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    • BACK TO THE BOTTOM

    • Posted by chris g on 14 Sep 10
    • Cross posted from my blog

      My new Print-On-Demand volume of Team Mummy comics is now available to order! I'm really happy with how it turned out.
      You can read Volumes 1 and 2 (plus an extra chapter!) FOR FREE RIGHT HERE

      Team Mummy Vol. 2

      SIDEBAR: Also available is MUMMY-BOY. The "proto" Team Mummy book, if you will.

      ALSO: Here's a Team Mummy Vol. 1 review by @rickiep00h  ^__^

      All books written, drawn, lettered and designed by me. I honestly don't know how I did it (I didn't go to school to learn comics or design-y stuff...obviously) I don't expect to get rich, or get a movie (give me one though! (jk)) from any of this so all I can say is that these books were powered by my shriveled heart and my love of comics and art. They are "albums" of wherever the hell my head was at the time and also served as a way to hone my skills and find myself a voice. Blablablabla...anyway

      I hope you give them a chance. I've spent the last four years with these characters but I'm ready to say goodbye and move on. But I won't forget them and I hope you add these to your collection so that you don't forget them either <3
      -Chris G.

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    • This is not a pitch

    • Posted by joshdahl on 12 Sep 10
    • From my script blog

      I was listening to Robert Kirkman on Wordballoon this morning on my way to work.
      It was an interview from about a year ago in which Kirkman talks about his writing process, his comics, and comics in general.

      One young fan asks for advice on making comics and "breaking in". In his response, Kirkman essentially describes my Rapid City project and says "don't do that".
      His point is that by writing and writing and writing, you essentially bury yourself under and unpublishable mound of material.
      And he is right. No publisher is going to agree to take a risk on a project which is hundreds of pages long. Not from an unknown, unproven, talent.

      Instead, Kirkman advises that you find an artist and make comics. This is the best way to show that you can make comics.

      He makes a good point, but I do not completely agree.
      With this approach, you will learn how to make a comic book, but not how to make comics.
      It is like trying to learn how to be a good husband by going on lots of dates.
      You can be Mr. Right all night. Super attentive, romantic, sensitive, and funny, but what are you like the next day? And the next day? And all the next days after that?

      You can find an artist and develop a one-shot project that you are both really excited about... but what about the next one? And the next one? You learn to work with giddy enthusiasm, but not with drudgery.*

      My goal with this project is not to develop a pitchable project. My goal is to develop the much sought-after ability to reliably produce comics month after month. If some of this eventually sees publication, that is fine with me, but that is not the intended purpose.

      This is not a pitch.

      This is not a way to sell the idea of Rapid City. Rather, Rapid City is a tool with which I can demonstrate my skill and dedication.

      Hopefully, there is an editor out there who needs someone who can reliably produce a comic book script on time. And, hopefullier, he is now googling the phrase "someone who can reliably produce a comic book script" and comes across this and sees that I can do what he needs done.

      And beyond all that, in all honesty, the fun of doing this and the pride at knowing that I can do it is more than enough to call it a success.

      *Beyond that point, the dating/marriage metaphor really breaks down, unless you take it to mean that I am symbolically "married" to this project.
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    • Robin LeBlanc Photography now on Facebook

    • Posted by oldhat on 8 Sep 10
    • Hey folks,

      Just wanted to let you know that I finally cracked and got myself a Facebook page. For those that like my photography and would like updates on new stuff, it will most likely happen on the fan page that I just set up while a web site is being created.

      It's not much now, as it just started, but the link to the fan page is HERE

      And of course, my photography can be found HERE

      Thanks for reading!
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    • Zola Jesus quick gig review - [aka Osmosis & Ben's night out in the East End] - September 1st

    • Posted by Ben Gwalchmai on 4 Sep 10
    • Just wanted to post a [very] quick review of Zola Jesus that Warren & Ariana were kind enough to help me out with.

      Though I'd never been before, I met Osmosis in the Electricity Showrooms just off Old Street and was glad I did - a sterling chap and a great pub.

      Off we went to the [fittingly, sweetly dingy] basement of CAMP and therein watched, felt in our chests and danced to Zola Jesus.

      She was brilliant, weird, tiny and fun - we danced, it seemed no one else there did but a lot of people watched her through their cameras.

