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Tag: comic

Sep 11

Oct 3-4: 24 Hour Comic Book Day 2009

I will be participating in 24 Hour Comic Book Day this year from October 3rd at 11am to October 4th at 11am at Comic Outpost in San Francisco, CA. What is 24HCBD? The 24 hour comic challenge is for a cartoonist to completely create a 24 page comics story in 24 straight hours. A “24 …

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Sep 05

Rooting Tooting Pinoccho – part 1

This is a comic I created last month at the Cartoon Art Museum during a comic jam (CAM JAM 2 on 8/16/09) and at the San Francisco Zine Fest (8-22/23-09). The challenge: draw a mini comic that I could experiment and play around with without worrying about consistency and style. When I polled my friends …

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Aug 31

San Francisco Zinefest 2009 follow-up

The other weekend (8/22-23/09) I was at San Francisco Zinefest 2009 thanks to my friend Romy who allowed me to hang at her table and promote my art as well as the Cartoonist Conspiracy San Francisco. The convention is Free to the general public and features some of the best in home made comics and …

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Jun 22

Asian Art Museum (personal) comic jam

This is a comic I drew this last Thursday June 18, 2009 at the Asian Art Museum at the MATCHA event. Most of the items I sketched from are in the Lords of the Samurai exhibit as well as the demonstration of the Tea Ceremony. I still need to write some dialog, but I feel …

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Jun 20

Valhalla Cat comic

This is a silly little comic that I drew while experimenting with using Sticky Notes. It was all draw with washes of black watercolor and pasted on sheets that provided the black boarders. I scanned and colored it in Photoshop. Click on the images to see them larger on my Flickr page.

Jun 12

This weekend: Defining the Project

Reminder, this weekend is the adult level cartooning class I am teaching: Defining the Project Instructor: Brian Kolm Level: Beginning/Intermediate – Adult Days: June 13-14, 2009 Are you thinking about working on a personal comic or cartoon project? Do you need some motivation to get the ball rolling? Come to this hands-on workshop where like-minded …

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Jun 10

‘Kid Beowulf and the Song of Roland’ production work

I am doing production work on Alexis Fajardo’s second graphic novel “Kid Beowulf and the Song of Roland”. This is a sample of one of my favorite panels that I watercolored for the prologue to the book. The actual printed book will be in black and white, but the art was created in color for …

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Jun 07

Comic Jam Idea: Speedy Comic Jam

Speed Comic Jam History: First done at the Cartoon Art Museum Comic Jam on May 31, 2009 Idea: The idea of this jam is to work fast. Some of us artist have a habit of getting stuck on our comics projects and spending too much time. The jam produced interesting results and has some different …

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