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Category: Comics

  • Comic Crits, John Bonner

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    Comic Crits are book reviews done by artist John Bonner in the form of one page comic strips. The reviews are often (though certainly not always) of books in the science fiction or fantasy genres, such as Neal Stephenson’s Reamde (above top), and The year’s Best Science Fiction 28, edited by Gardner Dozois (above, bottom).…

  • Emily Carroll

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    Emily Carroll is an illustrator working in the television animation industry who is also a webcomics artist. You can find galleries of her illustration and webcomics on her website, as well as additional material on her blog, along with some Flickr sets. Carroll works in an open line and filled color style, accented with textural…

  • Sketchtravel completed

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    Sketchtravel is a project started by illustrators Gérald Guerlais and Daisuke (“Dice”) Tsutsumi in 2006 in which a single sketchbook has traveled around the world, being handed from artist to artist between 70 artists in 15 cities, each adding a single page to the whole. The project, which involves well known illustrators, animators and comics…

  • Flesk Prime

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    I’ve written before about Flesk Publications, a small specialty art book publisher that concentrates on presenting illustrators and comics artists. Among the artists are many that I’ve featured here on Lines and Colors. Flesk has published a book called Flesk Prime in which five artists are highlighted in the same volume. Four are artists who…

  • Régis Loisel

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    One of the most renowned and influential French comics artists, Régis Loisel is known in particular for his work in the fantasy genre. Along with Jean Giraud (“Moebius”) and several other pioneers, he helped set the stylistic standards that became the foundation of Franco-Belgian comics (“bandes desinees”) from the mid 20th century to today. Most…

  • The 911 Report: A Graphic Adaptation (paperback)

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    If you are: A) Not already overloaded with information about 9/11 B) Interested in the official 911 Report issued in 2005 by the 911 Comission C) Not inclined to wade through the original report’s 800 plus pages, and would rather have the report summarized in a convenient 144 page graphic story format then here is…