Captain America recently was killed, sort of, just like most other popular super heroes who have died, he was bound to come back from the dead. Marvel is finishing a 5 book run called Captain America Reborn.

In the series Cap was trapped in an alternate reality and kept jumping from time to time. He was reliving famous moments from his past. In the fourth book they did a couple cells filled with an eye and in the eye was a drawing of Captain America or other characters from the book. Below is Steve Rogers falling through the air.

From Captain America Reborn #4 page 23 (Click to enlarge)

After the jump is bit of a spoiler from the end of the fourth issue.
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The Marvelous Land of Oz is a Limited Series Comic from Marvel based on what I can tell is about the side characters from the original story of the Wizard of Oz. This weeks clipping comes from the first of eight issues for the Marvelous Land of Oz. Which appears to be centered around the Scarecrow character.

We all know the story of the Wizard of Oz but this comic takes a new creative look at simply the Land of the Oz. So far it does not have Dorothy or any one else except a live Scarecrow who may or may not be from the original story.

From The Marvelous Land of Oz #1 page 17 (Click to enlarge)

This clipping is inspiring because of the unique moon and artwork putting the scene together. Once again I’ve selected a silhouette like clip of the week, this one as the others has good design & a grid layout in it.

There are only 8 books in this short series so be sure to get in on the plot early on.

It has just about been a month since I’ve been doing this weekly comic book clipping post. The previous clippings have all been inspirational, mostly consisting of great artwork & design.

For this week I’m showing two clippings from the best comic I’m reading right now. It’s called ‘Chew’ and is about a guy named Tony Chu he’s a cop with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he’s a great detective, as long as he doesn’t mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. It’s a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the name of justice.

From Chew #5 page 2 (Click to enlarge)

The comic has a very odd plot and characters but it is filled with originality and creativity. If you are interested in picking up this comic I don’t want to spoil it all for you so stop reading here.

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This week’s comic book clipping is from the trade paperback “The Losers”. It is another good example of dark space, this time with a part silhouette. The artist’s name is Jock and he has an almost vector art style. This style really brings his drawings down to very simplistic elements.

From Losers #23 page 13

This clipping also has a good balance & juxtaposition of light & dark as well as implied motion between the shooter and what he is aiming at.

The Comic Book Clipping for this week is one of the first clippings I scanned. For a while I had thought these clippings could be used to spur creativity later on when I needed it. It wasn’t for a few months that I thought of posting them on the blog.

This clipping is from one of the first Batman & Robin books that came out earlier this year. If you haven’t heard Bruce Wayne is dead and Dick Grayson (the first Robin) has taken on the identity of Batman. The below picture shows Batman & Robin after they have captured the Penguin.

From Batman and Robin

I found this clipping interesting simply because of the good artwork and use of darkness.