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“…A Republic, if you can keep it.” This weekend is the MCBA Fall Comic-con in St.Paul, MN. I will, for the first time in about ten years, not be attending. I had intended to not say much of anything about why, (an unusual show of restraint by me) but it… Continue reading
Okay…new blogs every Wednesday…so…uhm…here we go. I just did two mid-sized comic-cons in two weeks so I am tired. So damn tired. I’ll give the winners and losers of 2015 next week, I have to get a little info from a friend of mine on a couple of things so… Continue reading
don’t judge a book by it’s illustrators desk or to see yourself as the world sees you A by gone era of comic book publishing known as “the Golden Age” gave us the industry we have now. Out of that era came the greats like Jack Kirby, Wally Wood, Alex… Continue reading
When you are inking, you want to be loose…as in not tense. I have a bunch of pages that I have been saving to do last, for the next book. Illustrating can be just like any other physical skill, like say…being a pitcher in the major leagues, you are… Continue reading
There is a scene in the original Star Trek t.v. show where Dr. bone takes a smart pill or absorbs smart rays or something and starts doing a brain transplant with supreme confidence…then the ray or pill wears off and he becomes terrified and questions why he ever thought he… Continue reading
(pics at bottom) “amid all chaos there is calculation” Lorde “we don’t need luck, we have talent” Steve Dahl Comic-Con International. 150,000 plus people. A convention center 7 city blocks long, three city blocks deep, full of every publisher, video game company, t.v. network, movie studio, and toy company even… Continue reading
HOLY SH*T KID! COMICS! or The road to Comic-con International Part 3 We’ve already gone over how less and less of Comic-Con International has anything to do with actual comic books, and how, at our booth anyway, we would be drawing a line in the sand and focusing on our… Continue reading
For most people summertime includes outdoors and vacations. My industry has it’s largest convention right in the middle of it, so for me it means deadlines, and long hours. I have done very little besides work, and prepare for the con usually with HBO’s Deadwood on in the background. It’s… Continue reading
Last update June 27 Stay tuned for more possible surprises as we close in on the show! Including details on the “stump Doug on Deadwood quotes for 50% off” contest Link below is for our place on the CCI Exclusives webpage. We will have the three listed there, and one… Continue reading
