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Comic Art Friday: On the Arctic Express
We’re at the midpoint of winter, more or less, here in the Northern Hemisphere… although I feel a trifle embarrassed about admitting this on a day when it’s sunny and 62 degrees outside in my cozy...
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Comic Art Friday: Three faces of Taarna
If you’ve ever browsed my online gallery showcasing my comic art collection — and if you haven’t, what are you waiting for? go have a look around, already — you’ve probably noticed that my collection...
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Comic Art Friday: The girls most unlikely
I occasionally sit in awe of how far the superhero genre has risen in popular culture in the past few years. Back when I was a wee lad, we felt incredibly lucky to see our favorite comics heroes live...
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Comic Art Friday: Princess forever
It’s rare that a commission that turned out so lovely would stir emotions so bittersweet. I’d had this concept on my to-do list for quite a long time. Bringing together three sci-fi/fantasy princesses...
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Comic Art Friday: A season for war
Art appeals to different people for different reasons. And often, different art appeals to the same person for different reasons. In collecting comic art, I have many reasons for enjoying the pieces...
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Comic Art Friday: Who ghosts there?
We begin today’s Comic Art Friday with a salute to my beloved Pirate Queen, who joined me on the marital path five years ago today. She is the superheroine in my everyday comic book story. May we...
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Comic Art Friday: Quoth the Raven: “Nevermore!”
As much as I enjoy concocting convoluted connections between otherwise unrelated characters for my Common Elements commission series, quite often the simpler and more obvious matchups produce equally...
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Comic Art Friday: Top Ten from the Temple of Diana
Yes, I know this Wonder Woman tribute post is a few weeks overdue. I had intended to do something to coincide with the premiere of the film (which I loved, incidentally), but just didn’t get to it...
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Comic Art Friday: She shelled Bombshells by the seashore
One of the many things I enjoy about my Bombshells! commission theme is the opportunity to spotlight heroines from long-ago comics history who’ve either been forgotten or are simply no longer as...
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Comic Art Friday: Grass queen
It’s no secret that my comic art collection focuses primarily on characters in the superhero genre. When it comes to reading, however, I’ve always enjoyed a broad range of comics — everything from...
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Comic Art Friday: Let’s make some REAL news
I’m just back from my annual junket to the Trivia Championships of North America (TCONA) in Las Vegas, and man, is my brain fried. I’ve attended every TCONA since the first one in 2011, and it seems as...
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Comic Art Friday: Cons, commissions, and connections
One of the things I enjoy most about attending comics conventions is connecting in person with the people who create comics, and more specifically, who create the original comic art that I collect....
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Comic Art Friday: All those who oppose this Shield must yield
I’ve noted many times in this space that I don’t collect much published comic art, preferring to focus on pieces I commission for my various themes. But there have been occasional exceptions to this...
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Comic Art Friday: I’m tho Thor I can’t even potht
Have you seen Thor: Ragnarok yet? In a word: Go! The two previous Thor films were my least favorite Marvel Cinematic Universe entries — that is, aside from The Incredible Hulk, for which I give Marvel...
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SwanShadow Gives Thanks 14: As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly
Each year, since this humble (in the classic sense of “low to the ground”) blog began in 2004, I’ve paused on Thanksgiving Day to take stock of the many things in my life and in the world about me for...
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Comic Art Friday: Common Elements Sesquicentennial
When I began my Common Elements commission series back in 2004, the thought never really seeped into my consciousness that one day I would own 150 of these custom artworks. And yet, 13 years later,...
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Comic Art Friday: Four divided by two
By any measure, superheroing makes for a tough lifestyle choice. You’re fighting bad guys all the time, you usually have a secret identity to protect, and the annual cost of replacement outfits alone...
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Comic Art Friday: Panthers and Tigers and bucks, oh my
I’m going to presume that if you have even the remotest interest in comics and comics-related media, you’ve seen the Black Panther film by now. Because, you know, it’s grossed over one billion (with a...
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Comic Art Friday: Foster children
I’ve made the observation numerous times that ideas for my Common Elements commissions are sometimes triggered by the least expected stimuli. Today’s featured artwork makes a prime example of this...
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Comic Art Friday: The Mystery of the Suspicious Surnames
I didn’t decide to attend this year’s Silicon Valley Comic Con until the week before the event. Having kept an eye on the show’s website for guest announcements, I didn’t see much opportunity to...
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