Wizard of Oz illustrations

Wizard of Oz illustrations by Amber Seegmiller, who has art on sale here.

Magritte does the Wizard of Oz

The Son of Tin Man by Ben Chen up for vote at Threadless.

Earworms

Advertisements by Y&R for Penguin audiobooks

Tomorrowland concept sketch circa 1953

Tomorrowland concept sketch circa 1953 or 1954 from the The Art of Disneyland by Jeff Kurtti and Bruce Gordon, which is available (for many $$$) at Amazon.. Via these sites.

Illustration roundup

Dorothy gets searched by Banksy.




Dr. Strange by Ulises Farinas, who accepts commissions as described here.





Illustrations by P. Wyss and Joseph Handler.




Finn grows up.

Fables #109 cover

Characters from the Wizard of Oz star in the Fables #109 cover by Joao Ruas. Via.

Link roundup

1. How to make a bookmark that looks like you've crushed the Wicked Witch of the East in your book.

2. Elephant skeleton, I think.

3. "The 10 most absurd superhero drug freakouts."

Homemade flying monkey costume

I mentioned a flying monkey costume earlier this week. But I like John's more.

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Flying monkey costume

Flying monkey costume available at the BBTS. Shouldn't some costume shop post videos of models trying on its costumes? This one must have been hilarious, right?

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Gallery 1988's Required Reading show

A few of my favorites from Gallery 1988's Required Reading show:


Dave Perillo "The Wonderful Wizard…"



Chuck Sperry "The Odyssey of Homer"



Derek Deal "The Masque of the Red Death"



Dirk Fowler "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"



Jason Edmiston "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"



Zac Gorman "Peter Pan"



Eric Tan "Follow Hobson"

Spectrum Awards 18 - - part 5

The fifth in a series of posts looking at artists featured in Spectrum 18. The art isn't necessarily what will appear in Spectrum 18, just what caught my eye at the artists' sites. Here's part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4.




Dorothy and Toto sculpture by Frans Kusuma. Frans also posted three Wizard of Oz illustrations.





The Wolfman and Hellboy II concept art by Karl Simon.





Tales of Weird Menace cover by Jim and Ruth Keegan (I believe it's awaiting a second printing.)




Black Widow by Patrick Jones on sale here.




Jie Ma.

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Wizard of Oz/Tron mashup

Dorothy and her light cycle by Nell Bailey.

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Link roundup

1. From a long and fascinating article about a group of Serbs that trains revolutionaries to take on despots:

When the next group came to the front of the room, its members were smiling and, oddly, taking off their shoes. Their spokeswoman, a young woman in a pink shirt who was wriggling with excitement, proposed a "Barefoot Campaign," to commemorate the monks of the Saffron Revolution, who do not wear shoes. The idea was to start with 100 young people, contacted by email and social networks. They would do something simple: go barefoot in public spaces. "We can start with the pagodas," said Pink Shirt -- no one wears shoes in a pagoda anyway. And people could walk through paint, Pink Shirt said. "We can easily measure success -- if we see barefoot people and footprints everywhere."

"When the authorities respond with arrests, how will you respond?" Auntie asked. The group had thought through this. "For safety, people can carry a pair of broken sandals in their pocket to show the police," said a cherubic-faced young man. "Or you can say, 'I'm getting ready to go running.'"

The tall man halted their excitement. "If the authorities see you leaving footprints, they will know and arrest you."

"They won't know who it was if we do it at night," said the Cherub. "Let's do it!" He pumped his fist in the air. Everyone laughed.

But the footprints were a problem -- they could quite literally lead the police to their prey. Then a soft-spoken young woman in a gauze shirt spoke up. "There are lots of stray dogs and cats," she said. "We can put a dish of paint in front of where they live so they will walk through it." Cats and dogs as the foot soldiers of democracy! They looked at each other, awed by their own brilliance, and slapped hands all around.

Via.

2. This would be a good start for a Stanley Kubrick activity book - - Overlook Restaurant children's menu.

3. Sad animated gif reveals the extended ending of Wizard of Oz.

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Link roundup

1. Yuki 7 fan art.

2. If Wicked was a cartoon.

3. Apparently Kate Beaton should sell a version of her comic strips with blank word bubbles.

*Buy Never Learn Anything From History,a Collection of Comics by Kate Beaton at Amazon.

Wicked Witch by Adam Hughes

Wicked Witch and her winged monkeys by Adam Hughes for the cover of the 2011 Emerald City Comic-Con's Monsters and Dames book.

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Wicked Witch by Adam Hughes

Wicked Witch and her winged monkeys by Adam Hughes for the cover of the 2011 Emerald City Comic-Con's Monsters and Dames book.

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Wizard of Oz by Farel Dalrymple

Wizard of Oz commission by Farel Dalrymple. See also: Tentacle girl.

*Buy Farel's Omega: The Unknown at Amazon.

Symptoms of a Haunted House (and more) by Byron Eggenschwiler

Scenes from a haunted house, the Wicked Witch, space explorers and more by Byron Eggenschwiler:












There's much more on display at his site, and he participates in this blog. Unfortunately no listings for sale.

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