#CoolArt: Once Upon A Time No More III by Mimi Yoon

'Once Upon A Time No More III' by Mimi Yoon.

It's a 19" x 28.5" print on paper in a signed and numbered limited edition of 100 for $100, and a 29" x 41" print on canvas in a signed, numbered and hand varnished limited edition of 25 for $550.

It goes on sale Monday April 25 at 10am PST.

Go here to buy.

Becky Cloonan Signing At Gosh! Comics In London

Gosh! will have Becky Cloonan signing in their shop at 1 Berwick Street, London, W1F 0DR on Monday April 25 from 6-7pm.

Becky Cloonan has a prolific career as a writer and artist, including her self-published short stories The Mire, Demeter, and Wolves, collected (now o/p but soon to be re-collected) as By Chance or Providence. She earned the distinction of becoming the first woman to draw Batman on the main title since the series debuted in 1939, and has also worked as artist on series such as Conan, Harley Quinn, Northlanders, Buffy, American Virgin, The Fabulous Lives of the Killjoys, American Virgin, and Demo (nominated for 2 Eisners).

She's also a cracking writer, working on the brilliant YA series Gotham Academy for DC, and Southern Cross with Image Comics. Her most recently announced project is as lead writer on the new Punisher series for Marvel Comics with artist Steve Dillion, to be released in May.

If you can’t make it along to the signing but would like signed copy then get in touch with Gosh! via info@goshlondon.com and they can arrange that for you. They’ll also be offering a mail order service and can post signed books to you anywhere in the UK for a flat rate of £5 with international quotes available on request.

'Punisher' #3 Variant Cover Art by Becky Cloonan

Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Christopher Moeller

I've previously showcased a few of my favourite pop culture and vintage pulp artists, and each weekend I showcase art from more of my favourite artists.

The art of Christopher Moeller.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Medusa' by Vasylina Holodilina

'Medusa' by Vasylina Holodilina

#CoolArt: 'Flying Like A Pig' by Fabiocs

The 'Porco Rosso' inspired 'Flying Like A Pig' by Fabiocs, is a new limited edition print from Hero Complex Gallery, that was part of the exclusive prints they had on show at this year's WonderCon.

It's a 12" x 12" giclee print in a limited edition of 50 for $35.

Go here to buy.

Go here to see the rest of Hero Complex Gallery's available WonderCon Prints.

#CoolArt: 'Dazed And Confused' by Vance Kelly

'Dazed And Confused' by Vance Kelly, is a poster from Hero Complex Gallery for a special screening of the film with special guests and live music from the Reel Players at The Crest Theater 1262 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024 on Saturday April 23. A very limited amount of posters will be available at the screening.

Go here for tickets for the screening.

#CoolArt: 'Bee's Nest' by Kelsey Beckett

'Bee's Nest' by Kelsey Beckett, is a new TIMED print release from Rhino Barking Sparrow.

It's an 14" x 18.5" giclée print on Cold-Press Natural Heavy Fine Art 340gsm paper and costs $50. The print is available hand-embellished with gold for $80. Just select the Embellished option.

Plus for an additional $5 they will varnish your print with MOAB Desert Varnish, a completely clear, matte, invisible spray that will significantly increase the UV resistance and colour longevity of the print, in addition to providing increased water, scratch, and abrasion resistance.

The timed release period runs from 9am PST Friday April 22 until 11.59pm PST on Sunday April 24.

Go here to buy.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Ginga' by Goñi Montes

Cover art by Goñi Montes for the short fiction 'Ginga' by Daniel José Older at Tor.com.

#CoolArt: 'Violet' by Brian M Viveros

'Violet' by Brian M Viveros.

It's a 16" x 20" giclée print on 100% archival cotton rag fine art paper in a signed and numbered limited edition of 75 for $200 (US) / $240 (International).

It goes on sale Saturday April 23 at 10am PST.

Go here to buy.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'The Zoo at the Edge of the World' by Vivienne To

Cover art by Vivienne To for the novel 'The Zoo At The Edge Of The World' by Eric Kahn Gale.

