Category: Aestheticismo…
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24 Hour Comics Competitors Stats!
Our jurors have all checked in and judging has officially begun, Jurors were asked to select their favorites based on the categories “Most Creative”, “Most Fun”, and “Most Overall”. In the mean time, some statistical information: Competitor#1 Michael McCants Title-The Solutions Time Spent-24 hours Statement-Archetypical superhero story perpetuating and perpetrating a new mythology. Competitor#2 Kris…
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Awards Announcement
Back in January we applied and submitted the first issue of our comic “Hot Lunch” to the Xeric Foundation in New England. The Xeric Foundation, Set up by Peter Laird of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Fame, gives self-publishing grants to aspiring comic book artists and writers. We received our letter that regretted to inform us……
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Batman: Freedom Fighter?!?
Anyone read Frank Miller? He’s worked in comics for decades, now. Wrote a Batman story that Tim Burton used as the basis for his film “Batman”. He came back to Batman a couple of years ago, writing a sequel to his long and often praised “Batman, The Dark Knight Returns” called “Batman, The Dark Knight…
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Source of Inspiration?
I’ve read a good bit of X-Men comics in my day, but I have to admit that I never once heard of this book before today. It seems that Wilmer Shiras’ 1953 novel, “Children of the Atom”, may have served as Stan Lee’s and Jack Kirby’s inspiration for what would one day become Marvel Comic’s…
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Bolt City is where I want to live…
I was turned on to the work of Kazu Kibuishi a couple of months ago, and have been checking his blog often, ever since. He is the talented creator of titles such as Copper, Daisy Kutter and much, much more! Check him out as this man is up and coming! Ohhh, he also draws cool…
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Hot Lunch, Anyone?
Been at it again with Michael Gerard as we gear up on production of Hot Lunch #2. Got a script, and a whole bunch of thumbnails, didn’t realize how many characters we were introducing with this one, so I sat down one day and started drawing, some faces should be familiar, some not so much,…
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24 Hours and more…
Just got done with the first ever, FSU 24 Hour Comics Challenge, hoo boy! Been working about the last four months or so at organizing this event for the Art Students League here at Florida State University. The Challenge: Create 24 pages of comics (graphic narrative, illustrated story, sequential storytelling) in 24 hours. The Park…
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Toner Transfer Update-2006!
Etching Instructions using Press’n Peel Blue Toner Transfer Method ! UPDATED APRIL 2006 Items below in bold were updated to reflect new techniques developed since this article was originally published in January 2006. Special thanks to Matt Jones and Professor Robert Fichter for the additional research! Toner Transfer Instructional Video Download AVI (10.6 MB) Download…
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I reprint interviews without permission!
Some insight into the thoughts of one of the greats, some seventeen years ago… Interview: Bill Watterson Conducted by Richard Samuel West from The Comics Journal, issue number 127, February 1989 Calvin and Hobbes is America’s hottest comic strip. After less than three years in syndication, it appears in more than 600 newspapers. The three…
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Get Your Draw On!
Pulled this little gem off Other End of the Tube’s Vox Populi message board. It should be a good time, so if you’re around on March 24, why not head down to the Park Avenue Diner. Heads up, Comix Heads! Florida State University’s Art Students League is hosting it’s first ever “24 Hour Comics Challenge”…