#Larry Houston

[themarvelproject]

Wolverine vs. Sentinels by Larry Houston and Rick Hoberg with colors by Chris Sotomayor from the animation variant cover of X Lives of Wolverine #2 (2022)

#marvel comics #marvel variant covers #x-men #wolverine #larry houston #rick hoberg #chris sotomayor #x-men the animated series #marvel 2022

[evilhorse]

Inside the temple, Skeletor guards his falcon treasure

(He-Man and the Masters of the Universe minicomic: Temple of Darkness)

#he-man and the masters of the universe #masters of the Universe #skeletor #keldor #temple #falcon #eternia #Michael halperin #Larry Houston #dark horse comics #comics #80s comics

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1993 Marvel Diamond Animated Series X-Men Stickers / Artist: Larry Houston

#larry houston #xmen animated series #xmen cards #night of the sentinals #1990s xmen

[nscafe-firehose]

Story time...

During the start of COVID-time, I decided to I wanted to re-collect some comics I had in the early 1990s. I didn't want reprints, I wanted originals.

I wanted to go through Todd McFarlane's Marvel work, starting with Daredevil #241 thru Spider-Man #16 (and then Image's Spawn #1-#25 plus the Violator 3-issue series)... and if you know about his run there, well... there were some pricy titles to collect. However, I wanted to do it, so I did it...

Also, due to COVID-time and my disability, I haven't left the apartment aside from medical appointments, voting and a few random times going out for food and eating outdoors [for the vast majority of the time]. We're both take it quite seriously because I really don't need to get any more sick than I am already. Yes, we're always masking when not in the apartment (and sometimes in the apartment when we have contractors coming in to do work). And we're diligent about as well. We haven't gotten sick yet.

(tldr; I basically haven't left the house unless I had to since Nov. 2020)

Fast forward to 2023 and after some life altering events, we decided to order VIP passes for Calgary Comics+Entertainment Expo, all 4 days. We figured with the early access our odds of not "getting sick" were okay. And also to save my leg from too much stress, we planned to rent a wheelchair.

Fast forward to 2024 and we have our VIP passes to the Calgary Comics+Entertainment Expo... and then McFarlane was announced as a late guest. I thought to myself, sure... I'll get an autograph. I can do that.

But as time ticked on, I felt like naaaah... there are bigger fans who could use waiting in line more than myself. An autograph would be nice but I didn't need one.

Then Fan Expo runs a VIP only context to win free autographs from him. Well then! That I could sign up for. My beloved partner, also a big comics book fan (more on the X-Men side of things [and she was able to get all of the X-Men '97 guests who were here, along with the original animated series Producer and Director autographs... and a selfie with Beast!]), also entered.

We both won (of course I'd get ticket 23... she got 24).

Now I needed to pull some "cool covers" so that we could make some choices (picture 1, above).

She chose Spider-Man #12 (and diligently read that 5-book series to get prepared for the day). I wanted to do Spider-Man #8 (for the very local tie-in) but we didn't exactly need two books signed from that series. So... what to choose, what to choose...

Amazing Spider-Man #311 (and it didn't even make the short list... not in the 1st pic) got the pick. It is a cool cover to be sure but I chose it for the nod to late 1980s Cowboy/Western fashion... and since I've grown up in Calgary, I was very aware of that reference (annual cowboy cosplay celebrations tend to do that... yay Calgary Stampede! [hey, if the comic+entertainment fandom has cosplay for CCEE, why not call the say the same sort of thing for the Stampede... this isn't a negative thing]).

When I told McFarlane why I chose the book I did, I got a chuckle and an "Oh wow!".

The only downside is that due to my disability I'm unable to attend day 4 but my beloved partner gets enjoy a day without pushing me around in a wheelchair (averaging over 9000 steps each of the 3 days)... give her arms and legs a big of a break.

But we did get quite lucky in our timings for things and we appreciated the experiences.

So long as we don't "get sick" and recovery time for this body o'mine doesn't take too long, then I think we can plan to attend again next year.

#Calgary #calgaryexpo #Calgary Comic+Entertainment Expo #CCEE #todd mcfarlane #Spider-Man #Amazing Spider-Man #2024 #x men 97 #x men #YYC #Larry Houston #George Buza #alison sealy smith #matthew waterson #aj locascio #comics

[vintage1981]

What's Next for X-Men Animation | X-Men 60 Uncanny Years

Ryan Penagos talks with the creative minds behind Marvel Studios' X-Men '97 Beau DeMayo, Julia and Eric Lewald, and Larry Houston about the upcoming show and the legacy of the original X-Men: the Animated Series show from the 1990s.

