★ Diagram For Delinquents Poster ★

Diagram For Delinquents: Finished Poster, a photo by Joe D! on Flickr.

Via Flickr:Yay! This is (hopefully) the finished poster for Robert A. Emmons Jr's new documentary, "Diagram for Delinquents: Fredric Wertham and the Evolution of Comic Books".
It was quite the challenge fitting as many Comics Code breaking images on just one composition without being explicit (Dr. Emmons wanted to keep it "PG").

My favorite has to be the zombie dressed as the mom from The Fresh Prince's "Parents Just Don't Understand" music video, so it's both undead (FORBIDDEN!) and disrespectful towards parents (ALSO FORBIDDEN!).

I love doing this sort of thing.

★ James Bond Playing Card Collection ★

From my Flickr description:

Here's my entry for SuperPunch's James Bond Art Jam, I figured a collector's edition luxury playing cards seemed like a good idea, with each one of the suits for one of my favorite Bond actors, one of their Bond girls and one of their villains. The cards have a matte finish on the backgrounds, while the suit, value and art have a glossy finish. -Joe D! & Jessica.

★ Because It's The Batman Cartoon We're Getting, Just Not the One We Want Right Now ★

Here's a de-blued version of that new Batman series that has been hitting the interwebs as of late. If you haven't seen it, the original picture was taken of a projection screen, greatly distorting the colors.

As much as I loved Bruce Timm's work over the past 20 years, and I'm excited to see Professor Pyg et al, the people working on this are aware Batman doesn't dig guns right? Like, did Alfred just decide "Hey Brucey, remember how your parent's died? I thought it would be a great idea to remind you every night as I hung out with you shooting bad guys without due process. Bang, bang, bang, your parent's are dead."

God Bless America.

★ American Gods Comic ★

American Gods Comic, a photo by Joe D! on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
My entry for the SuperPunch American Gods ArtJam.

It's the cover for American Gods #1 in the style of Jack Kirby's New Gods. I don't know if it's noticeable, but I'd like to mention that I used the old Chemical Color Chart color pallet and instead of just using Photoshop's Color Half-tone Filter to make that Zip-a-Tone look, I actually separated each color and shade on to separate layers and applied them one at a time (all the tiny blue dots at once, then all the solid yellow, etc.) all trying to mimic the resources and workflow of Jack Kirby. I'm sure I butchered his art style, but it's great to get a look into how things used to be done and a find a new respect for the old masters.

I was only tangentially familiar with American Gods before this project, and after I did some research the American Gods/New Gods mash up idea crept into my head and I couldn't get it out.

If I can find out how, I'll upload the template I made with the historically accurate colors and Zip-a-Tone style process to my site for anyone else who wants to try this method, as well as a tutorial if I have the time. *UPDATE* I probably won't have time.

As usual, this was a blast and a great exercise in creativity. I can't wait to see what SuperPunch comes up with next.

★ Is Anne Hathaway's Leaked Catwoman Mask Made Out of a Batman Mask? (UPDATED) ★

Ok, everybody, this might be crazy but the new leaked images seem to show Anne Hathaway wearing a cut-up Batman cowl as the Catwoman mask. Look at the image and decide for yourself. If this is right, that opens up new questions and maybe a few spoilers.

*UPDATE* 9.26.11
I actually don't think this is the case anymore. JMC from the SuperHeroHype forums demonstrates what we're most likely seeing here.

And based on other images that have leaked, I'm inclined to think this is pretty plausible. Sorry for the misinformation, Internet.