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 ...

Halloween 2014 Masquerade Mash! An Original Comic Character and Costume Challenge
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Oct. 6, 2014FRIDAY 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 ...
Drawing One-Point Perspective for Comic Backgrounds
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Sept. 1, 2014
I may not be the authority on drawing backgrounds in comics. However, I did spend about two years taking several classes centered around perspective drawing so I do know a little bit more than the average bear. The idea that I have is this, as comic makers, we enjoy telling ...
Staying Positive in Troubled Times
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Aug. 25, 2014
I have been trying to avoid the real world news the last few weeks because it just goes from bad to worse to even more worse. Just last night, there was a large earthquake in Northern California, Iceland is getting ready for another volcanic eruption, and Dr. Hammond from Jurassic ...
FRIDAY NEWSPOST - Lite Bites Calling for Artists
HippieVan at 12:00AM, Aug. 22, 2014
Lite Bites needs artists! Lite Bites is a long-running community project where artists and writers come together on short comics.
From Genejoke:
“We have various shot scripts awaiting artists, however, in an attempt to try something a little different I'm looking to get Operation moon 2 drawn but a ...