#CoolArt: 'Trophy Room' by Chris Skinner

'Trophy Room' by Chris Skinner, is part of the 'Bones' group art exhibition at Galerie F, with artists exploring the skeletal system, any creature, real or imagined, in any era.

It's an 18" x 24" screenprint in a limited edition of 80 for $40.

Go here to buy.

'Bones will be on view at Galerie F, 2381 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, 60647 until May 1.

#CoolArt: 'The Bear' by Laurent Durieux & Mick Wiggins

'The Bear' by Laurent Durieux and Mick Wiggins, is a new officially licensed limited edition print release from Nautilus Art Prints.

• Laurent Durieux's prints are 24" x 18" 7 colour screenprints including 3 metallic inks, in signed and numbered limited editions of 80 for €48/$55 in both English and French editions.

• Mick Wiggins' prints are 18" x 24" 8 colour screenprints in numbered limited editions of 30 for €48/$55 in both English and French editions.

You can also buy each language edition as a set of two in a limited edition of 75 for €75/$85.

All prints will be available from Friday April 22 at 7pm (UK+1).

Go here to buy.

'The Bear' (English Edition) by Laurent Durieux

#CoolArt: 'Star Trek' AP Edition Prints by Paul Shipper

'Star Trek' by Paul Shipper

They're officially licensed 18" x 24" prints, except the 'Gene's Dream' Black & White Variant which is 16" x 24", on Heavy Weight 10pt Cardstock, acid-free paper in AP editions of 12 and cost £55 each.

Go here to buy.

#CoolArt: 'Batman Returns' Posters by Patrick Connan

'Batman Returns' inspired 'Hear Me Roar' and 'Cold Blooded' by Patrick Connan, private commission prints.

'Hear Me Roar' by Patrick Connan

'Cold Blooded' by Patrick Connan

#CoolArt: 'Preacher: Gone To Texas' by Erin Gallagher

'Preacher: Gone To Texas' by Erin Gallagher for SciFiNow Magazine's April 2016 issue.

#CoolArt: 'Reefer Madness' by Malleus

'Reefer Madness' by Malleus, is a new print release from Bottleneck Gallery.

It's a 19.6" x 27.6" screen print with gold and silver metallic inks, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 125 for $40.

It goes on sale Wednesday April 20 at 12pm EDT.

Go here to buy.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Starlord' by Jim Starlin

Cover art by Jim Starlin for the Spring 1978 'Marvel Preview #14 - Starlord'.

2016 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 2016 Annual Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, given for creative achievement in American comic books, often referred to as the Comics Industry's equivalent of the Oscar Awards, have been announced.

The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from superheroes, to nursery rhymes and high school angst and pulp fiction.

The awards will be presented in a special ceremony during this year's San Diego Comic-Con.

The Nominees:

Best Short Story

• “Black Death in America,” by Tom King and John Paul Leon, in Vertigo Quarterly: Black(Vertigo/DC)
• “Hand Me Down,” by Kristyna Baczynski, in 24 x 7 (Fanfare Presents)
• “It’s Going to Be Okay,” by Matthew Inman, in The Oatmeal, theoatmeal.com/comics/plane
• “Killing and Dying,” by Adrian Tomine, in Optic Nerve #14 (Drawn & Quarterly)
• “Lion and Mouse,” by R. Sikoryak, in Fable Comics (First Second)

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

• A Blanket of Butterflies, by Richard Van Camp and Scott B. Henderson (HighWater Press)
• I Love This Part, by Tillie Walden (Avery Hill)
• Mowgli’s Mirror, by Olivier Schrauwen (Retrofit/Big Planet)
• Pope Hats #4, by Ethan Rilly (AdHouse)
• Silver Surfer #11: “Never After,” by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)

Best Continuing Series

• Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
• Giant Days, by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin (BOOM! Box)
• Invincible, by Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Cliff Rathburn (Image/Skybound)
• Silver Surfer, by Dan Slott and Michael Allred (Marvel)
• Southern Bastards, by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour (Image)

Best Limited Series

• Chrononauts, by Mark Millar and Sean Murphy (Image)
• The Fade Out, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
• Lady Killer, by Joëlle Jones and Jamie S. Rich (Dark Horse)
• Minimum Wage: So Many Bad Decisions, by Bob Fingerman (Image)
• The Spire, by Simon Spurrier and Jeff Stokely (BOOM! Studios)

