Wednesday, July 11
“NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE”
Friend of this blog, social rocket scientist, ass-kicker, and all-around badass, Sean Demory is launching his comic, THUNDER ROAD:
World War III started on Christmas Eve, 1954 when the MacArthur administration ordered an A-bomb strike on Leningrad. It ended with a tense peace treaty signed aboard the locomotive-city Stalin 1 as it roared across the tundra.
That peace lasted eight months, until a mushroom cloud appeared over Wichita and the first Mobile Expeditionary Force made its beachhead in Siberia, leaving the ground blackened under the wheels of their warcycles. (continues)
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Monday, June 25
oh, sometimes the leaf falls pretty far from the tree
DM of the Rings I: The Copious Backstory
Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter rose from the former, although the two are now so estranged that to reunite them would be an act of savage madness. Imagine a gaggle of modern hack-n-slash roleplayers who had somehow never been exposed to the original Tolkien mythos, and then imagine taking those players and trying to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign. (apologies; I can't recall where I first saw this)
Labels: comic, games, rpg, web
Thursday, May 24
anda’s game
Cory Doctorow’s craphound.com ~ Sam Kieth cover for Anda’s Game comic
My favorite short story by Cory Doctorow, and one of my favorite short stories ever, is Anda’s Game. A comic book adaptation is planned, along with several other of his stories. Mine is on order already through Atlantis Fantasyworld in Santa Cruz, California!
As with Cory’s other works, it is available for free, online. There is also a fantastic reading of the work available through his podcast, and at the story’s official page, here.
Monday, May 7
nonlinear web comic, flash based
Sunday, May 6
free comics day unintentionally celebrated by major retailer
Free Spider-Man comic PDF at Target, celebrating the marketing rush for the new movie, illustrated by gobsmackingly talented Stuart Immonen.
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Tuesday, February 20
get your historical engineering research on
The BBC series, The Secret Life of Machines:
The Secret Life of Machines is a television series created by Tim Hunkin and presented by himself and Rex Garrod. In it they explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery. According to Hunkin, the series was developed from his comic strips The Rudiments Of Wisdom which he researched and drew for the Observer newspaper over a period of 14 years.Everyday things we take for granted, and which may largely be considered confusing or unknowable, are explained in entertaining, comprehensive and comprehend-able detail. There are currently several episodes for viewing at YouTube/Google Video. Some of them can be downloaded for iPod/PSP viewing, to boot. (gregg tavares)
Sunday, December 24
CROSS BRONX #1 Now Free Online
The intriguing first issue of crime urban crime comic Cross Bronx is available for free online reading. The art style is somewhere between Batman The Animated Series and the Pander Brothers’ take on Grendel. The story hints at deep characterizations and a larger picture yet to be revealed. (warren ellis)
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Monday, December 4
the turning of the seasons
Monty’s got a new comic up at Planet Saturday. His comics are getting better each month. He might be eating something that is making him funny. OK -- Funnier.
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Wednesday, August 2
kids in sonic service
Monty has posted a most excellent comic on the topic of music and aging over at Planet Saturday. Go. Read.
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Tuesday, July 11
wasteland comic
Get a sample of Oni Press’ Wasteland - One Hundred Years After The Big Wet. Unlike most free, downloadable previews, instead of making it a bloated, nasty PDF, they are offering individual JPEG files, or even CBR and Bit-Torrent distributing, to boot. Just like bootleg comics, but “for reals.” (warren ellis’ BAD SIGNAL)
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Saturday, June 10
on motivation
Gamasutra: Where do you feel the fans factor into the decision-making process of a game based off a comic or other intellectual property? Do you think a more independent comic would have a better chance of making good game, since they don’t have this large and potentially rabid fan base?
