Michael Golden Receives Artist Guest of Honor Award from I-Con
New York--This month, Artist/writer/creator Michael Golden is honored with the I-CON Artist Guest of Honor Award at this renowned, 30-years running, Long Island festival of science fiction and pop culture.
Co-creator of the X-Men's Rogue character, Spartan X and Bucky O'Hare, Mr. Golden is known worldwide for his groundbreaking work on "The 'Nam," "Micronauts," "G.I. Joe Yearbook," and "Dr. Strange, " among MUCH more, and is counted as one of the best cover designers and storytellers in the business.
Golden has been one of the most influential creators around for the last several decades:
"....unless you can actually draw yourself, it is very difficult to understand the exact mind-blowing impossibility of what he does," said writer/artist Larry Hama, of Golden's work.
"Michael blithely puts down on paper exactly what he sees in his head. It's like he's got a cosmic opaque projector that shoots a laser beam from his brain through the kundalini eye in his forehead straight down onto the drawing surface where all he has to do is trace it," continues Hama. "The result is hard-edged and fully realized in every way. No fuzzy impressions here. No using the side of the pencil. No squiggly space-filling lines blocked in on automatic pilot. To paraphrase Neal Adams (who was referring to Golden), there is not a single millimeter of line on the page that is not directed by conscious thought."
Recent books covering the colorful life and amazing art of Michael Golden include a Manga version of the "Bucky O'Hare" series, created with Hama, as well as the top selling art retrospective "Excess: The Art of Michael Golden," written by Renee Witterstaetter, which sold out and has gone into a second printing, as well as his recent sketchbook "Heroes and Villains," and the just released NEW sketchbook, "MORE Heroes and Villains." His cover work is featured on the children's book "Kerry and the Scary Things." In addition, several DVD's have been produced on Michael and his career, including "Creator Chronicles: Michael Golden," featuring an extensive interview and tutorial with the creator, as well as "Modern Masters: In the Studio with Michael Golden."
As a conceptual cover artist, Golden has penciled everything from Batman and Captain America to Vampirella! And the list keeps growing.
The I-CON Artist Guest of Honor Award is added to other honors including the Lille Guest of Honor Award as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Michael has served as an Editor at DC Comics as well as Senior Art Director at Marvel Comics, and has worked on scores of movie production projects, new ones currently in development. His art has been the focus of gallery shows in places as diverse as Gijon, Barcelona, New York, Antwerp and Brussels, while his class on storytelling has been conducted from Spain to Brussels to France to Canada to the United States... and most recently China.
For more information on Michael Golden and his work, contact:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Golden/44937601170?ref=share
Or go to: http://www.evainkartistgroup.com/
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Titan Comics to Publish "Family Guy" Comic Book
‘GIGGITY GIGGITY’! Titan Comics Set To Launch All New Family Guy Series!
Titan Comics and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are pleased to announce the U.S. launch of the Family Guy comic series, based on the award-winning hit animated TV show from the mind of Seth MacFarlane.
The Family Guy comic series will follow the Griffin family in a string of brand new outrageous storylines, along with fellow Quahog residents Cleveland Brown, Joe Swanson and everyone’s favorite ladies man, Glen "giggity" Quagmire.
Family Guy has become one of America’s favorite animated TV shows of all time, and was named one of TV Guide’s “25 Top Cult Shows Ever!”. The show boasts over 27 million fans on Facebook, and has been nominated for 13 Emmy® Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series.
Artwork for the Family Guy comic series is provided by comic artists SL Gallant (G.I. Joe, Torchwood) and Anthony Williams (Judge Dredd, Superman, Batman).
Family Guy comic #1 will be on sale and available on US newsstands and in specialty comic book stores beginning on July 27, 2011.
Follow @FamilyGuyComic on Twitter where news on the comic series will be revealed on a regular basis.
About Titan Comics:
Titan is the largest and most experienced publisher of licensed entertainment properties in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Titan Magazines was established in 1995 as a separate division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd, to produce officially licensed tie-in movie and TV magazines and comics. For more information on our titles, visit http://www.titanmagazines.com/.
About Family Guy:
In 2009, FAMILY GUY earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, making it only the second animated series in television history to be honored with such a distinction. Since its debut in 1999, the animated series has attracted an impressively loyal following of devoted fans and has sold nearly 25 million combined DVD units, making it the largest-selling TV series ever.
The show follows the adventures of lovable oaf PETER GRIFFIN (Seth MacFarlane) and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders. LOIS (Alex Borstein) is Peter’s loving wife, a former Miss Teen Rhode Island who rules the roost but is one step away from a nervous breakdown. Then there are their kids: frumpy 17-year-old MEG (Mila Kunis), the family’s punching bag; 13-year-old CHRIS (Seth Green), a kid who doesn’t understand girls, much less the evil monkey who recently emerged from his closet; and 1-year-old STEWIE (MacFarlane), a diabolically clever baby whose burgeoning sexuality is very much a work in progress. Rounding out the Griffin household is BRIAN (MacFarlane), the family dog, a member of Mensa with a penchant for dry martinis and dumb blondes.
