Tag : Comic Book

JULY 9th #BATMAN COMIC BOOK ARTWORK Event: Art Gallery Walk & Talk with Chip Kidd

Join graphic designer Chip Kidd on a private tour of our current exhibits. July 09, 2019 (6:30 pm to 8:30 pm) BUY TICKETS Chip will give background information on the exhibits: Batman Collected: Chip Kidd’s Batman Obsession, Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan, and Batman Black and White: Sketch Covers Selected by Chip Kidd. Admission to this event gives you the opportunity to win one of three gift cards from Midtown Comics. Tickets:$10 members $15 Non-Members $7 Seniors/students (Undergrad with student ID) […]

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JUDGMENT DAY ~ Weird Fantasy #18, March-April 1953 #CBLDF

Over at the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund website they recently got permission to share a complete comic book story that was originally published in the 1950’s. It’s a very important landmark story titled, “Judgement Day”. It was originally published in Weird Fantasy #18, March/April 1953. Written by Al Feldstein & illustrated by Joe Orlando. Yeah, those guys! So, this is a really great read. Here’s a LINK please be sure to check it out, the whole story is there […]

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CBLDF Podcast Episode #27 – LAST GASP Publisher Ron Turner

In this episode, the CBLDF Podcast speaks with legendary publisher Ron Turner, starting with his early days as an activist, through the creation of his famous Publishing House: LAST GASP, the heyday of the Underground Comix movement, and a myriad of other topics from an amazing life. TOPICS INCLUDE: Amputation, Activism, Air Pirates, Ecology, and Robert Crumb. The CBLDF Podcast is part of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s ongoing education program, made possible in part with a donation from The Gaiman Foundation, and […]

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VIDEO Book Review – ROUGH JUSTICE: The DC COMICS SKETCHES of ALEX ROSS by Chip Kidd

Just a quick shout out, we wanna thank the guys over at the BRUSHES OF DOOM website for doing a kick ass BOOK OF THE WEEK Review Video (see down below) all about the “ROUGH JUSTICE: The DC COMICS SKETCHES of ALEX ROSS” book edited by Chip Kidd. They covered it pretty damn well. No, seriously! It gives you a really good idea about what this book is about… a Focus on the amazing comic book artwork of Alex […]

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#PantheonBooks to Publish Gengoroh Tagame’s “My Brother’s Husband” Manga!

Massive Goods announced on Monday that Pantheon Books (Maus, Persepolis) will publish Gengoroh Tagame‘s My Brother’s Husband(Otōto no Otto) manga in English. The first two-in-one omnibus volume is slated for June 2017. Massive Goods describes the story: My Brother’s Husband is a family drama that begins with the auspicious arrival of Mike, a Canadian who has come to pay respects to the family of his recently deceased Japanese husband Ryoji, whose only remaining immediate family member is Yaichi—an identical twin […]

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#BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE – Custom Comic Book Cover Art by Bill Sienkiewicz!

Here’s a quick post to share some amazing artwork done very recently by the amazing comic book artist, Bill Sienkiewicz. Designer Chip Kidd commissioned this special cover on a blank “variant cover” copy of BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE. The art was inspired by Frank Miller’s Graphic Novel,”The Dark Knight Returns” and it features Batman with his trusty sidekick, Carrie Kelley Robin!

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VOX Explains Where the COMIC BOOK FONT Came From

Comic Books and Graphic Novels have a very long history. So… why does all the writing in comic books look alike? Vox’s Phil Edwards looked into it and found an aesthetic shaped by comics culture, technology, and really cheap paper.

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The 13th DIMENSION “Chip Kidd” Interview Continues with the #BATMAN FAMOUS 1ST EDITION

Dan Greenfield, a writer/reporter for the always brilliant 13th DIMENSION website, has been interviewing a ton of Batman-related artists and writers lately and here is a shout-out for an interview he did with the designer and author, Chip Kidd (This is actually “Part 2” in a continuing series). Anyone who knows Chip knows he is crazy about “Batman”, ha ha, so they get pretty serious about the character. In this segment (link down below) they discuss the BATMAN #1 “Famous 1st Edition” Treasury […]

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OCTOBER 7th – FREE “Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers” Opening Reception!

On October 7, 2015, come celebrate “Batman Black and White: The Sketch Covers” with a free opening reception! The event begins at 6:00 p.m. and features a cash bar for attendees. Come see 88 Batman-related pieces of art created by Artists, Cartoonists, Illustrators, and Designers that is on display now. For more information please be sure to visit our “Next Appearance” page. Event starts at 6:00 pm. Society of Illustrators 128 East 63 Street New York, NY Also, For More Details Just […]

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#BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE Art Exhibit – Opening Reception, October 7th, 2015

OK, on the “Next Appearance” page of this site we have been hyping the news of the creation of a new Art Gallery Event where Chip Kidd has hired a ton of Artists to create special “Batman: Black and White” book covers. The list of Artists is insane and we recommend you go check it out because we know that you will love most of them and it’s really worth seeing. The list includes about 88 pieces of art and you can […]

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