Tag Archive: Comics

Apr
16
2009

Fremont Comic Arts & Anime Teen Expo on April 25th, 2009

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Looks like I will be at the Comic Arts & Anime Teen Expo in Fremont on April 25th. I have been before to help others, but this will be the first time I am going to be exhibiting and presenting. Should be fun.

Check out the official site: http://www.fremontanime.com/index.html

I am also looking for someone to help watch the table when I am doing my presentations, please let me know.

Comic Arts & Anime Teen Expo is Open to all ages

Comic Arts & Anime Teen Expo is now open to all ages – our main focus, of course, is still mostly for the teen-age person BUT you can come to the event if you are under 12 if you are in the company of a parent/adult guardian and we will have some special activities for you!

The full admission price for children 6 and over, teens and adults is $9 advance/ $15 at the door registration fee and receive the canvas goodie bag courtesy of Viz Media if they are one of the first 250 registered.

Children 5 and younger are $3 and they receive a snack pack. A parent/ guardian of a child between 6 – 12 are welcome to attend for only $3 when accompanying a full admission paying child. (info on youth activities at www.fremont.gov/teens)

And this year, elementary, junior high, and high school teachers are welcome to attend for $3 if they are attending a teacher workshop at the expo. (see Teachers have Extra Class at www.fremont.gov/teens.)

A thought: This event is put on by the city of Fremont, imagine how insane and large it would be if San Francisco put one of these on as well?

Registration
$9 pre-register
$12 at the door

Location
Fremont Teen Center
39770 Paseo Padre Parkway
Fremont, CA, 94538

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Mar
18
2009

Artist inspirations on-line.

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It seems that this week there have been a lot of really good posts on comics and art on-line and as always I love to share them with you. Of course I am a huge fan of all these artist and highly recommend checking out their sites and blogs.

Craig Thompson (Goodby Chunky Rice, Blankets) Has posted a page from his comic-in-progress Habibi and showed how he used some scanned sketches into PhotoShop to help figure out a page layout. His work is so amazingly beautiful. Check it out HERE: http://blog.dootdootgarden.com/2009/03/17/overexert/

Pierre Alary has posted another work-in-progress page from his Sindbad comic. http://pierrealary.blogspot.com/2009/03/blog-post.html

Tony DiTerlizzi has posted his progress of creating the third and final cover for his series Beyond the Spiderwick. I love his work. His creature looks like Ursula’s pet eels sort of. Check it out: http://diterlizzi.com/blog/2009/03/18/wyrm-king-cover/

Ruben Procopio posted some of his cover work of The Phantom. I love his rough sketches as well as the finished work. Here: http://maskedavengerstudios.blogspot.com/2009/03/latest-on-phantom.html

Here Steve Rude has posted a video of him inking a comic cover:
Inking Origin Cover #2

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Oct
12
2008

Sunday thoughts – 10-12-08

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- Tomorrow is the Hayward Super Con. I will stop by to see my cousin who is selling some of his comic collection.

- I am home from the CAM fundraiser at PIXAR and it was a fantastic evening. So much creative in one place.

- Earlier this week the Cartoonist Conspiracy’s Comic Jam was one a great one with some real great drawings and paintings. Well have some comic online in the next few weeks I hope.

- Last weekend I was at Silicon which was a lot of fun. I was on a couple of panels and met some nice folks.

- Neil Gaiman reads his book The Graveyard Book by way of video. Looks like the whole book is there and Mr. Gaiman really reads his books well. A fun story about a graveyard of ghost who raise a orphaned baby.

- My friend Joe Borelli has a new blog to review Horror movies. Joe is one heck of a writer and is really passionate about the spooky stuff.

- Again with the Comics blog has posted CC Beck’s (creator of Captain Marvel) Fat Man. A charming and cleaver comic that was a failure, but it is hear to read on-line. He makes the hefty hero charming, heroic and fun. The big bone heroes are usually are used as comic relief, but I like Fat Man a lot.

