FLOG! Entries tagged 'Inspiration' http://www.fantagraphics.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:10:58 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&amp;show=The-missing-link.html&amp;Itemid=113 <p><a href="abandonedcars"><img src="images/flog/mike/201002/bookcover_abcasc1.jpg" alt="Abandoned Cars - Tim Lane" width="293" height="400" /></a> </p><p>&darr;</p><p><a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-golden-age-comics-collector-and-historian-greg-theakston/" target="_blank"><img src="images/flog/mike/201002/thesubmarinereverett.jpg" alt="The Sub-Mariner No. 1 - Bill Everett" width="295" height="400" /></a> </p><p>&darr; </p><p><img src="images/flog/mike/201002/fireandwater.jpg" alt="Fire &amp; Water - Blake Bell" width="300" height="400" /><br />(not final cover)</p><p>I think I <a href="http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/an-interview-with-golden-age-comics-collector-and-historian-greg-theakston/" target="_blank">stumbled across</a> the missing link between the new softcover edition of Tim Lane&#39;s <a href="abandonedcars">Abandoned Cars</a> (coming next month) and <a href="blakebell">Blake Bell</a>&#39;s Fire &amp; Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bill-Everett/266398518700?ref=mf">coming this Summer</a>).</p> mike Tim Lane Inspiration Blake Bell Bill Everett http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&amp;show=Inspiration.-1632.html&amp;Itemid=113 <p><img src="images/flog/73/vampirosmuerte.jpg" alt="vampirosmuerte.jpg" /></p><p>1961</p> covey Inspiration http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&amp;show=Inspiration.-1567.html&amp;Itemid=113 <p><img src="images/flog/73/TurtlesPhoto.jpg" alt="TurtlesPhoto.jpg" /></p><p>About eight years ago I took these photos of Jim Lee&#39;s figure for Raphael, the Ninja Turtle. </p><p>And, yes, I do dream of doing the equivalent of <a href="index.php?page=shop.product_details&amp;flypage=shop.flypage&amp;product_id=100&amp;category_id=15&amp;manufacturer_id=0&amp;option=com_virtuemart&amp;Itemid=62&amp;vmcchk=1&amp;Itemid=62" target="_blank">Batman Collected</a> with TMNT. And, yes, I realize that I&#39;m no <a href="http://www.spearphoto.com/" target="_blank">Geoff Spear</a> but, actually, the person I was trying to be in Photography school was <a href="http://www.davidlevinthal.com/" target="_blank">David Levinthal</a>. </p> covey Inspiration http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&amp;show=Inspiration.-1557.html&amp;Itemid=113 <p>Good or bad, they don&#39;t make trading cards as intriguing as this anymore.</p><p><img src="images/flog/73/TradingCard_Gmen28.jpg" alt="TradingCard_Gmen28.jpg" /> </p> covey Inspiration http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&amp;show=Inspiration.-1553.html&amp;Itemid=113 <p>Tarzan Menko Cards.</p><p><img src="images/flog/73/menkotrz.jpg" alt="menkotrz.jpg" /> </p> covey Inspiration http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&amp;show=Inspiration..html&amp;Itemid=113 <p><img src="images/flog/73/popeyeimg.jpg" alt="popeyeimg.jpg" /> </p><p>Popeye. </p> covey Inspiration