Cartoon Central

A great post on Dick Tracy.

Dick Tracy has had quite a few spin-offs in other media, from radio series to movie serials to a few cartoons (now on DVD), to the 1990 Warren Beatty film. Maybe you didn’t like it, but I love this movie. Heck, I even dug the board game they made from it. The film had fantastic sets and colors to reflect the old-timey Sunday comic strip tone, and it featured a pile of classic Tracy baddies. This film fueled my fondness for Dick Tracy. It also spawned a tie-in comic with art by Kyle Baker, which is cool. Usually, Tracy’s involvement in the world of comic books is through reprints, but this was original material. I’d like to see something of the kind these days– maybe a “Dick Tracy Begins” kind of graphic novel? That’d be interesting.

A look at the work of Mike Wieringo.

Wieringo optó por un camino, el de la vida que se desborda. Donde la magia es posible. Donde los héroes lo son de verdad. Donde una imaginación vibrante es capaz de inundarlo todo de luminosa energía. Esto resulta de lo más evidente en Tellos, su obra más personal y de la que se siente más orgulloso. Pero no le queda tan lejos a nuestro Amistoso Vecino Spiderman, según Wieringo, “El Bugs Bunny del Universo Marvel. Divertido, vital e incluso a veces gustoso de rozar el absurdo.” Parece claro que Wieringo y Spiderman se han encontrado… por segunda vez.

An artist reveals his comic tools.

Arno from the comments section asked me about my drawing tools and I thought I’d post a scan of some of the things I use to create my comics.

An old Cartoon Network favorite coming to a big screen near you.

The original animated series came out in the 1960’s for one season then saw a revival in the 80’s with a follow-up series in the 90’s on the Cartoon Network, which resulted in a comic book adaptation.