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Occasionally you see some fantastic pieces of art with comic books out there. This piece by Alex Garner is a really good example of that:

I really need to start posting more, but frankly, I barely have time to answer emails these days. But in the interim, until ‘normal’ service is resumed, have the answer to all of life’s questions:

I’ve only just discovered ‘Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal’, fantastic comic…

Cyanide and Happiness have been running a ‘depressing comic week’ all week and while most of them are only ‘ok’ mainly due to the fact that the fact that they suffer from ‘that’s depressing but is it really likely’ syndrome, today’s one though really hits the mark:

… Is a rather enjoyable short film by Kyle Higgins. Though a little bit simplistic in its plotting, and even though the ‘villains’ motivations don’t really make sense, it’s a great looking, well designed movie set in 1960′s Chicago about a superhero union. The link for the film is here and just to give you an idea of the ‘style’ of the film, here’s a poster for it:

This looks like its going to be good when it comes out:

Definitely one of the stranger things that I have encountered in my recent memory. These seem to be audio adaptations of Marvel Comics done by Marvel themselves in the 70′s. A lot of them seem to be straight adaptations of the first 13 issues of the Fantastic Four comic. They even have an introduction by Stan Lee! Worth a listen. Group 1 is here and 2 here

Don’t exactly remember where I came across this, it’s been on my pc for years. Anyway, it’s more a curiosity but take a look:
Judge Dredd Advert

This is a comic based on an upcoming video game. Yet it’s surprisingly enough actually quite good. I’m not quite sure why they decided to animate the comic (though that is something that seems to be becoming a trend) but the music and Ben Templesmith’s art actually combine to make quite a creepy experience.


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Continuing Marvel Comics current stance of good works which they keep a fair bit of control over, here’s a sample video for a new ‘Black Panther’ cartoon. Heavily based off the new version of the comic that came out a few years ago, you can really see the John Romita Jr. artwork. There’s some interesting interviews here with some of the cartoon’s creators.