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Brian Kolm

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Sep 07

Meet me at San Francisco Zinefest this weekend – Sept 9-10, 2006

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). tags: zinefest|Atomic Bear Press|Atomic Bear Press|ABP|Beyond the Great Chimney|BTGC|Brian Kolm|News and Notes| _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well as …

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Sep 07

Oskar Fischinger’s Avant-Garde Animation on NPR

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 …

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Sep 03

Mystery solved thanks to youtube.com

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 for it, …

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Sep 02

on-line catalog of original french comic art

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 …

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Sep 01

Read my piece in October issue of ImagineFX

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. tags: silicon|imaginefx|convention|digitalart|kolm| _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well …

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Sep 01

Evolution of the Speechballoon

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. tags: comics|

Sep 01

Convention appearances in September/October coming up!!

Atomic Bear Press/Brian Kolm will be at: September 9-10, 2006 – San Francisco Zine-Fest (Lexpress table) September 16, 2006 – The Expo for the Artist & Musician – San Francisco CA October 6-8, 2006 – Silicon – San Jose CA To find out more click on the events date or visit the Appearance section of …

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Sep 01

Read my article about art at Silicon 2005 in ImagineFx’s October issue.

I was recently 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. tags: silicon|imaginefx|convention|digitalart|kolm|