#Poll: Do you read #print or #digital#comics? #epub#comicmarket#amwriting#creatorowned#amreading#indie — Patrick Weibel (@Weibart) November 16, 2015 Twitter now lets you include a poll when you tweet that expires in 24 hours. Interested to see readers’ preferences toward digital or print comics reading! You must have a Twitter account to vote! This poll expires after 10PM ET tonight!
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GL:TAS Fanart – Kilowog!
Four years ago today, Green Lantern the Animated Series premiered. Thanks to everyone who watched & made fan art. It means the world. GLTAS — Giancarlo Volpe (@Giancarlo_Volpe) November 11, 2015 Giancarlo’s tweet about the 4th year anniversary of Green Lantern: The Animated Series made me want to draw up some fanart! I sketched theContinue reading “GL:TAS Fanart – Kilowog!”
Popular Ebook Subscription Service, Oyster, Shuts Down
Oyster is shutting down and most of its staff’s leaving to join Google Play Books: Via Publishers Weekly: According to a report on the tech news site Re/Code, most of the Oyster staff, including CEO Eric Stromberg and Oyster cofounders Andrew Brown and Willem Van Lancker, are leaving the company to join Google Play Books.Continue reading “Popular Ebook Subscription Service, Oyster, Shuts Down”
Drew Weing on The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo
First Second to publish Drew Weing’s The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo http://t.co/pqpeSkdYgw pic.twitter.com/xHMdwmgJXr — Heidi MacDonald (@Comixace) September 22, 2015 Do you read Heidi MacDonald’s The Beat? You should be reading The Beat. MacDonald is great at shedding light on kid-lit graphic novels and comics news, and is often the source I find these stories. She reportsContinue reading “Drew Weing on The Creepy Casefiles of Margo Maloo”
Brad Bird On The Value of Bringing Disney-level Quality to Hand-Drawn Animated Movies
Toonzone News reports on Brad Bird’s (The Director of The Iron Giant and The Incredibles) recent Collider interview: Bird “thinks traditional, 2-D, hand-drawn animation is poised for a comeback, but the only way it can do so is if it breaks into different genres than the musical format that dominated it until the advent of CG.” Bird thinks traditionalContinue reading “Brad Bird On The Value of Bringing Disney-level Quality to Hand-Drawn Animated Movies”
This Is How You Do A Book Trailer
This is how it’s done. This is the book trailer for Kairos, a french graphic novel by Author/Illustrator Ulysse Malassagne. Animated by Studio La Cachette. This is a perfect example of two important points. The first point is hand-drawn animation is powerful and deeply engaging to the viewer on a level unique to itself. The secondContinue reading “This Is How You Do A Book Trailer”
Bryan Cohen On How To Write Your Book Sales Description
On one of my favorite self-publishing podcasts, The Creative Penn Podcast, host Joanna Penn interviews Bryan Cohen, who runs the copywriting service for authors called Best Page Forward and is the co-host of the self-publishing podcast the Sell More Books Show with Jim Kukral (also one of my favorites!). Bryan Cohen is running a giveaway called The $1,000Continue reading “Bryan Cohen On How To Write Your Book Sales Description”
Vixen Fan Art Warm-Up!
Decided to do a warm-up sketch of Vixen from the animated series on CW Seed! I’m a big fan of Phil Bourassa who’s the lead character designer on the series. I made some tweaks to her design on the fly, but for the most part, I tried to stay true to Phil’s design. Phil’sContinue reading “Vixen Fan Art Warm-Up!”
Comic Blitz Set To Offer Up Netflix-style Digital Comics Service
@ComicBlitzApp To Offer #Netflix-style #DigitalComics Svc https://t.co/lGjatAf2qx#makecomics#comics#amreading#comicmarket#indie#epub — Patrick Weibel (@Weibart) July 29, 2015 Read Newsarama’s full Interview with the CEO of Comic Blitz, Jordan Plosky, where he discusses the mission and future of this Netflix-style service! Newsarama: Jordan, what is Comic Blitz? Jordan Plosky: Comic Blitz is basically like Netflix, except for digital comics. SoContinue reading “Comic Blitz Set To Offer Up Netflix-style Digital Comics Service”
Phil Bourassa Talks Character Design On “Son of Batman” DTV
A short behind the scenes look at my thought process for designing the characters in our DC Animated features: https://t.co/HBv6xjPy83 — Phil Bourassa (@phil_bourassa) July 26, 2015 One of my favorite character designers, Phil Bourassa, tweeted about a featurette from DC Comics’ recent Son of Batman DTV, which you can view above. The featurette is aContinue reading “Phil Bourassa Talks Character Design On “Son of Batman” DTV”
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