A little exchange between Will Scarlet and Maid Marian from ROBYN HOOD: WANTED #1! Just to whet your whistle for the new series.
Artwork by Larry Watts, colors by Nick Filardi, letters by Jim Campbell.
This may be my favorite piece of art associated with any of the books I’ve written.
This isn’t even an official cover. Larry Watts, the mainstay Robyn Hood artist, drew this image of Robyn and the Merry Men as a punk band. I’d write an Elseworlds version where this happens in a second; hmmm… maybe a dream sequence in the next series?
Context:
VaguelyVictoria and I were discussing the LOK season finale.
I was expressing my frustration that after the first couple of episodes, we never see Korra even trying to airbend, never mind whether or not she succeeds, and Victoria agreed, and added that in the finale she was suddenly a good airbender (I don’t have a problem with her finally unlocking her airbending considering the conditions, but considering that she was more efficient at defeating Amon with one element she had never used before, than with the three she’s had….), and of course, since we’re silly —> Suddenly airbending = Suddenly Salad = Suddenly Salad Bending.
TL;DR: Suddenly airbending = Suddenly Salad = Suddenly Salad Bending.
This would be by far the most useful kind of bending.
REVIEW: Vowels by Skye Ogden
I recently had the chance to read and review a graphic novel called VOWELS by Skye Ogden. It was my first time reading a book from Gestalt Comics, and it surely won’t be my last, not only because of how interesting their other books look, but because of how damn good Vowels was.
This book came out in 2007 and managed to pass me by until now. It’s a completely “silent” graphic novel, and it pulls the wordlessness off by distilling its images gracefully into visually uncomplicated but morally complex images of humor, connection, tragedy, and hope. The characters are anthropomorphic non-humans that have quite a lot in common with our society and history. The narrative follows them through different time periods and bookends stories of heartbreak with basic but visceral tales of predators and prey, and the “humans” involved in these roles are never simplified.
It evokes A Contract with God in tone and, oddly enough, Goodbye Chunky Rice in style, but never copies either. Writer/artist Skye Ogden has a startlingly original voice (a bit ironic for a wordless book) and Vowels is a true vision. Fans of Top Shelf and Fantagraphics would do well to pay attention to Gestalt Comics, because if this book is any indication of the rest of their catalogue, they are preparing to inject a dose of much needed originality into the comics industry.
-Patrick Shand
NOTE: This link is now dead. Blood Pong is currently being looked at by publishers, but thank you to those who check it out and enjoyed! Hopefully you’ll be able to purchase it soon!
One more post to celebrate Creator Owned Day! Here’s a preview of my creator owned comic, BLOOD PONG. Frustrated with the modern depiction of vampires as romantic creatures, CHAD and JOHN, two vampires who spend their days playing beer pong with blood, hit the town with a video camera. They’ve decided to make their own reality/horror movie that gives vampires back their badassery. The art is by the wonderful Ian McGinty (co-creator). We’ve been pitching it around, so it would be great to get any thoughts or reactions.,
Little teaser of the freelance comic project I’ve been working on. Oh man I am having so much fun with this story you guys have no idea.
You guys will all buy this book once it’s published, right…? *3*
Here’s some art from my project with Sarah ‘Pickles’ Dill (PreservedCucumbers). She’s on art, I’m on script. Can’t wait to shop it around to companies!
Preliminary character designs for a new project! Super stoked about working on this one.
Here are some designs from an upcoming creator-owned graphic novel I’m doing with Sarah ‘Pickles’ Dill, tentatively titled THOMASINA’S HUMAN ZOO. I want to write this every day forever. You should totally click her Tumblr link (above) to see her sweet art.
Concept art by Matt Roscetti for our upcoming all ages graphic novel PLAYGROUND.
The flying penguin is Cornell Terrance Gilbert.
The big guy is Genglore, the Big Bad.
And our lead character, Marshall, is getting ready to kick some bad guy butt.
PLAYGROUND
When Marshall, a ten-year-old boy who feels rejected by his peers, discovers a magical jungle gym, he ends up steering it into a strange dimension and gets involved in a battle against a big jerk of a tyrant.
This strange land is a mish-mash of every fantasy world in fiction. You’ve got the sword & sorcery stuff of Tolkien, the talking animals of Lewis, the futuristic villains of Blade Runner, gods and goddesses running around like Percy Jackson, and flying penguins because that’s just fun.
