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Heads Up: 75% off THE ART OF HARVEY KURTZMAN at Chapters.indigo.ca

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I’m not sure when the discount started, or how long it will last, but right now at Chapters.indigo.ca, the lavish hardcover book, The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics, is on sale for a mere CDN$12.99 (list price: CDN$52.00):

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Of course, if you live in Canada, and you order The Art of Harvey Kurtzman with another item that brings your order total to at least CDN$25.00 — an item such as, for instance, The Toon Treasury Of Classic Children’s Comics, edited by Art Spiegelman, which is currently on sale for CDN$14.99 (list price: CDN$49.95) — you’ll even get free shipping.

Happy shopping! And happy reading!

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Look There, Read: Jan Strnad and Richard Corben on RAGEMOOR

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Westfield Comics Blog has an interview with longtime friends and legendary comics collaborators, Jan Strnad and Richard Corben, about their forthcoming four-issue Dark Horse mini-series, Ragemoor, which the publisher describes as follows:

Ragemoor! A living castle, nurtured on pagan blood, harborer to deadly monsters! A fortress possessed of its own will and ability to change itself, with the power to add and destroy rooms and to grow without the help of any human hand. Its owner is mad with jealously, its servants aren’t human, and its secret’s horrific!

Issue #1 of Ragemoor will be available in March. So men let your wallets flop out, and women open your purses, because a man or a woman without a copy of Ragemoor will be suffering with the worstest of curses!

In other words, HEADS UP!

“I’ve had a long career in comics, doing it the way I wanted, mostly. I’m grateful for what success I’ve had. I still love the possibility of comics, as a medium to tell the stories I want to, not just the ones that sell big. I still have some goals to achieve and skills to develop so I don’t intend to retire ever. I’m going to continue doing comics until I drop.”
— Richard Corben in conversation, Westfield Comics Blog, January 2012

BONUS COVER:

I’m a bit late with this one, but of course Corben fans will also want to pick up the Murky World one-shot, available in stores now from Dark Horse:

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Heads Up: HELLBOY LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 5

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Coming in July 2012 from Dark Horse:

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As usual, here’s the publisher’s description:

HELLBOY LIBRARY EDITION VOLUME 5 HC

Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Duncan Fegredo (A), and Dave Stewart (C)

On sale July 11
FC, 408 pages
$49.99
HC, 9″ x 12″

Hellboy has racked up multiple Eisner Awards, numerous spinoffs, a novel line, video games, cartoons, and two feature films. Hellboy Library Volume 5 collects two complete trade paperbacks, Darkness Calls and The Wild Hunt; the short story “The Mole”; and an extensive selection of previously unreleased sketches and designs.

* The oversized Hellboy hardcover series continues, collecting the beginning of the Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo saga!

* An extensive selection of new sketchbook material.

* A New York Times bestseller!

Even without artwork by Corben, the Dark Horse “library editions” of Hellboy are on my “must-have” list of comics publications. They’re GRRRRRREAT!

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Heads Up: CREEPY PRESENTS RICHARD CORBEN

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Coming in July 2012 from Dark Horse:

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Here’s the publisher’s description:

CREEPY PRESENTS RICHARD CORBEN

Richard Corben (W/A/Cover), Donald F. McGregor (W), Greg Potter (W), Doug Moench (W), Bill DuBay (W), Steve Skeates (W), Rich Margopoulos (W), Jim Stenstrum (W), Gerry Boudreau (W), Budd Lewis (W), Bruce Jones (W), Roger McKenzie (W), Gerald Conway (W), Al Hewetson (W), Jack Butterworth (W), and Greg Potter (W)

On sale July 18
FC, 320 pages
$29.99
HC, 8 3/8″ x 10 7/8″

Over 300 pages of timeless terror from a master storyteller! Horror comics visionary and coloring pioneer Richard Corben has been a voice of creativity and change for over four decades. For the first time ever, Corben’s legendary Creepy and Eerie short stories and cover illustrations are being collected into one deluxe hardcover! With an informative foreword by artist and comic book colorist José Villarrubia — who also provides color restoration — this volume features Richard Corben’s original stories, Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, and collaborations with cast of comic-book writers.

* Essential stories and illustrations from Richard Corben!

* The first collection of all of Corben’s legendary Creepy and Eerie stories!

This is great news, but what we really want is the complete underground and self-published comics of Richard Corben! Giddy-up, Dark Horse!

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Heads Up: Corben Art Sale, 11 February 2012

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Corben comic art pages will go on sale Saturday 11 February 2012 at noon CST. Available art includes 10 pages from The Bodyssey, 11 pages from Rip in Time, 10 pages from Swamp Thing: Missing Links, and all 10 pages from “Tales of the Black Diamond, Part 5: Cartoon of Blood.” A preview of the sale with thumbnails of all of the pages has already been posted to the Corben website. The actual prices and payment links will be revealed on the sale day, and after that, it’s first come, first serve.

Click here to visit the “Sales” page at corbencomicart.com.

Act quickly on Saturday 11 February 2012, and you could be the proud owner of the original black-and-white art for pages like these:

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Good luck!

