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News: Comic Life adds comic book-style
tweaks to photos
News: Comic Life adds comic book-style
tweaks to photos
04/14/2005 10:27 AMPlasq.com has released Comic Life 1.0 for Mac OS X, an application
that lets users add comic book-style embellishments to their digital
photos. You can add simple captions to your photos or even use them to
create full-fledged comic books, according to the developer. A demo
download is available, and the full version cost US$39.95 to register.
The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora --
upcoming book
The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora --
upcoming book
09/20/2004 02:37 PM
Mark Frauenfelder:
I'm waiting to get my copy of "
The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora," a new book coming out
from Fantagraphics. Flora was a record album cover illustrator in the
1940s and 1950s. I discovered him about 15 years ago when I bought
a Benny Goodman record
with a Flora cover at a garage sale for $1. Finding this
illustration reconfigured my brain.
Here's a good description of Flora's style (from the back cover of
the book):
Vintage music
buffs have long been bedazzled by bizarre, cartoonish album covers
tagged with the signature "Flora." In the 1940s and '50s, James (Jim)
Flora designed dozens of diabolic cover illustrations, many for
Columbia and RCA Victor jazz artists. His designs pulsed with angular
hepcats bearing funnel-tapered noses and shark-fin chins, who fingered
cockeyed pianos and honked lollipop-hued horns. In the background,
geometric doo-dads floated willy-nilly like a kindergarten toy room
gone anti-gravitational. He wreaked havoc with the laws of physics,
conjuring up flying musicians, levitating instruments, and wobbly
dimensional perspectives. Yet Flora's wondrous, childlike exuberance
was subverted by a sinister tinge of the grotesque. As Flora confessed
in a 1998 interview, "I got away with murder, didn't
I?"
There's a nice
Flora art
gallery online, which is maintained by Irwin Chusid, who compiled
the book for Fantagraphics.
Fantagraphics also published a
book by one of my other main influences, Gene Deitch, called The Cat on a Hot Thin Groove. He did the covers for a jazz
fanzine in the 1940s, called The Record Changer. In the '60s, Deitch
was the art director for UPA, the cartoon studio that produced Gerald
McBoingBoing. ABout 10 years ago I had the pleasure of visiting Deitch
in his San Francisco home (He lives most of the year in Prague). He
drew a great picture of his jazz character, The Cat, for me and
presented it to me. I interviewed him for the print edition of bOING
bOING, but I never got around to transcribing the tape. I hope I still
have it.
One of my other big influences,
Disney Artist Mary Blair, got her own book this year too! (Illustrator Bob Staake has a couple of
pages with Blair's art.)
Now, all I need to round out my library of illustrator-gods are
books about the work of Tom Oreb and Ed
Benedict.
Your life as a comic book
Your life as a comic book
06/22/2005 01:50 AMComic Life (Mac only) turns a series of photos into comic book format,
complete with captions. The Flickr feed of the results is pretty
cool....
Comic book ad gallery
Comic book ad gallery
07/28/2004 01:28 PM
Here's a well-documented gallery of comic-book miracle product ads,
with high-res scans. Clip-art ahoy!
Link
(
via Waxy)
Comic-book ad gallery
Comic-book ad gallery
04/13/2005 03:19 PMCory Doctorow:
Amazing gallery of medium-rez scans of vintage comic-book ads, from
Hostess Cakes to Charles Atlas, Sea Monkeys to Toy Soldiers, Shrunken
Heads to X-Ray Spex.
Link
(
via We Make Money Not
Art)
Comic Book Physics
Comic Book Physics
02/16/2004 12:59 AMComic Book The Movie On DVD
Comic Book The Movie On DVD
01/28/2004 03:38 PMHamill fans, don't forget to pick up your copy of
Comic Book The Movie, on sale now! Last week's premiere event in
Hollywood was met with plenty of laughs before a near capacity crowd.
The film takes a satirical look at the movie industries approach to
the world of comic books, and is a sure fire hit with any comic book
fan, as well as anyone that's attended a comic convention. Look for
the movie at retail now, and be sure to check out our
gallery
from the CBTM big screen debut!
Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day
07/03/2004 10:09 AM
Today is
Free Comic Book
Day in the US and few other places. Here's your chance to get
reaquainted with an old
friend.
