How Ink is made

Peter Welfare, president and head inkmaker of the Printing Ink Company in California, talks us through the strangely Zen process by which ink is made from powder and varnish.

50 Years of the Avengers

Artist Michael Mateyko created this great Avengers poster featuring minimalist portraits or Earth’s mightiest heroes. The poster was made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the classic Marvel superhero team. You can pick up a copy over at his shop.

Finally... Flatting updates

I had a quiet day today - so I managed to upload a bunch of new flats. Here's a brief sample.

Spider-Prize

I just won this fantastic original piece of Spider-Man artwork by Anthony Williams over at The Comic Stripper. Follow him @Comicstripper on Twitter - there may be another giveaway at another time.

Going on a Joyride

Image © Gene Ha and Todd Klein, all rights reserved.

I just picked up the tenth print in Todd Klein's 11 by 17-inch alphabetical series – I don't have a hall long enough for the entire alphabet. Artist Gene Ha has illustrated a key moment from the story of Bellerophon, a hero of Greek myth, who has captured the winged horse Pegasus and returned to his lady love, Princess Philona of Lycia to give her the ride of her life. Gene’s exceptional art is enhanced by his gray tones and pale pink spot color hand-painted by Todd on each print. Pick one up here before they're all gone! Todd also blogs about the print's creation here.

Dean White on Captain America

Fantastic interview with Dean White over at Marvel.com about his work on the new Captain America. I did the flats for this – the art by John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson is fantastic stuff, and the finished colors by Lee and Dean are amazing. I'll pop a few flats up in a couple of weeks.

Me... in the Secret Avengers?

This was a wonderful surprise for Christmas this year. The amazing Matteo Scalera managed to sneak me into The Secret Avengers #37. That's me becoming a Decendant right there! Many thanks Matteo!