(****+ / *****) :: a few stumbles in the early middle aside (the Rogue / Magneto stuff, especially, was pretty eh), this is how you do a revival: faithful yet fearless, unafraid to royally shake things up – but never for the sake of just doing it – and amplifying everything that made the original as special as it was into all that it could be today. Can’t wait for season two.
Released OTD in 1911. Winsor McCay never ceases to amaze.
I've been familiar with Vidocq's wild story for awhile, but this excellent longread is a perfect summation: Eugène-François Vidocq and the Birth of the Detective | The Public Domain Review
Artist Pandora Graessl’s Transportive “Amor Fati: When the Fire Bit Me” Exhibition | Cool Hunting
The five finished minutes included in this piece are incredible: The Russian Animators Who Have Spent 40 Years Animating Gogol's "The Overcoat" | Open Culture
Yours for $25k: Brian Eno's light-up turntable changes colour in "complex and unpredictable" patterns | Dezeen
Art Bites: Surrealist Painter René Magritte Was a Master Forger, Too | artnet
Autodidacts FTW: Noriko Sugiyama Transforms Old Kimono Into Luxurious Landscapes | Spoon & Tamago:
At around age 60, with her 3 children all grown up and out of her hands, Sugiyama decided to relocate from Saitama up north to Iwate prefecture where she had relatives, and was closer to her birthplace of Aomori. She obtained her chiropractors license and opened a small practice where she served the local community for over 10 years.
One day, Sugiyama found a pack of discarded colored markers near a dumpster. Noticing that they were still in good shape, she decided to take them home and begin doodling. Soon, images of trees and rivers all inspired by the nature of Aomori began pouring out of her and onto the pages of a sketchbook. After a year or so of sketching with the markers, Sugiyama remembered her mother’s colorful kimonos that had been stored away. There was no use for them in storage so the artist, whose creative juices were now flowing, decided to begin incorporating them into her work, which eventually led to a style she has coined as “Kimono Reborn Art.”
Excited for this one: Wagner + Jones + Dracula = instant sale: Dark Horse to bring DRACULA BOOK 1: THE IMPALER to eager blood fiends this October | ComicsBeat
Fourteen views of Himeji Castle | {feuilleton}
Favorite headline of the week: Yakuza member selling soda arrested for extorting money from ninja spreading flyers in Asakusa | SoraNews24
Seatbelts inform Steady walking aid for elderly dogs | Dezeen
‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer Launches Otherworldly 3D-Printed Handbags | Yanko Design
Dream home = found: A Pair of Backyard Cabins Are Worlds Removed From Their Main Residence—But Only Steps Away | Dwell
And finally, a wonderful look inside OSU's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. Need to make a return trip sooner rather than later… Inside the World’s Largest Comics and Cartoons Collection | Hyperallergic
Spent much of the morning answering interview questions about animation and transmedia and I remain shocked – and grateful – that, 11 years after it came out, I'm still answering questions (and capable of answering questions) about a 300-page book I wrote in five months (distilling a lifetime of experience, of course) in my grandparents' basement with much of my research material (comics and big sheets of paper) spread across a pool table while dealing with the foreclosure of my first house, quitting smoking, and the general upending of my life and identity up to that point. Back to it.
The first season was (and remains) my favorite Disney+ STAR WARS project; this second volume looks like it’ll continue that trend. (Aardman!)
“Mystery of Mickey’s Ears Revealed!” by Ward Kimball
