Archive Page 25
Trip to Washington DC
[Above: The Jefferson Memorial. Look at the colors on the building - - you can see which way the sun is going down.)
Nice day in Washington DC. A lot of wind, so the air didn't get overheated from the concrete and asphalt and stay hovering and cooking on the sidewalks and streets, which is unpleasant to walk through, to say the least!
[Below] Naptime! She's waiting for the bus. 
[Below] I think I would like a round room up in the trees. 16th Street.
(I once lived in Mt. Pleasant off 16th, but it was a square room).
[Below] Keep going down 16th Street, and yep, there's the White House.
[Below] Not a good idea to drive through the White House,
switched down to 15th street. Off in the distance is the Capitol Building.
[Below] Getting out of town back into Virginia:
the Potomac from the 14th Street Bridge.
BAT Geezer
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
To see additional Erik Weems artwork go here
To see additional Erik Weems artwork go here
KIRBY'S KAMANDI (SOME PAGES)
[Below] Cover and a page from a 1973 Kamandi (#4)
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[Below] The spread from Kirby's "Superman" issue of Kamandi #29
The Ford 1964 concept car "Runabout"
Reminds me of the Jetsons TV-cartoon show
Saturday, May 12, 2007
IN PROGRESS:
2 Pages From "DREAM" (yet to be colored)
Pages 3 and 4
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The Ford 1962 concept car called "Seattle-ite"
Those extra wheels in the front are important for transversing unusual
ground surfaces, like the moon, for example.
Morgan Freeman - Ink Drawing
Friday, May 11, 2007
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The kind of car GM might've made if only...
A 1969 Buick Century Cruiser concept car
IN THE STUDIO
By Todd Hignite
Yale University Press,
Published 2006
310 Pages
If you are only vaguely familiar with the bulk of the cartoonists profiled herein, this volume is still a fascinating look at a host of contemporary cartoonists. Numerous example pages abound, and there is a plethora of rough sketches and "historically significant" past bits of work. The printing is nice and clean, the book itself a quality hardback book from Yale University Press (Printed in China!)
Though the work of the featured cartoonists makes up most of the imagery, there is also a large number of "influences" printed here (Herriman, McCay, the usual subjects); but what is also added are pictures of novelty toys, objects of particular affection to the cartoonist under discussion. The book seems slightly like a scrapbook, and the photos of knickknacks starts to give off a feeling that there is something just too precious about the secluded world of a lonely cartoonist hidden away in a bedroom studio.
Nonetheless, a real effort at giving current cartoonist "celebrities" a treatment not unlike the "studio" books that are published recognizing contemporary fine artists.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
JACK KIRBY
[Above] Kirby's comic about "the Last Boy on Earth" seems heavily derived from the Planet of the Apes movie, but according to the Kirby bio book Tales to Astonish and also the Kamandi Wikipedia article (here) Kirby's ideas for Kamandi date back to at least 1957 (the Statue of Liberty motif, which directly recalls the first Apes movie, was apparently pushed on Kirby by then DC Comics publisher Carmine Infantino).
Named for the bunker called "Command D" where Kamandi lived with his grandfather (who may have been Kirby's other creation, OMAC, aka the One Man Army) he set out to discover if any intelligent human life was left on a planet over run with talking, scheming and warring animals. The original series lasted 59 issues.
The datajunkie blog site has been running a Kirby Cover collection (doesn't include Kamandi) here.
[Below] I read this story when it originally appeared. Kirby's referencing Superman (without him ever showing up in the tale) and building a gorilla cult based upon Superman's suit, which they handle like a deity's relic, was an idea well and away from the usual comic topic. Thoughtful, but with Kirby's dynamic, careening storytelling style. (See a spread from the issue here)
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
[Info has moved] The foyer of the Strand Palace Hotel in London, deco design of 1930 by Oliver Bernard.Mirror Practice:
Original Page Thursday, May 17, 2007 | Updated December 2011