#youtube #X-Men: the Animated Series #Ryan Penagos #Marvel Studios' X-Men '97 #Larry Houston #Julia and Eric Lewald #Beau DeMayo #Marvel Studios' X-Men 97 #Marvel Studios

[twincitiesgeek]

The Uncanny Experience Brings an Immersive and Inclusive X-Men Event to Minneapolis

For this fan, the inaugural Uncanny Experience felt as diverse and welcoming as the X-Men themselves.

The downtown Minneapolis Club. Giant Size Productions If you felt a tingle at the back of your head recently, it just might have been Professor Charles Xavier reaching out with Cerebro, searching for the next students for his Xavier Institute—temporarily relocated to Minneapolis for the Uncanny Experience, an immersive X-Men fandom convention. Convention-goers were treated to a one-of-a-kind…

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#beth fleisher #black tom cassidy #Chris Claremont #comics #convention #cosplay #Deadpool #juggernaut #Kitty Pryde #Larry Houston #Lenore Zann #Magneto #Minneapolis #minneapolis club #mutants #Mystique #Ororo #phoenix #Rogue #sentinel #Storm #superheroes #Uncanny Experience #wolverine #x-fandom #X-Mansion #X-Men #X-Men comics #X-Men: Days of Future Past #Xavier

[smbhax]

Fisto

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1984)

Sources: [1][2][3][4]

#fisto #he man #he-man #masters of the universe #1980s #action figure #toy #fist #cartoon #animated series #doll #mini comic #comic book #comics #larry houston #clash of arms #charles simpson #stan sakai

[buzzdixonwriter]

The L. A. Bastards

I’ve mentioned several times in the past the phenomenal talent pool that coalesced around Ruby-Spears Productions in their heyday, in particular their storyboard department, led by the truly sui generis John Dorman, one of Hollywood’s genuine wild men. 

Not only was John an amazing talent in his own right, but his Rolodex included some of the most incredible talents it’s been my pleasure to work with:  Kurt Conner, Thom Enriquez, Larry Houston, Tom Minton, Dan Riba, Hank Tucker, Jim Woodring, and a host of others at various times and on various productions.

John ran an effective art crew, and I learned many things from him that proved invaluable in dealing with my own art crews when I was packaging books and educational material.

John and his team always delivered top notch work in a timely manner, often going above and beyond the call of duty to get it out the door on time.

But John did not run a tight ship.

Oh, no, quite the contrary…

They called themselves the L.A. Bastards and the storyboard department was Bastard Central.

I’m proud to say that I was the only non-storyboard artist admitted into that freaky fraternity.  I won their respect by being the only writer who actually went down and talked to them about what would make their jobs easier when I wrote scripts.

They appreciated that and opened the window to all sorts of insider tips I never would have gleaned without their insight.

Whenever possible I’d go down to John’s department and recharge my batteries.  It wasn’t a 24-hour party, but it was a constantly fun environment, and everybody enjoyed themselves making cartoons so much that the love just poured out onto their storyboards.

But they were a handful.

Let’s say “chemically enhanced” and let it go at that.

One of the legal enhancements I can discuss were the mini-oxygen tanks John kept for himself and his crew.  You felt yourself dragging in the middle of the afternoon, just come on down and get a couple of hits off the old 02 tank and you were fully energized in a matter of seconds.

Classic John Dorman chemical enhancement story: At one of the buildings Ruby-Spears used as a studio, John’s office was down wind from the ink and paint department’s restroom; anything that entered the air vent there would exit in John’s office.

You’d walk in and swear you just stepped into some Haight-Ashbury hippie pad in the middle of the Summer of Love.  John would swear it wasn’t him, but the smell of marijuana remained so overpowering you could almost get high standing there.

Ken Spears eventually went into John’s office and told him that he and Joe didn’t mind what he did on his own time, but for the luvva gawd, stop toking up in the middle of the workday.

“But it’s not me!” John would wail.

And it wasn’t!  The ink and paint ladies, bored out of their minds slapping paint on Mighty Man and Yukk cels, would take smoke breaks in the ladies’ room and as mentioned above, the purple haze would find its way into John’s office.

John and his crew were merry pranksters, notorious for their wild antics in and out of the studio.  They used to like flamingoing people’s lawns, buying dozens of cheap pink flamingos at a big box store and covering somebody’s lawn with them.

Their antics finally got to be too much for the suits in the front office to bear so Joe and Ken moved the L.A. Bastards out of the studio and into their own space, the former offices of Cheech y Chong.

If ever there was a perfect match of location and occupants, that was it.

