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FEATURED ARTIST – Katsuhiro Otomo

FEATURED ARTIST – Katsuhiro Otomo

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 artist ever inducted into the American Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2012, and was awarded the Purple Medal of Honor from the Japanese government in 2013. Otomo later received the Winsor McCay Award at the 41st Annie Awards in 2014 and the 2015 Grand Prix de la ville d’Angoulême, the first manga artist to receive the award.  Katsuhiro Otomo was born in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture and grew […]

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FEATURED ARTIST – MATT BAKER

FEATURED ARTIST – MATT BAKER

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 the comic-book industry. He also penciled an early form of graphic novel, St. John Publications’ digest-sized “picture novel” It Rhymes with Lust (1950).  His influence can be seen in artists such as Dave Stevens and Adam Hughes. Baker was born December 10, 1921, in Forsyth County, North Carolina.  At a young age he relocated with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and after

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FEATURED ARTIST – Milton Caniff

FEATURED ARTIST – Milton Caniff

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 U.S. troops during World War II with the creation of Male Call, an adventure comic strip featuring soldiers, which was available exclusively to members of the armed forces. Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Caniff began drawing in kindergarten. While a student at Stivers High School, he created cartoons for local newspapers. It was also at Stivers where he

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The European Market

The European Market

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 you don’t know who he is, just google him.  😉 Please excuse the abruptness of it, this was done in a chat and I had to go back and forth with Google Translate to have the conversation in French. I asked; ‘Hello, sir.  I hope you don’t mind me asking, but I have some questions

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Book Addict – Long John Silver

Book Addict – Long John Silver

I used to have my own Patreon, and on there I would run a short column I called Book Addict. Because, let’s face it, I have a lot of books in my house. They come and go as they get cycled out quite a bit, but I really love quality books.So, the first one I’ll do here is a new-ish one to the collection and it’s beautiful. What we’re here to talk about is the newest collection from Niffle Collections,  Long John Silver. Niffle Collections collect only the finest of the Black and White comics that come out over in Europe. The other one I have is the Undertaker by

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Featured Artist – Boichi

Featured Artist – Boichi

For this feature I’m turning my eyes towards manga. I really hope everyone knows what manga is, but just to be safe, manga, literally, means comics in Japanese. Right now one of my favorites manga artist/writers is Boichi. Mu-jik Park (박무직; born January 29, 1973), known professionally as Boichi, is a South Korean manga artist living in Japan. I first came across his work, probably online somewhere but I know it was this image; What struck was the boldness of the composition as well as the speed in the lines and detail, above all. All of his work has this level of detail and it’s quite striking. The other striking thing is that his work is

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FEATURED ARTIST – DENYS COWAN

FEATURED ARTIST – DENYS COWAN

Denys Cowan was born January 30, 1961 and is a comic book artist, television producer, media executive and one of the co-founders of Milestone Media. Denys Cowan was first inspired by superheroes as a child from reruns of the 1950s TV show Adventures of Superman with George Reeves. He did not yet even know what a comic book was and would not learn about them until the third grade. After Cowan’s mother died, he moved in with his grandparents, and attended school in that district, where he met a future fellow comics creator, Derek Dingle, who drew comics with his brother. Dingle showed Cowan his first comic book, an issue of Jack Kirby’s New Gods. Cowan attended the High School of

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FEATURED ARTIST – DON NEWTON

FEATURED ARTIST – DON NEWTON

Don Newton (November 12, 1934 – August 19, 1984) was a comic book artist. During his career, he worked for a number of comic book publishers including Charlton Comics, DC Comics, and Marvel Comics. He is best known for his work on The Phantom, Aquaman, and Batman. Newton also drew several Captain Marvel/Marvel Family stories and was a fan of the character having studied under Captain Marvel co-creator C. C. Beck. Newton was born in St. Charles, Virginia, but after being diagnosed with asthma at the age of four, the Newton family moved to Arizona. Newton began drawing at a young age, with comic books being a major influence on his early artwork. He was a big fan of Batman and Daredevil, and an even bigger Captain

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BRICK HOUSE COMICS – THE AUTHORITY

BRICK HOUSE COMICS – THE AUTHORITY

Welcome to the inaugural edition of BRICK HOUSE COMICS, where we review comics that we love and excite us, so we feel the need to share them with you and hopefully you’ll pick up something to read that’s totally new to you. So, with James Gunn announcing that there is going to be an Authority movie sometime soon, I thought it would be a good time to show…everyone…that the perfect trilogy for a film franchise is right…here. To sum it up. The Authority are heroes in only the strictest sense of the word. Ruthless and unforgiving, this group of insanely powerful superhumans face down countless menaces to Earth, protecting mankind

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Featured Artist – Juan Gimenez

Featured Artist – Juan Gimenez

This is a special one for me, because I place Juan Gimenez as 1 of my Top 5 Favorite Artists of All Time. Juan Antonio Giménez Lópezwas born in Mendoza, Argentina. He finished his high school education as an industrial designer. He attended the National University of Cuyo’s School of Arts and Design followed by the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona. His early professional career was spent in advertising, with writing and drawing comics as a side activity, he eventually moved into comics as a full-time profession by his thirties.  He started getting his own stories published when he was sixteen years old in Argentina magazines Frontera, Misterix and Hora Cero.  He published his first French release Leo Roa (The Starr

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