JGR Double-Vision: Fantastic Four (1961)

Holy smoke-a-roonies Roboteers, here is yet another installment of Joe’s Giant Robots Double-Vision. This is a series I post in which I highlight classic/original comic book covers alongside of beautiful reinterpretations.

This awesome reimagined cover was done by legendary Italian artist Giorgio Cavazzano. Cavazzano is a fantastic prolific illustrator who’s influenced a generation of artists.

The Marvel original comic original cover:

Cover Artists:
Jack Kirby

I snagged and tagged the Giorgio Cavazzano reimagined cover from the website kirbymuseum.

Here’s the accompanying text for the reimagined image:

Fantastic Four #1 re-imagined by legendary artist Giorgio Cavazzano.

As always Roboteers, please enjoy!

~Joe

Monday New Art - Joe’s Sketches - Various Cartoon Mugs from Joe’s Sketchbook 3 (My Original Art) - Joe’s Sketchbook!

For today’s Monday New Art I’m dipping into one of my many sketchbooks. Here are various cartoon face studies I did sometime in July 2012. These have never been published or seen before; that’s right Roboteers, this post is my first public display of these fun faces. These are from my Joe’s Sketchbook 3 and I created them on my iPad in 53’s Paper app.

On September 10, 2012 I posted a similarly themed series of cartoon faces I called RETROFACES, click here to see that post!

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All artwork, illustration and design copyright Joseph V. Barrile — www.JoesGiantRobots.com

~Joe

JGR Freaky Friday: Sultry Wartime Bad Girl versions of Betty & Veronica

Here is a JGR Freaky Friday presentation of a very different Betty & Veronica. It’s eight pages from what I think is Archie issue #27  - but don’t quote me on that. How cool is this Irv Novick’s World War II era Betty & Veronica!!

This rendition of Archie’s best gals comes off much less innocent than the later Betty & Veronica that most of us know. Please enjoy Roboteers!!

It’s time to get freaky, see my other questionable Freaky Friday posts here.

~Joe

Lost and Forgotten Gag Comics of Erik Christensen “Victor Borge of the Easel” Vintage Sleaze Danish Cartoonist

From the vintagesleaze website:

Forgotten and lost Danish cartoonist Erik Christensen had one brief moment of fame here in the states, but it was unfortunately under his pseudonym alone… “CHRIS” and I had to translate some Danish to identify him now over 50 years later. He also worked under the name ECHRI and over the course of a long and interesting career worked in animation, advertising and comic strips.

Christensen may have created a character known as “Beatnik Bob” He would today be in his eighties, but researchers at cartoon museums in Denmark have had no luck tracking him down. He may also have been something of a Beatnik himself, as there seem to be Danish words like “unreliable” and “lazy” in his sparse biography. Seems kinda rude to me.

The images here were shown in a 1958 issue of Fling Magazine, published as a special little insert called the “Fling Folio” which profiled artists and photographers. At the time, he was apparently known as “Victor Borge of the Easel” as he was also a piano player.

Erik? If you are around, scholars at the Cartoon Museum in Denmark are looking for you

As always gang, enjoy!

~Joe

Weird-Ohs Car-Icky-Tures

Woofelnerts gang, here is some really cool box artwork! Please do enjoy, gang!

Here’s a quote from where I’ve reblogged this from, humungus:

Weird-Ohs Car-Icky-Tures, Plastic Model Kits Box Art

~Joe