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Bendis’ AKA Goldfish: the Tale of a Successful Writer, Not a Successful Artist

February 8th, 2010

This past week, Galaxy of Comics had a 50% off sale.  This means I bought about 10 trades and needed a whole crew of people to help me haul that crap back home.  During the course of this week I hope to talk about some of the stuff I bought as I read it.  Keep your eyes peeled on our sister site ComicImpact.com to get a more in depth review of each piece as I read it.

Couple things to start ourselves off with then we’ll get down to the “Camix” portion of our companion posts.  I took on a new job that I started today and they have me working different hours and doing tasks that don’t allow me time to update here throughout the day as I used to.  That being said, most posts will occur later at night.  Hopefully this is a good thing, but I would hate the people that follow us throughout the day to feel cheapened.

Thems the breaks…

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Brubaker’s Criminal and Greek Street

February 5th, 2010

I apparently missed all the hubub concerning Burbaker’s end to the Sinners saga in Criminal.  I own issue 4 (and the rest) I just haven’t gotten around to reading.  Probably one of my favorite things about the series is the way colors play into it.  If you ever look at a Criminal panel, the colors seem way off, or hard to adjust to.  This is because it’s simulating the light surrounding the characters, that neon city look.

It’s those little details that add to an already fantastic book.  I’ve been a reader since the second run started back around October (that may need some fact checking).

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Visual References for 1930’s New York

February 4th, 2010

It occurred to me that I have no references for New York in the 30’s and much of it was different from the way it is today.  A friend from New York once explained it to me like the rings on a tree, it’s a city with layers.  City built over city over city and so on.

No wonder the place has so much history, some of those buildings are pretty old, but would have been almost brand spankin new during our story.  Their sense of style and architecture was also really interesting.  They seemed more whimsical a lot more curvy lines, simple but playful designs.  Little things seemed to excite them, cute wooden accents in their furniture to full blown stone edifices and monuments.  It was like the time of the crane, everyone was fascinated by the possibilities of what could be stacked on top of what to make a clean design.

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Vertigo’s Dollar comics, Lost and Other Mysteries

February 3rd, 2010

There’s some thing to be said for a publisher like Vertigo, they know how to get you involved.  Last night I picked up an issue of Sweet Tooth, realizing the number one was only a dollar and I bought it.  I had no prior desire to read Sweet Tooth, it was one of those things that just happened cus the damn thing was only a dollar.

It got me hooked, and it’s not the first time.  Remember that Joe The Barbarian I spent a hard earned dollar on?  It’s smart.  Issue 0 of Crossed was just a dollar.  It’s a kind of pact with the reader.  “We promise to give you enough content to make you think (at the worst) ‘at least it was just a dollar.’”

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Taylor Time: Chronicles of the Unemployed

February 2nd, 2010

Hello…world,

You have probably been wondering where i have been the passed 6..7..i don’t even know anymore months.

On January 10th back in 2010 i was laid off from my job.

It is a day that will live in infamy and a day I will never forget.

It’s been so long since I have had any contact with outsiders(the employed) .  When you are jobless it is like you don’t exist…you just disappear.  I initially blamed Obama and his bootlegged politics but at this point it doesn’t matter.

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1930’s Kitchens and Sheldon Borenstein’s “It” — Thinking Visually

February 2nd, 2010

I’m going back and looking at some great photo references for the comic as I begin to thumbnail things again.  This has led me to some seriously cute pictures of old kitchens.  It almost makes my eyes well up, things were so different back then…

Just look at some of this great stuff:

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Character Profile: Murphy

February 1st, 2010

Officer Murphy McDougan came from an Irish family.  Though it may seem somewhat stereotypical, most of his childhood was spent in and out of Churches.  When he wasn’t in church, he was usually on the receiving end of some serious beatings.  When he was old enough to finagle his way into the military, that’s exactly what he did.

The battlefields were where Murphy really learned how to be a man.  R&R all over Europe, countless whores, drunken nights before seeing action in the morning.  The whole thing was more like an adventure to him than anything else.  Never a leader, Murphy learned the importance of thinking on his feet without the need for leadership. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ashley Wood and Riley Rossmo Show Me How to Draw

February 1st, 2010

I’ve decided I want this comic to look like something Ashley Wood or Riley Rossmo would do.  That mucked up sketch look of Rossmo is something I hope to bring out in my characters.

Just look at that smudged up marker feel around the edges, the bad ass way the brim of the hat shadows the eye.  That dynamic mid leap!  What’s not to love?  Anyone who has seen Tekkon Kinkreet knows what I’m looking for.

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I HEART KICK-ASS, Cap Reborn 6

January 28th, 2010

Who is coming to Anaheim con?

We have almost a million cons out here in California.  I think it has something to do with our level of arrogance.  The next one I find myself at, I hope, will be the time I finally get my hands on the remaining Kick-Ass first editions I covet so deeply.

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Kick Ass 8, Walking Dead 69 and some Wing Stop

January 28th, 2010

Spoiler alert: This blog contains spoilers, and or in depth discussion of plots involving Kick-Ass and Walking Dead.

I’m going to discuss Black Thursday for the top half, because it will show on the front page.  I’m being especially cautious as both are going to be a movie/TV show and I don’t want to hear people complaining that I ruined anything for them.

Here we are at page 10, and I’m a few pages ahead of myself.  We are going to be introducing a new character soon and I am excited to see what you guys think.  For those of us familiar with the series from the get go, he may be familiar, but there should be some changes that I think you will find interesting.

Also, Loretta’s ghost will be recurring, though to what extent or purpose I have yet to decide.  (that’s not ENTIRELY true).

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