September 2010
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a Halo of teeth [dream]
The battlefield has been deserted by the living the sun is setting and I’m alone and dieing or already dead and my body hasn’t noticed yet on a distant corpsemound a figure approaches limping like its bones haven’t been connected properly he seems to wear a halo of fliesin mid-stride he stops and pulls out a molar from a dead soldiers jaw he throws it in the air where it joins...
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The Art of Coloring: Making Comics With Dave...
Open up a comic book and tell me the first thing you see. It isn’t the story or the lettered; those elements of a comic book take time to read, digest, and comprehend. It’s not the art, either. You can tell if art is dope or not at a glance, but you can’t absorb any details without taking a break and really looking at a page. No, the first thing you see in a comic...
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Comics' Initiative News round up
Last Unicorn Creators To Fund Extra Pages For IDW Last Unicorn is an adapted comic series coming out from IDW based on the Peter S. Beagle novel, by Peter Gillis, Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon, through Conlar Press. And, with issue 3 on the way to stores, it’s hit a problem. And the creators have come up with a novel solution. readmore @ Bleeding Cool A Call to Comic Creators! My...
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twitter leads to blogging
..And bloggers relax while tweeting.* You probably can’t tell by my postings and tweets, but I used to be horribly shy. Shy to the point I’d rather walk away than reply to a sincere ‘how do you do’. Did the internet turn me into a motor mouth? Not exactly. I’m still very subdued when I meet strangers face to face. So what has changed? Since the dawn of the...
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Ghostbird twitter icon (illustration)
See and download the full gallery on posterous Ghostbird started off as a doodle in my sketchbook. Afterwardsthe thougth occured to me that there is no reason why I shouldn’t ‘ve made it into an actual image for personal use as your twitter icon. Giving me credit if you use it (and maybe letting me know how you like it, I like feedback :) will make me feel fuzzy and glowy inside my...
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Morning News round up.
Pterodactyl Link: (en) (nl) fishy evolution (nl) Photo credit: Bolikhamxay Provincial Conservation Unit (via physorg.com) Asian unicorn: saola For the first time in more than ten years, there has been a confirmed sighting of one of the rarest and most mysterious animals in the world, the saola of Laos and Vietnam. The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic...
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Morning News round up.
Pterodactyl Link: (en) (nl) fishy evolution (nl) Photo credit: Bolikhamxay Provincial Conservation Unit (via physorg.com) Asian unicorn: saola For the first time in more than ten years, there has been a confirmed sighting of one of the rarest and most mysterious animals in the world, the saola of Laos and Vietnam. The Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic...
Platypus Caliber a comic strip by Andre Navarro...
If you like this (I know you’re smirking) then go over to Andre’s Pitch Black website and read some more. Savour them, because the new ones are due next week. NEXT WEEK. Thats ages in dog years.
Lucky In Love. Suave! (photo + graphic novel...
Are you in the mood for comic exploits, dames and aeroplanes? Then drop your superhero comics and/or studybooks and pick up Lucky In Love. Lucky in Love reads like the stories your grandad would tell about his youthful follies and adventures during 1942 while he’s visualising it with popeye cartoons. The illustrations by Stephan Destefano (Ren & Stimpy, Venture Brothers) are...
At last scientists finally understand what makes...
Most antidepressants don’t show an immediate effect - instead, they take about three weeks to kick in. For the longest time, scientists couldn’t actually explain this delay. They knew the antidepressants had to somehow “adapt” themselves to the neural pathways, but what that actually meant was anyone’s guess. Now a team of French researchers have figured it out:...
Making Future Magic: light painting with the iPad...
<p>Making Future Magic: iPad light painting from Dentsu London on Vimeo.</p> Go here for the article on the BERG website.
Cell phones Powered by Conversation (link)
Cell phones Powered by Conversation Scientists from Korea have turned the main ingredient of calamine lotion into a tiny material that converts sound waves into electricity. The research could lead to panels that can charge a cell phone from a conversation or provide a boost of energy to the nation’s electrical grid generated by the noise during rush hour traffic. Piezoelectrics! ...
'trust them, they're professionals'
‘trust them, they’re professionals’ or alternatively: ‘Star Wars Shadows of Tatooine’ paper giclee* This one is filed under ‘wants it’ That means: stuff i’d like to buy but would also like to be gifted if you don’t know what to do with your spare cash. ;) Or be kind and give yourself a present. :) store’s here: entertaintment...
Ghost Bird! (sketch)
Ghost Bird: protector of missing tweets.
Peter Parker Spiderman Panel by Skottie Young...
He’s inking it. so that means its almost on the stands. :)
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spiderman cologne- penny arcade (image)
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Half of art is knowing when to stop (image)
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Bestiarium Imago
Today, while mindlessly staring at the sidewalk, I narrowly avoided squashing a cartwheel mosquito. They’re harmless,-although my maternal grandmother harboured an intense dislike of them, because ‘they made her waterpools look ugly’- and to my five year old fantasy they we’re the elephants amongst the mosquito’s; long-legged, likable and goofy looking critters. ...
Where the Hell Am I? Jason Aaron's CBR Column.
When looking for news about comics one of my first stops is the Comic Book Resources website. With both mainstream and indy creator interviews and spotlights on series and their industry columns Brian Hibb’s Tilting at Windmills, Re:tales and as of last wednesday Where the Hell am I? A column by Jason Aaron about how he got to work in comics and why he’s still rockin’ it....
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icelandbob: Oh great. all I’ve got is a cushion and a puppy… All I have are a fat cat and a red deskchair with wheels
Fantagraphics to publish Lost William S. Burroughs...
SEATTLE, WA, SEPT. 9, 2010 —- Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce the acquisition of the only graphic novel written by — and possibly the last unseen work of his to be published — the innovative Beat writer and Naked Lunch author, William S. Burroughs. This lost masterpiece, Ah Pook Is Here, created in collaboration with artist Malcolm McNeill in the 1970s, will be published in the...
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Tips for Budding Crime Writers: Dialogue |... →
Not on the nose, please. Conflict is essential in effective crime writing. I like to create conflict in my dialogue by keeping it oblique. For instance, it’s amazing how much tension can be generated simply by banning yesand no (and their synonyms). Try it at home or work, and you’ll soon see what I mean. There’s nothing worse than dialogue that’s a series of questions and answers. Particularly...
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The Dark Heart of Noir →
‘…noir is different. In noir novels (and films, but let’s confine ourselves to the novels here), any apparent order is generally illusory; things don’t work the way they’re supposed to; justice is rare and, when present, often accidental. Rules are imposed on the powerless by the powerful, who in turn don’t constrain themselves to live by those rules — and the would-be justice seekers...