FAMILY GUY is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Seth MacFarlane is creator/executive producer. Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan serve as executive producers/showrunners, while David A. Goodman, Chris Sheridan and Danny Smith are executive producers.
About Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third-party lines. The division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of the top suppliers of primetime entertainment programming to the broadcast networks.
Titan Comics and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are pleased to announce the U.S. launch of the Family Guy comic series, based on the award-winning hit animated TV show from the mind of Seth MacFarlane.
The Family Guy comic series will follow the Griffin family in a string of brand new outrageous storylines, along with fellow Quahog residents Cleveland Brown, Joe Swanson and everyone’s favorite ladies man, Glen "giggity" Quagmire.
Family Guy has become one of America’s favorite animated TV shows of all time, and was named one of TV Guide’s “25 Top Cult Shows Ever!”. The show boasts over 27 million fans on Facebook, and has been nominated for 13 Emmy® Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series.
Artwork for the Family Guy comic series is provided by comic artists SL Gallant (G.I. Joe, Torchwood) and Anthony Williams (Judge Dredd, Superman, Batman).
Family Guy comic #1 will be on sale and available on US newsstands and in specialty comic book stores beginning on July 27, 2011.
Follow @FamilyGuyComic on Twitter where news on the comic series will be revealed on a regular basis.
About Titan Comics:
Titan is the largest and most experienced publisher of licensed entertainment properties in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Titan Magazines was established in 1995 as a separate division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd, to produce officially licensed tie-in movie and TV magazines and comics. For more information on our titles, visit http://www.titanmagazines.com/.
About Family Guy:
In 2009, FAMILY GUY earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series, making it only the second animated series in television history to be honored with such a distinction. Since its debut in 1999, the animated series has attracted an impressively loyal following of devoted fans and has sold nearly 25 million combined DVD units, making it the largest-selling TV series ever.
The show follows the adventures of lovable oaf PETER GRIFFIN (Seth MacFarlane) and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders. LOIS (Alex Borstein) is Peter’s loving wife, a former Miss Teen Rhode Island who rules the roost but is one step away from a nervous breakdown. Then there are their kids: frumpy 17-year-old MEG (Mila Kunis), the family’s punching bag; 13-year-old CHRIS (Seth Green), a kid who doesn’t understand girls, much less the evil monkey who recently emerged from his closet; and 1-year-old STEWIE (MacFarlane), a diabolically clever baby whose burgeoning sexuality is very much a work in progress. Rounding out the Griffin household is BRIAN (MacFarlane), the family dog, a member of Mensa with a penchant for dry martinis and dumb blondes.
FAMILY GUY is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Seth MacFarlane is creator/executive producer. Mark Hentemann and Steve Callaghan serve as executive producers/showrunners, while David A. Goodman, Chris Sheridan and Danny Smith are executive producers.
About Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products
A recognized industry leader, Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products licenses and markets properties worldwide on behalf of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Twentieth Television and Fox Broadcasting Company, as well as third-party lines. The division is aligned with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of the top suppliers of primetime entertainment programming to the broadcast networks.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Oresama Teacher and Super Bun
I read Oresama Teacher , Vol. 2
I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).
I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).
Leroy Douresseaux on EARP: SAINTS FOR SINNERS #3
EARP: SAINTS FOR SINNERS #3
RADICAL PUBLISHING
CREATORS: Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl
STORY: Matt Cirulnick
WRITER: M. Zachary Sherman
ARTIST: Colin Lorimer
COLORS: Kyushik Shin
LETTERS: Rus Wooton
COVER: Alex Maleev
28pp, Color, $3.50
Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl have re-imagined classic Western hero, Wyatt Earp in Earp: Saints for Sinners. Published by Radical Comics, it is a four-issue miniseries.
Earp: Saints for Sinners is set in a near future after an event called “Black Thirty” sets off a second Great Depression. Out of the chaos rose a new type of bank robber, and Wyatt Earp was the man who brought them in to justice or shot down the ones he didn’t bring in. Earp collared more most-wanted men than anyone in history, but after a violent assignment claimed the life of his brother, Virgil Earp, Wyatt became a businessman. He opened AOK Saloon in the only boomtown left in America, Las Vegas.
As Earp: Saints for Sinners #3 opens, tensions rise between John Flynn, billionaire owner of the Flynn Casino, and Wyatt – all over a woman. Josephine, a gorgeous lounge singer at Flynn Casino, ran to Wyatt for safety after Flynn tried to rape her. With Allan Pinkerton and his private security group, the Pinkertons, at his side, Flynn tries to bully Wyatt and his pal, Doc Holliday. Meanwhile, Wyatt’s younger brother, Morgan Earp, makes a dangerous move on his own.
