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Mar 09

Sketch 3-9-06

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Mar 07

True Story, Swear to God #16 – my ramblings, off topic

Tom Beland’s comic book, True Story, Swear to God is fantastic. I picked up the latest issue at Wondercon 2006 (signed by Tom, awesome) a few weeks ago and have read and re-read it many times. True Story, Swear to God is an autobiographical comic about Tom moving to Puerto Rico to be near Lily, …

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Mar 07

Keith Knight’s Cartooning Workshop, "Comics Are Serious Business" – March 11, 2006

Just wanted to share with you this class coming up this saturday. Here is the official press. Reminder: Keith Knight’s Cartooning Class 3/11 Just wanted to remind everyone that Keith Knight’s Cartooning Workshop, “Comics Are Serious Business,” is taking place on Saturday, March 11. Keith will demystify the business side of cartooning, discussing convention strategies, …

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Mar 03

Sketch 3-2-06 Superheroes

I have been trying to get better at more realistic figures. Using the Glen Vilppu drawing manual techniques. I find the techniques make it easier to get figures down then other methods. I know the muscles are off, but I really like the spidy drawing all the same. Spiderman is fun to draw since he …

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Mar 03

Revisions, Revisions, Revisions…

Well, I received notes back from the person who was reviewing my manuscript, that all of you will see as the graphic novel version of Beyond the Great Chimney in 2007. As they put it, I have lots of story elements to “tease.” Some of the areas to work on I didn’t even see coming. …

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Mar 02

Disneyland in Lego

By way of the miceage.com message boards I found this replication of some of the “happiest place on earth,” made from Lego’s. Check out: Main Street USA and It’s a Small World or some one else made Pirates of the Caribbean and Splash Mountain. I guess with all the exciting changes to the Disney corp. …

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Feb 28

Greg Beda’s Wot is Life

Greg Beda’s has posted his first weekly web comic strip, Wot is Life. A strip he has been working on for a while now. I had the pleasure to be his neighbor at Wondercon booth last year and this year. He also told me about a very interesting project for APE’06 this year. I can’t …

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Feb 28

Hama Animatic

Alexis Fajardo has posted an animatic featuring Hama the Pig from his comic, Kid Beowulf. Check it out. To watch it you will need the Quick Time plug-in. (not sure. if you have iTunes you have Quick Time all ready) (image missing) I helped Lex create the animatic as well as the Trailer for his …

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