Blackwing Collaborates with TRAVELER’S COMPANY

We've teamed up with our friends at TRAVELER'S COMPANY to create a new capsule collection dedicated to our shared love for all things pencils and paper.

Weekly Discoveries 04.17.2015 – Calley O’Neill, Jonathan Glapion and Archie vs. Predator

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Charles Calley O'Neill While on a trip in Hawaii, I (literally) stumbled upon artist Calley O'Neill plying her trade. We got to talking and I quickly discovered she is the Artist in Residence Four Seasons Resort Hualala'i at Historic Kaupulehu,…

Weekly Discoveries 04.10.2015 – Justin Hager and Berserk

Alex Berserk I'd like to preface this week's discovery with a statement: I am not what you would call a "manga fan." Sure, I read Dragonball in middle school and watched Cowboy Bebop in high school, but Japanese comics and/or animation are generally…

Weekly Discoveries 04.02.2015 – Aled Lewis and Flannery O’Connor

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Mahlon War & Pizza by Aled Lewis Everybody knows the Shredder couldn’t beat the Turtles in a pizza eating contest. But, for the nonbelievers, artist Aled Lewis has recreated the scene of the famous showdown here with pixel art pulled…

Weekly Discoveries 03.27.2015 – Laudate Solis and Joshua Ketchen

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Alex Judson Cowan's Laudate Solis Two weeks ago, a massive illustration of Lordran from the video game Dark Souls started making its Internet rounds. Everyone from Polygon,to Edge and Kotaku covered the piece, but I remember it as a work in…

Weekly Discoveries 03.13.2015 – Ryan Duggan and The Dash/Plus System

Mahlon Ryan Duggan Ryan Duggan is a Chicago based artist whose work I stumbled upon while I was checking out Mike Mitchell's work. In 2014, he did a series called “Poster of the Week,” a series in which, you guessed it, he created a poster…

Weekly Discoveries 03.06.2015 – Ryan Cullwell, Hyperview and Mike Mitchell

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Alex Title Fight - Hyperview When Hyperview dropped last month, I didn't give it a fair shake. I listened to it and dismissed it as a band trying to do "too much,"  before really letting the music sink in. Title Fight's evolution from one…

Weekly Discoveries 02.27.2015 – Ready Player One and Midori Traveler’s Notebooks

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Mahlon Ready Player One This little surprise showed up in my Loot Crate this month. Although I haven’t gotten a chance to start this yet, I’m a huge fan of anything that deals with gaming and/or Science fiction and this book has both!  The…

Weekly Discoveries 02.20.2015 – Bradley Mountain Adventure Logs & Bellroy Wallets

Alex Bellroy Wallets I have what is commonly referred to as "a Costanza," a wallet so large, it causes back pain. I don't know how it happened, or when my wallet reached its critical mass, but it did. Thankfully, my wonderful wife recognized…

Weekly Discoveries 02.13.2015 – Snarky Puppy, New Blacklisted Album, Future’s Monster

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Mahlon Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy is an instrumental  jazz fusion band based in Brooklyn and is one of the funkiest groups I’ve heard in a long time. The core group is made up of about 18 musicians and several different instruments. They are…

Weekly Discoveries 02.06.2015 – Birthright, The Sketchbook Project, Hard Book Habit, Skyline Motel

Mahlon Birthright I picked up the first issue of this book based off a recommendation from a buddy at one of my regular comic shops. Written by Joshua Williamson and with pencils by Andrei Bressan, the opening pages of this book present the…