Sometimes when I want to be inspired by the comic book artist of the past, I visit sites that are displaying or selling their original art. Here are some of my favorites.collectingfool.comThey have excellent gallerys on Phil Noto and Alex Toth that are worth checking out.
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A few weeks ago, when I was at MacWorld Expo. I went to In-N-Out burger(because a man’s got to eat). I am always impressed with In-N-Out: a) their staff is always polite, well trained and professional b) the menu is simple, but the quality is superb.
Now at McDonalds or Burger King they […]

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I found, through a link on absolutewrite.com, a radio interview about Book Publishing Scams. I think it’s important for all of us who self publish, or want to be publish to know whats going on. Very interesting.
from the WTOP: Of Consuming Interest site:
Daniel Steven, co-author of ‘Street Smart Author’, discusses common scams new writers face […]

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Last Friday, a week ago, I had the pleasure of visiting 826 Valencia St. 826 is one of the the writing centers founded by writer Dave Eggers (editor of McSweenys literary magazine) to help kids with their writing.
Simply put, 826 Valencia helps students, ages 8–18, to develop their writing skills. Whether the students are working […]

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Here is a new character in the Beyond the Great Chimney universe. He will be appearing later in the story.

Tag(s): Beyond the Great Chimney|btgc|comics|Brian Kolm|Atomic Bear Press|ABP|

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I have been thinking more about my working process, and was pleased to see a comment on one of my last post from animator Michael Sporn himself.
For me, one hang-up has always been the feeling that I need to have a script in hand to finish a comic book story. But I was reminded […]

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Animator Pat Smith has again posted three of his movies: Handshake, Drink, and the music video Moving Along. The movies are in iPod video format and can be watched through the iTunes program from Apple. The downloads are for a limited time and can be pulled at any moment.
tags: Pat Smith|Animation|iPod|iTunes|
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Michael Sporn has posted an interesting post on his Splog(blog) about his process on using storyboards and how they fit into his animation process.
Mr. Sporn writes:
…All aspects of the film are organic; the film continues to grow and develop until it’s completed. Since mine is a small studio, I can easily oversee any aspect I […]

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