Art For Art’s Sake #222: Next Stop, Slumberland
by Richard Bruton
As regular as clockwork just way more visually exciting, Art For Art’s Sake is your weekly dip into the rich waters of the comics world…
This week we’re going to end with a little trip to Winsor McCay’s Slumberland alongside Little Nemo, but before then there’s plenty to get through…
Martin Maddy (aka Marguerite Sauvage) – “Burlesque” illustration for Bisou Magazine
And more from Martin Maddy…
Chris Bachelo – ‘More death by coffee…’
Bradley – Harley & Ivy
Mark Bradley – Muppet Doodles
Dan Panosian – ‘I wish I could write a 60’s BlackWidow story for Marvel! Maybe one day…!’
Matías Bergara – Torpedo
Jorge Melina – Robotman
Sean Galloway – a particularly nice Juggernaut commission:
“I didn’t wanna live in fear (or be called a chicken at conventions haha), so I went for it accenting areas with Copics to keep the energy from the digital mock-up. Definitely feel better with this attempt.”
And more from Sean Galloway:
“Finished the group shot mini print layout for my Superfriends fanart. It was a challenge and hurt my brain to shift everyone around again, I reckon I’m a glutton for punishment haha.”
“Here’s a fun commission I just completed! An Archified recreation of an Infinity, Inc. cover, but this time Alexandra Cabot seeing world dominance!”
Pascal Campion – the man without fear…
Jeremy Brooks – Deathlok
Spider-Man by Peach Momoko
Michael Cho –
Kevin Maguire – another of those classic Justice League pastiches, this one being a set of classic pulp heroes…
Vladyslav Legostaev – Nightcrawler
A Jake Wyatt Rogue…
Mike Becker – Doom!
Phil Noto – the good doctor, Strange that is
Dave Bardin – Iron Man’s rogues…
Daniel Warren Johnson – Murder Falcon commission –
“Here’s something vintage and rarely seen. This is a 2-page ad I did to promote the ongoing DEVIL QUEST story arc, that was first seen as a back-up feature in the pages of GRENDEL TALES. Yep…that’s old school Zip-a-tone, my friends!”
And more from Matt Wagner – two pandemic sketches – Jack Knight/Starman and Green Lantern…
“I was working like crazy. I came in with my big boards that didn’t fit into the usual formats. I had to fight to get them accepted.”
And finally, just when you start thinking just how far comics have come and all that, as we’re all tempted to do every once in a while, slapping ourselves on the back about the medium, it’s good to take a closer look at Winsor McCay‘s Little Nemo in Slumberland produced from 1905–14 and 1924–26.
Oh, the sheer mind-bogglingly beautiful complexity you see in his work…
