Kirby Crime Comics Scans: The Money Making Machine Swindlers

A great classic Joe Simon & Jack Kirby crime comic!
15 pages of high quality comic scans at
http://goldenagecomicbookstories.blogspot.com/2009/04/highlights-from-justice-traps-guilty.html

Superkatt Comic Scans by Dan Gordon and Lots More Dan G. Comics Links!

Classic Comics blogger "Pappy" has posted a Superkatt comic book scan by Dan Gordon. This story is from from Giggle Comics #54, June 1948. Click on the cover to read the whole 10-pager over at Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine.

It (happily) blows my mind that they could get away with a cover like this… cartoon and comics were a lot more funny when cartoonists could draw what makes THEM laugh, and not worry about what a bunch of old ladies in the standards office are thinking.

C’mon --Getting electrocuted is FUNNY!

More Dan Gordon SuperKatt comic stories can be found at:

http://thadkomorowski.com/2008/04/19/superkatt/

http://www.animationarchive.org/labels/superkat.html

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Snooper scans on John K’s blog

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Kent Butterworth posted a nice sampler of Dan Gordon funny animal comics here:

http://potulentpalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/john-k-wrote-about-dan-gordon-today-so.html

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…and more Dan Gordon comic scans here at CartoonSNAP:

Funny Films starring Puss & Boots and Blunderbunny

Click on these comic scan images to jump to the posts!

Cookie Comics by Dan Gordon

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and here’s a comprehensive biography of Dan Gordon
that I wrote for The Comics Journal #291…

“Dan Gordon – A Brush With Greatness”

They're Called "Fillers" for a Reason

From Boy Commandos #22 July-August 1947, It's Daffy & Doodle! Signed by LIT-WIN. ???

 

Here's an advertisement from the same comic that packs a lot of story in a single page!

Meet Kid Pep!
Athletic spokesman for Kellogg's PEP Cereal

 
It's the Sunshine Cereal...says so right on the box!

 

PS...Listen to Superman Monday through Friday

Free Superman radio show downloads at:

http://www.archive.org/details/superman_otr

Planet Playmates - Cosmo's Funny Sci-fi Epic Concludes

Moon Merriment! More Cosmo the Merry Martian Comics

Come on back tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion!

Cosmo the Merry Martian in Destination: EARTH! Funny Flying Saucer Comics from the Fifties

Check back tomorrow for Chapter Two!

ArtRage #6 – Painting SpongeBob, Adding Highlights and Shadows

Click on the image above to watch the ArtRage Video Tutorial

We’re finally getting to SpongeBob in these
ArtRage digital painting tutorial videos!

There’s a lot of color mixing in this lesson, and most of it has to do with creating shadows and highlights.

SpongeBob’s whole face and body are basically just yellow, so I’ve gotta make sure the colors look alive and dimensional. I’ll take advantage of the easy-to-use ArtRage color picker to find variations in the color that represent the sunlight coming in from the upper left…

… and the shadows created on the forms on the lower right.

How are YOUR ArtRage paintings coming along?

If you'd like to share your digital art success stories -- along with your art and links to your site -- just leave a comment with your info, or email me at: sherm (at) cartoonsnap.com ...and replace the (at) with @.

Previous ArtRage Tutorial Videos:
Previous ArtRage Tutorial Videos:
ArtRage #1 - Intro to ArtRage 2.5
ArtRage #2 - Mixing Colors on the Canvas
ArtRage #3 Painting Reflective Light
ArtRage #4 - More Reflective Light & Colors
ArtRage #5 – Bump Modes & Finishing Patrick
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Here's Video #6 in YouTube format:

Here's a quick summary of the other tutorials in this series:

#1 - Digital Painting Process Overview

#2- From Sketches to Finished Pencils

#3: Adobe Illustrator Inking Process

#4 Coloring Line Art with Photoshop

More ArtRage Success Stories: David, Ryan & Ivan

The most exciting part about making this ArtRage tutorial video series is when I hear from readers that putting these lessons to work in their own paintings and cartoons! Last time we saw the Illustrator and ArtRage work of Julián Hoek , and today I’d like to show off the fine digital painting of three more new ArtRage fans….

David Gale has use ArtRage to experiment in a few different styles! Here’s the latest episode of his Mustard Jar comic, completely colored with ArtRage 2.5 digital paints…

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Ryan Kramer painted this cartoon title card in ArtRage 2.5

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and Ivan Dixon followed the Adobe Illustrator tutorials to ink his Sydney character,
 
…which he then painted with ArtRage 2.5

(Sydney figure only…background painted in Photoshop)

Thanks to Ivan, Ryan and Dave for sharing their ArtRage paintings!

If you'd like to share your digital art success stories -- along with your art and links to your site -- just leave a comment with your info, or email me at: sherm (at) cartoonsnap.com ...and replace the (at) with @.

Previous ArtRage Tutorial Videos:

ArtRage #1 - Intro to ArtRage 2.5
ArtRage #2 - Mixing Colors on the Canvas
ArtRage #3 Painting Reflective Light

ArtRage #4 - More Reflective Light & Colors
ArtRage #5 – Bump Modes & Finishing Patrick

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I just finished the next ArtRage video about painting highlights and shadows on SpongeBob, and it will be coming up NEXT post!

See you then!