Broken Frontier

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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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!

Check it out at the Oatmeal

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

Superman, what have you done! He finally did it, the bastard!

(Blame this post on Forbidden Planet)

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!

This one needs no introduction I'm sure since Ash has even visited the Marvel Zombies universe, he has officially entered the harrowed halls of Superhero-dom, imported from the mad Evil Dead universe, courtesy of Sam Raimi (whom you may remember from such small arthouse movies as Spider-Man I and II).

Check out the crazy Japanese poster and click right here for a larger version and to see more versions of the movie poster, courtesy of Wrong Side of the Art.

Last week, All Things Fangirl reported that Weeds actress Allie Grant had been cast to star in a feature film adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan's Runaways.  As is often the case in casting rumors surrounding comic book films, red flags went up everywhere.  It was originally thought that this had stemmed from a simple mistake in Miss Grant's bio and that she had in fact been cast in the Runaways film based on Joan Jett's early grrl-rock band.  Further snooping revealed that Grant is in no way tied to the biopic and that the Runaways movie she's been cast in is produced by Marvel Studios.  This is very exciting news for yours truly, as I'm a big fan of Runaways.

If you're not familiar with the title, here's a rundown: Runaways follows a group of superpowered teenagers as they rebel against their parents, an evil cabal of supervillains known as The Pride.  BKV created in Runaways his own compelling little corner of the Marvel Universe and made one of the most entertaining all-ages titles to hit comic shelves, well...ever.

Considering Brian K. Vaughan's involvement in other films based on his properties, it stands to reason he'd play a very big role in the production of this film as well.  Who knows, maybe he'll even bring in his friend and fellow Runaways writer Joss Whedon for a little consultation.

What do you guys think?  If the rumors are true, are you excited about a Runaways movie?  Is this the first attempt by the new Disney/Marvel hybrid to appeal to that tweener audience Disney covets so highly?