Comics are a great medium for action-heavy stories, but showing inner conflict without massive walls of text can be difficult. The other day I picked up a very disappointing graphic novel version of “Frankenstein” - it read like an illustrated summary of the book, not reflecting any of the angst and ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Inner Turmoil in Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 17, 2014WEEK 2 of the Halloween 2014 Masquerade Mash: An Original Comic Character and Costume Challenge!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 13, 2014
Good evening boys and GHOULS (to quote my favorite crypt keeper).
I hope you have been having a frightful October. Kudos to the Blood Moon making an appearance last week, Mercury Retrograde is in full motion (which means it only appears to be moving in reverse), and Pluto has just ...
Halloween 2014 Masquerade Mash! An Original Comic Character and Costume Challenge
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 6, 2014
It is finally October which means the smell of maple spice, burning firewood, and pumpkin pie fill the air. After having grown up with the Peanuts' “It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and Ray Bradbury's book “The October Country”, I understand how much this month is cherished. Fall ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Used Books Patreon
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Oct. 3, 2014
Vickie Boutwell has started a Patreon for her comic Used Books!
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the site, Patreon allows people to become “patrons” of creators by pledging small amounts of money for work produced.
Pledging larger amounts also comes with perks on top of that good ...
The Fantastic World of Aircraft Nose Pin-Up Art
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 22, 2014
It is difficult to imagine a greater canvas than the nose of an aircraft to display art. I love to visit aviation museums to look at each individual plane, but one part I always like to pay special attention to is the art displayed near the front of the plane ...
Support 2D Animation in the Hullabaloo's Indiegogo Campaign!!
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 15, 2014
“The greatest animated film you get to help make.”
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hullabaloo-steampunk-animated-film
You may or may not have heard of the Hullabaloo Steampunk 2D (hand-drawn) animated film by a team of former Disney and Dreamworks animators. The indiegogo crowdfunded project was spearheaded by James Lopez, an alumni ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Documenting Travel Through Comics
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Sept. 5, 2014
Often when I'm trying to introduce a friend or family members to graphic novels (or I'm trying to convince them that comics can have more substance than Archie or Superman), I will gift them a copy of something by Guy Delisle. For those of you not familiar with ...