At the heels of Aardman’s hit film Wallace and Grommet: Curse of the Were-Rabbit comes the sad news that there was a fire at the studio that destroyed most of everything in their archive. I found this out at Cartoon Brew that has a link to more news from CNN. The report that there “Whole …
Oct 10
The Observation Deck
The Observation Deck by Naomi Epel is an excellent tool. I discovered it back when I worked at Time Out For Fun and Games at Jack London Square many years ago. It is one of those amazing products from Chronicle Books that is there to help you get over writers block. When you are stuck, …
Oct 08
"Chaos Costuming"
At Silicon they are going to have a panel about “Iron Costuming” sorta Iron Chef but with bolts of fabrics a sewing machine, and a limited amount of time. This is based of “Chaos Costuming” that is popular in the UK: …This is an opportunity either to add the finishing touches to a costume you’ve …
Oct 07
Silicon 2006 – San Jose, CA – October 7-9, 2005
Today is the first day of Silicon in San Jose CA. So drop by the Atomic Bear Press table in the Artist Colony starting at 1pm today. We’ll see you there. The information on the Panels I will be on can be found here. _____________________________________ Visit http://www.atomicbearpress.com/comics/log/ to see my production art for my comic …
Oct 04
Superman Vs. Popeye the Sailor
The Quarter Bin, home of forgotten and old comics, has an interesting article on DC Comics sneaky attempt to show a fight between Superman and Popeye the Sailor. Even in an age when comics might defend its intellectual property rights against fairly minor incursions, the tendency to self-reference in the medium invited the occasional risky …
Oct 04
Meet the BOXKUTTERS
If you are down in the Riverside CA area and want to listen to some rocking tunes, check out the BOXKUTTERS. They rock big time! How do I know this? One of the bass player/guitarists is my brother in-law, Gene. And when he is rich and famous, I hope he lets me ride in his …
Oct 03
Meet author Peter S. Beagle at Silicon.
Peter S. Beagle will be at Silicon in San Jose CA next weekend (October 7-9). I write this since I am a big fan of Beagle’s book the Last Unicorn. But also he is fighting to get some of the money from the movies successes. To find out more, visit HERE. Hollywood can take the …
Oct 03
Silicon 2006 – San Jose, CA – October 7-9, 2005
I will be at Silicon 2006 this weekend. click here for more details on the con as well as the panels and classes I will be teaching.