Best New Series

• Bitch Planet, by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Valentine De Landro (Image)
• Harrow County, by Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook (Dark Horse)
• Kaijumax, by Zander Cannon (Oni)
• Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image)
• Paper Girls, by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang (Image)
• The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)

Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)

• Anna Banana and the Chocolate Explosion, by Dominque Roques and Alexis Dormal (First Second)
• Little Robot, by Ben Hatke (First Second)
• The Only Child, by Guojing (Schwartz & Wade)
• SheHeWe, by Lee Nordling and Meritxell Bosch (Lerner Graphic Universe)
• Written and Drawn by Henrietta, by Liniers (TOON Books)

Best Publication for Kids (ages 9-12)

• Baba Yaga’s Assistant, by Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll (Candlewick)
• Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War, by Jessica Dee Humphreys, Michel Chikwanine, and Claudia Devila (Kids Can Press)
• Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor, by Nathan Hale (Abrams Amulet)
• Over the Garden Wall, by Pat McHale and Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios/KaBOOM!)
• Roller Girl, by Victoria Jamieson (Dial Books)
• Sunny Side Up, by Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm (Scholastic Graphix)

Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17)

• Awkward, by Svetlana Chmakova (Yen Press)
• Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, by Don Brown (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
• Moose, by Max de Radiguès (Conundrum)
• Oyster War, by Ben Towle (Oni)
• SuperMutant Magic Academy, by Jillian Tamaki (Drawn & Quarterly)

Best Humour Publication

• Cyanide & Happiness: Stab Factory, by Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, and Dave McElfatrick (BOOM! Studios/BOOM! Box)
• Deep Dark Fears, by Fran Krause (Ten Speed Press)
• Sexcastle, by Kyle Starks (Image)
• Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
• UR, by Eric Haven (AdHouse)

Best Digital/Web Comic

• Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain/comiXology)
• Fresh Romance, edited by Janelle Asselin (Rosy Press/comiXology)
• The Legend of Wonder Woman, by Renae De Liz (DC Digital)
• Lighten Up, by Ronald Wimberly (The Nib), thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e#.u45ffr3l1
• These Memories Won’t Last, by Stu Campbell, memories.sutueatsflies.com/

Best Anthology

• Drawn & Quarterly, Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary, Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels, edited by Tom Devlin (Drawn & Quarterly)
• Eat More Comics: The Best of the Nib, edited by Matt Bors (The Nib)
• 24 x 7, edited by Dan Berry (Fanfare Presents)
• Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, vol. 3, edited by David Petersen (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
• Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, edited by Shannon Watters (kaBOOM!)

Best Reality-Based Work

• The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1984, by Riad Sattouf (Metropolitan Books)
• Displacement: A Travelogue, by Lucy Knisley (Fantagraphics)
• Hip Hop Family Tree, Book 3: 1983–1984, by Ed Piskor (Fantagraphics)
• Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist, by Bill Griffith (Fantagraphics)
• March: Book Two, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell (Top Shelf/IDW)
• The Story of My Tits, by Jennifer Hayden (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Graphic Album—New

• Long Walk to Valhalla, by Adam Smith and Matthew Fox (BOOM!/Archaia)
• Nanjing: The Burning City, by Ethan Young (Dark Horse)
• Ruins, by Peter Kuper (SelfMadeHero)
• Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen, by Dylan Horrocks (Fantagraphics)
• The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, by Sydney Padua (Pantheon)

Best Graphic Album—Reprint

• Angry Youth Comics, by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics)
• Roses in December: A Story of Love and Alzheimer’s, by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers (Kent State University Press)
• The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal Omnibus, by E. K. Weaver (Iron Circus Comics)
• Nimona, by Nicole Stevenson (Harper Teen)
• Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father, by Carol Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Adaptation From Another Medium

• Captive of Friendly Cove: Based on the Secret Journals of John Jewitt, by Rebecca Goldfield, Mike Short, and Matt Dembicki (Fulcrum)
• City of Clowns, by Daniel Alarcón and Sheila Alvarado (Riverhead Books)
• Ghetto Clown, by John Leguizamo, Christa Cassano, and Shamus Beyale (Abrams ComicArts)
• Lafcadio Hearn’s “The Faceless Ghost” and Other Macabre Tales from Japan, adapted by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa (Shambhala)
• Two Brothers, by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá (Dark Horse)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips (at least 20 years old)

