Do you make art? Care to share any? For my part, here's a page from my sketchbook: [NSFW, possibly] (i.imgur.com)
This page comes from a couple years ago....
Neo-Art-Nouveau Girl by ***X*** (i.imgur.com)
I love this mashup of styles, in which I’m seeing both Mucha, ancient art, ancient architecture and Jordans on the feet!...
TEMP DELETE: *The Minoan-inspired Mediterranean art of Alexander Petela* [NSFW] (i.imgur.com)
So I’d been building up this little collection over time, wondering when I might best introduce it, when it hit me today that, holy heck-- it’s Pride Month, after all!...
An introduction to Erik's ***Detective Deschamps*** ("Call me Dédé!") (i.imgur.com)
Here’s a nifty, noirish 5-tome series originally published by Epsilon / Verlag. The author “Erik” is a German graphic designer who seems to have worked outside the typical comics publishing format, and as a result I find there’s a certain unconventionality to both his art and storytelling. Style-wise, the Dédé books...
***Natation*** (Nicolas Verdier) (64.media.tumblr.com)
If that doesn’t show up for some reason, the page link is https://b-liba.tumblr.com/post/751620671915819008. I just happened to bump in to his work on Tumblr, the other day....
Closeup of ***Le Lombard - A Family Affair***, current exhibition at the **Comics Art Museum** (i.imgur.com)
A fun mix of familiar artists, characters, personalities, and… the obscure....
***Blue themes***-- Ten new-ish titles for BD comics fans (i.imgur.com)
I hadn’t checked Mastodon for a while (I do it like https://fediverse-explorer.stefanbohacek.dev/?tag=bande%20dessinee, which is also on the side bar), and discovered a load of promising titles coming out. Or which came out recently, I guess....
***Answers to the Quiz*** (first appearances of ten classic characters) (i.imgur.com)
The quiz is https://lemm.ee/post/33273477, for anyone who missed it. Following are the answers:...
***We meet again... brutes!*** (full sequence included) (i.imgur.com)
While finishing up the “answers” section to the recent quiz, I accidentally bumped in to this panel (from Banquet) and was struck by how unique it was....
A retro-futuristic look at the Beatles (Daniel Goossens, 2006) (i.imgur.com)
The Beatles have matured...
**Quiz**: *Who are the ten classic characters just about to appear?* (i.imgur.com)
I had an idea yesterday, so let’s see how you like it. Below are sequences from ten classic BD series in which a well-known character is about to first appear. How many can you guess? (hint: these appear alphabetically by character name)...
A little intro to Didier Comès via splash panels from ***Ergün The Wanderer*** (i.imgur.com)
Specifically these are from T1: Le dieu vivant. Frankly I’ve only skimmed the book so far, but wanted to add some long-overdue Comès content, since I’m not sure I got to him before....
Character design for the movie Willow, Nr 5 - Brownies (unused) - by Mœbius, 1988 (i.imgur.com)
Copyright and Trademark 1988 Lucasfilm, Ltd
*"I have summoned you because..."* (i.imgur.com)
These sequences come from early in the sixth album, Asterix and Cleopatra by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo....
The crazy-wonderful paintings of cartoonist Nicole Claveloux (8 pieces) (i.imgur.com)
That’s Bal de têtes, above....
***Rock Rally '80***, poster by Ever Meulen (Bowie inside) (i.imgur.com)
This was made for a band competition that runs every two years as organised by Flemish-Belgian magazine Humo. More art posters https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Humo%22+%22Rock+Rally%22+posters&udm=2....
The water-prismatic art of "Tanbelia" (6 pieces) (i.imgur.com)
She’s from Rivne, Ukraine, and although extensively trained in fine arts, seems to aim for a sort of impressionist-inspired ‘intentional primitivism,’ a bit like Henri Matisse’s latter stuff, perhaps....
1978: rainy day in the Ivory Coast (Clément Oubrerie) (i.imgur.com)
I love how the sketchiness of the inking works perfectly with this rainy scene. It’s from book one of the terrific series Aya de Yopougon, scripted by Marguerite Abouet, recounting her life spent living in a small town in Côte d’Ivoire, late 70’s. At least, that’s the starting point. I’ll try to do a proper overview...
A short review of ***Hélas*** (i.e. "Alas") by Bourhis & Spiessert [mature] (i.imgur.com)
Haha, gotta love that last panel for the https://i.imgur.com/7UYBI1a.jpeg vibes. 😁...
Character design for the movie Willow (unused) - by Mœbius, 1988 (i.imgur.com)
Copyright and Trademark 1988 Lucasfilm, Ltd
***You again!*** (Yves Chaland, from "Bob Fish") (i.imgur.com)
This is from the book Les cybers ne sont pas des hommes (“Cybers are not men”), in which François Landon wrote the script. The book follows a format in which text appears on one page, then a wordless splash page on the next. I found the 1st/3rd-person narrative rather surreal, almost cynical in tone, in which a couple...
A parting shot-- Annie Gillain, a blissfully happy baby, Jijé, Morris & Franquin! (L-R) (i.imgur.com)
The back cover from the album we covered a couple weeks ago....
General Kael - Character design for the movie Willow (unused) - by Mœbius, 1988 (i.imgur.com)
Copyright and Trademark 1988 Lucasfilm, Ltd
Character design for the movie Willow (unused) - by Mœbius, 1988 (i.imgur.com)
Copyright and Trademark 1988 Lucasfilm, Ltd
What could go wrong grabbing a messenger of the gods by the tail? (***Kheti, Son of the Nile***) (i.imgur.com)
Miou! Miou, get back here!...