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Magnus, Robot Fighter #4. “Menace from the Depths” Cover art by Russ Manning. Underwater food-processing facilities are sabotaged by a robot that wants to destroy all mankind.
Two great things about this cover. First, check out the head on that robot! It’s a “think-rob” so of course its head is huge. Second, Magnus proves to be the exception to the rule by being a male wearing a cellophane suit.
I think my favorite part of this cover is that the Renaissance bestiary style of the art in the reference book differs slightly from the creature that makes a surprise appearance in the library. It lends one to assume the monster is fanciful until it shuffles into view, revealing itself and its no doubt murderous intentions.
Strange Tales (October 1932) featuring The Hunters From Beyond by Clark Ashton Smith. Cover art by H. Wesso with story illustration by Elliot Dold.
Katie said I should put up the whole set, so here it is!
Brides Of Science
Klingons! This week’s Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness #4 cover by David Messina. Colors by Claudia Scarletgothica.
“Nepher Has Two Mummies”, Fastner & Larson.
Fiona Staples cover for Gail Simone’s upcoming run on Red Sonja!(Thanks, @profmdwhite)
Dave McKean’s cover to FA # 109, 1989.
The same issue contained a Neil Gaiman interview, which was accompanied by “Neil’s original computer notes for his Sandman project”, including;
Ming Doyle’s cover for Adventure Time #14 via Comics Alliance.
Screen Editor alex ponders self-help books, Mansome and what it means to be a man:
As a transguy, the question “What makes me a man?” has meant both pretty much the same things to me as to any other guy, and also something a bit different. I had to figure most of it out on my own, going through a second puberty of sorts at a point when all my peers were full grown, and in the process I’ve read about and watched a lot of versions of masculinity. From Charles Atlas and men’s exercise magazines to feminist and gender theory, there are so many options and perceived limits around how to be a man. Men’s self-improvement books like The 4-Hour Body and movies like Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Mansome are just a few examples.
