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Feb 01

Comics 4 Comix – Humor and Comics and Food – oh my!

February 10, 2006… Click the flyer image to find out more! Comics 4 Comix is fund raiser for the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. Stand up comedy! Comic book artist is person! Art Auction! Food! Fun! Cartoon Art Musuem|Comics 4 Comix| _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic book, Beyond …

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Feb 01

Wondercon 2006 is coming! Feb 10-12

As I am getting ready for Wondercon 2006 in San Francisco, I will be posting lots more BTGC news as it happens. But to start is one of the sketches for some promotional art I am doing. Tag(s): Beyond the Great Chimney|btgc|comics|Brian Kolm|Atomic Bear Press|AtomicBearPress|ABP|wondercon|

Feb 01

WONDERCON 2006!!! YAY!!

Wondercon 2006 is a week and a half away now. It is from Friday February 10 through Sunday February 12. 2006. The convention is at the Moscone center in San Francisco. It’s in a new area too, the west hall. The guests will feature: Eric Powel (the Goon), Frank Miller (Sin City, Baman: the Dark …

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Feb 01

more Marc Davis-America Sings!

Here is some more Marc Davis illustrations from the Audio Animatronics show America Sings. These come from Vacationland magazine. Here’s Sam the American Eagle and his owl sidekick. They hosted our “trip” through American music. I remember clearly, Sam sang in the finale: “and we should all remember, as history moves along, that everything is …

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Jan 31

My Influences: Marc Davis-Animator and Imagineer

Marc Davis has been a big influence on me as an artist. It was Marc’s style of pen and ink with watercolor washes that influenced the look of a lot of my work, including my current style of comics starting in BTGC#2. Besides being a talented animator at the Disney Studios (Tinker Bell, Mallifciant,Cruella DeVille), …

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Jan 31

The difference between color and black and white.

I recently did this poster for the Cartoon Art Museum for their upcoming Comics for Comix event. BTW It will be held on Feb 10, 2006.

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Jan 29

Asterix and the Vikings poster

The Animation studio, A. Film, producing the animated film Asterix and the Vikings has an image of the official poster. They have created the film with a talented english voice cast (Paul Giamatti (Sideways) as Asterix), even though IT WON’T BE RELEASED IN THE US. Let’s cross our fingers that that changes. To find out …

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Jan 29

The Evil Overlord Devises a Plot

While doing some research on Google, I found this helpful page(s):from a lecture on Stupid Plotting Tricks By Teresa Nielsen Hayden. While most story tellers strive to be unique and original, sometimes it’s best to stick with a time tested story element instead of reinventing the wheel. Ms. hayden’s workshop is part of the Viable …

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