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Heads Up: Rowland B. Wilson’s TRADE SECRETS

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Coming in June 2012 from Focal Press:

Here’s how the publisher describes the book:

Animation doesn’t come with instructions; Rowland B. Wilson demanded guidelines. Trade Secrets [256 pages; 8.5 x 10.875 inches; ISBN-10: 0240817346; ISBN-13: 978-0240817347] offers a never before published peek into the personal journals of Rowland B. Wilson (1930-2005), a legend in the world of Cartooning, Advertising, Illustration and Animation. Trade Secrets is a compendium of tips and tricks, philosophies and techniques garnered over a lifetime of professional animation and artistry. Study one-on-one with a mentor whose Walt Disney film credits include The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Atlantis and Treasure Planet and apply a lifetime of professional creative tools for both traditional and digital workflows. These writings represent the quintessential refresher for fine artists and animation professionals, and it is a vital tutorial for students who are now poised to be part of another new generation in the art form. Have a seat and let an amiable respected mentor reveal his keys to success. Develop your professional creative toolset with a focus on foundational animation techniques with chapters on Caricature, Composition, Tone, Texture, Color, Reverse Negative, Rendition and Technical/Theories. Inspiration in your pocket; Trade Secrets includes a digitalpocket guide, filled with charts and diagrams as well as helpful tools and tips.

Legendary lessons from a master Disney animator, Playboy Illustrator and SchoolHouse Rock artist – collected for the first time ever. Trade Secrets is a unique, never before published compendium of tips, tricks, procedures and philosophies of an acclaimed artist, animator and illustrator.

Consistently create superior animations and illustrations with a 32 point checklist, a proven resource for digital and non digital workflows as well as professional projects and academic endeavors.

Develop your professional creative toolset with a focus on foundational animation techniques with chapters on Caricature, Composition, Tone, Texture, Color, Reverse Negative, Rendition and Technical/Theories.

And here’s a lovely example of Rowland B. Wilson’s cartoon art:

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BONUS LINKS:

Temple of the Seven Golden Camels has Rowland Wilson’s handouts on Composition, Light and Shadow, and Color.

Also, like Today’s Inspiration, Michael Sporn Animation Splog has a very well-stocked archive of work by Rowland B. Wilson.

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Heads Up: THE FRAZETTA SKETCHBOOK (2012)

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Coming in 2012 from Vanguard Productions, The Frazetta Sketchbook by Frank Frazetta and J. David Spurlock is an “all-new art collection” that was planned shortly before the Frazetta died on 10 May 2010. According to the publisher, the book “is brimming with rare and previously unpublished drawings and painting preliminaries of the subjects Frazetta is best remembered for including barbarians, wild beasts, Tarzan, buxom beauties, monsters and Conan.”

If all goes as planned, The Frazetta Sketchbook will be published in hardcover in August 2012 (ISBN-10: 1-934331-57-0, ISBN-13: 9781934331576), with a softcover edition scheduled for September 2012 (ISBN-10: 1-934331-56-2, ISBN-13: 9781934331569). Although the hardcover edition will have six more pages than the softcover (134 pages vs. 128 pages), both editions, says the publisher, will “feature big, 8.5″ x 11″ lavish illustrated, full-color pages with text.”

Click here for the official announcement.

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Heads Up: GENIUS, ILLUSTRATED: THE LIFE AND ART OF ALEX TOTH

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Coming in April 2012 from IDW:

Here’s the publisher’s description:

Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell continue their comprehensive review of the life and art of Alex Toth in Genius, Illustrated. Covering the years from the 1960s to Toth’s poignant death in 2006, this oversized 9.5″ x 13″ book features artwork and complete stories from Toth’s latter-day work at Warren, DC Comics, Red Circle, Marvel, and his own creator-owned properties, plus samples of his animation work for Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, and others, as well as sketchbook pages, doodles, advertising art, and other rarities provided through the cooperation of Toth’s family and his legion of fans. Two of Toth’s best stories are reproduced complete from the original artwork: “Burma Skies” and “White Devil… Yellow Devil.” A full-length text biography will chart the path from Toth’s increasingly-reclusive lifestyle to his touching re-connection to the world in his final years. Fans of comics, cartoons, and all-around great artwork revere Alex Toth. See why Genius, Illustrated —along with its companion volume, 2011’s Genius, Isolated —are being praised as the definitive examination of the life and art of The Master, Alex Toth. Volume 2 of a definitive three-volume series.

And here’s my recommendation: buy it!

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Heads Up: Team Cul de Sac welcomes Sergio Aragones!

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Team Cul de Sac is an online fundraising site that has been working since January 2011 to encourage cartoonists to donate original art made especially for a book about Parkinson’s awareness. The book is being produced in honour of the award-winning cartoonist-creator of the syndicated comic strip Cul de Sac, Richard Thompson, who on 16 July 2009 announced to the online community that he himself was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Part of the profits from the sale of the book will go to benefit the Michael J Fox Foundation (MJFF), and the original art will be auctioned as part of the fundraiser with all of auction money going to MJFF.

Many well-known cartoonists such as Mell Lazarus, Stephan Pastis, R. Sikoryak, Gary Trudeau, and Bill Watterson, have already donated wonderful collages, drawings, and paintings to the cause, but on Tuesday the amazing Sergio Aragonés stepped up to show everyone how it’s done:

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In addition to bidding on the various pieces of original artwork when they are put up for auction in the fourth quarter of this year and/or buying the book when it launches in May/June 2012, you can also support Team Cul de Sac and Parkinson’s research either through the purchase of a print or fanzine via the Team Cul de Sac blog or through the purchase of a custom Cul de Sac gift via Zazzle!

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Heads Up: SUCCESSFUL DRAWING and CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION by Andrew Loomis

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The good news today is that Titan Books is slowly but surely making good on its plan to bring Andrew Loomis’s legendary art instruction books back into print in high-quality facsimile editions. Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth and Drawing the Head and Hands are already available from your local bookseller, and according to the Amazon catalogue, Successful Drawing (ISBN-10: 0857687611; ISBN-13: 978-0857687616) will be available on 08 May 2012, with Creative Illustration (ISBN-10: 1845769287; ISBN-13: 978-1845769284) to follow on 09 October 2012.