Jason Rodriguez's Blog, page 8
July 21, 2014
Can I just say that I love the way we’re filling the spaces...
Can I just say that I love the way we’re filling the spaces between the stories in this book? Starting next week I’ll be posting a little bit on the stories and creators over on the Colonial Comics blog: http://colonialcomics.tumblr.com/
July 4, 2014
Jason Rodriguez (COLONIAL COMICS), Matt Dembicki (WILD OCEAN,...
Jason Rodriguez (COLONIAL COMICS), Matt Dembicki (WILD OCEAN, TRICKSTER), and Joel C. Gill (STRANGE FRUIT) discuss teaching with comics at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference 2014. Moderated by John Shableski.
June 27, 2014
ALA attendees, come see me at Artist Alley table 2132 starting...
ALA attendees, come see me at Artist Alley table 2132 starting at 5PM tonight! I got games and cards and books! Repping Fulcrum Books and Rosarium Publishing!
June 23, 2014
colonialcomics:
Coming to the American Library Association...
Coming to the American Library Association Annual Convention Las Vegas, 6/27-6/30, Artist Alley Table #2132!
1) Colonial Comics stickers, modeled off of British tax stamps…now you can levy taxes on things without offering representation!
2) Oragami Mayflowers that actually float!
3) A preview of Colonial Comics: New England, 1620-1750!
4) Holy Libs, a Mad Libs-parody of the Bay Book of Psalms, the first book printed in America!
5) Colonial Characters Trading Cards!
6) Future Builders to promote Try Looking Ahead!
Come get swag! Or come to the panel Teaching With Comics with me, Joel Gill, and Matt Dembicki on Saturday, June 28th at 10AM! Or stop by Fulcrum Booth #0343 at 11AM on Sunday, June 29th for a signed preview of the book!
See you all in Las Vegas!
Here’s the final word on my ALA schedule and swag. If you’re at the show, I’ll see you in several days.
June 16, 2014
colonialcomics:
ALA Las Vegas is eleven days away and I will be...
ALA Las Vegas is eleven days away and I will be there at Artist Alley Table #2132! And I’ll have these wonderful Colonial Character trading cards with me, illustrated by Scott White! Additionally!
1) Matt Dembicki (TRICKSTER, WILD OCEAN, DISTRICT COMICS), Joel Gill (STRANGE FRUIT, TALES OF THE TALENTED TENTH), and I will be giving a talk on Saturday, June 28th @ 10AM on the Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage entitled “Teaching With Comics”!
2) I’ll have some advanced copies with five stories from the book that I’ll be signing at 11AM on Sunday, 6/29 at the Fulcrum Booth (#0343)!
3) We will be participating in the Artist Alley silent auction with a wonderful page from Noel Tuazon!
4) I’ll have a near-complete digital copy of the book that you can flip through on a cool touchscreen!
5) I’ll have some tax stamps that you can use to levy taxes on objects without offering government representation!
6) I’ll have future builders (an advanced technology based off of the more primitive Paper Fortune Tellers or Cootie Catchers, as they used to be called) that I made to promote TRY LOOKING AHEAD!
And, time permitting, maybe some more things - like origami Mayflowers, Futurist and Colonial M.A.S.H. and Mad Libs, and other old-school fun!
Basically, if you’re looking for a break from the regular old convention stuff, stop on by Table 2132 for a little nostalgia, some free swag, and a smile.I’ll be rocking the bow tie - you won’t miss me!
June 12, 2014
Future Builder is ready for ALA Las Vegas. Initial test was a...
Future Builder is ready for ALA Las Vegas. Initial test was a success!
June 11, 2014
Also premiering at ALA Las Vegas later this month will be the...
Also premiering at ALA Las Vegas later this month will be the prototype for my Future Builder. A primitive version of this technology has existed through the years, often called a Fortune Teller or a Cootie Catcher. This technology, however, starts with the four elementary particles that make up everything you see (and many things you don’t see), everything you touch, everything you breath…up and down quarks, electrons, and gluons. These four particles combine in different ways to make everything that matters to you and everything that doesn’t. That person who seems so different or speaks a different language? Your dog? A cockroach? This computer you’re using right now, the book on your desk, the paper in your book? Everything you see is just a different combination of up and down quarks, electrons, and gluons.
The Future Builder smashes these four elementary particles up to make atoms, the basic building blocks of everything around you, the things that combine to make a book different than your dog. Hydrogen is 3 up quarks, 3 down quarks, one electron, and many gluons. Oxygen is 24 up quarks, 24 down quarks, eight electrons, and many more gluons. Water is two hydrogens and an oxygen, so is therefor 30 up quarks, 30 down quarks, 10 electrons, and many, many gluons.
Once we build atoms we can combine them to make whatever we want. Would you like to be a Cognitive Pirate? A Roboticist? An Immortal Upload?
When we start from elementary particles, we can build anything. It takes work, it takes vision…but the reward is, literally, anything you could possibly want. So be sure to pick up your prototype device at ALA Las Vegas (Jason Rodriguez, Artist Alley Table 2132), and be sure to get TRY LOOKING AHEAD when it’s released in April, 2015 from Rosarium Publishing.
(Note - you can also get preview copies of Colonial Comics: New England, 1620-1750, Colonial Character trading cards, and a smile!)
colonialcomics:
'll be at ALA Las Vegas at the end of the month...
'll be at ALA Las Vegas at the end of the month with some previews of Colonial Comics Volume One, four Colonial Characters trading cards (mock up of the Tisquantum card attached, these aren't final yet, illustrations by Colonial Cover Artist Scott White) and, if all falls into place, a near-complete digital copy of the book. I’ll also have some TRY LOOKING AHEAD promo with me, obviously, including a TLA paper fortune teller for the kiddies.
See you in Vegas! Well, some of you.
BEA Buzz: Five graphic novels to look forward to this year — Good Comics for Kids
COLONIAL COMICS: NEW ENGLAND 1620-1750 was named one of School Library Journal’s Five Books to Look Out for This Year! Dig it!