• Beyond Mars, by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
• Cartoons for Victory, by Warren Bernard (Fantagraphics)
• The Complete Funky Winkerbean, vol. 4, by Tom Batiuk, edited by Mary Young (Black Squirrel Books)
• The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti (Fantagraphics)
• Kremos: The Lost Art of Niso Ramponi, vols. 1 and 2, edited by Joseph P. Procopio (Picture This/Lost Art Books)
• White Boy in Skull Valley, by Garrett Price, edited by Peter Maresca (Sunday Press)

Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books (at least 20 Years Old)

• Frank Miller’s Ronin Gallery Edition, edited by Bob Chapman (Graphitti Designs/DC)
• P. Craig Russell’s Murder Mystery and Other Stories Gallery Edition, edited by Daniel Chabon (Dark Horse)
• The Puma Blues: The Complete Saga, by Stephen Murphy, Alan Moore, Michael Zulli, Stephen R. Bissette, and Dave Sim (Dover)
• Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Don Rosa Library, vols. 3–4, edited by David Gerstein (Fantagraphics)
• Walt Kelly’s Fairy Tales, edited by Craig Yoe (IDW)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material

• Alpha . . . Directions, by Jens Harder (Knockabout/Fanfare)
• The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez (Fantagraphics)
• A Glance Backward by Pierre Paquet and Tony Sandoval (Magnetic Press)
• The March of the Crabs, by Arthur de Pins (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)
• The Realist, by Asaf Hanuka (BOOM! Studios/Archaia)

Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia

• Assassination Classroom, vols. 2–7, by Yusei Matsui (VIZ)
• A Bride’s Story, by Kaoru Mori (Yen Press)
• Master Keaton, vols. 2–4, by Naoki Urasawa, Hokusei Katsushika, and Takashi Nagasaki (VIZ)
• Showa, 1953–1989: A History of Japan, by Shigeru Mizuki (Drawn & Quarterly)
• A Silent Voice, by Yoshitoki Oima (Kodansha)
• Sunny, by Taiyo Matsumoto (VIZ)

Best Writer

• Jason Aaron, Southern Bastards (Image), Men of Wrath (Marvel Icon), Doctor Strange, Star Wars, Thor (Marvel)
• John Allison, Giant Days (BOOM Studios!)
• Ed Brubaker, The Fade Out, Velvet, Criminal Special Edition (Image)
• Marjorie Liu, Monstress (Image)
• G. Willow Wilson, Ms. Marvel (Marvel)

Best Writer/Artist

• Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)
• Nathan Hale, Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: The Underground Abductor (Abrams)
• Sydney Padua, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (Pantheon)
• Ed Piskor, Hip-Hop Family Tree, vol. 3 (Fantagraphics)
• Noah Van Sciver, Fante Bukowski, Saint Cole (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker

• Michael Allred, Silver Surfer (Marvel); Art Ops (Vertigo/DC)
• Cliff Chiang, Paper Girls (Image)
• Erica Henderson, Jughead (Archie), Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (Marvel)
• Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer (Dark Horse), Brides of Helheim (Oni)
• Nate Powell, March, Book Two (Top Shelf/IDW)

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

• Federico Bertolucci, Love: The Tiger and Love: The Fox (Magnetic Press)
• Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
• Carita Lupattelli, Izuna (Humanoids)
• Dustin Nguyen, Descender (Image)
• Tony Sandoval, A Glance Backward (Magnetic Press)

Best Cover Artist

• David Aja, Hawkeye, Karnak, Scarlet Witch (Marvel)
• Rafael Albuquerque, Ei8ht (Dark Horse), Huck (Image)
• Amanda Conner, Harley Quinn (DC)
• Joëlle Jones, Lady Killer (Dark Horse), Brides of Helheim (Oni)
• Ed Piskor, Hip-Hop Family Tree (Fantagraphics)

