DESPOP TUESDAYS!
Comics fans can be counted upon to fetishize just about anything: think Go-Go Checks, house ads and Sea Monkeys.
So it is with corner boxes/cameos. DC has done its share over the decades but never with the consistency and panache that Marvel perfected in the Silver and Bronze Ages.
Our pal Des gets it. Just dig this selection he turned out in homage to the House of Ideas in the ’60s and ’70s:
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And check out the latest trailer for his new project, Eva Strongbird and the Marine, which wraps up its Kickstarter campaign this week:
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MORE
— THE BLUE LOTUS STRIKES: Visit the CATS KITTEN CLUB — and Have the Official 13th DIMENSION Cocktail. Click here.
— 13 Gorgeous SKETCH COVERS by Groovy DES TAYLOR. Click here.
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DES TAYLOR is the man behind creator-owned comic properties Scarlett Couture, The Vesha Valentine Story, The Trouble With Katie Rogers and a new property in the works The Blue Lotus Strikes. His client list includes DC Comics, La Perla, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Universal Music, ITV Studios America and many more. When he’s not working on his own properties or churning out commissions, Des spends his spare time… working some more, hating Arsenal and raising his two baby daughters, Scarlett and Leia-May.
August 12, 2025
I like the dynamism of the figures more than the faces.