I just have recieved sad news that Berkeley CA comic book store owner Rory Root of Comic Relief has passed away. Rory gave me great advice and encouragement on my first comics. A true fan and friend of all comic books. from www.fantagraphics.com: …On Saturday, Rory slipped into a coma after emergency surgery and never …
May 15
Supercon this weekend in San Jose May 17-18,2008
I will be at Supercon 2008 in San Jose this Saturday at the Cartoon Art Museum table right in front (or so I am told). I will be selling Comics and be taking commissions for original art. So come on buy and say ‘Hi”. Find out more at http://www.super-con.com/
May 14
Help defeat the Orphan Works Bill
Michael Jantze (author of “the Norm” and NCS Northern CA leader) write: “Here’s a life and death issue for all of us. The Orphan Works Bill in front of congress…meant to strip us of our copyright and trademark rights as artists. Read more here and use the forms to send letters to your senators and …
May 11
May Cat
As some of you know (I hope) that I try to change the intro page image every month. For the month of may it’s an adorable cat.
Apr 27
I was virtually at Stumptown
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. [singlepic=481,320,240,,] click …
Apr 25
The ORPHAN WORKS BILL is alive! Yikes.
OK folks, this is scary. Comic Book artist Colline Doran has information on the Orphan Bill. The new bill would make all our creative work an ORPHAN and we would have to register with new private sector company and PAY for ever piece that we have created before the bill was available and everything after. …
Apr 24
Two Fisted Mystical Medicine Man
This is a watercolor painting I did at 111 Minna’s Sketch Tuesday this week. I started by painting in watercolor and then drew on top with ink. I also used the new feature in Photoshop CS3, PhotoMerge to combine the scans. [singlepic=480,320,240,,]
Apr 15
changes to Commenting at AtomicBearPress.com
I love to get comments from my family, friends and acquaintances, but I want to make it easier for you new folks to join into the conversation too. So I have made a few new changes. – You can now subscribe to a specific posts’ comments so you can get e-mail notification to responses that …