Best Colouring

• Laura Allred, Lady Killer (Dark Horse); Silver Surfer (Marvel); Art OPS (Vertigo/DC)
• Jordie Bellaire, The Autumnlands, Injection, Plutona, Pretty Deadly, The Surface, They’re Not Like Us, Zero (Image); The X-Files (IDW); The Massive (Dark Horse); Magneto, Vision (Marvel)
• Elizabeth Breitwiser, The Fade Out, Criminal Magazine, Outcast, Velvet (Image)
• John Rauch, The Beauty (Image); Batman: Arkham Knight, Earth 2: Society (DC); Runaways (Marvel)
• Dave Stewart, Abe Sapien, BPRD Hell on Earth, Fight Club 2, Frankenstein Underground, Hellboy in Hell, Hellboy and the BPRD, (Dark Horse); Sandman: Overture, Twilight Children (Vertigo/DC), Captain America: White (Marvel), Space Dumplins(Scholastic Graphix)

Best Lettering

• Derf Backderf, Trashed (Abrams)
• Steve Dutro, Blood-C, Midnight Society, Plants vs Zombies (Dark Horse)
• Lucy Knisley, Displacement (Fantagraphics)
• Troy Little, Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Top Shelf/IDW)
• Kevin McCloskey, We Dig Worms! (TOON Books)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism

• Alter Ego, edited by Roy Thomas (TwoMorrows)
• Back Issue, edited by Michael Eury (TwoMorrows)
• Comic Riffs blog by Michael Cavna, washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/
• Hogan’s Alley, edited by Tom Heintjes (Hogan’s Alley)
• Jack Kirby Collector, edited by John Morrow (TwoMorrows)

Best Comics-Related Book

• Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics)
• King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate, edited by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
• Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (Abrams ComicArts)
• Out of Line: The Art of Jules Feiffer, by Martha Fay (Abrams ComicArts)
• Will Eisner: Champion of the Graphic Novel, by Paul Levitz (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Scholarly/Academic Work

• The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art, edited by  Frances Gateward and John Jennings (Rutgers)
• Boys Love Manga and Beyond: History, Culture, and Community in Japan, edited by Mark McLelland et al. (University Press of Mississippi)
• Graphic Medicine Manifesto, by M. K. Czerwiec et al. (Penn State University Press)
• Superheroes on World Screens, edited by Rayna Denison and Rachel Mizsei-Ward (University Press of Mississippi)
• Unflattening, by Nick Sousanis (Harvard University Press)

Best Publication Design

• Beyond the Surface, designed by Nicolas André, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille Pichon (Nobrow)
• The Eternaut, designed by Tony Ong (Fantagraphics)
• Eventually Everything Connects, designed by Loris Lora, Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, and Camille Pichon (Nobrow)
• King of the Comics: One Hundred Years of King Features Syndicate, designed by Dean Mullaney (IDW/LOAC)
• Only What’s Necessary: Charles M. Schulz and the Art of Peanuts, designed by Chip Kidd (Abrams ComicArts)
• Sandman Gallery Edition, designed by Graphitti Designs and Josh Beatman/Brainchild Studios (Graphitti Designs/DC)

#CoolArt: 'The Hateful Eight' by Jason Edmiston

'The Hateful Eight' by Jason Edmiston, is a TIMED edition print release from Mondo.

It's a 36" x 24" 10 colour screenprint that will be available in a timed edition for 72 hours from Thursday April 21 at 12pm CST until Sunday April 24 at 12pm CST and costs $55.

The original 36" x 24" pencil drawing will also be randomly inserted into one of the orders

Go here to buy.

Pencil Original

#CoolArt: 'Captain America: Civil War' by Matt Ferguson

'Captain America: Civil War' by Matt Ferguson, are three exclusive prints that will be available as part of their 'IMAX Sundays' promotion by AMC Theatres.

From Sunday May 8 and each week until Sunday May 22, if you purchase a ticket to see 'Captain America: Civil War' in IMAX 3D, you will receive an AMC-exclusive print illustrated by artist Matt Ferguson FREE, with a different poster available each week.

Follow them on Twitter @AMCTheatres for the reveal of which posters will be available on which Sunday.

Go here to buy tickets.