"Free Comic Book Day"
"Free Comic Book Day"
07/02/2004 02:51 PMMy Kind of Comic Book
My Kind of Comic Book
12/26/2004 10:50 PM
''Th
e Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker" (Reviewed by Walter Kirn)
"Of more than 68,000 pieces of art that could have been included
in its pages, only about 2,000 have been printed on paper, while the
rest are reproduced on two CD's attached to the inside of the front
cover." I gotta git me one a 'em. Kirn also says "a fool who
can laugh at his folly is not a fool but something rarer and finer: a
self-ironist." [New York Times, wants registration.]
Free Comic Book Day, July 3
Free Comic Book Day, July 3
07/01/2004 07:15 PMBoingBoing reader
Erin
says, "July 3rd is the third annual
Free Comic Book Day across
North America. The website has a handy postal-code locator to find
participating stores in your area."
LinkA Comic-Book Response to 9/11 and Its
Aftermath
A Comic-Book Response to 9/11 and Its
Aftermath
08/06/2004 08:18 PMThe Pulitizer Prize winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman spoke with
Claudia Dreifus about his new work, "In the Shadow of No Towers."
Joe Corroney And Free Comic Book Day
Joe Corroney And Free Comic Book Day
07/01/2004 10:11 PMStar Wars artist Joe Corroney will be at
Comics 2 Cars this Saturday
(July 3rd) for free comic book day in Florence Kentucky signing and
selling some of his artwork and prints. So stop on by if you're in
the neighborhood and buy some of his great artwork to add to your
collection! Thanks to Jim Abell for the heads up!
Inside 'XIII': Comic Book Beginnings
Inside 'XIII': Comic Book Beginnings
07/21/2004 11:22 PMG4 Tech TV Jul 22 2004 3:16AM GMT
Comic Book the Movie: Tonight's The
Night
Comic Book the Movie: Tonight's The
Night
01/22/2004 02:13 AMIn the Los Angeles area and looking for a good time on a Wednesday
night? Well, look no further...
Free Comic Book Day: Clone Wars
Free Comic Book Day: Clone Wars
04/30/2004 07:16 PMOn July 3, celebrate Free Comic Book day by taking yourself and your
friends to your local comic book store. Dark Horse will once again be
providing a free comic book to those interested. This years selection
is "Hide in Plain Sight" by Welles Hartley and the Fillbach Brothers,
and features a story with Jedi Master Luminara Unduli and her Padawan
Barriss Offee battling against everybody's new favorite villain,
General Grievous. You can get the whole free scoop at
StarW
ars.com.
Revenge of the Sith Comic Book Covers
Revenge of the Sith Comic Book Covers
03/25/2005 01:53 AMRebelscum is proud to present for the first time...all four
breathtaking painted covers from the Dark Horse Comics adaptation of
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith by fan-favorite
Dave Dorman! Having painted the covers for many of the first
Star
Wars comics published by Dark Horse, so having Dave back for this
series is great for fans. While the first issue has already been found
in some locations, this limited series will officially begin
publication on April 2nd!
Unintentionally sexual comic book covers
Unintentionally sexual comic book covers
04/11/2005 08:00 PMMark Frauenfelder:
"You could arrange a boy holding a pile
of wood, and a cowboy staring knowingly into his eyes all day long and
not get a more suggestive pose than this."
Link
(Thanks, Sean!)
Free Comic Book Day Fast Approaching
Free Comic Book Day Fast Approaching
06/30/2004 10:34 PMGot plans this Saturday? After you've seen
Spider-Man 2 in the
theaters, head on over to your local comic book storeand pick out a
free comic book! There's plenty of titles to choose from starring
Spider-Man, Teen Titans, Archie, Mickey Mouse, Spawn, CSI, and many
more. From super-heroes to slice-of-life to action/adventure and
beyond,
Free Comic Book
Day has a comic book for everyone! Of course, we humbly suggest
picking up
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures, which ties into
the upcoming digest-sized series and the animated cartoon.
Unintentionally sexual comic book
covers: Part 1.
Unintentionally sexual comic book
covers: Part 1.
04/12/2005 05:55 AMUnintentionally sexual comic book covers: Part 1 ..
