Published September 5th, 2008
in Comics.
This is truly like finding a hidden gem.
Mister Bookseller is a very touching, beautifully illustrated comic book by Darko Macan, an award-winning Croatian author and illustrator, and Tihomir Celanovic.
The premise looks deceptively simple in the beginning. An old man visits a bookseller, who, it turns out, has a copy of every book in [...]
Published June 27th, 2008
in Art and Retro.
I found this amazing collection of vintage Italian adult comic book covers on Flickr. The gallery includes covers of the infamous “Isabella” comic, illustrated by the great Sandro Angiolini.
The artsy covers feature some buxom Italian beauties in various states of undress, so it’s completely fun, but NSFW.
Ah, Flickr. You just keep on giving.
Link (NSFW) [...]
Published March 25th, 2008
in Comics.
The Super Punch blog has many scans of comic book covers of Marvel Comics annuals released during 1977. The covers mimicked the styling of retro pulp novels.
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Published December 2nd, 2007
in Comics and Music.
The Ephemerist blog has scans of Pink Floyd’s 1975 tour program, which was released by the band in the form of a faux underground comic.
The comic has each member of the influential band portraying an outlandish characters in his own strip.
Snip from the site:
Roger Waters is a Roy Of The Rovers clone, [...]
Published November 23rd, 2007
in Comics.
This strip from the always hilarious xkcd webcomic site, made me laugh.
Just loved it.
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Published November 7th, 2007
in Comics and Movies.
A provocative speech by the principal character in the ‘V for Vendetta’ movie (directed by the Wachowski brothers) was used by Ron Paul’s supporters to raise record breaking funds for his election campaign.
In the movie, ‘V’ exhorts his countrymen to join the revolution against a tyrannical government, with his “Remember, remember the 5th of [...]
Published July 1st, 2007
in Comics.
Captain America is dead and buried