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The fact that Jim Rugg is a pretty incredible artist isn't exactly news to anyone who's ever read Street Angel or Afrodisiac, but his latest project has blown away even a long-time fan like me. In Notebook Nerd, an art show at the IAm8Bit ... Read more

 

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]]>Ballpoint PensBallpointPensContraGen 13Gen13Jim RuggJimRuggNotebooksChris Sims2012-05-16T15:00:00 00:00Des Taylor Evokes Golden Age Animation in Colorful Superhero Illustrations [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/29/des-taylor-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/29/des-taylor-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/29/des-taylor-art/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Batman: The Animated Series made classic, Golden Age-era animation look cool again, and Des Taylor's artwork wields the same vintage, expressive charm. Taylor shared some pages from his own comic, The Legend of the Blue Lotus, earlier this month, ... Read more

 

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]]>des taylorDesTaylorBrian Warmoth2012-04-29T09:00:00 00:00Madeleine Flores Takes Batman to the Park, Redesigns Iron Man and More [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/28/madeleine-flores-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/28/madeleine-flores-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/28/madeleine-flores-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


Marvel Comics readers know the precious joy of reading a good "What If...? " comic. Artist Madéleine Flores obviously enjoys such pleasures, too, as her hypothetical take on Iron Man shows. In addition to speculating about an alternative ... Read more

 

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]]>madeleine floresMadeleineFloresBrian Warmoth2012-04-28T09:00:00 00:00The Thrills and Chills of Jack Kirby's Next Issue Teasers in 'Captain America'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/26/captain-america-jack-kirby-teasers/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/26/captain-america-jack-kirby-teasers/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/26/captain-america-jack-kirby-teasers/#commentsFiled under: ,


Jack Kirby was unquestionably the greatest comic book artist who ever lived, and is largely responsible for shaping comic books as we know them today. But there's one aspect of the King's work that I absolutely love, even though it's often ... Read more

 

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]]>Captain AmericaCaptainAmericaJack KirbyJackKirbyMarketingNext IssueNextIssueChris Sims2012-04-26T17:00:00 00:00Irena Freitas Fills Sci-Fi and Fantasy Favorites With Extra Wonder [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/22/irena-freitas-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/22/irena-freitas-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/22/irena-freitas-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books may not be ideal targets for children's book adaptations. If anyone every figures out a way to make such a project work, however, Brazilian illustrator Irena Freitas could do a fine job of bringing ... Read more

 

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]]>irena freitasIrenaFreitasBrian Warmoth2012-04-22T09:00:00 00:00Twiggy McBones Celebrates 'Game of Thrones,' 'Harry Potter' and 'Avatar' [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/21/twiggy-mcbones-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/21/twiggy-mcbones-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/21/twiggy-mcbones-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


We're all about Game of Thrones fan art this weekend. And why shouldn't we be, now that Season 2 is in full gear on Sunday nights? Today, we're checking out Los Angeles-based artist known online as Twiggy McBones, who imagines a kind of Disney ... Read more

 

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]]>twiggy mcbonesTwiggyMcbonesBrian Warmoth2012-04-21T09:00:00 00:00Stefan Tosheff Gets Serious With 'Adventure Time,' 'Dragon Ball' and 'X-Men' Stars [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/15/stefan-tosheff-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/15/stefan-tosheff-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/15/stefan-tosheff-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


Stefan Tosheff's stab at drawing Goku may prompt you to do a double take to make sure you're looking at his name in the lower right-hand corner and not that of Ryan Kelly. The Vancouver-based Tosheff deftly crafts character artwork that echoes ... Read more

 

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]]>Brian Warmoth2012-04-15T09:00:00 00:00Bradley Wright Launches a Welcome Assault on Your Eyes [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/14/bradley-wright-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/14/bradley-wright-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/14/bradley-wright-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


It's hard to look at Bradley Wright's art and not realize that there are whole comic books out there that pack less story than a single page or panel from his portfolio. That's good for him professionally, though, because he's been paid to make ... Read more

 

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]]>bradley wrightBradleyWrightBrian Warmoth2012-04-14T09:00:00 00:00Take a Trip With Scott Balmer's Vibrant Take on Robots, Ghosts, Vikings and More [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/08/scott-balmer-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/08/scott-balmer-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/08/scott-balmer-art/#commentsFiled under: , ,


The proton streams in Scott Balmer's artwork may be hot enough to melt your head, and the same can be said for quality of his psychedelic portraits. Balmer's graphically spastic riffs on The Legend of Zelda and action figure packages compress ... Read more

 

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]]>scott balmerScottBalmerBrian Warmoth2012-04-08T09:00:00 00:00Kassandra Heller Brings Wonder to Sailor Moon and Everyone Else She Draws [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/07/kassandra-heller-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/07/kassandra-heller-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/07/kassandra-heller-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


Sometimes you look at a single image and wish that it was full-blown illustrated book. For examples, you need look no further than illustrator/animator extraordinaire Kassandra Heller's illustration portfolio. Her pink-haired lady lumberjack and ... Read more

 

