Artists I Love Tonight
Craig Hamilton. I’ve been fortunate to work together with and, more importantly, learn from this amazing comic arts genius (Aquaman is among the many characters he’s worked on), and can’t resist the temptation to post his take on a Peter Pan cover:
It’s for sale, too; alas, my art budget at the moment is about equal to my font budget — which is to say, zero. Good news for someone out there, though.…
Meanwhile, there’s a comment on that page from Michael Bair. Who’s responsible for this:
Oooooooo. In layout, even! Love. Want a big-scale print of that, but it’s not for sale. Just as well.
Click on either illustration for a larger version, more information, and samples from both artists.
Next up on the comic arts front: a history. Too much I don’t know about an area of design with pretty astonishing depth.
Need more time to feed these obsessions. The curse of the curious, someone once told me. I’m sure I’m cursed daily on all sorts of fronts, so adding another to the list doesn’t seem so bad.…
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Posted by Giles, Thursday, June 15, 2006, at 12:40 AM.
Posted to Art | Book design | Book people | Books | Books, design, art | Personal
Comments:
Hey Giles. The McCloud book is excellent, a must-own, but it’s not a history. It’s a work of communications theory in comic-book form.
You are absolutely correct, of course.
I knew that, too, and simply chose my words with exceptional carelessness. (Again.) Apolgies.