I wasn’t able to attend Comicon this year, but I had a piece of art in the 2010 Comicon Image Yearbook, entitled “The Death of Godland.” With the end of Godland drawing nearer I thought it would be funny to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll be drawing another red-white-and-blue-clad swashbuckler, this time for Mighty Marvel.
This is a project I get asked about a lot, strangely enough. Just before Godland, there were a half-dozen different projects I was working on, this being one of them. At that time, I really wanted to be Jack Kirby.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Though most people never think about ghis work in this regard, Kirby is the father of the barbarian comic. His Thor laid the groundwork for all that was to come. Kirby’s Thor is really the first fully realized sword and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Red Nails is the great barbarian comic. You could argue that it’s the best piece in Barry Windsor-Smith’s ouevre, although there are plenty of contenders. It’s inspiring to me for a number of reasons, first, it’s just such a lush[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s early yet, but if you’re looking for the right soundtrack to listen to while you read American Barbarian, I recommend King Crimson’s In the Court of the Crimson King. The title track and 21st Century Schizoid Man seem to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The influential ones for me when I was a kid, the prime barbarians, were Thundarr and He-man. I credit Thundarr for planting the Kirby seed in my brain that would flourish into my full-fledged obsession with the work of Jack[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…