Category Archives: Comic Art

Happy World UFO Day 2024!

Holy Close Encounters of the Third Kind! It’s Roy Neary’s favorite holiday, as you can see in this iconic cover painting that our friend, legendary artist Bob Larkin, did for Marvel Comics’ comic book adaptation of CE3K, back in 1978. … Continue reading

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Art Legend Bob Larkin Set to “Dazzle” Comic Fans This October

If you’re a fan of comic books, or movies, or pulp fiction heroes, Bob Larkin is a painter whose work you recognize immediately; he’s provided covers and movie posters for just about every publishing house and film studio for more than … Continue reading

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Hail to the King (Kong): Happy Halloween!

Hey, Monster Kids! The celebration of King Kong’s 90th anniversary this year continues with the return of our Kong-related feature Hail to the King (Kong), a series of occasional posts in which we spotlight images related to the god-emperor of Skull … Continue reading

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Hail to the King (Kong): The Vampirella Connection

Hey, Monster Kids! The celebration of King Kong’s 90th anniversary this year continues in our Kong-related feature Hail to the King (Kong), a series of occasional posts in which we spotlight images related to the god-emperor of Skull Island—some you might … Continue reading

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Hail to the King (Kong): The Monster Times

Hey, Monster Kids! The celebration of King Kong’s 90th anniversary this year continues with the return of our Kong-related feature Hail to the King (Kong), a series of occasional posts in which we spotlight images related to the god-emperor of Skull … Continue reading

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That Time Artist Bob Larkin Met The Meg

Today is the theatrical debut of Meg 2: The Trench, the follow-up to the surprisingly popular 2018 giant-shark movie in which action star Jason Statham (The Fast and the Furious and Expendables franchises) fought two megalodons; this time, he’s got a whole … Continue reading

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SWC Artist Lou Manna Featured in Alter Ego Magazine

On sale right now at comic shops, from TwoMorrows Publishing, is Alter Ego #180, the latest issue of the comic-history magazine overseen by writer/editor/comic legend Roy Thomas (The Avengers, Conan the Barbarian). The issue focuses on Thomas’s The Young All-Stars, a DC … Continue reading

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July 4th: Always a Good Time to Howl!

Horror and patriotism—they go together like chocolate and peanut butter! Don’t believe me? Then clearly you’re unfamiliar with that time in 1992 when Marvel Comics’ star-spangled superhero, Captain America, got turned into a werewolf. No, better than a werewolf—a Capwolf! … Continue reading

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