It has taken three issues, but Earp: Saints for Sinners comes into its own as a kind of science fiction, action, and crime comic book. The flashbacks settle in with the sustained narrative, so this colorful mismatch of Michael Mann urban action and John Ford Western starts to deliver better character drama. The brassy colors over Colin Lorimer’s art are perfect for this series’ flashy setting, and it makes the violence look real purty and perfect for this story.
A-
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Kimi Ni Todoke the New Guy
I read Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Vol. 8
Manga)
I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).
Manga)I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for April 27 2011
DC COMICS
FEB110136 ACTION COMICS #900 (NOTE PRICE) $5.99
FEB110252 AMERICAN VAMPIRE #14 (MR) $2.99
AUG100294 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE JOKER BY LEE BERMEJO $80.00
JAN110265 BATMAN INCORPORATED #5 $2.99
OCT100344 BLACKEST NIGHT PORTFOLIO SET #2 $29.99
FEB110122 BRIGHTEST DAY #24 (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
FEB110241 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #59 $2.99
JAN110319 DC COMICS PRESENTS NIGHT FORCE #1 $7.99
FEB110152 DETECTIVE COMICS #876 $2.99
JAN110255 FLASH #11 (FLASHPOINT) (RES) $2.99
JAN110329 FLASH REBIRTH TP $14.99
FEB110128 GREEN ARROW #11 (BRIGHTEST DAY) $2.99
FEB110118 GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #9 (WAR OF GL) $2.99
FEB110247 INFAMOUS #4 (OF 6) $2.99
JAN110330 JONAH HEX TALL TALES TP $14.99
FEB110126 JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #24 (BD) (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
FEB110179 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #50 (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
FEB110244 MAD MAGAZINE #509 $5.99
JAN100406 MASS EFFECT SER 1 GRUNT AF PI
JAN100407 MASS EFFECT SER 1 SHEPARD AF PI
JAN100404 MASS EFFECT SER 1 TALI AF PI
JAN100405 MASS EFFECT SER 1 THANE AF PI
FEB110263 NEW YORK FIVE #4 (OF 4) (MR) $2.99
JAN110431 SANDMAN TP VOL 05 A GAME OF YOU NEW ED (MR) $19.99
FEB110268 SCALPED #48 (MR) $2.99
JAN110335 SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN LANTERN TP VOL 05 $19.99
FEB110165 WONDER WOMAN #610 $2.99
FEB110188 XOMBI #2 $2.99
DEC100308 Y THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 05 (MR) $29.99
FEB110136 ACTION COMICS #900 (NOTE PRICE) $5.99
FEB110252 AMERICAN VAMPIRE #14 (MR) $2.99
AUG100294 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE JOKER BY LEE BERMEJO $80.00
JAN110265 BATMAN INCORPORATED #5 $2.99
OCT100344 BLACKEST NIGHT PORTFOLIO SET #2 $29.99
FEB110122 BRIGHTEST DAY #24 (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
FEB110241 CARTOON NETWORK ACTION PACK #59 $2.99
JAN110319 DC COMICS PRESENTS NIGHT FORCE #1 $7.99
FEB110152 DETECTIVE COMICS #876 $2.99
JAN110255 FLASH #11 (FLASHPOINT) (RES) $2.99
JAN110329 FLASH REBIRTH TP $14.99
FEB110128 GREEN ARROW #11 (BRIGHTEST DAY) $2.99
FEB110118 GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #9 (WAR OF GL) $2.99
FEB110247 INFAMOUS #4 (OF 6) $2.99
JAN110330 JONAH HEX TALL TALES TP $14.99
FEB110126 JUSTICE LEAGUE GENERATION LOST #24 (BD) (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
FEB110179 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #50 (NOTE PRICE) $4.99
FEB110244 MAD MAGAZINE #509 $5.99
JAN100406 MASS EFFECT SER 1 GRUNT AF PI
JAN100407 MASS EFFECT SER 1 SHEPARD AF PI
JAN100404 MASS EFFECT SER 1 TALI AF PI
JAN100405 MASS EFFECT SER 1 THANE AF PI
FEB110263 NEW YORK FIVE #4 (OF 4) (MR) $2.99
JAN110431 SANDMAN TP VOL 05 A GAME OF YOU NEW ED (MR) $19.99
FEB110268 SCALPED #48 (MR) $2.99
JAN110335 SHOWCASE PRESENTS GREEN LANTERN TP VOL 05 $19.99
FEB110165 WONDER WOMAN #610 $2.99
FEB110188 XOMBI #2 $2.99
DEC100308 Y THE LAST MAN DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 05 (MR) $29.99
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