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Book review–The Art of Drew Struzan (and the decline of the movie poster)
Review by C.J. Bunce If someone were to ask you whether you prefer covers to books or movie posters or compact discs that were either (1) painted or (2) created via computer using compilations of...
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Original art and sketches at SDCC 2012
For the past decade I have tried to ask at least one artist at every comic book or pop culture convention that I attend to draw me a Green Arrow or Black Canary (or both) sketch. I’ve asked this from...
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In the Game–Sand castles, original art, and rare baseball cards
What could be more amazing than those oceanside beach competitions where artists work feverishly to create gigantic, elaborate palaces made only of sand, only to be judged, and be obliterated by the...
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Review–New book chronicles work of movie poster artist John Alvin
Back in early 2012 we reviewed one of several books released on movie poster artist Drew Struzan, a useful and interesting resource called The Art of Drew Struzan, reviewed here. It chronicles the...
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Review–Penn & Teller film an inventor’s pursuit of a master artist in “Tim’s...
Review by C.J. Bunce Whether learned or innate, the skill of a master artist is like nothing else. That is true no less for the understanding of color, light, and shadow exhibited by 17th century...
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New collectible cards–From Agent Coulson’s trading cards to Firefly and...
What better item to take to a convention to get Chris Evans’s autograph than a set of Agent Coulson’s Captain America trading cards–vintage and near mint, as Coulson bragged in the movie The Avengers....
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New film to highlight Detroit classic car designers and their art
Some classic car aficionados are creating a documentary about the post-War art designers behind Detroit’s big automakers, including General Motors, Ford, Packard, Chrysler, Hudson, Nash, and...
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Retro fix–Art of Atari, a great flashback to hours of 1970s and 1980s gameplay
If you didn’t live through life with an original Pong video game console or the groundbreaking Atari 2600, then you missed out on the beginning of the video game phenomenon. Coinciding with the...
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The Art of Winnie-the-Pooh looks at the other half of the Hundred Acre Wood...
Review by C.J. Bunce When you hear the name Winnie-the-Pooh, what comes to mind? Phrases like “Oh, bother,” or “Let’s Begin by taking a smallish nap or two”? For many it’s the images of Pooh and his...
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Preview–Get your John Byrne and classic X-Men fix with new Artifact Edition...
If you’re curious why a recent news story surfaced about Marvel Comics seeking to get John Byrne to return for some new projects, you need only turn to a new retrospective book arriving at comic book...
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