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June 25, 2010
Friday Odds and Ends
Not comics, but everybody keeps sending me I am Sitting in a Video Room (be sure to watch the other 999!) and this recent news piece on "the writer who couldn't read" on the assumption that I'd find them interesting—which I did, so there they are.
Via Spurge, his annual Comic-Con Survival Guide and an awesome Jack Kirby Quote.
Finally, here are some nice immersive comics pages from concept artist Justin coro Kaufman.
So, yeah… truly random, but there you go. Go back to playing Angry Birds and...
June 24, 2010
Flight 7 Preview
Via Kazu's blog comes word that the Flight 7 preview is up. And—no surprise—it looks gorgeous.
Volume 7 will be the last Flight (at least in its current incarnation). Volume 1 came out in July of 2004, only six years ago, so I might be overreaching to tag this with "Comics History," but it feels that way to me.
One of my favorite memories of Comic-Con 2004 was when the boxes of Volume 1 arrived at the Flight booth and I ran over from our funky, inflatable furniture-filled booth nearby, in...
June 23, 2010
Scenes from a Multiverse
I didn't know this would be New Site Week when I started, but here we go with another and it's a big one.
Jon Rosenberg of Goats fame has launched his brand new Scenes from a Multiverse and (after a few hiccups) it's up and running smoothly. Check it out today, click to back to last Monday and read it from the beginning!
June 22, 2010
The Spiders Return
True to his word, Patrick Farley has begun posting new pages at electricsheepcomix.com: A new prologue for his epic, SF, alternate history gulf war comic "The Spiders."
Mr. F. writes:
"'The Spiders' will update WEEKLY, from now until the story concludes. Also in the works: the site redesign (I'm *going* to make it work on the iPad if it kills me) as well as the reboot of 'Apocamon' and 'Delta Thrives,' both of which will appear later this summer.
Thank you thank you THANK YOU for allowing me...
June 21, 2010
Paul Chadwick Pours a New Foundation
Paul Chadwick has a new site featuring excerpts from his award-winning series Concrete, as well as other features.
Ivy and I have a running joke that every time I get nominated for anything, we just assume that Chadwick will beat me since that's what happened for years while I was working on the Zot! series (at least until I did UC and invented a category he wasn't competing in).
Truth is, though, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Check out his swanky new site and the great comics...
June 18, 2010
Comics Around the Pacific
Although the official 24-Hour Comics Day won't be until October 2, it looks like artists in The Philippines will be sitting down to draw on Saturday, July 17 at 9:00 am. in preparation for PICCA. Good luck to all participants!
Only a few days later, across the Pacific Ocean, Comic-Con will be starting here in the U.S.
Since I'm deep in the middle of my own project right now and not ready to show anything yet, I'll be on four panels focusing on other comics creators this year: Friends Kurt...
Comics, Summer, and the Pacific Rim
Although the official 24-Hour Comics Day won't be until October 2, it looks like artists in The Philippines will be sitting down to draw on Saturday, July 17 at 9:00 am. in preparation for PICCA. Good luck to all participants!
Only a few days later, across the Pacific Ocean, Comic-Con will be starting here in the U.S.
Since I'm deep in the middle of my own project right now and not ready to show anything yet, I'll be on four panels focusing on other comics creators this year: Friends Kurt...
June 17, 2010
Randomy Randomness
Okay, lost time in LA yesterday so I wanna get right back to the drawing board, but in the meantime, here's the new international trailer for Scott Pilgrim (via Mal), a new OK Video (via our friend Lori), and one of the funniest things I've read in a while.
June 16, 2010
Al Williamson, 1931-2010
I was waiting to mention this, because I knew that Tom Spurgeon would have the best write-up on the late master and he does.
Only met the man a few times. We travelled in different circles. But he seemed kind and charming and his talent was self-evident.
Combined with the recent passing of Frazetta, expect the phrase "end of an era" to come up a lot—and not without justification.
and…
In other news, just a quick note for those of you who were intrigued by my write-up of the Legendary Brian Dewan ...
June 15, 2010
I Couldn't do it, Could You?
For those who didn't follow the link in Friday's post, James Sturm has quit the internet for four months and is writing about it at Slate.
It's not exactly Thoreau territory. He's still using his phone (now more than ever!) and still part of the electronic landscape in other ways. He's even talked to ABC about it. But his observations on the process are illuminating and his illustrations for the article are a delight.
James and I have had some vigorous debates about the value of information...
