Illustration roundup

Evil elf witch from Lord of the Rings by Jeff Murchie.





Color Kid.




Meet Marga the Panther Woman (1940).




Bat-signal on the moon from a 1950 issue of Batman.




Aquaman and a rainbow of seaweed vs. dinosaurs.

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More Aquaman redesigns

Project Rooftop posted several more submissions from its Aquaman redesign contest. Here are a few of my favorites:



Jesse Aclin.



Mr. Walters.



Teemu Matinlauri.

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Project Rooftop's Aquaman redesign contest

Project Rooftop posted the winners in its Aquaman redesign contest. Many of them aren't much more than (nicely drawn) trivial twists on Aquaman's established looks. But these are my favorites. If I saw these looks on a comic I'd be optimistic that the story might be fresh:


B. T. Pannell.



Nate Bellegarde.



Yasmin Liang.

And this redesign by Chris King (which I previously posted) is still my favorite:



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Animated-style Seven Soldiers of Victory

Animated-style Seven Soldiers of Victory by Derek Charm. He has art on sale here.

Spotted at Project Rooftop, and speaking of, here's a sweet Aquaman redesign by Chris King for the current PR contest:



Chris has various prints on sale here.

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Is California Sinking?

Aquaman #53 cover circa 1970. Several are available at eBay. Via these sites.

Aquaman and Juggernaut

Aquaman and Juggernaut by Rogan Josh. Via.

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Link roundup

1. The far less than honorable details of Winston Churchill's early life.

2. Penelope Trunk: "Believe me, no one likes to read blog posts about people who are smug about how they have solved all the problems of the world. I mean, look, you either are winning a Nobel Prize or you do not have any answers."

3. The latest adorable comic strip by Chris and Curt features the history of Aquaman.

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