Did you know that Marvel comic’s founder Martin Goodman wasn’t only into comics, and the adventures of buff dudes in spandex? Hard to believe, but Goodman’s publishing empire also included various arms that also dealt in — gasp! — pulp fiction. As in those hard boiled noir detective books where the gumshoe always got the dame, […]
25
Oct
An exploration of founder Martin Goodman's early universe
24
Aug
How the love of X, X-Men & Eggo Waffles conflates into art
I love Motorhead. You Know this. I love Joan Jett. You know that. I love X. You should know that. Why am I telling you this? Because another guy loves them too, only he happens to be a wicked talented Rock (Poster) God!!! (cue thunder) Bootsy Rizzak aka Josh Bernstein caught my attention a few […]
19
Jan
Seven new skate decks illustrated by renowned graffiti artist
Graf artist RIME of the legendary graffiti crew TheSeventhLetter teams up with Zoo York to produce a new series of skate decks. RIME utilizes his unique bold lettering style to illustrate seven decks for Zoo York pros Zered Bassett, Brandon Westgate, Aaron Suski, Chaz Ortiz, Eli Reed, Forrest Kirby and Ron Deily. Promotional video below, plus […]
22
Jun
The basic elements of creativity: copy, transform and combine
Just as we noted previously with Part 2, Everything Is a Remix is a 4-part series exploring the pervasive remix/copy/sample techniques involved in every field from film to music to pure industry. In part three, series creator Kirby Ferguson explains how innovation really take place, describing the basic elements of creativity as: copy, transform and […]
21
Mar
Deconstructing Hollywood's insatiable need to make what has already been made
You can’t help but notice: of the top 10 highest grossing movies in each of the last 10 years, an alarming 74 out 100 are adaptations of existing material: comic books, books, video games, sequels, reboots, et al. Everything Is a Remix is a 4-part series exploring the remix techniques involved in producing such films. […]
