I'll be giving a demo at The 2012 Long Beach Comic & Horror Con on Nov.4th at 2:00. I will show you step-by-step how to prepare a digital template for comics using Adobe Illustrator. Learn basic tools and other apps to use. Bring your laptop and you can follow along and leave with your own template ready to create your own comics and graphic novels! This process will also work for InDesign, QuarkXpress and Manga Studio. As a bonus, I will take you through the process from pencils, ...
With all the hype, the promotional sneak peaks, and the television commercials, the New 52 seems rather... Blah. After reading a few of the titles, I was neither overwhelmed nor underwhelmed. I was just dissatisfied. It was a lot like the last time I went to Flemming's Steak House. I heard wonderful things from everyone I know who went, so I decided to take my then girlfriend (now wife) there for a fantastic feast. Unfortunately our waiter was rude, the service was slow, and the food was over ...
When I was but a boy, I was an avid collector of Marvel Comics. Most specifically all of the "X" titles. There was something about that make believe world where people who were loathed and feared by the vast majority of the population, fought the baddest of the bad to keep that very population safe. All the while, they willingly took the slings and arrows of popular opinion knowing that the world they were defending was better than the alternatives. When you're twelve years old, that ...
I had a table at the Bristol Con at the weekend. Its the first time I'd been to this particular con as an exhibitor -- and I found it pretty bloody disappointing. Instead of being set in one, large hall - this con was arranged in various rooms - across 2 separate hotels that were 4 or 5 minutes apart. So, not a good set-up to start with. I had been very happy with the fact that I'd been able to nip in and book the very last table on offer at the event -- but it ...
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