I thought it would be nice to share something I did myself for a change. This one was done for a co-worker a long time ago. A nice girl at work asked if I could knock-out a Batman drawing for some kid or something. Of course I could, and I did. Continue reading »
I wrote before about what a great find Penny-Farthing Press was. Top shelf quality, and on sale which was nice. Moby does not buy too many comics nowadays, mostly art, and that is how I found Anne Steelyard and the Garden of Emptiness.
Anne Steelyard is sort of a female Indiana Jones type, but is based loosely on a real person. It has everything you could want in a story, and I would be shocked if a movie does not get made from this source material someday. Seriously, it has action, adventure, drama, adventure, romance,…and more adventure.
The story was penned by Barbara Hambly and has won many awards and been widely reviewed, so I am not going to bother doing anything in depth here. Barbara did a great interview with comicbookresources, and that should do if you need more on the story itself. Mostly just want write about the art, the artist, and give readers a good idea of why they should give Anne Steelyard a chance. Continue reading »
New This week we have a commission from Ebay virtual corner artist Kurt Herston (ebay name ‘kurthetston‘). Moby decided to try getting something he has wanted for a while…Grips on the toilet. You see Grips was the flagship character for indie Comics publisher Silverwolf Comics (which later became Greater Mercury Comics) and was the launching pad for artists like Tim Vigil and Ron Lim.
The neat thing about the character was his alter-ego was a comic book artist who drew a book called ‘The Fat Ninja’, which you can see he is reading there on the toilet. The Fat Ninja’ was another title available through Silverwolf, an actual book, written and published by founder Kristoffer Silver. Continue reading »