The Long Tomorrow

In the spirit of admiration for Metal Hurlant here is one of Moebius's amazing short stories called The Long Tomorrow, written by Dan O'Bannon; I am very grateful to Peter Doree and his blog the Bronze Age of Comics for the post which was posted on his blog exactly 10 years ago!!! Also a great post by Dangerous Minds.

Metal Hurlant

Great article about the formative and most creative years of the publication that shaped my artistic education, thanks to Tom Lennon blog for the insightful post.

Kazumasa Nagai

The fantastic poster artworks of Kazumasa Nagai reviewed by the stylish Readymag.

One of K. Nagai's quotes from the beautifully designed site resonates with me: 'design in the past was more unique because designers had their own styles. design today has leveled up in terms of sense but designers are likely to follow similar patterns. it mostly works on peripheral nerves but should be more appealing to our souls, i think.'

José Carlos de Brito e Cunha, known as J. Carlos, (July 18, 1884 — October 2, 1950)

Great entry by Plusouminostrente about this incredibibly prolific and original Brazilian artist, J. Carlos.

Geoff Mc Fertridge

Nice selection from the amazing graphic artist and director Geoff Mc Fertridge over at The Science of Design.

Dick Bruna Black bears

Thanks to Iconographics for the informative posts about pioneers of design, in this case the beautiful book covers made by Dick Bruna.