URL for CharlesAtlas.com, where you can learn the first few secrets of Dynamic Tension for free. As far as comic book imagery goes, this thing’s right up there with Superman’s cape, a word balloon and a big ol’ burst that says “POW!”
It’s easy to see why, too. The comic strip style structure apes the medium, and the offer of literally transforming yourself into a bigger, stronger version of yourself to get revenge on your enemies is the exact same sort of escapist fantasy that super-heroes have been indulging in since they started. Atlas’s offer is essentially a magic word that can turn you into a super-hero with “the ‘Greek-God’ type of physique.” It’s as much of a super-hero power fantasy as you can get, to the point where the dude is actually wearing tights in the photograph. He might as well be selling Super-Soldier serum and Vita-Rays.
Read more.Oh hey, I wrote that breakdown of the Charles Atlas ad as a critically flawed heroic narrative that nobody actually asked for. Enjoy!
That’s a brilliant question; props to whoever came up with it.
(via imgTumble)so pretty
Take me to this place.
Tub’s too full…it would totally spill everywhere. I mean…who’s gonna clean that up!?
And then the water gets on that wooden window frame, it stars to mold and rot and that looks like an expensive custom window to replace, especially if you get double-pained, which you really should with today’s high energy costs and also anyone in that far house with a decent telescope would have no problem seeing all my personal bath business.
One of the many reasons why Hank Green is amazing.
