Today on the site: Emily Flake’s Thursday involves whiskey and cigarettes, as any good Thursday should. And Rob Clough reviews African American Classics.
Elsewhere:
This may or may not be news: The 1987 documentary The Masters of Comic Book Art is now on YouTube in its entirety. I suggest skipping to the 20 minute mark to listen to Steve Ditko explain Mr. A. I forgot about this section, and I really enjoyed listening to his voice. Moebius is at the 38 minute mark. This is just a pretty fine glimpse at these artists in the flesh. It’s also so very funny to think how different the canon was.
-Hey, I missed this Best of 2011 international, multi-contributor list hosted by Paul Gravett.
-Oh look, it’s Hal Foster Tarzan dailies.
-This is just…. wow. Passion. I wish I had it.
-And Eddie Campbell catches a couple of swipes. Good ones, too.
I’m always surprised how many people have not seen The Masters of Comic Book Art. The Dave Sim interview is worth a look just for the, uh, look Mr. Sim sports in ’87.
“Met-Hal UrLahnt” lol, love Masters of Comic Book Art. My VHS copy went down with the ship (my old LCS) a long time ago. I remember once interrupting a dinner party my parents were having and forcing them and their friends to watch it in it’s entirety.
If a new one was filmed right now (with Dan, in a Members Only jacket, as host) who would be the line up? Who are the current living Masters?
Holy shit, Ditko. This is only the second time I’ve ever heard his voice, the other being the time Gary Groth took me to Ditko’s studio!
I wanna hear that one someday.
I haven’t seen Masters of Comic Book Art before, I thought I had but I haden’t. But it turns out I was thinking of Hooked on comix vol.1, equally weird. but more of a 90s kind of weird.
This is nice. I remember watching it a long time ago — maybe even around the time it first came out — but haven’t seen it since.
Bumping into the things in the dark.
First week of March, 1983:
http://www.tcj.com/archive-viewer-issue-80/?pid=5617