Everyone keeps asking me for that tool that lets you make an e-mail link that can’t be read by spambots and worm viruses. When I met Scott Kurtz he said he needed to get it again. Of course, the link is in the archives, but no one can find it. I promise, when I get …
Daily Archive: December 9, 2003
Dec 09
Fanzing plugged on Steven Grant’s board
Steven Grant didn’t mention us specifically, but a certain someone who wrote in did. (That certain someone being David J. LoTempio of Job Wanted, though he goes unnamed in the article. I can tell because David mentions his Starman article on the concept of family.) David gives some examples of articles on Fanzing which offered …
Dec 09
Coloring books aren’t just for kids!
Roz Terrill and I found Antarctic Press’ How to Color for Comics at Wizard World Texas (at the aforementioned Steve Buscemi Guy’s 1/2 price TPBs stand). In this day and age of computer-colored books, it’s a new skill that will be very useful to those trying to find work in the industry. I thought I’d …
Dec 09
The Wilhelm Scream
Boy, you go back through Aaron’s news archives and it’s cool what you find. Here’s something I had to pass along: The Wilhelm Scream. A scream sound effect used again and again in all Lucasfilm productions and even The Two Towers. Unfortunately, due to bandwidth, the scream sound effect and its clips had to be …
Dec 09
Last words of role-playing characters
Boy, reading this can take longer than the three TPBs of Dork Tower I bought at Wizard World! The Canonical List of Famous Last Words of role-playing characters offers such gems as “OK, I moon the Balrog” and “I take my missing leg that he just ripped off, and hit him on the head.” Thanks …
Dec 09
Comic store burglary!
A daring daylight robbery! A crook makes off with $50,000 worth of comic books!
Dec 09
WWTexas Con report 3: PVP, Nodwick and Viper
I mentioned the Marvel booth in my first con report. We at the Shooting Star Comics booth had the good fortune to be located right next to the big Punisher movie exhibit. We thought that was lucky enough. Then the Wizard people set up a new makeshift booth (where there had just been empty space …
Dec 09
WWTexas Con report 2: Meeting people
First off, J.D. Long wants me to mention that you can get beer at the concession stand in Texas. This is important (in his view) because he loved my reaction when I saw him with a beer hanging around our booth. I was getting ready to blow my stack at him for being such a …
Dec 09
Digital art tutorials
Phil Meadows and I were discussing computer coloring for comics and he tipped me off to a cool site of note: Digital Art Tutorials. A useful link for any comic book creators out there.
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