Read: The Synthetic Owl (part 1 of 2)- a 24 Hour Comic Book Day comic (2005)
As I bring my website back to life I will be re-posting some older work from the early days of blogging. Today is one of my favorite ones.
In October 2005 I did my first 24 Hour Comic Book Day challenge. That is to create a 24 page comic in 24 hours. I have since done it twice more with each one getting better and better (2008, 2009) and I would recommended all artist do the challenge at least once in their career.
The challenge was a great experience for me, not only because I could see what I was capable of doing, but also I met Doc Pop, Mike and Meredith and soon joined them as part of the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco. The challenge allowed me to expand my world as an artist and to make some new friends, leading to more friends and artistic challenges.
I am not going to go into a lot of details about the process of 24 Hour Comic Book Day since I have done that with the other times I have taken the challenge. (note: 2009 is offline due to hacking and I am hoping to recreate it somehow.)
I will say I am happy to see how things have changed over time: my art style, my skill at telling a complete story, and lots of other important stuff.
So, let’s get reading. Click on the images to see them bigger on Flickr.
The second have, part 2 will appear in the next day or two. If you can’t wait, visit the Flickr set to see them all.
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Here is a drawing based on a creature created by a student of mine. He reminds me of the character of Ludo in the Jim Henson film Labyrinth.
Well, after a couple months of busyness, this blog and website are back. A while ago something/someone hacked my Database and messed up my website. With my projects, work and holidays not much happened after that. Finally I took the plunge and got my site back up and working, but with some missing posts from the three months it was down. I guess the site is back to being a work in progress.
It’s 2010 and now that glow from the New Year is starting to fade it’s time to get back to work. I have a couple things in the works, but I don’t want to talk about them until they are further along.
- I will be at Wondercon 2010 Easter weekend and am working on a few projects for that.
- What would you like art wise from me at Wondercon? Comment below.
- I have new artwork on display at briankolm.com (which is really my portfolio page above)
- I am organizing the next CAM-JAM at the Cartoon Art Museum on February 21, 2010. Why not come by and draw.
- or/and you could come by the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco comic jams that fall on the second and last Thursday of the month. Check out our NEW BLOG.
- New random links to friends, family, artist and organizations appear on the left sidebar –> (reload the page to see a new one)
-I have some open spot for teaching at schools as well as Private Lessons if anyone is interested.
- Does anyone read my blog anyways, or should I be doing something else. How about some comments to make it worth my while?
This month I returned to do some illustration work at 826 Valencia writing center in San Francisco. The kids wrote the story and I illustrated it in real time. But the kids decided to write about our boss, Mr. Blue and when the kids were done he approved the stories and then fired me. I had such a good time though I thought that I might just go back and do it again next month.
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Wondercon 2010 – April 2-4 (including the benefit auction at the Cartoon Art Museum)
I will be at Wondercon 2010 this April 2-4. Come and celebrate Easter with comics, movies, animation, toys and other pop culture fun. You can find me (as illustrated below) in artist alley table 48 where I will have lots of comics, art, prints and other goodies to check out. Looks like I will be sitting between to Alexis Fajardo author of Kid Beowulf (aa 49) and Lark Pien author of Long Tale Kitty (Little Bird Books = aa47) which means I must be one of the cool kids now. Click on the map below to see it enlarged.
ALSO on Friday April 2, 2010 the Cartoon Art Museum, the HERO initiative and Comic Outpost will be having a special tie in event: a benefit auction for comic artist Ed Hannigan. The museum usually has some sort of event, but this one will be extra special. I will be there helping out and I hope you folks can make it as well.
Today, Hannigan is 58 years old and has multiple sclerosis. The Hero Initiative, a charitable organization that provides financial assistance to comic book professionals in need, and Marvel Comics have collaborated on a tribute book, Ed Hannigan: Covered, that features highlights from Hannigan’s artistic career. The Cartoon Art Museum will display some of Hannigan’s most notable covers alongside the cover and complete interior artwork for one of his most famous single-issue stories, The Spectacular Spider-Man #64, which introduced the crime-fighting duo Cloak and Dagger.
