Superheroes in Historic Photos

Wildlife photographer Agan Harahap has seamlessly blended your favorite superheroes into some of history’s most famous photographs. From Darth Vader at the Meeting of Yalta to Batman inspecting paratroopers, these photos will have you thinking about what it means to be a hero. - For more photos check out Smoking Designers.

Ed note: Could the Death Star destroy a planet? Researchers have the answer.

Minimalist Superheroes

Designed by Michael Turner of Blackpool, England, these incredibly simple two color tone portraits of DC and Marvel characters are part of an ongoing project. Head over to his Behance page to suggest more characters for him to design.

Ed note: Costume designer Mark Newport talks about knitting outfits for superheroes, both famous (Batman) and unknown (Sweaterman).

wired:

Superheroes might hog the spotlight in comic books, but new photobook Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origins of American Comics gives the writers and artists who create them a chance to shine.

The interviews, essays and portraits in Leaping Tall Buildings… build upon historian Christopher Irving and photographer Seth Kushner‘s venerable comics site Graphic NYC…

“I kind of miss the subversive lowbrow connotation of comics, which were only read by social deviants and outcasts,” said Irving.

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