In recent years, many (indeed, too many) of my longtime comics-artist heroes have shuffled off this mortal coil, never to draw again. The advance of age and ill health has deprived us of many of the greats — Gene Colan, Jim Aparo, Jim Mooney, Dick Giordano, Dave Simons… the list goes sadly on. Others have [...]
Archive for February 2012
Comic Art Fans: Did someone call for a Doctor?
February 24, 2012Comic Art Friday: Two hawks, no doves
February 17, 2012For my birthday a couple of months back, the Pirate Queen gave me a fistful of cash to put toward new art commissions. That’s what you get for the guy who has… well, not everything, but pretty close. Wanting to stretch my windfall as far as possible, I turned to fellow collector Damon Owens for [...]
My funny Valentine
February 9, 2012For those of you who’ve expressed an interest in my burgeoning voice acting career, here’s a little something I voiced recently. It’s a promotional video for a Bay Area men’s chorus that delivers Singing Valentines. NIA Creative, an awesome marketing and production company, produced the project. Fun stuff… …and if you decide to purchase a [...]
Comic Art Friday: RIP, Al Rio (1962-2012)
February 3, 2012I was shocked and saddened on Tuesday morning — as were many of my fellow comics fans and comic art aficionados — to receive the news that artist and former Disney animator Al Rio had passed away in his native Brazil, the result of an apparent suicide. Those of you who have followed Comic Art [...]
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