Rodolphe Guenoden (aka Rod Guen) is an animator, comic artist, storyboard artist, and fight choreographer. He has worked on Kung Fu Panda, Over the Hedge, Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Madagascar, and Flight. His figures are fun and athletic — he really understands how the human body works and draws it effortlessly.
Not only is he one of the humblest and friendliest artists I’ve ever met, he can draw circles around just about anybody.
Paul Pope will be DJing while a crew of professional circus and burlesque artists perform at Shakedown on December 5, 2009 at the Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg. Click here for more information.
Paul Pope’s new screenprint, Crepax — an homage to the Italian master Guido Crepax — is now available! All profits from the Crepax prints will go to benefit the CBLDF (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund).
Marvel and Tokidoki are teaming up! Their line of absurdly cute t-shirts, hoodies, and caps will hit stores in February 2010. Take a peek at some of the goodies they have lined up for us.
Jim Lee’s SDCC 2009 Sunday impromptu panel: How to draw Batman. The sound quality isn’t so great, but it’s worth sitting through to see the man at work.
PS Jim Lee turns 45 tomorrow! Happy birthday, Jim!!
Illustrator, Frank Stockton, started a really great drawing tutorial series, titled Teaching Yourself to Draw from Your Imagination. You can read the first installment from his blog here.
After seeing Geppetto die at the hands of vampires, Pinocchio swears revenge in this darkly funny graphic novel. As the vampires plot the enslavement of mankind, only a one-puppet army stands in their way. But will a wooden boy and his endless supply of stakes—courtesy of plenty of lies and his elongating nose—be enough to save the day?
