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Category Archive: Independents
Jun 04
Metro Med featured on Comic Book Trailers home page!
After months of development, Metro Med’s trailer has hit the Internet! I’m so excited that I can finally show this to you. I was planning to upload it to YouTube and feature it on all of my web sites as an embed, but Comic Book Trailers posted it and featured it on their home page …
Apr 02
My animations
Here are some clips I made recently. A test animation: and a fan clip for the web comic Girl Genius:
Feb 06
Johnny Saturn!
Coolness! The Johnny Saturn comic is currently top bidder on my Project Wonderful space. Johnny Saturn was a comic book I read this summer after meeting the creators at Wizard World Chicago. Short and sweet: It’s Batman taken to a more realistic extreme, i.e. anyone doing what Batman does would wear out his body pretty …
Jul 30
Metro Med Special Edition #1 – NOW AVAILABLE!
Toldja there was a big announcement coming! Metro Med Special Edition #1 is now available at IndyPlanet. It’s 36 beautiful pages, with two Metro Med stories, pinups, character profiles, a new Annotations section, plus an all-new color 1-page story on the back cover. As a bonus, I included my out-of-print story “Melvin and Marvin Middler, …
Jun 09
What happened to me?
I have been in seclusion for the last month. Sorry to have been away so long. Things are up. I will talk more about it publicly shortly. It’s big news. Biggest news for me in three years. I hope to see you in a few weeks in Chicago.
Apr 01
Chuck Dixon’s own comic line?
Testosterone aplenty as Chuck Dixon’s new “Bruno Books” imprint is launched with a 170-page cardstock cover flipbook. 1/2 of the book will be a struggle for survival against a drug cartel’s army of thugs who chase down the survivors of a jet crash in “Jungle Rules”. The other 1/2 is “Philly Narco”, a crime drama. …
Mar 18
G.I. Joe Makes Doll History
I know I haven’t posted in a while. The reason is, I’ve been preparing a major, lengthy post on G.I. Joe. To prepare your palate, I thought I’d start you off with an appetizer. A little history here to those of you who don’t know the story of G.I. Joe inside and out (and can’t …
Mar 11
Dave Stevens, creator of “The Rocketeer”, dead at 52
Dave Stevens, the artist whose creator-owned glossy tribute to the pulp art of yesteryear, “The Rocketeer”, led both to a movie deal and a resurgence of interest in the model Bettie Page, has passed away of leukemia. Newsarama has more about it, while writer Mark Evanier has a splendid tribute to his friend. Sorry to …
Feb 13
Cold Cut Distribution Under New Management
Press Release: As you read this, thousands of comics are being packed up and shipped from their old home in Salinas, CA to their new home in Chicago, IL. Cold Cut Distribution, the leading distributor of independent and small to mid-size press comics in the United States, has sold their company assets to Rogue Wolf …
Dec 27
Pulling for my buddies
Kurt Belcher and Phil Neundorf, two gents I had the pleasure of working with on “Job Wanted“, are attempting to get a book published by Alterna Comics and they need your vote. All you have to do is post a comment and give them a star rating (the higher the better). No registration is necessary …
Nov 27
The Other Wizard Named Harry
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=137640 Dabel Brothers, the comics publisher best known for the Sci Fi/Fantasy book adaptions, made official today what has been known since the author announced it on his website several weeks ago. They will be adapting Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files series of novels. But before the first direct adaption comes out in mid-2008, the first book Storm Front, Jim …
Nov 12
Kids in the Hall don’t speak English
Kids in the Hall – The best video clips are here I found it in this forum exchange, which was birthed by this comic strip, which is accompanied by an annotation that explains the strip’s origin and a common problem for world travelers.
Oct 23
Mail Order Ninja
I realized that I’ve never promoted our friend (and Monitor Duty contributor) Josh Elder’s manga book, Mail Order Ninja! I’ve mentioned it in the past, but I haven’t told you guys when it was available and where you could buy it. So… It’s available. Issues one and two are out, as well as the winning …
Sep 18
Michael Hutchison IS… The ROCKETEER!
For over 15 years, I’ve wanted a jacket like The Rocketeer wore. It was just an awesome jacket. I remember checking out leather jacket stores and never saw anything even close. Disappointed, I gave up the search and got a generic leather jacket (which I, ahem, “outgrew” a decade ago). Of course, that was before …
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