There's too much going on, the wings look like a brown smear, and is there anyone who sees the creepy cigarette smoker and thinks, "Yes, I want to know more about him?" You'd buy this comic only in spite of the cover.

But now look at these pages. Terrific, right?

Here's the official description:

When the Mesmo Delivery truck rolls into town, a heap of trouble is sure to follow.

Eisner Award-winning artist Rafael Grampá (5, Hellblazer) makes his full-length comics debut with the critically acclaimed graphic novel Mesmo Delivery -- a kinetic, bloody romp starring Rufo, an ex-boxer; Sangrecco, an Elvis impersonator; and a ragtag crew of overly confident drunks who pick the wrong delivery men to mess with.

Mesmo Delivery features an extended sketchbook section from creator Rafael Grampá and pinups from top comics creators Eduardo Risso, Mike Allred, Craig Thompson, and Fabio Moon! Introduction by Brian Azzarello.

at Amazon. There's also a fan art blog.

Rafael Grampa's Mesmo Delivery(Via)

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The book is a collection of some of his cover works, notably Sam and Twitch, and Spawn, other titles, unpublished works and some personal pieces such as the one on the cover page.

The art is fantastic, especially the Spawn art, which are deadly. The use of blacks and lighting is great. I like the back portion of the book which features more of the comic art drawings, with coloured filled onto the fantastic line art.

Most of the art here are digital with the last 20 pages on black and white sketches. There are strangely no comic book panels featured. For many of the illustrations, which are the covers, they are printed to fill a page, with a smaller version on the opposite page. The smaller version is exactly the same, which is really redundant and could have been replaced with the pre-coloured ink sketches, or even more art.

I've also read that there are some issues with the binding for the paperback, specifically the glue holding the book together. Mine's the hardcover version and doesn't have that problem.

Overall it's still a pretty nice book for the fans.

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Calabi-Yau Manifold Crystal on sale here. Via these sites.

And a few more links:

1. A bunch of Lego cats.

2. A bank across from police headquarters in Los Angeles has been robbed twice in the last six months.

3. It used to be that the day I.D. magazine's annual design review came out was one of my favorite days of the year. But the magazine became superfluous years ago and finally announced that it's ceasing publication. Maybe they'll find the time to create a decent website now.

*Previously: Vampire Bat Acrylic Paperweight.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

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Oscar-nominated animation maestro Bill Plympton has revealed his latest short, Cheatin’. However, it’s not finished. What you’ll watch below is a (lavish) pencil test, that includes the entire story and a near full realization of the animation. Plympton has been steadily releasing his traditionally-animated dog series (Guard Dog, Guide Dog, etc…), and you’ll see a brief canine homage early on.

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