Doug Tennapel: No, because…I’m going to piss some people off here, but I don’t care what the fans think. I love my fans, but never ever design a game for your fans. When you originally made the thing, the thing that all the fans liked, you made it because it was good, and they came to you, because of what you did. Your instincts lead you correctly in that instance. So to suddenly change that formula, and follow what fans want and redesign something in the image that you think, second-guessing, that they will like, would create a different thing, that isn’t you and probably isn’t good. And you will always lose fans by doing that.
—Digging For Worms: Why Doug Tennapel Doesn’t Care What His Fans Think
Sunday, June 4
would-be free warren ellis at LJ’s own illicit, fan-driven comic “pirate bay”
Saturday, April 1
comics
One of my favorite manga artists, Taiyou Matsumoto, creator of Number 5 and Ping Pong (also a fun movie!) was introduced to me 13 years ago through his comic Tekkon Kinkurîto (English title: Black and White, serialized in PULP Manga in North America).
Because Matsumoto trained in Europe, Tekkon Kinkurîto is perhaps influenced toward euro-comic style, and is even moreconfusing philosophically challenging than other Japanese manga. In any case, I am stoked to find the series will have a full length animated movie.
Comics Preservation by Jonathan Barli is an archive of classic comics, protecting them from being lost to the ravages of time. (the other michael)
Check out these desktop wallpapers for Clive Barker’s Great and Secret Show, Transformers, and Brian Wood’s Supermarket.
ACT-I-VATE, an online comics cabal is producing tons of interesting and unusual, very Comics Code Authority-unfriendly
works. In particular, I am enjoying Panorama, to which I link to the current-latest-page, which contains links to the start of the story, so read them in order!
Last, and certainly not least, Matt Fraction is giving away a 22-page preview of his upcoming project Five Fists of Science, a slightly-alternative history that features larger-than-life characters from, er, real life.
Because Matsumoto trained in Europe, Tekkon Kinkurîto is perhaps influenced toward euro-comic style, and is even more
Comics Preservation by Jonathan Barli is an archive of classic comics, protecting them from being lost to the ravages of time. (the other michael)
Check out these desktop wallpapers for Clive Barker’s Great and Secret Show, Transformers, and Brian Wood’s Supermarket.
ACT-I-VATE, an online comics cabal is producing tons of interesting and unusual, very Comics Code Authority-unfriendly
works. In particular, I am enjoying Panorama, to which I link to the current-latest-page, which contains links to the start of the story, so read them in order!
Last, and certainly not least, Matt Fraction is giving away a 22-page preview of his upcoming project Five Fists of Science, a slightly-alternative history that features larger-than-life characters from, er, real life.
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Thursday, March 9
web comics have a short half-life
Is Concerned “A humor comic based on the world of Half-Life 2,” machinima? Machinimanga? There is also an interview with the creator, Livingston.
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Thursday, February 23
comic book trivia
For fans of both comic books and bits of trivium, check out these commonly held legends, exposed.
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Friday, January 27
bacon of the month
- Twelve different artisan bacon delivered to your door each month
- Informative notes on all bacon selections
- Discounts on Grateful Palate bacon products and bacons
- Bacon of the Month Club Membership Card
- The Bacon Strip—Our monthly bacon comic strip for members only
- The Bacon of the Month Club Pig Ballpoint Pen
- A Little Rubber Toy Pig
- One free Bacon Tee-Shirt
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Wednesday, January 11
a dubious achievement
Tuesday, December 6
x3 and other trailers I have found interesting
Slither features Nathan Fillon in a role that seems, well, non dissimilar to his role in Firefly. As a horror comedy with action sequences, Slither looks to be a spiritual follow up to the excellent Tremors.
The X-MEN 3 Announcement Teaser is a lot more of a trailer than a simple tease; spoiler for anyone who didn’t read the comic: Jean Grey is back, risen from the ashes, so to speak.
“From the makers of Traffic” comes Syriana, what looks to be a morality tale about lying down with dogs, and then being surprised at the flea infestation that ensues. With oil. It looks very exciting, but I can’t help but think that only us would-be lefties will see it, and it will not change anyone’s mind about mixing politics with business; might it stir us to greater action, though?
