I'm an old-school guy. As such, I really like and admire old-school art. In this particular case, I'm not talking about Rembrandt or Van Gogh, I'm talking Jack Kirby, John Buscema, and Herb Trimpe. You know, the greats. Old-school comic book art. There have been varying opinions about this. Some say it's because comic artists today are rushed to churn out a certain number of pages/books, and as a result, quality has gone down. Of course, another popular opinion is that over t

Photo by Zach Key on Unsplash A global pandemic. A war raging in Europe. Racial injustice. Gun violence. Rising inflation, gasoline, and food costs. With everything going on in the world right now, a seemingly logical question may be, "why would anyone bother with art right now?" Or we may hear, "Art is a luxury, not a necessity". But is that really so? In my last post I mentioned how art, specifically the philosophy of kintsugi, helped people deal with the stress caused by