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Cent pour Cent: "ziRitz" (NSFW)

Now that France's huge annual comics festival in Angoulême is concluded, I can share with you my contribution to Cent pour Cent (or "100 for 100″), an exhibition at the city's newly refurbished comics museum.

One hundred comics artists from around the globe were asked to choose a piece of classic comics art from the museum's vast collection of originals and then remix or re-imagine the work any way we liked.

I chose an Ernie Bushmiller Fritzi Ritz page (original here) and, deconstructed it to d...

Cent Pour Cent: "ziRitz" (NSFW)

Now that France's huge annual comics festival in Angoulême is concluded, I can share with you my contribution to Cent pour Cent (or "100 for 100″), an exhibition at the city's newly refurbished comics museum.

One hundred comics artists from around the globe were asked to choose a piece of classic comics art from the museum's vast collection of originals and then remix or re-imagine the work any way we liked.

I chose an Ernie Bushmiller Fritzi Ritz page (original here). And, deconstructed it to ...

Oh Crap! Hourly Comic Day!

[image error]It's a testament to how completely I'm wrapped up in the graphic novel that I forgot to post about Hourly Comics Day (offspring of 24HCD) until reader T. Diaz reminded me by email just now.

Technically, It's not over yet as I post this (Monday at 5:44pm), but… yeah… I suck.

Anyway Go! Look! Enjoy!

Dude, My Editor has a Webcomic!

Boy, first the Flatiron Building and now this?

Working with First Second and Mark Siegel is turning out to be a pretty cool gig.

That Trick Never Works

Dan Abram's Geekosystem pinged me this morning, telling me I'd made some Top 30 Geeky Writers list, so I'm guessing the brand new site sent out a bunch of these emails in hopes that a lot of people on the list would link back to them.

Won't work on me, though. I'm on to them.

Oh, wait…

(Actually, they put me next to Chabon and Mignola, so I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth; that list would make one hell of a dinner party.)

I'm Sure it Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

I wasn't checking Twitter much yesterday, but Ivy (my wife, not the comic book character this time) pointed out @BGFCentral's knowing tweet:

Only men talking in the video, only male hands using the product in the video. Yup. Explains the name.

Can't comment on the product yet—haven't tried it—though various specs sound a bit underwhelming if it's going to be displaying full-sized comics spreads. I guess we'll see.

[Video via Heidi]

Sarah Oleksyk's Ivy

Just got the fifth and last installment of Sarah Oleksyk's Ivy in the mail. Ivy sports confident storytelling and accomplished artwork that's been getting better throughout the series. (Also gotta love the title, since it happens to be the name of the woman I love, but that's neither here nor there).

I've been studying it for Oleksyk's use of a middle tone with black and white artwork since I've been toying with similar approaches for my graphic novel. There's something very warm and solid...

Reasons to Smile

Raina Telgemeier's graphic memoir for young readers Smile is set to drop a week from today. There's a short excerpt here and you can even watch a youtube trailer for the book here.

Smile is a classic all-ages comic of a kind we don't see nearly enough. Honest, funny, moving, and personal. And Telgemeier's clear, smart storytelling rocks as always.

The potential for this sort of comic shouldn't be underestimated. I'd wager that if you put copies of Smile in any orthodontist's office in the...

Thanks, New York!

Talked to a lot of people on my latest fact-finding mission to New York as I head into the rewrite phase of my graphic novel.

One of them, Nathan Schreiber, I had the pleasure of meeting last week, so this is as good an excuse as any to plug his great Act-I-Vate comic, Power Out (image above).

Shouts out as well to Dean Haspiel, Seth Kushner, Christopher Irving, Matt Madden, Jessica Abel, Tom Hart, Leela Corman, Jason Little, Myla Goldberg, Martha Thomases, John Tebbel, Mike Cavallaro, Becky...

Awww… (+ Taking the Week Off)

I'm off on another fact-finding mission, so I'm taking a week off of blogging, but before I go, I'd like to add my whole family's congratulations to Neil and Amanda on the official announcement of their engagement (and relief at not having to keep it a secret anymore)!

Real life takes some crazy random turns, but once in a while, fate seems to be paying attention. This one was meant to be.

(And of course, our hazy recollection that Sky introduced Neil to the music of the Dresden Dolls has been ...