13 images from the “Producer of Preposterous Pictures of Peculiar People who Prowl this Perplexing Planet”
Basil Wolverton‘s drawings are a visually witty mishmash of human organs: glands, blistering skin, distended proboscises, eyes swinging from their sockets, and barnacle teeth pointed in every direction. A new show of his original drawings at New…
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Plop! was a humor magazine published by DC from 1973 to 1976. I bought most of the copies when they were on the newsstand, and I still have them. It…
It’s tempting to suppose that Basil Wolverton never drew even a single doodle that couldn’t elicit a “WTF?” from a random passerby. Wolverton’s manic and aggressively cracked images found a natural home at MAD Magazine, where he executed the notable May 1954 cover of the run, featuring the “Beautiful Girl of the Month,” with predictable results. An extreme approach such as Wolverton’s was bound to spark a passionate cult of admirers, but no less an authority than Jules Feiffer bluntly stated, “I don’t like his work. I think it’s ugly.” In addition to MAD,...
The junkyard of mainstream comics yields a few welcome surprises, strewn amidst the toxic waste of 60+ years of lost opportunities, fail...
Illustration and book art with a literary bent. Focus on international illustrated books and Surrealism.
Though his greatest career success was in illustrating over 200 covers for Time magazine, the imposingly named Boris Artzybasheff’s (1899-1965) greatest artworks were, in this scribe’s opinion, his surreal, cartoonish, and utterly wild drawings of anthropomorphic machines, crafted as if to answer a question nobody asked, but should have—what if Basil Wolverton had been an industrial designer? In a unique self-contained dream logic, his tools of industry sprout limbs with which to operate themselves. I was turned on to Artzybasheff several years ago when a friend gifted me a copy of the October 1954 issue of Mechanix Illustrated�...
Illustration: Artzybasheff
Axel Scheffler style in Midjourney AI. Illustrators | Children's books illustratorsCharacter designers | German illustrator known for "The Gruffalo" | **Axel Scheffler** is a renowned illustrator known for his work in children's literature, particularly for his collaborations with author Julia Donaldson. His distinctive style is characterized by playful and expressive characters, often set in whimsical and imaginative worlds. Scheffler's illustrations are beloved for their ability to capture the attention and imagination of young readers, combining humor and warmth with detailed and engaging visuals. Axel Scheffler's Midjourney style is marked by vivid and bright color palettes, featuring natural and earthy tones. The compositions are balanced with a central focus, often depicting narrative scenes with fantastical creatures and enchanted forests. The style is illustrative, with detailed line work and textured surfaces, creating a cartoonish and child-friendly aesthetic. Rounded shapes and soft edges contribute to the whimsical and playful atmosphere, while the settings often evoke European folklore and storybook charm.
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Item: Miracleman #5. Cover Artist: Paul Gulacy. Writer: Alan Moore. I want your comics to arrive in the advertised condition just as much as you do. TPBs count as the number of comics they reprint.
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In this interview, Jeff Smith breaks down for Gary Groth all the work and all of the years he put in to become an overnight success.
