al williamson: 1931--2010

An overview of his life via wikipedia

EDIT: And a better overview by Tom Spurgeon.

the art of akira kurosawa

Been working on comic stuff, not really ready to share that at the moment, so here's some paintings (preparatory work for the films Kagemusha, Ran, and Dreams) by Akira Kurosawa:

david levine

David Levine, the best political caricaturist of the last fifty years, recently passed away.

the art of joseph mugnaini

Patrick Welch

Pat was one of my comics professors at Savannah College of Art and Design in the mid-90's, and I only recently learned that he passed away last year. He was a great teacher and inspired me to focus and work harder...what I consider to be my first "legitimate" comic stories were all done for his class.

He was gracious enough to include one of those stories in his comic anthology Thurn & Taxis, and his wife Carrie even referenced me in an article in The Stranger, Seattle's famed alternative newspaper. They certainly didn't need to do any of that, and I have always been touched by the kindness and enthusiasm they showed a lanky, insecure twenty year old kid from Arkansas who didn't seem to talk very much.

Pat was the first Anglo-citizen of the world to ever refer to me as "mate", which was a special thrill. He also introduced me to the Stanley Bostitch saddle-stitch stapler, which remains an invaluable companion.

I'll always remember the day boxes of Thurn & Taxis #2 arrived from the printers...the Sequential Art office was awash with the wonderful smell of freshly-printed ink, and Pat held up a copy, smiling broadly, and exclaimed "Product!"

Broad strokes as well as significant details about Pat's life can be found here.

the art of ed emshwiller

the art of Kathe Kollwitz

The Art of Sam Weber

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