Hey folks! The much-anticipated documentary The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics , is now in stock at The Beguiling. We just got it in so unfortunately I haven't seen it myself yet, but I've heard good things and Jeff Smith himself seems pretty pleased with it. The 76 minute documentary is an extensive profile on Smith including interviews and other footage, and also includes...
above, by Paul Pope Paul Pope sent me this amazing page he did just as a study, based on the Lady Jessica’s discovery of the hidden conservatory in the castle. I placed it with the other images in my Week 2 post, but goodness gracious I was worried no one would see it midweek like this, so [...]
Paul Pope has posted on his blog a really cool sketch based on the Dune series of books: “I’ve always been struck by the taciturn Nietzschean aspects of M’uad Dib’s character as a leader,” Pope wrote on his blog. “One of Frank Herbert’s points in DUNE was a warning– beware of charismatic heroes. When entrusted with [...]
Holy Frak! Paul Pope does DUNE Wednesday comics style. YOU CRAZY KID YOU. We loves it. Colors by Lovern Kindzierski. See the whole page in the link. I find that with the format of Wednesday Comics (which is really the traditional Sunday Comics page), one must condense the plot and action to the briefest yet most [...]
Treehouse of Horror #15 (Ben Jones) Yeah, I sorta loved this. I liked Strange Tales #1 just fine too. Funny stuff by Nicholas Gurewitch, Jason and Johnny Ryan, some nice visuals by Dash Shaw and Paul Pope, something damn close to a comprehensive summary of personal motifs by Junko Mizuno, and Michael Kupperman just being himself. It was fun, nice. Overall, it gave the impression of a big superhero...
Here’s two more preview pages from the LIBERTY COMICS #2 anthology coming next month from Image. Paul Pope Chynna Clogston-Major In addition, Image has just released the Jim Lee Variant cover. LEE and his story with NEIL GAIMAN, ‘100 Words’, lead off an all-star ensemble of industry greats in the all-new second volume of LIBERTY COMICS. [...]
Did you know that Marvel Comics is still publishing comics RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE? It’s true! STRANGE TALES #1 — chock full of indie/Marvel goodness — goes on sale tomorrow, in fact, and here’s an exclusive preview of the Paul Pope Inhuman tale that resides within. Click for larger versions. Thanks to Jody LeHeup [...]
The following comics and graphic novels are scheduled to ship The Beguiling Books & Art on Wednesday, August 26th, 2009. All Prices listed in U.S. Funds. Variant prices are generally accurate to what we will be charging in store, but all disputes between prices will defer to the stickered, in-store price. Click Here For The Complete List: /090826shipping.txt Notes On New Comics: - Starting this...
§ Marvel has a whole month of interviews by Sean T. Collins with the creators in STRANGE TALES, so check back often. The series kicks off with Paul Pope: Marvel.com: He has a very devoted cult following, that’s for sure. You’re taking a humorous approach to him? Paul Pope: Well, it’s a story that’s never been told: Lockjaw [...]
Jeff Newelt was nice enough to pass along some photos from SD09’s PopCult party, which he helped organize, and I’m nice enough to post ‘em so here goes: Paul Pope makes his DJ debut at Comic-Con Pop Cult / Devil’s Due’s Josh Blaylock and Pop Cult / Kingdom Comic’s Christian Beranek Jim Mahfood rocking the live art Jim [...]
Here’s a quick rundown on some of the other things I did at Comic-Con International in San Diego starting out with some photos. Here we’ve got some shots of the con, the Heroes panel, the Pop Candy Meetup, Jennifer Daydreamer, Henry Chamberlain, Popcultour, Paul Pope, and live art by Jim Mahfood, Josh Blaylock and Scott [...]
(This one is for our international customers, enjoy! - Chris @ The Beguiling) -- The Beguiling: Original Comics Art & Illustration Sales at The San Diego Comic-Con, July 23-26 Drawn & Quarterly Booth, #1529 The Beguiling will once again be representing the original comics art and illustration sales of more than 3 dozen cartoonists at The San Diego Comic-Con this week, July 23-26 (we will not...
Music! Art! Toys! Dancing and Carrying on! Jim Mahfood, Paul Pope and Eclectic Method. Free prints to the first 300 people, and benefiting the CBLDF. WHEN: Saturday, July 25, 20099:00 PM - 2:00 AM WHERE: ONYX / THIN852 5th Ave. San Diego $5 donation for Comic Book Legal Defense Fundhttp://www.onyxroom.com Hosted By: Josh [...]