metal_0038 :: squibs
Latest Shed-friend, a re-do of one of my earliest pieces and another chance to combine 3D printing and design (the thought / word balloon) with metal (everything else). Most of Squibs was, once upon a time, a plant stand, chainlink fence post, a wrench, and a glockenspiel frame.
a few stray thoughts on recent comics
While every title in the Absolute DC line is fantastic, Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez's ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER is my favorite by far. Insanely good; invention pours off the page... At this point, I'm reading DAREDEVIL solely out of my love for the character - no matter how much I love seeing the black armored costume again: Ahmed's run is readable at best and moderately painful at worst; ideal team: Chris Condon and Montos from GREEN ARROW but please keep them on GA too because it's so good and it's nice to read GREEN ARROW again... ... ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS is at the top of the to-read stack every month (and Camp's THE ULTIMATES is my favorite of the line which makes sense given that he's writing ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER which brings me full circle to....
1935 Chester Gould sketch
This signed Chester Gould pencil sketch from 1935, drawn on the back of a wine menu, of Dick Tracy and Junior marks a massive new addition to both the Dick Tracy and the original comics art parts of The Collection. Chuffed to add it to the shelves.
Clearly what the comics world needs is more variant covers from Dynamite. 😵💫😵💫
metalcomix 01
First in what I hope will become a series of experiments in comics + metalwork hybrids. Deliberately kept the figures simple (wayward bolts) to focus on the sequential narrative, a SQUID GAME-inspired tug of war between the last two standing, and the unlikely victory taking place. In addition to the wayward bolts, this experiment was made from jack stand remnants, a strand of chainlink fence, a slow moving vehicle sign, and $12 worth of weldable steel.
THIS BEAUTIFUL, RIDICULOUS CITY (Kay Sohini, 2025)
Only six weeks into the year and we've been gifted 2025's first Great comics work: by turns beautiful, informative, poetic, mouthwatering, and heartbreaking, Sohini manages to make me miss cities even more than I do all the time. Her true gift here, though – thanks to her impeccable eye for the beauty of the smallest detail – is that she makes me feel as at home in her NYC as I felt when I made my first treks to that magical city all too long ago. She has found her home’s beating heart and is in perfect synchrony with it; highly, highly recommended.
