I will be teaching two drop in kids cartooning classes in April. Saturday April 16, 20051 pm to 3 pm at the Cartoon Art Museum. Saturday April 30, 20051 pm to 3 pm at the Cartoon Art Museum. From the Cartoon Art Museum site: There will be a class fee of $5, which covers the …
2005 archive
Mar 07
the Ambition Studios Anthology comes to APE 2005
I am happy to be part of this new Anthology from Ambition Studios, premiering at APE 2005. For my part I have provided a 10 page story featuring Victor Grassroot from my comic Beyond the Great Chimney as a 10 year old. I am joining a handful of talented up and coming fantasy comic artists …
Mar 07
Self-publishing Workshop with Alexis E. Fajardo (March 26)
I wanted to pass on the word about Alexi E. Fajardo’s class being taught at the Cartoon Art Museum this month. I have had the pleasure to work with Alexi on his upcoming Anthology (see here), and he is both knowledgeable and approachable. I will be there, will you? Here is the class information from …
Mar 06
Disney Bears and Pirates
Here is a link to a complete set of postcards featuring sketches of Disneyland’s Bear Country Jamboree. They feature the art of master Imagineer and Animator Marc Davis (one of my favorites). I have a few postcards lying around the house here that I got when I was a kid in a vending machine in …
Mar 06
How to Draw STAR WARS
It’s the official Star Wars Kid’s how to draw area on the OFFICIAL SITE. Nuff Said. _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well as other art, sketches and drawings.
Mar 05
A Good Lesson – the power of a "finished" book for editing.
a good lesson “The more done something is, the more the mistakes will show” It happens all the time, you get the proof of your new comic book back from the printers and then all these horrible, glaring mistakes appear out of nowhere. Even when you had 5 skilled folks read and re-read the material …
Mar 04
CAM Creators’ Group Meeting: APE Survival Guide – March 31
Andrew at the Cartoon Art Museum writes: Creators’ Group Meeting: Thursday, March 31, 2005; 7:00-9:30pm Join us at the Cartoon Art Museum on Thursday, March 31, for a Creators’ Group Meeting from 7:00-9:30pm. We start each meeting with a presentation/panel discussion, and the theme this time is “Convention Survival Guide.” Guests Graham Annable (Grickle, Stickleback), …
Mar 04
‘Rock and Rule’ on DVD
I first saw Rock and Rule on Laser Disk while at CCAC. It’s by the Canadian animation studio Nelvana back when they created amazing original TV animated specials, such as The Devil and Daniel Mouse and Rome-O and July-8. Those days are long gone. In fact their website does not even mention any of there …
