Unpublished Jack Kirby Cartoons Submitted To 'The New Yorker' See The Light Of Day...

Jack Kirby is a fan boy favorite all time comic artists... especially this fan boy right here. I love his classic works, his trademark 'Kirby Krackle', and giant alien monstrosities that he often constructed in his works. But it all had to start somewhere... and thanks to Two Morrows Publishing we are getting a rare glimpse into just that beginning. Kirby Unleashed was a portfolio put out by Jack back in the 70's that highlight various works from his career. It is long out f print. In that book Jack included some proposed cartoons that he had submitted throughout the years that had been rejected, even some that were done when he was just a teen! Two in particular had been submitted to The New Yorker... and are quite good despite Kirby being so young. When you git it, you got it. Two Morrows has a digital version of the book for sale, for $5.95, and it includes 48 wonderful pages of PDF goodness available for download. I for one can't wait to get a look at these pages of Kirby drawings on my tablet. You can get yours by clicking here. Check out the two failed 'New Yorker' cartoons after the jump...

The New Yorker Celebrates The Greatness of 'Breaking Bad' With A Cartoon Cover...

As I enter my mid 30s (begrudgingly) my taste in magazines has started to grow to things a it more diverse than Sports Illustrated, Maxim, Slam and XXL. I am looking for intelligent magazines that give me a great mix of entertainment and news stories that I want to read. Back in the day most magazines would be either one or the other... you wouldn't see a story about a TV show running alongside a political piece just pages away from each other. But this is the era of gratification to everybody, all the time. So why would magazine content be any different? The cover of this weeks issue comes in honor of Breaking Bad, and it is in the New Yorker's traditional cartoon style... big heads and all. This is very cool, and fitting to honor such a great show. I really like that they moved Jesse to the forefront and Walt as the concern parent in the background. It also may just vault the New Yorker into my weekly magazine rotation. We shall see. The series finale of Breaking Bad will air on Sunday. Check out the full cover after the jump...

'The Dark Knight Rises' Characters Painted In The Style Of The New Yorker Cartoons by Julian Birchman

Batman is dominating the Net after the launch of The Dark Knight Rises and there are some really cool things floating around out there based on the character. In my perusing of various webpages I came across these awesome drawings by artist Julian Birchman on his blog Sitting Too Close. Julian uses a painting style very similar to the classic New Yorker Magazine cartoons look in his work, and he has two excellent ones featuring memorable scenes from Nolan's recently released third Batman opus. The first one is from the part where Bane unmasks the Bat, and the second comes from their awesome rematch fight set among the police officer/people's army rebellion at the end of the film. Check out more of his awesome here and check out the Bat photos after the jump...

Zombified The New Yorker Cover by Brian Cook

I grew up looking at the wonderful covers of The New Yorker Magazine with a combination of wonder and awe... I was to young to understand the content of the magazine that my grandmother always had in her living room, yet I was always drawn to the fabulously painted covers that were always visually stunning. Imagine my suprise when I passed by Brain Cook's blog and saw this awesome Zombified New Yorker mock up cover. It was just great, and it brought me back to the old days again. You can click after the jump to see the full color version as well as some preliminary sketches Brian posted...

Check Out This Wicker Man/The New Yorker Cartoon Mash-up.... Wait, What???

This is one of the craziest, and by default coolest, things I have ever seen. The New Yorker Magazine is one of the foremost known magazines in all the world. They are especially famous for their dry humored cartoons that are a mix of politics and other "meh" worthy topics. All in all, pretty dry stuff. Well artist Wonder-Tonic decided to breathe some life into the New Yorker's cartoons... and what better way to do that then go to Nic Cage and The Wicker Man for inspiration!!! How's it get burned? How'd it get burned? HOW'D IT GET BURNED!!!! I love batshit crazy Nc Cage, so I love that movie by default... and so I must love these. Hope you enjoy.