AVATAR OF COOL

(via The Beat) The New York Times has done a FASHION spread on indie comic book creators -- described as "brashly confident avatars of cool."

Of course, the ever-so fashionable Tim Leong of Comic Foundry knew this all along with his red carpet treatment of the Eisner awards. Video (check out 2 minutes 42 seconds).

On top of this, comic book artist James Jean has done some work for Prada; Paul Pope designed for DKNY.