      Great gig, shame about the fans who all seemed too cool to move or too enframed by their devices.

      I'd recommend going to her gigs 'oop north' if anyone that lives up that way reads this.

      Chars.

      -Out.
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    • Twitter

    • Posted by Rootfireember on 3 Sep 10
    • Okay, I got my follower requests back!
      ...There's about 115 of them, and I'm not sure how many of them are spam, and I'll be going through them after the weekend. heh. :)

      edit: Or not. I get a tally but when I click it, I get to a blank page :P
      ARGH Sorry guys.
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    • The right mind state for reading comics

    • Posted by CameronYousef on 27 Aug 10
    • I've often found that an entire comic can really go right over your head if you're not in the right mind state. Whether it's because you're sleepy, mentally preoccupied, horny or upset...you can read an entire graphic novel and miss a lot of important details. You might even end up hating that comic because you missed so many important things.

      That's why I think it's important to be relaxed and entirely willing to read before you sit down with a comic. There are a few that I have revisited and entirely changed my opinion about. My graphic novel collection consists of two stacks: DC and Vertigo. In the DC stack there's Green Lantern, tons of Batman, JLA, Nightwing, Superman and Ronin. In the Vertigo stack there's Transmetropolitan 1-7, 100 Bullets #1, DMZ #1 and 2, The Authority 1 and 2 (I don't have a Wildstorm section), Heavy Liquid and The Losers.

      After reading each one at least twice, the only one I still hate is The Losers.

      I know this is kind of a random subject, but I think it's something important to think about. I think re-reading comics that you're on the fence about or maybe dislike is imporant, because you may not get it the first time.
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    • Team Whitechapel

    • Posted by brittanica on 24 Aug 10
    • So Sneak046 propagated #TeamWhitechapel, a twitter hashtag of mysterious origin, last night, and goddamn it, I'm going along. There was much role-assigning and FB-group-making and such. I got the the role of Keeper of the Lists, obviously. So, if you want in, comment w/ your preferred role in our elite squad of specialized combat and art technicians. Names so far are of those who had titles already assigned.

      seantaclaus- Chief Artimancer
      brittanica- Keeper of the Lists
      Ginja- Tactical Rock-Monkey
      struthersneil- Follicle/Dental Technician
      Rachæl Tyrell- Daysleeping Woe-Vagrant
      mister hex- Cackling Fuckhead
      sebfowler- Cycling Mumbo / Current Aus. Prime Minister
      Artenshiur- Maintainer of Non-Euclidean Beards
      StaticGirl- Executive Kitten Whisperer / Asst. Hug Exchanger

      Arse Eel Relations (*snicker*)
      Corey Waits- Licensed Eel Handler

      Entertainment Squad
      Andre Navarro- Officer of Entertainment
      WillCouper- Storyteller Supreme
      Azabith- Barman-in-Chief / Soma Smuggler
      Ricochet- Head Wench
      sneak046- Commander of Tea and Other Warm Brown Beverages
      joe.distort- Chief Basement Show Positioning Expert
      ebullientsoul, tacopunch- Assist Team, Basement Show Positioning
      mista0-Apocalyptic Showgirl

      Stealth Operations
      sgrsickness- Creepy Reconnaissance Officer
      razrangel- NightWatchwoman
      FilmFan- Filthy Lurker
      Labyrinthine- Sneaky Antipodean Cannonball
      SnowfireAngel- Ninja Electron
      taphead- Transtemporal Audio Operative / Undercover Bedouin
      PintSizedCat- Pint Sized Cat / Slothful Watchmonkey

      Technological Specialists
      Icelandbob - Dead Zone Demolitions (Petty Officer)
      oddbill- Code Whisperer
      michaelk42- Giant Robot Pilot
      yskaya- Experimental Time-Travelling Agent

      Combat-Makers
      oldhat- Grand Inquisitor
      government spy- Chief Executioner
      Tanuki- Sketchy Antipodean Cannibal, 2nd Class
      Fauxhammer- Brutish Goon, Gold-Hearted Class
      citruscreed- Monosyllabic Grunt
      Rooth - Red Bearded StormLord
      Adam- Giant Pig Tamer, Southern Division
      Berserker- Beserker General
      Eddie Current- Ombudsman and Defenestration Officer 1st Class
      WaxPoetic- Progress Thwarter
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