from X-Men: Endangered Species one-shot (August 2007), script by Mike Carey, pencils by Scot Eaton, inks by John Dell, colors by Frank D'Armata, letters by Joe Caramagna
Aw, c'mon, why don't we all sing along? You know the words, ne c'est pas?
from Casablanca (Warner Bros, 1942), written by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch, directed by Michael Curtiz
Tonight: perhaps the...strangest mural of all? Don't take my word for it...have yourself a look!:
Covers of Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink #1-6 (July-September 2009), art by Brian Stelfreeze
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What's that you're saying? That isn't a mural, Bully? You darn little stuffed bull, you ripped us off! We want our money back! You have cudgeled our childhood! Now, before you show up at the door of Casa Bull with pitchforks and torches
DING-DONG
Uh oh, I better get to the point fast. You see, most interlocking comic book covers all join up from left to right, or top to bottom, or occasionally in a block of four or six or nine or...well, you get the picture. But Brian Stelfreeze's mural for Ink is as clever as two very clever things stapled together and placed in a box marked "clever." Can you match wits with Mister Stelfreeze and puzzle out the strange configuration of Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink?
Uh oh, they're breakin' down the door, so I better work fast. Let's put this one here...and that one there...these go over here...and that one on its side..like so! Ta-da!, or, as they say in Paris, violins!
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I hope that staves off the rampaging masses: an interlocking comic cover mural that is so unique, it breaks the mold of the usual left-to-right panorama. Thanks, Brian Stelfreeze, for giving us a Monday Night Mural as distinctive as a...tattoo!
Okay, I deserve to be taken away by a mob after running that clip. Here's a Herve Villechaize scene I really like:
Which has nothing to do with comic book murals. Or...does it?!?!
Panels from X-Men Annual '95 (October 1995), script by J.M. DeMatteis and Ralph Macchio, pencils by Terry Dodson, inks by Jon Holdredge, colors by Mike Thomas, letters by Richard Starkings
Panels from X-Men #10 (July 1992), co-plot and script by Scott Lobdell; co-plot and pencils by Jim Lee; inks by Scott Williams, Bob Wiacek, Dan Panosian, and Karl Alstaetter; colors by Ariane Lenshoek, letters by L. Lois Buhalis
L: [Uncanny] X=Men #130 (February 1980), art by John Romita Jr. and Terry Austin
R: Classic X-Men #36 (August 1989), reprinting X-Men #130, art by Steve Lightle
Panels from Avengers #271 (September 1986), script by Roger Stern, breakdowns by John Buscema, finishes by Tom Palmer, colors by Christie Scheele, letters by Jim Novak
Herc is stronger than grapes.
(Of course to Herc we must be fair / He also crushed some Tupperware™.)
Join us next time on "How strong is Hercules?" when we pit the Prince of Power against...styrofoam!
Panel from Avengers #167 (January 1978), cp-plot by Roger Stern, co-plot and script by Jim Shooter, pencils by George Pérez, inks by Pablo Marcos, colors by Phil Rachelson, letters by Joe Rosen
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