January 2012
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AUSTIN KLEON: Know any creative couples? →
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Hey friends,
For an upcoming project1, I’m looking for creative2 couples — married or partnered, straight or gay — who make cool things.
Preferably: 1) they are delightful in conversation and 2) they make things together (as in, run a business together) or make things apart…
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Watchfantagraphics:
The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 1: The Early Years of Bitter Struggle (Expanded Softcover Ed.) by Robert Crumb
208-page black & white/color 8.5” x 11” softcover • $24.99 ISBN: 978-1-60699-558-7
Ships in: March 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now
This long out-of-print first volume of the multiple Harvey and Eisner award- winning Complete Crumb Comics series has been one...
MEDIABISTRO: Gizmodo bans editor from website's... →
Heh—mentioned my birth year in an answer to a FB comment and now the someone I was addressing is seemingly somehow embarrassed that I did… How nice to be THAT old. Because otherwise, why could it possibly seem like it’s a ‘bad’ thing that I said it out loud? By the way—I am not young. I didn’t think I was so staggeringly old, but apparently—ye...
APE IN A CAPE: "Make Your Own, Then" →
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gailsimone:
Been thinking about this a lot lately, pardon me if it’s a bit scattered, I have to jot this down between deadlines and may mess it up a little.
I have seen, a million times, people with complaints about art or comics or film or music, dismissed online with the simple comment, “Make your own,…
I must respectfully disagree. While I am a comic book artist and writer...
Stuff That Is Good: Making A Living As A Comics... →
valerierosegallaher:
This post by Dean Haspiel on Trip City is heartfelt, frank, and timely: “Publish or Perish”
“Securing work from franchise publishers is harder than ever before and very few other publishers pay livable advance wages anymore. Most deals are made for royalties and back end rewards based on…
Didn’t see this when it first went up as I was out of town and away...
Are cartoonists doomed to die poor and homeless... →
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keiren-smith:
The Beat writes of comics creators trying to earn a living and pay their bills in this economy…and whether it’s feasible to try and make it as a comics creator these days.
A quote from the article:
“We’re more than 30 years into the “creator era” of comics, and the question isn’t where is Scott Snyder now. It’s where is Don McGregor now. What is the...
“There’s still far too much stigma attached to the issues of mental and emotional...”
– Mary Elizabeth Williams on Salon.com arguing that internet commenters savaging Demi Moore for being hospitalised for stress and exhaustion are, perhaps, missing the point.
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Are cartoonists doomed to die poor and homeless... →
The Beat writes of comics creators trying to earn a living and pay their bills in this economy…and whether it’s feasible to try and make it as a comics creator these days.
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“For me, at this point, poor is a choice because I want to draw comics for a...”
– Faith Erin Hicks, (Friends with Boys) talking about earning a living as a Canadian comics creator.
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Faith Erin Hicks, "Friends with Boys" --and a... →
The last couple weeks have seen similar posts from a couple of creators (Ryan Estrada had a cool graphic last week) about how they earn their living in comics, and how much. The truth seems to be that some can earn a living in comics—but through more-or-less constant work (creating secondary product, constantly going to shows, commissions, etc).
Towards the end of her post, Hicks says,
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FIGURE DRAWING FOR THE COMIC BOOK ARTIST →
torontocartoonistsworkshop:
Ty Templeton has written a blog post on his class and the Sneak Peek Workshop, and included some scans of drawings from one of the attendees, and some photos TCW instructor Geordie Millar took.
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Question: Doing a little Renewal Scorecard freak-out after Sera Gamble recently called Supernatural‘s future uncertain. Do you still think it’s a safe bet for renewal? —Casey Ausiello: Yes. In fact, I’m thisclose to upgrading it to A Sure Thing.
(from TVLine Ask Ausiello)
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Is This A New Era Of Marvel Kids Comics?
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valerierosegallaher:
Comics Based On “Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” and “Ultimate Spider-Man” Cartoons On The Way
I especially like Dan Slott and Ty Templeton on Ultimate Spider-Man Adventures — they did a memorable job on the Batman Adventures-type comics back in the day…and hey, I edited mini-series by both of them so’s I know they are good eggs!
Aww! thanks for the...
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What Charlize Theron Doesn’t Get About Black... →
from The Daily Beast, “During Newsweek’s Oscar roundtable, The Help’s Viola Davis tried to speak about the difficulties of being a black actress in Hollywood—but a well-intentioned reply from Theron was just another example of the problem.”
“The only truly interesting thing about Elektra is that she died.”
– Yes, I’m quoting myself. After hitting “publish” I realized that I was guilty of putting a woman in the refrigerator.
I could delete the post, but better to keep it and document my own realization that I can sometimes be a misogynist. It’s the more honest thing to do.
(via thebombbag)