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Comic book illustrated with Half Life 2
screenshots
Comic book illustrated with Half Life 2
screenshots
04/14/2005 12:47 PMCory Doctorow:
BrashFink has made a fantastic original comic book by taking
screenshots from Half Life 2 and laying them out inside funnyubook
panels, with speech balloons, etc -- it's like static machinima, or a
fotonovela made with game graphics.
Link
(
Thanks, Olly!)
Update: Brian sez, "Gamics.Com also has a *ton* of comic
book-type stuff that is done from screenshots of various games, along
with nice tutorials on how to DIY."
1-page comic book recap of Matrix
Reloaded
1-page comic book recap of Matrix
Reloaded
11/07/2003 07:45 AMBetter than the actual movie itself .. The Matrix
Reheated
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Comic Book Gallery Update: Battle For
Theed
Comic Book Gallery Update: Battle For
Theed
06/14/2004 12:48 AMHow cool is this? Last month, I updated our
Comic Book Cover
Gallery with scans of the 2000 Wizards of the Coast sneak preview
comic, "The Battle For Theed" by Michael Stackpole and Daniel
Veesenmeyer. This comic served as an introduction to the
Invasion of
Theed role-playing game. When I posted the original story, I
mentioned that I didn't yet have this particular comic for my own
collection (the original scans came from one of our old news reports.)
Well, I was soon contacted by Daniel Veesenmeyer himself, who not only
hooked me up with a copy of the comic, but he even autographed it for
me! A new scan of the cover is above, and I've added it to our gallery
for
The
Phantom Menace, when the game takes place. Just goes to show
how the Force brings us together.
How a Meek Comic Book Company Became a
Hollywood Superpower
How a Meek Comic Book Company Became a
Hollywood Superpower
07/19/2004 01:07 PMMarvel, which owns the rights to the Spider-Man character, has seen
its fortunes soar from “Spider-Man” movies.
"Unintentionally sexual comic book
covers: Part 1."
"Unintentionally sexual comic book
covers: Part 1."
04/14/2005 03:59 PMMexico defends comic book for illegal
immigrants (Reuters)
Mexico defends comic book for illegal
immigrants (Reuters)
01/05/2005 01:43 AMReuters - Mexico has defended a government comic book showing illegal
migrants how to cross the border
and live quietly in the United States against charges that it promotes
undocumented immigration.
Free Comic Book Day Is Here - Clone Wars
Adventures Issue Available
Free Comic Book Day Is Here - Clone Wars
Adventures Issue Available
07/03/2004 03:23 PMFree Comic Book Day is
here, and while there are a vast selection of comics to choose from,
this year's offering includes
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures -
Free Comic Book Day 2004 Special by Welles Hartley and The
Fillbach Brothers. Drawn in the syle of the animated series, "Hide in
Plain Sight" stars Luminara Unduli and Barriss Offee and their Clone
Army faceing off against the Separatist Forces on the planet Nadiem.
Led by General Grievous, the battle droids have the Jedi surrounded
for an easy victory. Or is it? Unlike 2002's
FCBD edition, this is a
full-length comic book, and best of all...it's free!
Iowa Comic Book Shop Wins Retailer Award
(AP)
Iowa Comic Book Shop Wins Retailer Award
(AP)
08/16/2004 08:41 AMAP - Like a persistent superhero, a comic book store here has avenged
two close defeats to claim the industry's top prize.
Women scientists' unsung stories in
comic-book form
Women scientists' unsung stories in
comic-book form
07/31/2004 03:45 AM
Rosalind Franklin's story is one of many great and unsung women
scientists' stories recounted in the brilliant, Eisner-nominated comic
book
Dignifying
Science, which features the work of Jen Sorensen, Anne Timmons,
Ramona Fradon, Marie Severin and others, and the stories of scientists
like Marie Curie, Emmy Noether, Lise Meitner, Barbara McClintock,
Birute Galdikas, and Hedy Lamarr.
