I Know This Is Sort of Cheating But...

I always try to review Criminal and I just never seem to have the words. With the new one coming out tomorrow, though, I wanted to share my enthusiasm for this new Brubaker/Phillips mini, and here it is:

Wait, hold on, let's check in with the other thumb:

HOLY COW! A PERFECT TWO!

Quote for the Week 7/25/11

Is there anything I can do, as a cartoonist? I wish there was a drawing that made people think "Hatred doesn't work?! Shit, what do I do now? Ten years down the toilet..." It would turn terrorists into meek accountants. There is no such drawing. The crying superheros, the Statue of Liberty with a tear in her eye, drawn after 9/11, I don't think they achieved that much. So these are just words. They're nothing, they're not even on paper. But I felt the need to write something down - it doesn't make me feel any better, but there it is.

- Norwegian cartoonist Jason, reacting to last week's terrorist attacks in Norway.

Weekly Process Roundup 7/22/11

The weekly process roundup is a collection of sketches, pencils, inks, thumbnails, everything other than finished product, really, from The Long and Shortbox of It's favorite artists, illustrators, and writers, hitting every Friday.

• PAOLO RIVERA's dad JOE is doing the inks for DAREDEVIL! (above)
• MIKE DEODATO JR. tells the secret origin of a Ka-Zar story!
• MATT WILSON colors Cliff Chiang's Wonder Woman!
• ANDERS NILSEN starts a travel sketchbook!
• JAMIE MCKELVIE sketches Cyclops!

These Avengers Origins One Shots Are Pretty Silly

Something like half the characters featured are dead or otherwise wrapped up in some serious continuity bullshit and none of them except Thor are in the movie; what's going on here? Still, this cover for the Vision one is pretty cool and the one for Ant Man & Wasp is alright. I wish Marvel would tell us who did them, though. Also, does Villains for Hire mean they are canceling Heroes for Hire? because I hope not. (via Rich)

Quote for the Week 7/21/11

...he was simply a master draftsman. To draw is to understand, and his work revealed the depth of his knowledge, not just of anatomy, but of human interaction and perception. He could draw the human body from any angle--but he didn't--he chose the perfect one to tell the story.

~ Paolo Rivera (@PaoloMRivera) on the passing of Gene Colan, from the latest "Daredevil" artist to the greatest, in the tribute section on the last page of the new "Daredevil" #1 from Marvel Comics.

~@JonGorga