If all these visuals overload your Cool Gauge, check out the video for Lionel Richie’s All Night Long to bring yourself back to earth, and possibly begin weeping for the eighties.
The X-MEN 3 Announcement Teaser is a lot more of a trailer than a simple tease; spoiler for anyone who didn’t read the comic: Jean Grey is back, risen from the ashes, so to speak.
“From the makers of Traffic” comes Syriana, what looks to be a morality tale about lying down with dogs, and then being surprised at the flea infestation that ensues. With oil. It looks very exciting, but I can’t help but think that only us would-be lefties will see it, and it will not change anyone’s mind about mixing politics with business; might it stir us to greater action, though?
If all these visuals overload your Cool Gauge, check out the video for Lionel Richie’s All Night Long to bring yourself back to earth, and possibly begin weeping for the eighties.
Labels: comic
Tuesday, November 29
comic commentary
JayPinkerton.com comments on the surly nature of overly active nationalistic guardians in The Occupation of Latveria.
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Saturday, October 29
european comic style in cg
Friday, October 7
director walter hill on the warriors
Hill: I had a very simple thing at the beginning of the movie which [Paramount] wouldn’t let me do which was a legend that said, “Some time in the future.” The great minds at the studio thought that was too much like Star Wars. I thought the movie was close to being incomprehensible without that because it always seemed to me to be a science fiction movie.Hill also notes being influenced by his love of American comic books in structuring The Warriors. Between science fiction, and comic books, I think I am happy with the way that it came out more than what Hill proposed. It is easier to think of The Warriors as taking place in some parallel New York than it is to deal with what would have been perceived as half-assed post-apocalyptic vision.
The FADER Magazine - New York Mythology
I am unclear on how much of The Warriors meme-boom is due to marketing efforts on Rockstar/Take 2 Games’ part, how much is synergy between the two studio and Take 2 to celebrate the Extra Super Special Edition of the movie on DVD, and how much is coincidence. As someone recently wrote, “there are no coincidences, only marketing tie-ins.” (thanks El Otro Miguel)
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Saturday, August 27
the i <3th darth comic adventure
i <3th darth combines Star Wars mythos with Hello Kitty-esque visuals. It’s somewhat the logical extension of what the kid in Episode I might have ended up being, if there were any consistency in the Prequels.
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Friday, August 26
don’t be a dick, tracy!
Friday, July 29
star wars animated series?
Star Wars Animation Begins. The theme for this year’s Comic-Con was Star Wars is Forever. Lucasfilm’s Head of Fan Relations, Steve Sansweet, revealed that Lucas Animation will be carrying on the spirit of adventure and excitement through a new animated Star Wars series set to debut in the Fall of 2007. Production has begun, and Sansweet announced several of the talented people behind the new endeavor, including Catherine Winder, Dave Filoni, Chris Kubsch, and Henry Gilroy.Anyone know if this is different than the other TV series that is planned? I recall that one is live action.
(through the Homing Signal LucasFilm newsletter)
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Tuesday, July 19
local artist makes good with cute and violent character
Gloomy-chan, the beclawed and bloodied cute bear by Osaka artist “Mori Chack” keeps cropping up in my licensing research, yet NEVER stays in my damned head to be trotted out as an example at the right time. So now he’s stuck HERE. On my blog. For EVER. By the way, Happy Tree Friends has its own videogame now.
Weird. Oddly enough the character appeared at the San Diego Comic Con.
Weird. Oddly enough the character appeared at the San Diego Comic Con.
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Tuesday, June 14
“criticizing these reporters is like booing at the special olympics”
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog covers the coverage and Michael Jackson supporters at the courthouse. (.mov)
Wednesday, June 1
holy bat-cosplay
Hardcore cosplayers in the Batman oeuvre at Gotham Public Works. Oddly, I find the comic book inspired version of Catwoman does more for me than the Tim Burton movie version. Meow! (sdemory)
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