[SEE BELOW FOR AN IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE MASK’S ORIGIN! 05/11/2020] One of my favourite comic strips as a child was Eagle’s Doomlord. There was something utterly terrifying about this eventually-benevolent alien sent here to judge humankind, especially in the eerie early photo-strip days. I had an impromptu interview/conversation with former Eagle Editor Barrie Tomlinson … Read more
The task of creating the new look was given to none other than Academy Award-winning Makeup and Effects Artist and Designer Joel Harlow, who spoke to Stan Winston School recently about how the project came about.
I made a comic about family, identity and Brexit for the Short Graphic Story competition run by @thecomicslab and @IrishTimes and was honoured to be shortlisted and win runner up at the weekend.
Amazing comics artist Alex Ross posted the above image on his Instagram recently. It features the original Human Torch, who was a robot who could set himself on fire. Yeah, comics. Anyway I was quite struck by the chap introducing him on stage:
Belated Happy Birthday to Joe and the Forbidden Planet Blog, 4 years old this week. It’s a great site with honest reviews and reinvigorated my interest in comics. I’m now regularly dipping into stuff I’d have been unaware of if it wasn’t for the FP blog.
