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Sep 11

Zinefest Comic Jam 2006

Here it is, the Zinefest (that was this weekend) Comic Jam. The first panel was created by Jeff Plotkin, and was followed by different artist. Each creative folk altered the story by what they drew for their panel on their turn. To read it on-line, click on the small thumbnails below (the go left to …

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Sep 07

Sketches: Wendell

Here are some sketches of Wednell from BTGC. For most of you who have read the two single issues, you have only seen him in his human form, but in the start of the graphic novel he is still a forest creature. “What?” you ask dose that mean. Well, I’m not telling much more right …

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Sep 07

del.icio.us bookmarks

I finaly broke down and set up a del.icio.us account. It’s a way to store all your bookmarks on the web so you can access them at any time. I am in the process of adding them, but you can see what I have so far. bookmark: http://del.icio.us/atomicbear Tag(s): Beyond the Great Chimney|btgc|comics|Brian Kolm|Atomic Bear …

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Sep 07

Meet me at San Francisco Zinefest this weekend – Sept 9-10, 2006

Atomic Bear Press will be at the San Francisco Zinefes this weekend Sept 9-10,2006. We will be sharing a table with Lexpress (Kid Beowulf). tags: zinefest|Atomic Bear Press|Atomic Bear Press|ABP|Beyond the Great Chimney|BTGC|Brian Kolm|News and Notes| _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well as …

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Sep 07

Oskar Fischinger’s Avant-Garde Animation on NPR

On the NPR show Day to Day there is a piece of the great German Animator, Oskar Fischinger. At a time when most people equated animation with Mickey Mouse, Oskar Fischinger’s abstract films were taking animation in a new, challenging direction. He produced some amazing animation set to music work (including Disney’s Fantasia), which can …

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Sep 03

Mystery solved thanks to youtube.com

Ever have a childhood memory of something you saw on TV, but could find no evidence of it anywhere… even on the web? As a kid I remember a commerical for a live Bugs Bunny stage show that featured DC superhero charcters. Sometimes when I wanted to play detective I tried to google for it, …

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Sep 02

on-line catalog of original french comic art

While looking for more information on the comic Alef-Thau (that was serialized in Heavy Metal magazine) I found this awesome site, danielmaghen.com, that sells original comic/illustration art work from Europe. theres lots to be inspired by, so check it out. NOTE: the site is in French and does contain some imagery that is not suitable …

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Sep 01

Read my piece in October issue of ImagineFX

I was contacted by ImagineFX, a magazine about Digital Fantasy and Sci-Fi artwork. They had read on my blog about when I was at Silicon and wanted a review of it for their Event/Convention section. tags: silicon|imaginefx|convention|digitalart|kolm| _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond the Great Chimney as well …

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