http://illustrationfriday.com/blog Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:42:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en i'd love to tell you ALLLL about comic-con 2008 but the con is cracking down on "small-time press." nuts!* thankfully, entertainment weekly is doing the job for me with this week's issue (above) and continuing with live updates on their website.*i'm heading out there anyway of course. i'm sure i'll ... http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/24/comic-con-i/ get a jump on next year's summer movies. read watchmen. you can tell all your friends why the best superhero movie ever* was an even better book.*fingers crossed. http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/22/summer-reading-vii/ light night rains: TICKET : HOW & WHY Purchase TICKET at Cory's shop. Cory Godbey has just released a 28-page paperback picture book called "Ticket". From the teaser: Ticket is a story in pictures and a collection of all things Cory loves to draw. From windmills flying above grassy hills to massive birds ... http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/21/cory-godbeys-ticket-how-why/ are you old enough to remember the old superfriends cartoon? then you are just barely old enough for james kochalka's superf*ckers. http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/21/summer-reading-vi/ what's better than summer vacation? summer vacation with comics by michel rabagliati. http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/20/summer-reading-v/ in an ideal world, scott pilgrim will replace archie comics at grocery store checkout stands everywhere. like archie, scott is young, needs a job, is in a band, and is stuck in a love... er, quadrangle. unlike archie, scott has to battle his true love's seven evil ex-boyfriends before he ... http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/19/summer-reading-iii/ now that heath ledger has demonstrated how bat-$#!t crazy the joker can be, check out the book (one of them anyway) that inspired the lunacy: batman: the killing joke. it's disturbing. http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/18/summer-reading-iii-2/ if you have any reluctance to see the new hellboy movie, hellboy II: the golden army, zip over to the cinema right now! what i thought would be a silly beat up the monsters movie was actually an endearing, beautifully imagined fairy tale with puppets, tooth fairies, trolls under bridges, ... http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/17/an-action-adventure-fairy-tale/ when i was a kid, i used to dream about action figures that didn't really exist. here is one of those dreams come true. next week at the san diego comic-con, paul pope and kid robot will unleash their collaborative action figure playset: the masked karimbah! http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/17/pulp-hope-action-figures/ if you don't have time to take your own trip this summer, live vicariously. craig thompson's carnet de voyage is an old-fashioned travel journal kept, written, and illustrated by one of the best comic book artists ever (in my opinion). http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2008/07/17/summer-reading-ii/