Link
GameFREQ Comic Book Creator Launched by
Planetwide Games at E3
GameFREQ Comic Book Creator Launched by
Planetwide Games at E3
06/05/2005 10:52 PMSelf-publishing software allows players to create customized comic
books of actual "RYL: Path of the Emperor" gameplay. [PRWEB May 18,
2005]
Classic Star Wars Strips Join Our Comic
Book Gallery
Classic Star Wars Strips Join Our Comic
Book Gallery
01/09/2004 09:55 PMOur
Comic Book
Gallery is updated today with a special collection of the
newspaper strips by Archie Godwin and Al Williamson. Published in
1991,
Russ
Cochran collected the strips into a three-volume hardcover set was
signed by the creators and included a special slipcase. Big thanks to
David Fein and Stephen Moore for the images.
Upcoming.org: News: Huge Changes!
Upcoming.org: News: Huge Changes!
03/29/2005 04:27 AMAndy made some significant changes to Upcoming, his collaborative
calendaring site .. Big changes over at
Upcoming.org
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Community News: PHP 5 RC3RC1 Upcoming!
Community News: PHP 5 RC3RC1 Upcoming!
05/28/2004 07:52 AMAccording to
this note from PHP Magazine and
this note from php.eckspee.com PHP 5 RC3RC1 should be just on the
horizion.
Any Upcoming Robot Movie News?
Any Upcoming Robot Movie News?
12/29/2003 11:53 PMTonight we went and saw Elf. The kids loved it, but there wasn't any
Jesus came as a baby to bring Salvation message in it *cough*the real
meaning of
Christmas*cough* so I didn't care
for the movie as much as they did. Well anyway, while on the way out
of the theatre I saw a poster for the
new IRobot movie. I know that this isn't earthshattering news, but
hey, the IRobot movie
now has its own website according to the poster. Actually, the
website has
probably been around a while but, well, I finally just noticed it, so
I thought I'd
share. Looking at the website, I wonder if they're trying to do some
sor of weird before the movie stuff like the AI movie did? Like what
does it really mean when they say, "What are you going to do with
yours?" Also, In other movie news, now that Arnold Swartzenegger is
now gov of CA anyone want to take a guess as to whether the remake of
WestWorld is still a go? I'm guessing
probably not but one can still have some elf holiday spirit hope,
can't they?
More Comic-Con News
More Comic-Con News
07/21/2004 08:18 PMWhile we wait for more reports to come in, check out a few other items
on display at Comic-Con, including items from Kotobukiya, Topps,
Gentle Giant, and Sideshow Collectibles by clicking on our
Comi
c-Con feature page.
Upcoming MUG presentations, other user
group news
Upcoming MUG presentations, other user
group news
04/27/2004 07:28 AMMacintosh User Group (MUG) Center editor Chuck Joiner leads off this
week's MUG news round-up with his latest User Group Report. Guest
David Lloyd, who founded the "All Things iPod" Web site iPodLounge,
chats about his new iPodLounge user group. In addition, Joiner covers
the latest user group deals from participating companies.
"In a story on an upcoming ABC news
special on whether or not Jesus had a
wife"
"In a story on an upcoming ABC news
special on whether or not Jesus had a
wife"
11/02/2003 03:13 PMOfficial Site Comic-Con News
Official Site Comic-Con News
07/21/2004 09:45 PMThe first images of the
Naboo Final Conflict multipack, the OTC
Carrying Cases, and the Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise and IG-88
minibusts are among the updates over at
StarWars.com's picture viewer...and you don't even need to be a
Hyperspace member to see them!
LEGO Star Wars Comic-Con News
LEGO Star Wars Comic-Con News
07/14/2004 06:51 PMLEGO writes in with a hint of something new on the horizon:
"LEGO
Star Wars™ returns to Comic-Con International July 22-25
at the San Diego Convention Center! LEGO® Star Wars™ fans can swing by
the Lucas Pavilion (Booth 2813) to check out a life-size LEGO® model
of Darth Vader, made entirely of LEGO bricks, and other models and
cool displays. Visitors to the Lucas Pavilion can enter to win a free
LEGO Star Wars™
Millennium Falcon™, and get a FREE LEGO
Star
Wars™ Mini TIE Fighter™ (while supplies last). And, be prepared
for a totally exclusive LEGO
Star Wars™ sneak preview…"
In addition to
Star Wars, there'll be plenty of BIONICLE™
events as well, such as the exclusive Toa Vakama shown above.
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