Comics from Arcane for the week of May 3, 2023: Love Everlasting 7, Adventures of Superman Jon Kent 3, Shazam! 1, Star Signs 1, Parker Girls 7, FCBD Conan the Barbarian, FCBD Shadowman: Darque Legacy, Scarlet Witch 5, and The Witches of World War II TP.
Abstract Studio inks an Exclusive Distribution Deal with Diamond Book Distributors
Abstract Studio inks an Exclusive Distribution Deal with Diamond Book Distributors #comics #comicbooks
Diamond Book Distributors has announced that it has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with Abstract Studio to exclusively distribute their books to North American and international book markets, as well as libraries. Distribution to the comic book specialty market is handled exclusively by Diamond Comic Distributors.
Under the banner of Abstract Studio, Terry Moore has been publishing…
"Rothko created a modulated ensemble of majestic paintings. The dark purplish tones have a soothing effect, yet they retain enough brilliance to stimulate the mind. The black surfaces invite the gaze to go beyond. The chapel is a place conducive to spiritual activity. We are cut off from the world and its suffocating multiplicity, able to wander in the infinite. Lacking the immensity of the desert, it is in the confines of a restricted place that we can embrace "the whole'. Here we are nowhere and everywhere; here we can find a blessed wholeness, a sense of unity."
- Dominique de Menil
𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗞𝗢, in his studio with triptych from chapel paintings, 1965
While I have presented the black-and-white version of this picture before, I had not seen this color print until recently. As there are very few photos of Rothko with chapel pictures in a finished state, I'm glad to add this alternate scan. In this one you're able to see quite clearly, the studio supports keeping the pictures in place . .
It's said that Liberman, a friend of Rothko's, omitted photos of chapel works that had not been settled on, favoring pictures of this center triptych.
A little bit of a mystery to me here is the fact that this picture is dated 1967, but Rothko appears to be in the same photo session as the other photo of him with the chapel pictures dated 1965. In addition, the black-and-white version of this picture is dated 1965 in one book, leading me to believe that date is accurate. However, Lieberman did take pictures of the studio pulley system and skylight that are dated 1967. I would think the two pictures with Rothko appearing were from the same shoot, but it wouldn't be unthinkable, given Rothko's sartorial style, for him to be wearing the same suit in two pictures two years apart. This is something I'm still researching.
Comics from Arcane for the week of February 15, 2023: They're All Terrible 2, Wasp 2, Photon 3, Danger Street 3, Captain Marvel 46, Icon vs. Hardware 1, Parker Girls 5, The Last Barbarians 1, Gotham City Year One 1-5.
Step into the studio. Make a little painting. Clean it up. Change up the colours. Find a nice little crop. Have fun with it. How does it make you feel? Why not make it move a little bit? Go on, just for fun 🌞
Parker Girls #3 continues to deliver fun and action in the continuously excellent series #comics #comicbooks
When Annie Graham’s lifeless body washes up Venice beach, the nation mourns the loss of a popular actress. Police suspect her death was no accident but Graham’s husband-billionaire Zachary Lot-has the best lawyers money can buy and the investigation stalls. That’s when Tambi Baker decides to take matters into her own hands and enlist three of her finest Parker Girl operatives to bring the Lot…
Today is my birthday, so I thought I would share photos that I got recently and I'm very happy to have. These pictures have not been seen in this fine condition by almost anyone, (One was reproduced on the wall at the Paris show) and the top studio shot for years was only known to me in black and white.