Comic Book Resources

Let R. Crumb keep you warm on the slopes

It looks so comfy

Looking for a good snowboarding jacket? Want to wear something that shows your reverence for the underground comics movement? Or at least for Mr. Natural? Then behold: Burton has just the thing for you:

Check out the print by cartoonist Robert Crumb. A prominent figure in the 60s and 70s counter culture, Crumb is world-renowned for his subversive voice and controversial artwork. We’re only producing 500 pieces in this print, and shipping it in a black bag so you can look sketchy when taking it to the register. Beyond that, the Burton Restricted Dyer Jacket keeps riders like Mikey Rencz and Mark Sollors dry and warm when rooping around the British Columbian backcountry with the help of a hopped up DRYRIDE Durashell™ 2L fabric and strategically placed expedition weight Thermacore™ insulation.

I have no idea what that last sentence means, but I assume it translates as "keeps you warm." The whole thing costs between $250-$270, depending on how much Thermacore you stuff it with I suppose (found via Mike Lynch).

'Wearing a dramatic eye and form-fitting outfits, Ali is ready to fight the crimes of fashion at any moment'

Ali Stephens by Thierry Le Gouès for French Revue de Modes

Hey look, more fashion/comic book action today ... the blog Fashion Gone Rogue has pictures from a photo shoot featuring model Ali Stephens and a guy in a Batman suit. The pictures are from the latest issue of French Revue de Modes (caution: their home page may cause a seizure and is potentially NSFW).

Via Super Punch

Comics + fashion = um, awesome?

Thor hat

You're heading off to school, and I know what you're thinking: How can I impress everyone with my good fashion sense? Well how about a Thor trucker hat?

No? Well perhaps that is a bit outlandish. Instead, perhaps you'd prefer this stunning bag designed by Exit Wounds author Rutu Modan? At only $11.99, it's an affordable head-turner:

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Tim Gunn as a superhero? Make it work!

"Models Inc." #1 variant cover

Easily the best part of Bravo's Project Runway is Tim Gunn, who has served as the amiable and impeccably dressed mentor to the competing designers for the past five seasons.

Now just as the hit TV series moves networks to Lifetime, Gunn makes the leap to comic books in the pages of Marvel's Models Inc., which debuts on Aug. 26.

The four-issue miniseries, by Paul Tobin and Vicenc Villagrasa, is set during New York Fashion Week as Millicent (Millie the Model) Collins becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a young set designer.

It's up to Mary Jane Watson, Patsy Walker, Jill Jerold and Chili Storm to clear Millie of the crime.

But what will Tim Gunn do? The New York Times reports that in the second story of Issue 1, the 55-year-old Gunn dons Iron Man's armor to save a fashion exhibit from evildoers.

He'll even receive a variant cover, courtesy of Phil Jimenez.

Gunn, undoubtedly, will (ahem) make it work.