BWOOOOFFF

 Art by Jim Lee and Scott Williams, colouring by Alex Sinclair, lettering by Patrick Brosseau Justice League #1. Cover date October 2011Jim Lee draws smoke bombs exploding.  Well, I think that’s what happens.  There’s a sound effect, and in the previous panel Batman fired some things...

V escapes

Art by David Lloyd, V For Vendetta #3. Cover dated November 1988And so we have the first cover, and the first of what I suspect will be a number of images from Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V For Vendetta.  It's a beautiful cover, the glow of the explosion hiding the profile of V's face purposefully....

Sunday links

Here's a few links to catch if you've missed them being broadcast elsewhere:Eddie Campbell is interviewed at the Hooded UtilitarianJim Shooter has a blogFPI review Dylan Horrock's masterpiece HicksvilleSteve Finch creates covers for comic books as if they were 1960's paperbacksAmy Poodle examines Hauntology and The Invisibles for The Comics JournalPat Mills is interviewed at FPI here and h...

What's it all about?

 Hi. I didn't really imagine when I started posting explosions that the world would suddenly follow suit and bombs would start falling, but then again, I'm left scratching my head trying to imagine a time when bombs haven't been falling. So what's it all about?I had intended to launch a blog which covered my thoughts on pop culture, taking in anything from my thoughts on music through comics...

Jump!

Art by Frank Quitely, New X-Men #115. August 2001Quitely and a couple of parachuting X-Men. I wanted to round out the week with a fairly contemporary image, something which spoke of colour to contrast the black and white of Eastman's Turtles.  I really should have credited colorist Hi Fi Design,...

City at War

Art by Kevin EastmanTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 1 #50. August 1992Following on from Gibbons is a two page scene from Kevin Eastman and the other major comic book sensation of the 1980's, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. To my mind this is the least accomplished image I have so far used. The...

Just a Dream

 Art by Dave Gibbons, Watchmen #7. March 1987From the wide screen to the narrow dream sequence panel.  Gibbons image manages to conjure the surreality demanded of the script through the lack of grounding; the explosion hangs in the air having burst in from some distant vanishing...