Most of the stuff John and the L.A. Bastards did never went into production, development art for shows that went nowhere.  At one time we did a development on Prince Valiant, a large full size artboard showing Prince Valiant astride his mighty steed.

Only something went wrong in the inking of the horse.

Joe and / or Ken got a look at the art when it was halfway inked, realized it would not fly and by that time apparently already got a signal from the network that Prince Valiant was way down beneath the floor tiles in the sub-basement of possible shows.

So the incomplete art remained behind John’s desk after that.  They copied and enlarged the horse’s head, dubbing it Widowmaker, and made T-shirts with it proudly proclaiming themselves The 5-Hours For Lunch Club.

Not an exaggeration.

In any case, when I left Ruby-Spears I stayed in touch with John but never found out what happened to Widowmaker.  Fortunately for us, Dan Riba scanned a copy of the Prince Valiant art, so here Widowmaker is, in all their pagan glory.

Gawd, I miss you, John…

    © Buzz Dixon

#animation #Saturday morning animation #storyboards #storyboarding #L A Bastards #Bastard Central #Kurt Conner #Thom Enriquez #Larry Houston #Tom Minton #Dan Riba #Hank Tucker #Jim Woodring #Ruby-Spears #Joe Ruby #Ken Spears

[graphicpolicy]

SDCC 2022: The X-Men Fandom Panel Returns!

SDCC 2022: The X-Men Fandom Panel Returns! #sdcc #sdcc2022 #xmen

“You look as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs…” This iconic line delivered by Lenore Zann, the voice of Rogue from X-Men: The Animated Series is one of many stand-out moments in her role as everyone’s favorite southern belle mutant.  Lenore will reprise her role as Rogue in the new X-Men ’97 animated series on Disney + coming 2023. She is joined on the panel by…

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#ken lashley #larry houston #lenore zann #san diego comic-con #sdcc #x-men

[semioticapocalypse]

Larry Fink. Lovers in the Doorway. Houston, TX (from the 'Beatnik' series). 1958

I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

#BW #Black and White #Preto e Branco #Noir et Blanc #黒と白 #Schwarzweiß #retro #vintage #Larry Fink #Lovers #Doorway #Houston #Texas #1958 #1950s #50s #Couples #カップル #Paare #Casais #love #amor #amour #Liebe #愛 #affection #愛情 #Zuneigung #afeição #tenderness

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

The Horse (Charles Burnett, 1973)

#The Horse #Charles Burnett #Maury Wright #Gordon Houston #drama #short film #animals #horses #feet #shoes #guns #1973 #back #cars #hug #hugs #Gary Morrin #Roger Collins #George Williams #Larry Clark #Ian Conner

[warhead]

#1986 #nba #nba finals #basketball #houston rockets #boston celtics #larry bird #ralph sampson #hakeem olajuwon #dennis johnson #mitchell wiggins

[evilhorse]

Let’s get you back to Grayskull

(He-Man and the Masters of the Universe minicomic: The Clash of Arms)

#he-man and the masters of the universe #he-man #the masters of the universe #fisto #eternia #Larry Houston #dark horse comics #comics #80s comics #masters of the Universe #prince adam #malcom #stridor

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Gambit #1 Cape & Cowl Exclusive X-Men Animated Series / X-Men #266 / Published: July 2022 / Artist: Larry Houston

#larry houston #gambit #storm #2020s xmen #homage

[whosangitbetter]

#i will always love you #dolly parton #whitney houston #larry the cucumber #halestorm #kenny rogers #john adams #linda ronstadt #tumblr polls #polls #Spotify

[vintage1981]

X-Men '97: 5 Things We Learned at Comic-Con 2023

Marvel Studios mostly sat out this year’s Comic-Con, doing little more than releasing a new trailer for The Marvels during the show. But there was one upcoming Marvel project that made a surprise appearance at the convention. 

Fans lucky enough to attend the "Designing the X-Men: A This Week in Marvel Special Event" panel were treated to updates on the animated series X-Men ‘97, straight from producers Beau DeMayo, Jake Castorena and Larry Houston. There was even new footage shown of this hotly anticipated X-Men revival.

That footage isn't being released online, but fear not. IGN is here to break down what was shown and what we learned about X-Men '97 at Comic-Con.

X-Men '97 features the voices of Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton and Alyson Court. The series will stream exclusively on Disney+.

#youtube #X-Men 97 #X-Men: The Animated Series #Beau DeMayo #Larry Houston #Jake Castorena #Cal Dodd #Lenore Zann #Julia and Eric Lewald #Marvel Studios #SDCC