I’ve always loved Black and White art. The B-movies of the 1930s and 40’s are some of the best Black and White art of the previous century; the simple plots and that old way of speaking, the mustachioed heroes and airbrushed sylphan goddesses. Optical Pictures is my Comic journey through a Film Noir universe that I like to walk around in. The Jungle Movies and Travelogues of the ’30s are a major inspiration, relics of a time when the World was still unknown and exotic.
Disclaimer: The stories on this page are period pieces and reflect the language and mores of
the historical times in which they take place. It is not our intention to offend anyone.
In 1915, the R.M.S. Atlantis is sunk by a German U-Boat. Ana West is the sole survivor. Left without a family, she embarks on a journey that takes her around the World.
Ro is a scientist from another galaxy. When her probe crash lands on Earth (or Sector 27 according to the map,) she finds herself in the middle of a fight between rival nations… A fight she wants no part of… WWII.
Mike Strobe is a Hollywood Film Director in the 1930s. His specialty is B-Movie Jungle Pictures. This time, they’re headed for the Congo, where nothing goes according to plan.
Strobe is based on the B-Movie Serials of the ’30s and ’40s, those long winding tales…
Be sure to catch the next exciting episode next week at this theater!
MYOKO is the story of a Japanese girl, born on a fishing boat around 1850. She survives shipwrecks, imprisonment, typhoons, and pirates, but never loses her love of the sea.
Ray is a kid growing up in Southern California in 1968. He's looking for something in the garage when a portal opens and he makes a new friend...from the year 2101.
Story by John Smith, Art by Malcolm Smith.
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