If Winsor McCay drew DC super villains

The origins of Lex Luthor, Doomsday, Brainiac and other DC Comics villains drawn by Stuart Immonen in the style of Winsor McCay. Via.

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Batman vs. Santa

Batman will not rest until he's found Santa and made him pay. Via these sites.

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Ultimate New Frontier Collector's Set

Ultimate New Frontier Collector's Set being auctioned off by Darwyn Cooke:

1 page of original artwork from Absolute New Frontier featuring the Challengers and the Suicide Squad on Dinosaur Island. 14 x17 on strathmore smooth bristol
1 sheet of rough Character Designs for the New Frontier Animated feature. Original by Darwyn. Artwork 11x17 on plain bond paper
1 copy of Absolute DC The New Frontier: This is a personal reading copy of my own. From my drawing table to your coffee table. Will personalize for the winner.
1 SUPER RARE ITEM-This is the test shot for the original Green Lantern toy produced by DC Direct. One of a kind.
1 New Frontier DC Direct Flash toy
1 DC: The New Frontier Promotional Poster sent to retailers only.
1DC: The New Frontier Animated Feature Best Buy Exclusive DVD including mini comic and mini Green Lantern toy.
1 Flash T-shirt by Graphitti designs, size large
1 Darwyn Cooke New Frontier Airlines T-shirt. This was a very rare retailer exclusive made by Darwyn for early promotion. Incredibly rareish. Size Extra Large
1 DC: The New Frontier promotional bookmark from Wondercon 2008
1 pack of playing cards from the actual New Frontier Casino in Las Vegas. Cards were actually used in a game and the casino is now long gone.

This is the fifth of twelve holiday auctions we're doing for the Hero Initiative. Please remember that all proceeds go to this fabulous organization and bid generously. Check back daily for more Xmas goodness!

Up for bid at eBay.

Malcolm McLaren's Justice League

This week's redesign contest at Whitechapel is Malcolm McLaren's Justice League:

In 1975, while promoting the New York Dolls, Malcolm McLaren got some people from DC incapably drunk and walked off with a two-year license on one of their properties.

Here are a few of my favorites so far:


Felipe Sobreiro.



Timothy Bacon.



Herr Hussein.

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold wallpapers

If you enjoy Batman: The Brave and the Bold, you should definitely check out this site, which has dozens and dozens of high-res stills from all of the episodes to date.

They also have clips and stills from tonight's episode, featuring Plastic Man and the Freedom Fighters:




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Super Hero Cheesecake Statuettes by Mike Madrid

A small sampling of the custom statuettes on display at Mike Madrid's site:













There's many more on display at his site. He's also posted a few tutorials, like this one for Bouncing Boy:



And he has a few on sale, like this Batwoman, based on a painting by Hajime Sorayama:





His book, The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines, is on sale for $11 at Amazon.

*Buy Batgirl toys at eBay.

Deathstroke the Cuddliest Terminator (and more)

Plush Deathstroke, Booster Gold and Ganesh by Kittyzilla on sale at Etsy.

*Buy Deathstroke toys at Entertainment Earth.

Link roundup

1. Fascinating explanations for why it's bad luck to walk under a ladder and why we bless people who sneeze(I'm going to assume this person knows what they're talking about.) Via.

2. Cake Wrecks is giving away prizes this month.

3. This last item is sort of a spoiler for All-Star Superman so...





Here's a long list of clues indicating that Lex Luthor is Leo Quintum. The overall argument is a good one, but this "clue" cracked me up:

Leo Quintum's wardrobe is "365 rainbow coats, all identical!" Luthor always did like to wear the same oufit. But note that the rainbow coats are Luthor's colors (green, purple, orange) plus Superman's colors (red, yellow, blue).

Via.

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Link roundup

1. Project Rooftop's Justice League redesign is now complete and available as a desktop wallpaper. (Hopefully coming soon will be the Legion of Doom, or X-men, or Avengers, or...)

2. Chibi Edward Scissorhands by Jerrod Maruyama.

3. New episode of the Super Friends. (Yes, a new episode.) Via.

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Zebra Batman

Chris Sims take a very thorough look at Batman's worst costumes.

*Buy Batman costumes at Amazon.

Redesigned Martian Manhunter

Martian Manhunter redesigned by Paul Milligan for Project Rooftop's nearly completed Justice League redesign:



Relatedly, Dean Trippe posted this Batman/Powerpuff Girls mashup this morning:



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Vintage super hero portraits by Alex Gross

Alex Gross turns vintage portraits into super hero portraits. His work is currentlyon display at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, and here's his webstore.

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