- Alex Schumacher has some good tips for Cartoonist.

- Comic Book covers from Indonesia: Komik Indonesia.

- Swedish illustrator Mattias Adolfsson paints flying buildings. Fantastic work…check them out.

- the art of comic artist Alec Severin. His classic style drawings of horses are so full of life and his heroic art is both fantasy and reality.

-in NY an exhibit of Italian Masters of Comic Art. Cool paintings and drawings.

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Sep
03
2008

Update: the end of summer.

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Labor day weekend has come and gone which, for many, signals the end of the Summer season.

Of late my blogging has gotten more sparse, so I have lots of catch up with news of my projects and cartooning classes (instead of just posting random art and interesting links). I know that folks like to know whats going on, but I find more personal blog post hard to do since I could say the wrong thing. After all the internet is forever and what you say can come back to haunt you. But I would also like to tell you folks a bit more about whats going on. I guess I am just am not going to bear my soul.

The classes I taught this summer were all really awesome. The kids in the four week-long classes all did an amazing jobs and really produced some amazing work. The kids created characters, drew comics, and created animation (both at the Schulz Museum and the Cartoon Art Museum.) I have posted some of the animation on my YouTube account and some of the artwork has been posted here on the blog too. The summer was really busy, but rewarding as well.

I have cartooning classes lined-up for the fall school year with many returning clients. I am hoping that my full schedule starting from a year ago will have provided me with some wisdom on how to do this teaching thing more efficiently (starting next week). Keeping your life/work flowing is always an interesting challenge.

Just last week I just got a new illustration assignment from a previous client with an exciting challenge for me. I am looking forward to working on it.

I am also working on some graphics for Silicon 2008 in San Jose CA in October which should be appearing on the website and other media fairly soon. Well, I am just finishing them up so you will just have to wait and see. But you can get to see some rough sketches I did for the images below.

Well, that is it for this post. I sure wish more folks, besides spammers, would comment. But I don’t keep my breath held too much. After all some of the most awesome artist in this world of ours get only a handful of comments too.

Dang nab it, being an artist can be hard.

Art Show and Parking for Silicon 2008.

Night Time and Information for Silicon 2008.

Activities/Entertainment and Science Alley for Silicon 2008.

Not sure what I was thinking, but there images I like… for Silicon 2008.

Panels and Shopping for Silicon 2008.

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Jul
19
2008

Zine Fest this weekend (July 19-20, 2008)

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I will be at the Zine Fest this afternoon. Last night I saw a special tie-in event at the Cartoon Art Museum where the artist read there comics aloud to projected art. What a great way to get ready for a comic show of unique voices. I will probably be hanging around with the talented folks from the Cartoonist Conspiracy like Doc Pop , Kraig Rasmussen, Mike Hales, John Cowan, Michael Capozzola and Jeff Plotkin.

Here is the official info:

What is the SF Zine Fest?

It’s a FREE annual two-day conference for independent and underground publishing. Exhibitors come from all over the West Coast, and while the focus is on zines, all walks of DIY life are represented — comics, arts and crafts, literary presses, and more. SF Zine Fest was founded in 2002 by Jenn of Starfiend Distro.

SF Zine Fest 2008 is brought to you by the hard-working folks at Family Style, Michael Capozzola, Just Visiting, John Isaacson, and many other wonderful volunteers.

When and where is the SF Zine Fest?

Saturday, July 19 from 11:00am – 8:00pm
Sunday, July 20 from 11:00am – 7:00pm

SF County Fair Building
(formerly Hall of Flowers)
9th Ave. at Lincoln Way (in Golden Gate Park) map

Why the new location?

