Animated-style X-Men by Patricio Oliver

Animated-style X-Men by Patricio Oliver. I slightly resized it for use as a widescreen wallpaper. Here's another X-men group shot by Patricio. And he's posted several more images at his blog.

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X-Men family tree

X-Men family tree by Joe Stone. Via.

*Previously: X-Men paper toys.

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Art at the Periscope Studio blog

Art recently posted at the Periscope Studio blog. The first three are by Ron Chan. Some of these are on sale at Etsy.

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Wait a second, Kitty Pryde really used to dress that way?

At first, I thought this was simply a bizarrely creative costume Maris Wicks created for Kitty Pryde:



But no, Kitty really briefly dressed that way:

After seeing her perform in concert, Kitty designed herself a costume modeled after Dazzler’s. Much to the X-Men’s amusement, Kitty wore a golden skintight suit, a similar pair of roller skates and some ballet leotards on top of it. [Uncanny X-Men #149] Xavier, however, was not happy with this design and reminded Kitty that one had to earn the right for an individual costume, so she returned to wearing the standard outfit.

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Comic book artist Rick Veitch looked like Wolverine

Comic book artist Rick Veitch used to look like Wolverine. Via.

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Who Watches the Watcher?

Marvel posted some Who Watches the Watcher wallpapers.

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Best Covers: Marvel Comics solicitations for March 2011

The best covers from Marvel Comics' solicitations for March 2011:


Deadpool Max #6 cover by Kyle Baker.



Rocket Raccoon and Groot on the cover of Annihilators #1 by Mike Mignola.



Fear Itself: Prologue cover by Marko Djurdjevic.

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Link roundup

1. Winning photograph from the November contest at Last Exit to Nowhere.

2. Turner D. Century fan art (steampunk Marvel villain).

3. Adorable A New Hope drawing by Dan Hipp. (scroll down)

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To Wake the Mangog!!

My favorites from the Marvel Comics solicitations for February 2010:


Thunderstrike #4 cover by Ron Frenz:

SPECIAL READER ADVISORY--This publication contains scenes of excessive action and angst in the mighty Marvel manner and is not for the faint of heart! As if they didn’t have their hands full with a power-mad demigod who is determined to destroy Olympus and Asgard, Thunderstrike and Gruenhilda the Valkyrie are traumatized by an unexpected death when they suddenly run into one of the greatest super-menaces of all--MANGOG, the merciless!

Deadpool Team-Up #884 cover by Skottie Young.

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Comic book covers by Alex Schomburg

Paul Tobin says Alex Schomburg is his favorite comic book artist, and has posted a huge gallery of Schomburg's covers.

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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.

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Doctor Octopus Lego Cubedude

Doctor Octopus Lego Cubedude by Okay Yaramanoglu.

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Link roundup

1. Rom, Space Knight illustration.

2. Webcomic wedding proposal. Via.

3. Consumer Reports recommends shopping at Costco for eyeglasses. Via.

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Heroes with problems

Kerry Callen answers the question, What if DC published Marvel characters in the 1960's?

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Marvel villains by Jae Lee

MODOK, Kang, Doctor Doom and more by Jae Lee - - it's the cover to Heroic Age: Villains # 1. Via.

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