Original Art - The 100th Anniversary Of The American Comic Strip (1995) by Chic Stone
Comic - Chewbacca #01 (Skottie Young Cover)
Original Art - The 100th Anniversary Of The American Comic Strip (1995) by Chic Stone
STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #7 “SCREAMING CITADEL” Mile High Comics Variant Cover Art by Mike Mayhew
ABC News covered us! “San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum has a display of costumes and props from the new ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ movie”
Original cover painting by John Pound from Dope Comix #2. published by Kitchen Sink Press, June 1982.
Join the Cartoon Art Museum for a presentation and book-signing with Mark Burstein on his latest publication, Dave Sheridan: Life with Dealer McDope, The Leather Nun, and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. This book is a long-overdue tribute to one of the true masters of the art movement known as “underground comix,” whose life was cut tragically short when he died suddenly, from cancer, in 1982. Yet in that brief time he managed to create some of the most significant and iconic characters (e.g., Dealer McDope and The Leather Nun) in underground comix; mind-bending, hysterically funny yet profound stories in comix such as Mother’s Oats, The Balloon Vendor, Time Twisted Tales, and Meef; not to mention helping take the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers to new pinnacles of graphic lunacy, collaborating with Gilbert Shelton on forty-five stories, including such classics as “Grass Roots,” “A Mexican Odyssey,” and “Winter of ’59,” which appeared in riotous color in Playboy.
About the Author: Mark Burstein is a book editor and writer, e.g., Alice in Comicland, Much Ado: The POGOfenokee Trivia Book, The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition; a noted Lewis Carroll scholar; and a known authority on American comic strips, particularly Pogo, and underground comix.
When Mike Friedrich, Jim Starlin’s old IRON MAN writing partner, moved out to California and started independently publishing his own anthology comic book, Starlin jumped at the chance to contribute. The first issue of STAR*REACH opened with Starlin’s seven-page tale about an artist who enters a slick “death building,” drops acid as he rides the elevator, boasts that he’s a “being of imagination,” and beheads a cloaked figure of Death. But soon, he himself is slain. As the story ends, another acid-eating artist enters the building—“My name is Starlin, Jim Starlin!”—one more lamb for the slaughter.
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The Cartoon Art Museum presents The Infinite Universe of Jim Starlin, an
exhibition celebrating the art and innovation of Jim Starlin. His
acclaimed 1970s tenure as the writer and artist of the Marvel Comics
series Captain Marvel and Warlock redefined the word “cosmic” and pushed
the boundaries of mainstream superhero comics to their limits—and
beyond.
Starlin’s signature creation, Thanos, is the featured villain in Marvel
Studios’ forthcoming feature film Avengers: Infinity War, which draws
inspiration from many of Starlin’s Marvel Comics stories, including
Captain Marvel, Warlock, Silver Surfer, and The Infinity Gauntlet. The
Cartoon Art Museum’s retrospective celebrates the art and the artist
behind these cosmic masterworks with a showcase of his Marvel Comics
creations.
We also celebrate the art of costuming and prop design and creation with The Bronze Armory Studios as we explore the Marvel Cinematic Universe from the groundbreaking 2008 film Iron Man to the 2018 international blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War.
This exhibition features the artistry of Allan Lavigne, Studio Head of The Bronze Armory Studios. Mr. Lavigne has nearly 40 years of experience in both television and film in the design and creation of costumes and props.
Come learn more about The Infinite Universe of Jim Starlin and The Infinity war Pantheon of Heroes: The Art of Allen Lavigne and The Bronze Armory at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco by visiting our website or in person, on display until September 4.
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