Batman Arkham City Lockdown

I just discovered this great game on the app store. I've been mildly addicted to Infinity Blade II for the past few months, so this makes a pleasant change. The game play is very similar to the Infinity Blade series, and is fiendishly difficult until you start leveling up!

Speaking of Batman - issue 2 of Batman Arkham City: End Game is now out on the DC Comics app for .99c. It looks great on the iPad, so treat yourself to some eye-candy! You can find some of my flats here.

Tyrant In Slumberland

Just received this beautiful limited-edition print from Steven Bissette and Chuck Forsman - not sure how many are left, so be quick about ordering one!

Batman Arkham City: End Game

Issue 1 of Batman Arkham City: End Game is now out on the DC Comics app for .99c. Download it now - the art by Jason Shawn Alexander and Lee's colours are outstanding.

This is the first of six digital-first comics which finds the Joker's reign of terror continuing despite his death. The Clown Prince of Crime had a contingency plan, it seems, and now Batman and the Gotham City police are left to deal with it.

 IGN have a great interview with writer Derek Fridolfs.

You can find some of my flats here.

Action Man!

Received my contributors' copy of Massacre For Boys Action Special today. Some smashing strips in here – well done Chris and Steve! Pop over and buy yourself a copy!

My contribution to this issue – colours on Holt Bros. – can be seen here.

Busy little Bee

I picked up  2000AD Prog 1783 today whch features the penultimate Zaucer of Zilk strip - you can check out my flats here.

 
Also picked up were Blue Beetle #9 (flats here) and the first issue of Dungeons & Dragons: Forgotten Realms (flats here).

So, with the newly picked up flatting on Batman: Endgame, Fables – yes, that's right, I said Fables! – and Saucer Country I'm a very busy boy!

Disassembled

A great short of some Marvel characters inadvertently causing chaos by animator Junaid Chundrigar.

Hmmm...

Just bought this Neil Gaiman signed Doctor Who: Monster Invasion Extreme series card off ebay. Why? Neil Gaiman and Doctor Who, that's why! Don't tell Mrs Saturate.

D&D: The Legend of Drizzt

Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt - Neverwinter Tales is out now in Hardback from IDW, pick up a copy why don't you. Len did an amazing job on the colours in this. You can check out my flats here.

The MOST POPULAR CHARACTER from the MOST POPULAR FANTASY WORLD of all time comes to life in his FIRST ORIGINAL comic book tale! Drizzt leads this massive thriller into R.A. Salvatore's next blockbuster novel! Drizzt and his companion Dahlia hunt for something that seems part vampire and part elite dwarven warrior and must find out how the evil lich Valindra Shadowmantle and her minion Korbin Dor'crae factor into the mystery.

Batman: Endgame Sneak Preview

Here's a wee sneak peek of the Batman: Endgame project I'm flatting for Lee Loughridge with stunning art by Jason Shawn Alexander.

The Munker Illusion

It's no secret that putting various colors together makes them look different. Put off-white next to black, and it looks completely bright. But did you know that, with the Munker Illusion, you can make something change color completely, right in front of your eyes?

The Munker Illusion is one of those illusions that works, even when you know the trick. Your brain knows that it's making a mistake, but that doesn't matter. You still see something that you know can't be right.

It's a chromatic illusion, which means it relies on your brain's way of seeing color. As illusions go, it's one of the simplest ones out there. It has three elements: a background color, a colored shape, and bars that go over the entire picture in a third color. Generally the bars and the background will be at opposite ends of the spectrum — either very light or very dark. The shape will be the same color. All that will vary is in one picture, the background will be bright, and the bars will be dark, while in another, the background will be dark and the bars bright. The shape's color won't actually change, but it will appear entirely different.

io9 have a great article about this illusion.

The Terrible Touch of Charognae

The Zaucer of Zilk of speeding to a conclusion in  2000AD Prog 1781. You can check out my flats here.

Judge Dredd: Day of Chaos is really starting to amaze -  what a shocker, the Dark Judges are loose! Amazing work by me ol' mucker Colin MacNeil.

Holy mutated Bat logo!

...speaking of the Dark Knight – I received my first Batman pages to flat for Lee Loughridge today. Excited much?