Archive for November, 2008
Up until 5 years ago,I’d run to the comic shop every Thursday to get my latest fix off new books. Come rain, wind or sunshine I’d be there — the result of a lifelong habit. Nowadays I rely the friendly staff of my local comic shop (I say local, its not — but it is my shop of choice) to keep my pull list, and every final week of the month I swing by to collect my stash.
So here’s what’s on my reading list this month (in no particular order):
• Ted McKeever Library: Book 1, TRANSIT
• CHAS, The Knowledge #4
• X-MEN, Ghost Boxes #1
• WOLVERINE #69
• B.P.R.D., The Warning #5
• FANTASTIC FOUR #561
• HELLBLAXER #249
• ANNA MERCURY #4
• GEARS OF WAR #1,2
• BAD PLANET #6
• UNKNOWN SOLDIER #1,2
• ULTIMATUM #1
• 1985 #6
• THE STAND #3
• HELLBOY, In The Chapel Of Moloch
• BATTLEFIELDS #1,2
• BATMAN #681
• GRAVEL #6
• NO HERO #2
• BODY BAGS, one shot
• STRAY TOASTERS TPB
The hardcover Special Edition of Comic Book Tattoo comes in a brand new slipcase with silver foil-blocking (you can see a semi-blurry photo of it on Rantz Hosely’s Flickr account). It is for sale at all good comic- & book shops worldwide and of course at Amazon.com.
Here is the PR snippet and some press quotes to convince you —
COMIC BOOK TATTOO is the critically-acclaimed, bestselling anthology that has taken the worlds of comics, music, and art by storm. In this hardcover special edition, over 80 creators from every style and genre of comics have contributed stories to this stunning book inspired by the music and songs of multi-platinum recording artist Tori Amos.
One of the most ambitious book projects of the year
— Drew McWeeny, Ain’t It Cool News
This collection transcends fandom.
— Sarah Marie, The Austinist
One of this year’s most satisfying graphic novels.
— Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
There’s absolutely something in here for everyone…
— BUST Magazine
And here ends my shameless sales pitch.
After my first year in London I’d learned how to properly tween in Flash, launched my first site, and lost my job. Luckily I had cash in the bank so I didn’t have to worry for a while.
That cash came from having lucked into producing a series of images for Digital Vision’s Infinity Collection just a few months before I was shown the door at Vir2L. I think at one point almost everyone in the office was working on a collection for DV. The money involved was excellent and we pretty much got to do what we were doing in our spare time anyway.
When the collections were released it created a bit of a tidal wave in the design sphere. All of a sudden everyone was creating the popular “Emotional Abstract Visual Images” and every other day there seemed to be a company popping up offering the same services (and subsequently trying to poach the designers of DV collections to their side). All what mattered to me was that I had enough money in the bank and that I had a nice piece for my still non-existent portfolio.
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After having left my first job as a “multimedia designer” I now found myself in the centre of London during the summer of 2000 to start my new job as a “Senior Art Director” at the London branch of Vir2L Studios. It was going to be exiting, but I quickly found out I had to start at the bottom of the ladder again. The Vir2L adventure only lasted a year, but it was the year that changed everything…
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In my previous post about CBT I talked about the process of creating the logo(s) and covers for the book. With that aspect of the project finished, we felt fairly confident that we were on the right track, and that there was a solid visual basis established to design the rest of the book.
I remember it was around March — Liz and I were in Kuala Lumpur to celebrate our recent wedding with her family — when I got an email from Rantz Hosely (the fearless editor, remember?): it turned out the printers had miscalculated their initial production timeline. When the project started they’d told us multiple times that they needed to go to print at the end of May, to make the July deadline of having the book on the shelves. Now it turned out they actually meant mid-April. WONDERFUL (and we still didn’t have the art for the book)! Luckily Rantz and the guys at Image managed to squeeze some extra time out of the printers which gave us until the end of April to get everything ready. Not great, but it gave us some breathing room.
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- According to Last.fm Jimi Hendrix is on tour! Have Obama’s powers no limits? #