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]]>kassandra hellerKassandraHellerBrian Warmoth2012-04-07T09:00:00 00:00The Creators and Cosplay of ECCC 2012 [Photo Gallery]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/02/emerald-city-comicon-2012-photo-gallery/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/02/emerald-city-comicon-2012-photo-gallery/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/02/emerald-city-comicon-2012-photo-gallery/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Spanning three floors of the Seattle's Washington State Convention Center, this past weekend's Emerald City Comicon 2012 was piled high with two of ComicsAlliance's favorite things: comic creators and their fans. This cross section of creators ... Read more

 

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]]>ECCCECCC 2012Eccc2012Emerald City ComiconEmeraldCityComiconSeattleCA Staff2012-04-02T13:00:00 00:00'Doctor Who' Crosses Over with Marvel and DC Thanks to Jordan Gibson [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/01/jordan-gibson-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/01/jordan-gibson-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/01/jordan-gibson-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


Yes, IDW's Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who crossover is one of the greatest gifts that sci-fi-loving comic geeks could possibly receive this year. Curious minds do wander, however, when the idea of Doctor Who crossovers comes up. Artist ... Read more

 

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]]>Jordan GibsonJordanGibsonBrian Warmoth2012-04-01T09:00:00 00:00Paige Pumphrey Infuses the X-Men and More With Rockabilly and Roller Derby Fashion [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/31/paige-pumphrey-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/31/paige-pumphrey-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/31/paige-pumphrey-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


For X-Men fans who always wished the team had more neck tattoos and rockabilly sensibilities, artist Paige Pumphrey has a remedy. Her depictions of Rogue and Jean Grey meld a comical Archie Comics-like body language with some distinctly more R. ... Read more

 

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]]>Brian Warmoth2012-03-31T09:00:00 00:00The Steampunk Force is Strong in Bjorn Hurri's 'Star Wars' Pieces [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/29/bjorn-hurri-steampunk-star-wars-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/29/bjorn-hurri-steampunk-star-wars-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/29/bjorn-hurri-steampunk-star-wars-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


It may be difficult to improve upon the Star Wars character designs that George Lucas and Ralph McQuarrie originally brought into the world. That said, we can still ogle Bjorn Hurri's sleek steampunk takes on Han Solo, Jabba the Hut and Boba Fett. ... Read more

 

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]]>bjorn hurriBjornHurriStar WarsStarWarssteampunkBrian Warmoth2012-03-29T12:30:00 00:00Carlos Vermut Takes on X-Men, Street Fighters and Samurai Aplenty [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/18/carlos-vermut-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/18/carlos-vermut-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/18/carlos-vermut-art/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Sometimes an artist comes along and hits you right between the eyes with Street Fighter artwork that could either be hanging up in a fine art gallery or promoting a new Adult Swim cartoon. Carlos Vermut one such artist. His work inhabits strange, ... Read more

 

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]]>carlos vermutCarlosVermutBrian Warmoth2012-03-18T09:00:00 00:00Pokemon and More Evolve in the Designs of Mike Gaboury [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/11/mike-gaboury-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/11/mike-gaboury-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/11/mike-gaboury-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


Today's award for creepiest/awesomest Pokémon art goes out to Mike Gaboury of Adventure Time video game treatment fame. We have seen creators take Nintendo's otherwise cuddly critters and turn them into beastly, seemingly drug-induced ... Read more

 

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]]>mike gabouryMikeGabouryBrian Warmoth2012-03-11T09:00:00 00:00Kit Colors up the Justice League, Spider-Man, Supergirl and More [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/10/kit-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/10/kit-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/10/kit-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


East meets West in the pinup art of the Japan-based artist on deviantART who goes by the name of "Kit." Kit's Oracle and Power Girl poses pack the dynamism of an artist like J.H. Williams with the manga infusion and emotion of a Takeshi Miyazawa, ... Read more

 

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]]>DeviantArtkitBrian Warmoth2012-03-10T09:00:00 00:00Timothy Lim Goes Nouveau and Beyond on The Avengers, Transformers and More [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/04/timothy-lim-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/04/timothy-lim-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/04/timothy-lim-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


It's no secret that artist Timothy Lim is one of our favorite things to happen to mash-up art on the Internet in the last decade. From Edvard Munch and Starscream to Calvin and Hobbes and Spider-Man, virtually everything he creates looks like it ... Read more

 

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]]>timothy limTimothyLimBrian Warmoth2012-03-04T09:00:00 00:00Feel the Love in Charles Santoso's 'Peanuts,' and 'Calvin and Hobbes' Tributes [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/03/charles-santoso-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/03/charles-santoso-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/03/03/charles-santoso-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


Children's story illustration fans, have a seat, because we have a real treat for you today in the work of artist Charles Santoso. His pieces, which feature tributes to Peanuts, My Neighbor Totoro and Harry Potter, look like joint ventures between ... Read more

 

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]]>charles santosoCharlesSantosoBrian Warmoth2012-03-03T09:00:00 00:00Robert Ball Gets His Vector on with Wolverine, the Joker and Many More [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/25/robert-ball-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/25/robert-ball-art/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/25/robert-ball-art/#commentsFiled under: ,


If Robert Ball's polygon-laced Thor, Galactus and Doctor Who art made you smile, you should know that he has been up to a lot more in the past year. In addition to steamrolling through a series of bad-guy faces, he has also been putting out some ... Read more

 

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]]>robert ballRobertBallBrian Warmoth2012-02-25T09:00:00 00:00