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LUMINOUS GAMERA MIDDLE SIZE FIGURE
Got an email from HOBBY JAPAN with this terrific item listed for pre-order– buying from Japan is never easy– but the yen was so low I couldn’t resist it. After overcoming some language difficulties I was able to place an order. Should be here later this Fall. As a kid…
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COMIC FOLDEES
Issued in 1966 and ©NPP. Cards are 2.5×4.75″ and each is both perforated and die-cut so that you could “Re-fold To Make 9 Funny Pictures” with every card. Cards feature many different characters and personalities with a very heavy emphasis on DC Comics super heroes and villains such as Superman,…
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The Exquisite Corpse Turned 100 and I missed it.
(Above) Jake Chapman © 2000 Courtesy of MoMa The Exquisite Corpse is something introduced to pretty much every freshman art class I’ve ever been involved with– and if you took any of my classes at WAM there’s a pretty good chance you got exposed to it well before that. You…
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HEROES CON FROM THE OTHER SIDE III
HEROES CON is one of the most consistently busy shows of the year. Not speaking of them specifically but shows in general– promoters used to tout the large crowds– so you’d get statements like “over 100,000 people attended!” etc– after the pandemic they tend to downplay crowds. I don’t know…
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HEROES CON FROM THE OTHER SIDE II
Normally setting up as a comic artist at one of these bigger shows it’s pretty simple– you wheel in a suitcase full of art and art supplies, you set up your banner and in about 10 minutes you’re ready for the show to open. You usually do this on the…
