Tthe text ends with an epilogue. It is a letter, or at least an excerpt from a letter, written by Leopold Blaschka, a 19th-century Bohemian-born artist, who, together with his son Rudolf, created a series of intricate and amazing glass flowers, plants and sea creatures. Their method was so amazing, so incomprehensible that skeptics thought … Read more
What if we told you that AC/DC is named after a home appliance? Australian rock band AC/DC rose to international fame in 1979 with the release of Highway to Hell. Bridging rock ‘n’ roll and blues, they emerged as an early influence on the genre of heavy metal, with their powerful guitar lines and high … Read more
Think of a song. (After you finish thinking about Scatman John”Skatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop),” let me finish my presentation.) Consider a song about the great classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a song about his rock-star achievements but also spending a lot of time talking about his faults. At this point, what we have mentally constructed is a … Read more
Like Steve Ditko’s Doctor Octopus, Sal Buscema’s Green Goblin, Todd McFarlane’s Venom, or Mark Bagley’s Carnage, some artists (whether he’s a character designer or not) excel at portraying the greatest villains. Spider-Man‘s rogues’ gallery. Spider-Man comic book readers will have their own preferences as to who they think is the best artist for certain characters, … Read more