Flipsiders, let me introduce you to a beast. An absolute beast of an artist, Katsuhiro Ōtomo, He is best known as the creator of Akira, both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. He was decorated a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2005, promoted to Officier of the order in 2014, became the fourth manga
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Clarence Matthew Baker (December 10, 1921 – August 11, 1959) was an American comic book artist best known for drawing early comics heroines such as the costumed crimefighter Phantom Lady, and romance comics. Active in the 1940s and 1950s Golden Age of comic books, he is the first known African-American artist to find success in
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A Flipside Inspiration Milton Caniff, often referred to as “the Rembrandt of comic strips,” was an American “adventure” cartoonist famous for his long-running comic strips, Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon. Unable to pursue his desire to join the military due to a medical condition, Caniff also used his artistic talents to contribute to the morale of
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The European Comic Book Market So over on X (or Twitter or whatever you call it) Paul Azaceta asked a loaded question. That’s a good one. There are lots of working comics professionals over here in the America’s who would probably like to know this. So I asked Mathieu Lauffray, world-renowned illustrator and author. If
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Prologue Julius stared at the mirror, and one man wearing two different faces looked back at him. It’d been like that for a long time, now. It used to be more than two; it used to be a dozen different faces would stare back. The faces had slowly whittled down, year after year, until
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