Sponsorship for this exhibition has been provided by The Comic Outpost. The Comic Outpost, located on 2381 Ocean Ave. San Francisco, CA has been fulfilling the needs of comic book lovers for well over 15 years. Current owners Gary Buechler and Roger Yan firmly believe their customer service and subscriber program is second to none. For more questions, visit their website at www.comicoutpost.net or call (415) 239-2669.
SAVE THE DATE: An auction of original artwork will be held at the Cartoon Art Museum on Friday, April 2, 2010, in conjunction with San Francisco’s WonderCon comics convention.
OK, folks. I am representing the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco in setting up another comic jam at the Cartoon Art Museum with help of the museum’s bookstore. Yep, this is my ‘baby’. So if you are in the area and love to draw, come on down and join us.
Come and draw with us on Feb 21, 2010
The Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco and the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore present CAM-JAM 2010 – #1 on Sunday February 21, 2010! 11:30 am to 5:30 pm
It’s a New Year and time for more collaborative comic jam fun with the artist from the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco. Spend the day drawing and creating with a local talent while we challenge ourselves to create and print a mini-comic with the events theme(s) by the end of the day. The themes for this CAM-JAM are: Brush and Ink, Samurai and Superhero, Poetic and Wordless.
Where: Lobby of the Cartoon Art Museum, 655 Mission St. San Francisco CA
When: Sunday February 21, 2010 – 11:30 am to 5:30 pm
Cost: FREE, but copies of the final mini comic will cost the price of printing. ++
What (to bring): Yourself and your favorite drawing tools, especially your favorite brush pen. Feel free to bring clippings/copies of reference that fits the theme as well as your networking paraphernalia.
How – Schedule below: (note: you are not required to attend the whole day, but you are encouraged too)
11:00 am – Set-up and schmooze.
11:30 am – Warm-Up Jam: Group Mash-up Character Design.
12:00 pm – Our Warm-up Jam drawings will taken and scanned while we set up for the mini-comic jam. Note: If you worked on the Warm-Up Jam drawings and stay till the end, you get to take a drawing home with you. Free art, woot!
Feel free to bring printouts/clippings of inspiration based on this sessions themes to share.
Set up to draw. Take a break for a quick lunch or snack.
12:30 pm Start the Comic Jam!
We will break into small teams of 2-4 artists who will be tasked with creating a short 2-8 page comic using the themes of the event. Card stock will be provided to draw on and some ink and brushes to try, but feel free to bring your favorite tools too.
A few volunteers will be helping us to scan pages when your team finish one, so we should be able to get the work on-line/printed faster then last year.
4:30 pm STOP
While any last pages are quickly prepped/scanned to make copies, the group will work on the final cover.
Everyone cleans up! Shop at the bookstore!
A team of expert copiers will jet on over to the copy store while any remaining artist will help vote on their favorite Warm-Up Jam drawings that are now displayed on the Bookstore Wall. There might be a possible prize as well.
5:00 pm ish Book arrive for you to take home with samples of everyone’s work. **
** Each artist can get copy(s) of the final Mini-Comic at cost; a few extra copies will be available at the bookstore for a full price as our way of helping this wonderful non-profit museum out.
++ (Legal stuff) By participating in the Jam you are giving permission for your work to be placed on-line by the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco and that a limited number of books can be sold as a fundraiser for the Cartoon Art Museum through its bookstore. Every effort to give credit and promote the participants will be made.
Random Numbers will be given by anyone who did the Warm-Up and we will go in order with each person taking an original drawing home.
5:30 go out for food/drink and schmooze, draw more, network, have fun.
So, why not join us?
Questions: Contact the CCSF organizer Brian Kolm at staff (at) atomicbearpress.com
Hope to see you there.
