This Todd McFarlane Interview is Full of Excellent Advice for the Professional Artist

Todd McFarlane opens up about his career as a comic book artist that includes making Spider-Man cooler and creating the Spawn character. He also shares his blueprint to launching Image Comics and McFarlane Toys.

Spawn and the Rise of Image Comics

Calvin & Hobbes – Art Before Commerce

X-Men – Color and Costumes

Watchmen – From Comic to Screen

Jake Parker – Missile Mouse vs Rocket Raccoon

The Art of Richard Thompson

Osamu Tezuka

Popeye vs Popeye

I absolutely love Tom Neely’s take on Popeye. The drawings and panels are gorgeous and the story is supremely bizarre. Check out the whole thing here.

Making a pretty pink picture

Click the image below to be transported to Pat Grant’s awesome making-of blog post on creating comics. Also, don’t miss his stylish web-comic, ‘Blue.’