Paul Pope for DKNY
Nylon Magazine previews the new line of DKNY men's wear which sports art by Paul Pope.
‘Tooners now “brashly confident avatars of cool.”
Dear friends, The Beat has been blogging for nigh on four years now, and when we began, our goal was to put comics culture into the context of real world culture, and make cartoonists...
James Jean 2 Prada
Turns out Paul Pope isn't the only cartoonist with a designer collectin coming out. Chris Butcher links to many photos of the Spring prada line which contains numerous designs by none other than...
Official PR on Paul Pope Jeans
Starting in September, you will be able to purchase DKNY jackets, hoodies and tees emblazoned with the art of Paul Pope in the 2089 line. We sincerely hope that these will be in sizes...
And one more mole: Chabon on the skintight suits
Michael Chabon goes on for pages and pages about superhero costumes in The New Yorker's new Style issue:
Now the time has come to propose, or confront, a fundamental truth: like the being who wears...
@#*! Brat Pack t-shirt
Rick Veitch has printed up a new batch of t-shirts based on his classic superhero noir, BRAT PACK. To promote the shirts, he's created a whole gallery showing how classic images might have been...
When underwear was underwear
The Golden Age of Underoos via Jezebel. Note comments in which women go on and on about how they used to wear Wonder Woman Underoos. Do they even still make this kind of stuff...
MAC cartoon makeup
MAC cosmetics, a brand near and dear to The Beat, is collaborating with Parisian grafitti artist FAFI, and the resulting theme has a very comical bent. More art in the link. The limited edition...
Superheroes hanging with a fast crowd
Okay we have NO idea what this Lindsay Lohan-meets-Superheroes photo shoot is for, but the pics are all over the blogtabs, and they are too good to pass up. Of couse, what with Spider-man's...
You too can look cool and retro, if green is your color
Following up on a previous post here that mentioned a retro Marvel t-shirt, reader "Donnie" found a picture of it.
Cap is definitely Byrne; at first we thought Wolvie was Cockrum, but on second thought...
Weekend photo parade
Rounding up a bunch of photos or cartooners spotted about the globe, conquering all in their path.
Via Jeff Newelt, photos from the Paul Pope Diesel Party in Hollywood celebrating the release of PULPHOPE
and debuting...
