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Brian Kolm

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Aug 27

A new look for the News and Notes section.

I spent some time today to re-vamp the blogs format. There are now links below the header where they are easy to find, and visual links to my latest projects. What do you guys think? _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well as other …

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Aug 24

Format result

On my last post I talked about experimenting with how big to draw art for Issue #3 of BTGC. Requirements: – Since I use watercolor washes, the art has to be a size that showcases the style in the best possible way. – Big enough to get a good quality work, small enough to scan …

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Aug 21

Elvis is Dead at Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist Bar and Guest Haus is an astounding place to get some BBQ and drink some booze. The site sfstation.com describes it as: Voted SF’s best Biker Bar, home of all things two-wheeled. Enjoy Zeitgeist’s 25 microbrews on tap, lush beer garden, and underground rock atmosphere. Hangovers installed and serviced. By the way that is …

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Aug 20

‘Say 33′ for Asterix’s 45 Anniversary

It’s book number 33 for Asterix the gaulish hero of the international favorite graphic novel series…and just in time for his 45th Anniversary. As I posted earlier, there is a new animated movie coming out Asterix and the Vikings, but a new original book is even more exciting for us fans. The official website (click …

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Aug 20

The BTGC production log

Make sure to stop over and visit my production log (or is it a blog šŸ˜‰ ) for my fantasy comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney. It’s over in the COMICS section. I will update the log at least once a week with news on the progress of the next issue of Beyond the Great …

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Aug 20

Oakland Zoo Sketches

Today I went with my firend Dar to the Oakland Zoo. It was her birthday and we went to draw animals. Here are some photos I took. And here are the sketches I did: click here for a bigger image click here for a bigger image _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for …

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Aug 17

storybookers.com

Storybookers.com is a site that features homes from the 1920’s done in a whimsical fairytale style. The websites author, John Robert Marlow writes: …storybook architecture?” Can anything so varied in its manifestations really be defined at all? It seems a precise definition may not be possible, or even desirableĆ¢ā‚¬ā€for, as Arrol Gellner wrote in Storybook …

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Aug 16

Format, Format, Format

Yesterday (9-18-05) I sat down to do a smaller version of 24 Comic Book Day. I didn’t finish, but I got some good work done. The challenge was to create the art for six page comic story is six hours. Plus I had the goal of experimenting with different materials as well as page sizes …

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