Here are some sketches of Wednell from BTGC. For most of you who have read the two single issues, you have only seen him in his human form, but in the start of the graphic novel he is still a forest creature. “What?” you ask dose that mean. Well, I’m not telling […]

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I finaly broke down and set up a del.icio.us account. It’s a way to store all your bookmarks on the web so you can access them at any time. I am in the process of adding them, but you can see what I have so far.
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Atomic Bear Press will be at the San Francisco Zinefes this weekend Sept 9-10,2006. We will be sharing a table with Lexpress (Kid Beowulf).
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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 […]

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On the NPR show Day to Day there is a piece of the great German Animator, Oskar Fischinger.
At a time when most people equated animation with Mickey Mouse, Oskar Fischinger’s abstract films were taking animation in a new, challenging direction.
He produced some amazing animation set to music work (including Disney’s Fantasia), which can be seen […]

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Ever have a childhood memory of something you saw on TV, but could find no evidence of it anywhere… even on the web? As a kid I remember a commerical for a live Bugs Bunny stage show that featured DC superhero charcters. Sometimes when I wanted to play detective I tried to google […]

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While looking for more information on the comic Alef-Thau (that was serialized in Heavy Metal magazine) I found this awesome site, danielmaghen.com, that sells original comic/illustration art work from Europe. theres lots to be inspired by, so check it out.
NOTE: the site is in French and does contain some imagery that is not suitable for […]

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I was contacted by ImagineFX, a magazine about Digital Fantasy and Sci-Fi artwork. They had read on my blog about when I was at Silicon and wanted a review of it for their Event/Convention section.
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as well as other art, sketches […]

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For those of us who do comics, there is a science to how dialog can be displayed for the reader. My sister sent me an interesting link to the Evolution of Speechballoons. It’s really fascinating. Check it out.
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