Tom Herpich is an alternative artist who has published under the banner of Alternative Comics, Top Shelf Comix (and hey, check out their snazzy new website) and even Nickolodeon. For Vice the webzine, he has created an exclusive comic and it's all Herpich with his outerworldy weirdness.
Check it out at vice.com
The latest hype in book land is Tube trailers for upcoming books. Moving images to promote the written word! What will they think of next!?
Some put more effort into it than others but this one takes the cake, it looks quite good! Not that that says anything about the contents of the book itself but hey, it nibbles at peoples attention span for at least a minute.
Found via sfsignal.com
Kitsune Noir is a poster club on the Society6 platform. They make illustrative covers based on books like Moby Dick, The Road etc or the example provided below. The posters are done by a range of artists, from painters to illustrators to graphic designers but all make you wish that your living room had more than 4 walls, let's say 25 walls or something to hang all that beautifull work for your illustrious eyes to peruse. Oh the horror!
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Visit the Kitsune Noir Poster Club
A whimsical line with a high dosage of cuteness, pop culture ephemera and an extra dose of graphic design. He is also part of the Meathaus collective of artists.
Ladies and gentlemen, please visit the site of Harvey James
Russ Meyer, lover of amazon women everywhere is famous for his movies featuring big breasted and strong (read: beating up males every chance they get) women. Just google him, it should keep you occupied for a few hours. One of his best though its Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! of which I found this most excellent french graphic poster.
Click here to visit Wrong Side of the Art for a large version and alternate photo versions of the poster.
Since comics are not only art but also writing it's important to get the punctuation and rythm of a comic down in your script as wel as the language. So here's an illustrated guide on how to use the dreaded semicolon, often abused by writers everywhere!
Chris Samnee has drawn for all the Big Boys out there and has recently concluded the excellent (but anti-climactic) The Mighty for DC Comics. He is now working on Siege: Embedded for Marvel Comics and is producing some cover work in between.
He has posted a fascinating look at his cover design detailing the process he goes through while making the Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #20 cover featuring the Vision. I have posted the colour coding he did for the final drawing but for a complete look, head on over to his blog right here
Lovable rogue and ex-revolutionary Nikolai Dante is the bastard offspring of the house of Romanov and a pirate queen. He is one of 2000 AD's best loved characters on a par with ol' steeljaw Judge Dredd. From Wikipedia:
Nikolai Dante - thief, ladies' man and illegitimate son of Dmitri Romanov. Dante's mother is Katarina Dante, a feared pirate. Abandoned at a young age, Dante was forced to survive by turning to crime. Inadvertently bonded with the weapons crest intended for Arkady Romanov. The crest allows Dante to generate bio-blades as well as providing him with limited regenerative abilities. The crest is also programmed to educate Dante on the correct manners of a nobleman.
Over at the 2000 AD Covers blog, there's a magnificent post featuring all of co-creator Simon Fraser's covers (the other creator is writer Robbie Morrison). Here's a small sneak peak (click on the image to enlarge) and check out the rest right here
Actually, you don't know the rest at all. I'm Brett Williams, the newest contributor to Broken Frontier.
I'm a blogger, a bouncer and a (hopeful) creator of comics. I'm currently working to break into the industry as a writer and hope to begin seriously pitching books during this year's convention circuit. I've been writing about comics and the business of breaking in at my blog for a bit now. You can find it here. I look forward to being a contributing member of the Broken Frontier family.
Now, let's talk comics!
