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Oddities

Best of the year in… book covers

Joseph Sullivan’s Favorite book covers of 2009 at The Book Design Review blog (see also other lists in his links).

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Comics

Conan vs. The Justice League by Guy Dimet

Conan vs the Justice League by Guy Dimet
posted on Facebook by my brother, a tribute to the Marvel Conan comics of our childhood:

The comic I wish I had as a kid. Conan VS the Justice League.
Ever since I saw an amazing Conan cover mockup by the incredibly talented Shane Glines it reminded me of how much I loved those comics as a kid

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Comics

The Batman (Animated Series) Bible

Israel told me this week about the Writers Bible for Batman: The Animated Series, and said “you should blog about it, so we can talk about it”.

Luckily, Chris Sims did it for me.

Go read his article for an executive summary, or look at the document itself. There’s lots of pretty concept art and Bruce Timm character sketches, and short, well-spaced text that tersely puts forth how they were going to make Batman awesome:

NO ORIGIN STORIES

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Blather

Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers of All-Time

Via LinkMachineGo, the Top 75 Most Iconic DC Covers of All-Time.
The Ultimate Race

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Oddities

The Morgan Freeman Chain of Command

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Via LMG through this and from Maxim.com.