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AlphaBands – T is for Tammy Wynette

T is for Tammy Wynette I got a bit overly-brushy here, but what the heck. That’s what weekly projects like these are for: experimentation. —————– AlphaBands is a weekly online collaborative project in which illustrators and cartoonists draw a band or musician for one letter of the alphabet each week for 26 weeks. See the …

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Prints For Sale/Process Post

Our local independent theater, a/perture Cinema is doing a yearlong film series in which local artists pick films to be screened each month and design posters to accompany them. Of the five films I submitted for consideration, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was selected. (My other four were The Road Warrior, Kung Fu Hustle, …

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AlphaBands: S is for Sly Stone

S is for Sly Stone As usual, this was drawn entirely in Digital Manga Studio with various Ray Frenden brushes. —————– AlphaBands is a weekly online collaborative project in which illustrators and cartoonists draw a band or musician for one letter of the alphabet each week for 26 weeks. See the art and find out …

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AlphaBands: R is for Rick Rubin

R is for Rick Rubin ——— AlphaBands is a weekly online collaborative project in which illustrators and cartoonists draw a band or musician for one letter of the alphabet each week for 26 weeks. See the art and find out more at the AlphaBands tumblr: http://alphabands.tumblr.com/

Let’s Stop Using Film Terminology to Talk About Comics

  “I think Milt (Caniff) studied the movies. I didn’t…” -Roy Crane   Despite the beautiful cartooning (and obvious historical importance) of Milt Caniff’s Terry and the Pirates, I have to admit I’ll always bear it a grudge. It’s the strip that seems to have firmly and permanently cut off the formal/visual development of comics as its own …

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