I’d like to think there’s a Peanut living inside all of us. That’s right, a Peanut. Not the salty food variety, but the Charles Schulz kind. Whether it’s the dogged determination of Charlie Brown, the bossiness of Lucy, the hip swagger of Franklin, the artistry of Schroeder or the vast imagination of Snoopy—just about anyone […]
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The Art of Regular Show [Review]
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Released earlier this month by Titan Books, The Art of Regular Show is a large format (11.4” x 8.9”) 160 page collection of animation stills, sketches, storyboards, and commentaries that chronicles how the show originated and the eccentric cast that inhabit it. Beginning with a series of short films creator JQ Quintel produced during his […]
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I’m sure that many who haunt these clubhouse walls can fondly recall those weekly trips to the video store. Overrun with titles of all shapes (okay, they were all rectangular) and sizes (…yeah, they were pretty much all the same size), those store shelves were a cornucopia of ocular splendor meant to dazzle and delight […]
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Not to be confused with the Cereal Killers trading card set, this terror tome of “bone-shivering art” is the hellspawn of indie publisher Spookhouse Industries. Featuring over 50 creepy contributors, CEREAL KILLERS VOL. 1 contains cereal-inspired box art with a fun, but seriously twisted, horror theme that includes gut-munching adolescents, soggy “ladybits,” braided turds and […]
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On sale today, Titan Books latest title (Adventure Time: The Original Cartoon Title Cards) takes a look behind the scenes of what could be considered one of the most under-appreciated parts of animation: the art of the title card. Seen for only a few seconds before a show starts, most title cards are painstakingly painted […]
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The name’s Bond. #DECEMBOND Sorry, predictable joke, I know, but I couldn’t resist. Actually, you can blame Sean Dove for putting the thought in my head since it was his Kickstarter project, The Last Days of Danger, that inspired the joke. You see, last year, Dove began an art series called #DECEMBOND which paid tribute […]
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Castlevania is one of those few retro gaming franchises that couldn’t ever quite figure out how to make the leap to next generation consoles. In fact, when developers MercurySteam finally got it right with Lords of Shadow I think it took most gamers by surprised. A 3D Castlevania game that was actually fun to play […]
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Last year we had the pleasure of hosting an interview with M. Wartella, an NYC-based animator and underground comix artist whose contributed work (both print and animated) to the likes of MAD, MTV, Nickelodeon, DC Comics, Village Voice, SPIN and more. Now, after 25 years, Wartella is receiving his first retrospective art book in the […]
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Later this week the FanExpo will be celebrating its 19th year as it returns to Canada where comics, movies, anime, sports and video game fans will converge. It also happens to be where illustrator Andrew Barr (Beach Blanket Bloodbath, MONSTARS) will be unveiling his newest art book, The Unnatural Order of the Three Eyed Skull! […]