Archive for November, 2007
It’s teaser week here at the Ferret Press/PANEL blog!
Anyway, just wanted to share a couple pages of art from Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now #6, written by yours truly (adapting Cory’s “I, Robot” short story,) and drawn by Erich Owen. Erich is the artist on the popular Mail Order Ninja series of books from Tokyopop.
The book will ship in March 2008, under a cover by Ashley Wood.
This weekend at the Mid-Ohio-Con, the PANEL collective debuts the 10th volume of our anthology comic. The title of this one is PANEL X, and as you may have guessed, the theme is…um, adult stuff.
Here’s the title page from Craig Bogart’s “Dirty Cop”, which is a story that’s wrong on so many levels…
And here’s a teaser from page 1 of a story I wrote for the inimitable Matt Kish…
I don’t think I’m even geeky enough to get all the references. And I went to see an episode of the original Star Trek at AMC Lennox 24 last week.
“Watchmen Babies” is freaking hilarious, though.
While we’re on the subject of Alan Moore … I asked a local comic book guy if LXG:3 is any good. We agreed that an Alan Moore comic isn’t in danger of not being good.
The danger is it could be *too* good for us to enjoy.
Ok, I think this one might be a toughie…unless you have the comic. In which case, no guessing!
(click image to Lutherize)
(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005, 10/31/2005, 11/1/2005, 11/2/2005, 11/3/2005, 11/4/2005, 11/5/2005, 11/6/2005, 11/7/2005, 11/14/2005, 11/21/2005, 11/28/2005, 12/5/2005, 12/12/2005, 12/19/2005, 12/26/2005, 1/2/2006, 1/9/2006, 1/16/2006, 1/23/2006, 1/30/2006, 2/06/2006, 2/13/2006, 2/20/2006, 2/27/2006, 3/6/2006, 3/13/2006, 3/20/2006, 3/27/2006, 4/3/2006, 4/4/2006, 4/5/2006, 4/6/2006, 4/7/2006, 4/8/2006, 4/9/2006, 4/10/2006, 4/17/2006, 4/23/2006, 5/1/2006, 5/8/2006, 5/15/2006, 5/22/2006, 5/29/2006, 6/5/2006, 6/12/2006, 6/19/2006, 6/26/2006, 7/3/2006, 7/10/2006, 7/17/2006, 7/24/2006, 7/31/2006, 8/7/2006, 8/13/2006, 8/21/2006, 8/28/2006, 9/4/2006, 9/11/2006, 9/18/2006, 9/25/2006, 10/2/2006, 10/9/2006, 10/16/2006, 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007, 1/22/2007, 1/29/2007, 2/5/2007, 2/12/2007, 2/19/2007, 2/26/2007, 3/5/2007, 3/12/2007, 3/19/2007, 3/26/2007, 4/2/2007, 4/5/2007, 4/9/2007, 4/16/2007, 4/23/2007, 4/30/2007, 5/7/2007, 5/14/2007, 5/21/2007, 5/28/2007, 6/4/2007, 6/11/2007, 6/18/2007, 6/25/2007, 7/2/2007, 7/9/2007, 7/16/2007, 7/23/2007, 7/30/2007, 8/6/2007, 8/13/2007, 8/20/2007, 8/27/2007, 9/3/2007, 9/10/2007, 9/17/2007, 9/24/2007, 10/1/2007, 10/8/2007, 10/15/2007, 10/22/2007, 10/29/2007, 11/5/2007, 11/12/2007)
Man, I hadn’t updated the Brainbot Jr. website in about 6 months! So anyway, you can now check out the strips from the last several months, including this latest one that will be in the November issue of Melt.
Just a reminder, they’re showing an episode of the original Star Trek on the big screen at Lennox and Easton tonight. Shows are at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.; I’m going to the 7:30 p.m. show at Lennox tonight if anyone wants to come with.
Do I already have tickets? Blink once for yes! Hell, you should count yourself lucky if I don’t go in costume.
The event was originally scheduled for Tuesday only, but they scheduled Thursday due to demand. I bought my tickets at 7 p.m. last night, and the girl at the ticket counter said they were 40 percent sold by that point. They sold out completely on Tuesday.
Animated Kirk is … overcome … with joy and … happiness.
I see another design at shirt.woot by indy comics dude, Paul Hornschemeier. His last shirt (the “Oh Well” design that Tom has) didn’t do so well. I don’t see this design flying with the Woot crowd either. But hey, it’s only $10 today, with free shipping. After today, it goes up to $15.
Raina posted a link to her dude’s illustration tips. Their good tips and a nice refresher in today’s marketplace for those wanting to break in. I don’t know how well the ‘booking reviews while on vacation’ bit will play out with your significant other. I think mine would go back home if I decided to schedule a visit to Rolling Stone’s office.. since we’re there.
Jennifer de Guzman posts some helpful tips on submitting to Slave Labor. A big pet peeve is referencing tv shows or a movie in your pitch. I think that’s a good rule of thumb all around. I get irritated reading scripts that reference tv shows. I sigh, because I may have to work double time to make it read.. as a comic! Not a frigging episode of 24. Unless it’s actually a comic based on the show 24.
This one’s for Kish…apparently there’s a CGI feature film version of AstroBoy in production, slated for a 2009 release. It’s by the same studio that did the recent CGI TMNT movie.
FirstShowing.net has an interview with the director.
“FS.net: Are you trying to modernize him or do anything to create a more widespread appeal beyond just the fans?The challenge is to appeal to the non fans while not upsetting those who grew up with this character. Every step of the way we are including Tezuka Studios to ensure we’re being respectful to one of Asia’s most recognizable icons.”
Hey indy comix fans, Top Shelf is having a year-end sale:
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here’s a sample of the kinds of deals you can get:
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Now comes the news that Michael Bay is going to leak fake scoops on the Transformers sequel to throw off Internet leaks. Any details you have about the plot may be fake.
Mission accomplished, Michael. I saw the first one, and I wasn’t 100 percent sure what happened.
I followed most of it pretty well, but there were some “what?” moments. Like — why would Megatron etch his location into someone’s glasses?
The action was particularly difficult to follow. Each robot has about 100 moving parts, and the robot himself is moving. Then, the camera is moving. They could have used some comic book-style inking on that one. It’s simple. You put a stronger outline on the outside to define the figure. And hold the damn camera steady.
I hated the ending — and I’m not talking about the robot circle jerk. I never figured out who any of the Decepticons were, and I could never tell Megatron from Starscream. The bit about having to carry Bumblebee was fairly cool, but was Jazz ripped in half? Why is it always the black guy?
And seriously — no one takes down Megatron but Optimus Prime. Prime went down like a bitch.
Eh. I complain too much. It was an enjoyable way to spend 90 minutes. Too bad it clocks in at 144 minutes.