Hellboy Munny

Hellboy Munny commission by Jared Cain.

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Best Covers: Dark Horse comics solicitations for July 2011

My favorite covers from the Dark Horse solicitations for July 2011:


STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC—THE LOST SUNS #2 cover by Benjamin Carré.



B.P.R.D.: HELL ON EARTH—MONSTERS cover by Francesco Francavilla.



DOCTOR SOLAR, MAN OF THE ATOM cover by Michael Komarck.

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Spectrum Awards 18 - - part 5

The fifth in a series of posts looking at artists featured in Spectrum 18. The art isn't necessarily what will appear in Spectrum 18, just what caught my eye at the artists' sites. Here's part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.




Dorothy and Toto sculpture by Frans Kusuma. Frans also posted three Wizard of Oz illustrations.





The Wolfman and Hellboy II concept art by Karl Simon.





Tales of Weird Menace cover by Jim and Ruth Keegan (I believe it's awaiting a second printing.)




Black Widow by Patrick Jones on sale here.




Jie Ma.

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Illustration roundup

The Albatross by Myke Amend on sale at the link.



Muammar Gaddafi by Noma Bar.




The Appleseed Cast concert poster by Kevin Tong on sale here.




Battle of the Planets by Neal McCullough on sale at Etsy.




Super Frog Saves Japan by Aaron McConnell (based on a story by Haruki Murakami) on sale at eBay to benefit Japan. Via.




WIP logo by Serge Seidlitz for the solo electronica project "Bone shaker."




Mister Miracle by Farel Dalrymple.




Hellboy by Duncan Fegredo being auctioned off at eBay to benefit Japan.




Topiary lion by Kim Dulaney, who was picked as one of Print's best new visual artists.




Urban Forest banner by Michael Worthington & Yasmin Khan.

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The Endless at The Last Supper (and more)

The Endless at The Last Supper, Batwoman, Hellboy vs. Grendel's Mom, and Superman and Batman by Tom Fowler. Via.

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Hellboy with kittens

Hellboy with kittens by Kristin Palach. See also: Batman with a pug.

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Link roundup

1. From a long interview with Mike Mignola at BldgBlog:

I’m not going to do any stories that I don’t want to draw—and, for the most part, those are places that also just aren’t particularly interesting for me to write about.

It’s interesting, because the spin-off book from Hellboy—B.P.R.D.—is written by another writer. I have some involvement there, but the books are written by somebody else. You look at that book now, and the current storyline takes place in a trailer park. It’s entirely made of the places I have no interest in writing about—but the other writer doesn’t have my overwhelming love of the Gothic. He’s a much more modern type of writer, so we differ on our choice of locations.

But, now, a haunted bank? You know, that would be cool—but it would have to be a really, really old bank. And preferably a bank that’s been abandoned for a bunch of years, so you have cobwebs and things. I just like those old, spooky settings.

2. Videogum on all the articles about the kid in the Volkswagen Star Wars commercial:

Really, Internet? This seems lazy, even for you. I mean, I know that you’re basically built on a foundation of kittens wearing casts and lazy Star Wars references, but sheesh.

Exactly. Anyone know who directed the video?

3. "400 hungry wolves overrun Siberian town of 1,300."

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