Friday, April 29, 2016

Jan Lebenstein (1930 – 1999)

Jan Lebenstein - The Climax, 1969The Climax, 1969

Jan Lebenstein - Hall Of Hearings , 1973Hall Of Hearings , 1973
 Jan Lebenstein - InvasionInvasion

Jan Lebenstein - Untitled , 1962Untitled , 1962
 Jan Lebenstein - Hall - Hearings -Sad - Appeal, 1975Hall - Hearings -Sad - Appeal, 1975

Jan Lebenstein - Couple SquattingCouple Squatting

Jan Lebenstein - Apocalypse , 1985Apocalypse , 1985

Jan Lebenstein - Club Bar, 1976Club Bar, 1976

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Shigeru Mizuki - God of Pestilence

Shigeru Mizuki - God of Pestilence

More works by Shigeru Mizuki were previously shared here.

Marian Wawrzeniecki (1863-1943)


Marian Wawrzeniecki - Enthralled, before 1928Enthralled, before 1928

Marian Wawrzeniecki - "The Medieval Dragon", 1912The Medieval Dragon, 1912

Marian Wawrzeniecki , "Fairy tale of the princess and the dragon" , 1904-1908Fairy Tale Of The Princess And The Dragon, 1904-1908

Marian Wawrzeniecki -The Victim In A Slavic BarrowThe Victim In A Slavic Barrow

Images found at The National Museum in Warsaw and Kultura Wiara.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Giorgio Comolo - Painting based on Jack Kirby's interior art from "The Demon" comic, 2002

Giorgio Comolo - Painting based on Jack Kirby's "The Demon" issue 14 double page spread, 2002

A selection of Jack Kirby's double page spreads from The Demon were recently shared here.

Jack Kirby - Double Page Spreads From "The Demon" 1972-73

Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 14, November 1973 Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 8, April 1973 Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 12, September, 1973 Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 13, October 1973 Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 9, June 1973 Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 7, March 1973 Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 2, October 1972 Jack Kirby - Interior art from "The Demon" Issue 1, August:September 1972
"After the cancellation of his Fourth World titles at DC, Jack Kirby created a number of other properties for the company, none of which survived very long. One of these was the Demon, conceived as the demonic alter-ego of Jason Blood. Kirby borrowed the Demon’s look from a Prince Valiant comic strip in which that character donned a demon costume.

 In contrast with Kirby’s Fourth World work, his work during this period often blended genres in ways that can sometimes seem strange or arbitrary. Kirby’s The Demon mixed the supernatural and super-heroes. It may be seen as a noble experiment, in as much as it was essentially a supernatural title marketed for the super-hero audience. But Kirby’s super-hero aesthetics proved a strange mix, undermining the seriousness of the supernatural elements.

 The series lasted only 16 issues, but the Demon would begin appearing occasionally across the DC Universe, only a few years after his title’s cancellation. He would be more substantially revived in the 1980s, and he’s become a staple of the DC Universe ever since." - quote source