On tonight’s LA Ink, and its subsequent reruns, Hannah heads out to the BOOM! Studios offices for super hero inspiration with Mark Waid, EiC of BOOM! and writer of several DC and Marvel comics.
courtesy BOOM!
Sadly, I missed the episode, but my DVR didn’t! I think its cool when the mainstream, like TV, gives credibility to comics. The movies help, but they deal with comics only so much as the family acknowledges the adopted child at a reunion. Yeah, comics are cool, media says, but only cool when we’ve changed it and made it our own bastardization.
What is also cool about this “crossover” is the combination of two misunderstood and ignored art forms - tattoo artists are just as talented as comic artists, dealing with beauty and transposing a persons’ desire onto page and skin. What’s sad is these under appreciated art forms may not realize how popular culture pats them on the head and sends them away with a lollipop. Comics are starting to get there, I don’t know about tattoos, but as long as comics always have to be talked about in special episodes or segments, they probably aren’t there yet.
Matt Knicl: My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.
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My name is Matt Knicl. I'm a U of I alumn and one of those unemployed English majors Garrison Keillor likes to make fun of. I've been reading comics since high school and one day I would like to write them. My goal is to expose readers to what is out there in the world of comics and using my English powers, show what is worth reading or not. I can be reached at buzz.comics@gmail.com.