Art: Form and Fantasy

Despite the really fancy title, I imagine this post will be fairly mundane. I recently scrounged through my "Pictures" folder and discovered that I had a lot of cool images that I didn't see very much. So, I put them all in a folder and now my desktop changes randomly every hour. After that I scoured DeviantArt for any cool pictures I could find, and now I've got a fun surprise on my desktop every hour! I'll scatter one or two of the cooler pictures throughout this post. Black Bolt, who you see on the right, is one of the coolest characters no one has ever heard of. Of course he was a Skrull last time we checked, but the Inhumans are going to venture out and find out if he's still alive in the next few months. This next picture is the cover of the first issue of that arc. It features Medusa, queen of the inhumans, cradling the costume of Black Bolt, her potentially fallen husband. I found it a really striking image. Medusa has so much hair because her power is complete control over her hair, which seems kind of weird, but is totally wicked in my opinion. I mean, you could have a head of full of blades to flay your enemies, or grab people, whatever! In any case, I picked up the next book in my required reading for the summer, This Book Contains Graphic Language: Comics As Literature, by Rocco Versaci, which is a completely rocking name. He's an english professor in California, and I've really enjoyed his book so far. The nice thing about the book is that it isn't a defense of comics, it's more of a proof. It's a hard distinction for me to explain, but that's the best description I can think of. He's not ranting about how Comics get a bad name, etc, he's simply showing that Comics have a place in what we consider to be "good literature", and not only is it comparable, but that the medium has unique qualities that give it its own place as an independent art form, rather than an amalgamation. In any case, I've finished the first chapter, and I'll keep you updated on interesting tidbits I pick up.
Work has continued to be great. I did some work with Indicia the other day, which sound way cooler than it actually is. Basicially the Indicia are things you see on a title page in a book, and every comic book has them somewhere, either in the front or the back. Interesting, according to Wikipedia it seems to be a term that applies mostly to postage and comics books and not other products. Weird. I've done a few different projects the last few days, including scanning an entire 60-page comic book. Despite the subject matter, that was not fun, mostly because the scanner always seems to scan things slightly askew, and the book I was working with had this nasty binding that never let me scan the full page. I felt really bad, but I didn't know what else to do about it. In fact, it made me feel a bit like that guy over there. Yeah, ok, that was a really bad transition, but I really wanted to put this picture in here, and I didn't know how else to do it. If Carnage was ever in a Spider-Movie, he'd look like this. Slicey, slicey! Friday there was an intern lunch at Marvel with free pizza. Sweet, sweet pizza. I didn't even have work that day, but I went in anyway, which was totally worth it. I met some cool people that I'd never seen before. Most people are much farther along in school than me. One intern was working on his PhD! That was crazy. I actually met a guy who works in web content who goes to the U of M. Neat!
I finished the first draft of my comic on Friday. It was interesting. I think it ended up being more visual than verbal because I did the breakdowns first. Which isn't a bad thing, it just means I'll have to try it another way next time. Once I edit it I'll probably post it up on-line. Also...I don't know what to think about this. Really, can anyone tell me what that was? It confuses me.
Of course, I send my best to the cast and crew of "Orange". I wish I could see the show. It'll be awesome though. Of that I have no doubt.