I wanted to thank everyone who came by on Saturday night to watch me color this particular strip. It was a good time and good conversation. We will be doing it again next Saturday night at 10:00pm eastern, so be sure to stop by and say hi!
You can buy the original art for this strip! Click here to learn more.
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Look who I found wandering around in one of the panels in the latest Legend of Bill comic strip. That’s right. Success has gone to Larry’s little head, and he thinks he can just run off to greener pastures any time he wants.
Seriously though, This was a huge surprise to me and I am extremely honored to have one of my characters immortalized in the pages of Legend of Bill. Thanks so much Dave!
And speaking of honor, I am also very, very honored to have been asked to contribute to Tom Dell’Aringa’s next Marooned book! I will be creating a one-page comic that takes place within the Marooned universe. I am very excited to get started on this one, and it will be nice to get off of the beach for a bit and head for the stars!
Holy Cow you guys! Will Terrell, the amazing artist behind the comic Super Zeroes sent me this ASTOUNDING piece of fan art.
Isn’t it stunning!? Will has taken a bit of a break from his own comic, but is starting up again soon. So if you like surfing and the beach life (and heck, who here doesn’t right?) Head on over to superzeros.net and check out his work. His comic has been a favorite of mine for a while now!
Now, how do I convince Will to write and draw my strip for me and let me sign my name to it…
It’s Fanby Fridays again and I wanted to take this moment to bring to your attention one of my personal favorites. It’s called: Red’s Planet and it is drawn by the extremely talented Eddie Pittman. This comic started up in 2010 and is brand-spanking new, so now is the perfect time to get on board and start reading!
If this comic looks to beautiful to be true, it might have something to do with the fact that Eddie is a former Disney artist who has worked on films like Mulan, Emperor’s New Groove (a personal favorite) and Lilo and Stitch. He has the pedigree, and it is certainly on display here. The line work is beautiful and the character construction is amazing. I am always extremely impressed when an artist can construct a character in many different poses and angles and it still looks correctly proportioned. That is perhaps the hardest trick for a cartoonist to do, and Eddie pulls it off so effortlessly here. His characters are also extremely expressive which is such an important yet so often overlooked aspect to cartooning. You just don’t see a lot of it in webcomics. I also really love the way he uses color and light to help set the mood. Again, a very important, yet rarely seen aspect of fine cartooning. I’ve learned a lot from the few pages that have made their way to the web so far. (EDIT: The Artist just posted an article on how he designs his characters. Very informative!)
The plot of this comic is wonderful as well. It’s about a little girl named “Red” who runs away from her foster home and is mistakenly abducted by aliens and then marooned on a deserted planet. Although we have yet to see much of this, (Eddie just finished up the prologue) I am looking forward to seeing where this comic goes.
It is rare that I catch a webcomic of this quality right at the beginning of it’s run, so I am very excited to get a chance to share this with you before it breaks out and becomes HUGE! So what are you waiting for? Go check out Red’s Planet today!
A robot gives us it’s perspective of what it means to be human in this amazing commercial spot:
Perhaps there are similar themes with what I am doing? Hmm?
Hi all! I have a couple of quick news items today. First of all, The gang at Comic Book Resources had some kind words to say about Robot Beach! Head over to their blog and check it out.
I recently got my grubby little hands on an artist edition copy of The Legend of Bill comic book. It is beautiful, and the sketch card is getting framed and added to my small (yet steadily growing) collection of original art from cartoonists.
Speaking of new comic books, Steve Ogden is just about ready to start taking orders for book 1 of his fantastic Moon Town series. You might want to get in line now, because these are sure to go fast. Especially considering that he has just been named “Best New Webcomic” by the Webcomic List Awards! Congratulations Steve! This is only the beginning my friend, I’ve got a good feeling about this.
And finally, I am going to be attending the C2E2 Comic Con in Chicago this year. (attendee only) This is my first comic convention and I am super excited to meet some of the people who’s work I’ve been reading a lot of lately.