With the idea of exposing DIY zines, comics, and crafts to the widest possible audience, we decided to move the Fest yet again to a location where a larger and more diverse group of attendees could find us. The SF County Fair Building is over twice the size of last year’s location, and is located in beautiful Golden Gate Park, just a block off of 9th Ave. and Lincoln Way. We are expecting more attendees and exhibitors than ever this year.
The SF County Fair Building is easily accessible by bicycle (lots of parking right out front) and also by public Transit: The N train and the 6, 16BX, 43, 44, and 71 bus lines all drop you off within a couple blocks of the Fest! Parking can be more difficult, the adjacent lot is for loading and unloading ONLY. There are some paid parking lots in the nearby Inner Sunset district.

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Jun
29
2008

Congratulations to Boot-Campers from week 1 and 2

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This is just a shout out to my students from the first two weeks of Cartoon Boot Camp at the Cartoon Art Museum. As you might have seen here at the blog, the first week’s Character Creation Camp yielded many fantastic characters. Congratulations to: Joey, Len, Rachel, Clare, Decklan, Turo, Olin, Adam, Johnny, and Keevan.

Last week was the Comic Design and Layout Camp and it was a smashing success with all the kids doing amazing comic. I will be working this week to provide an e-book for the students to print out as well as a version to read on-line. Congratulation’s to: Len, Joey, Turo, Decklan, Ben, Johnny, Dylan, Tousand, Dobik. I hope I spelled your names correctly.

THERE ARE STILL OPENINGS for the next Boot Camp on Animation (July) as well as the August single day classes. Visit the museums website to find out more.

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Apr
27
2008

I was virtually at Stumptown

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Art by Mike Hales

This weekend was the comic book convention — Stumptown, in Portland Oregon. I was not there, but here in the Bay Area. But I was also at the convention…virtually.

First of all I did some graphic work for artist Alexis E. Fajardo for his Kid Beowulf Banner. Here is a photo of it.

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I also was part of the White Rabbit anthology that my friends Mike, Kraig and Dan put together. There all linked in the side bar. The art and coloring is by Mike Hales. Check out his blog and website. My story is called Paradise Lost and I will post some pictures of the 3 page story in May.

Art by Mike Hales

My hope is that I can attend the actual convention next year, but I am not going to make any promises.

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Mar
19
2008

111 Minna St. Third Tuesdays/Sketch Tuesdays

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On the third Tuesday of each month the ultra hip gallery space, 111 Minna St. in San Francisco has their Third Tuesdays/Sketch Tuesdays. It’s an art event that is unique and a lot of fun.

Why am I writing about it, because I got to go to my first Sketch Tuesday last night. What is it about? Well, here is some of the official text for the event:

[...] Each Third Tuesday of the month the gallery hosts an evening of live art making featuring both established and emerging Bay Area artists. Inspired by Southern Exposure’s Monster Drawing Rally, 111 Minna offers patrons the opportunity to see local artists at work and get acquainted with them. It is also a way for artists to meet each other and to be inspired by each other’s creative process.

Sketch Tuesdays offers the local arts community a place to congregate, to talk, to create and to be seen. There is *USUALLY* room for artists to just drop in and start drawing, but good seats are reserved for the invited artists.

Art is for sale at reasonable prices and will be displayed until the event closes.

So there you have it in a nutshell. A group of invited artist sit at a cluster of tables in the center of the room and create art while other artist (me) sit at the surrounding tables and create art as well. Art is placed on a wall for sale and art patrons mingle as they sip on beer and cocktails.

I got there about 6:30pm and found a seat next to fellow artist Jeff Plotkin, got a drink and started to draw.

The first piece I did was 11″ X 17″ and done in blue pencil and marker. Lots of people came over and took a look at what I was working on which allowed me to meet and talk to other artist and patrons.

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I then did a couple of quick sketches that I could sell. One of a cat with a Carmen Miranda hat sold to someone who came by my table, the other one sadly did not. I was pleased how good it came out considering I was in a dark room working to thumping loud music.

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The event was a lot of fun and I recommend artist come by and give it a try on the next one. A great way to do art. Just make sure you come early to get a seat and the music they play might be really loud, ear plugs might come in handy.

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