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NYCC 2014 Day 3

I was still doing the re-reading Batwoman thing and trying to defend the book while it was on a downswing. I got confused for Batgirl frequently. I think this was around the time the Bombshells started coming out. I think I’ve seen more people cosplay that version of Batwoman. I expect since the TV show is coming out that will change.

Image Comics has been the publisher I’ve read the most for several years. I went to several of their panels that year. Towards the end of the convention I found the moderator of more than one at the Image booth towards the end of the Con and congratulated him on doing a good job.

I swear, I didn’t remember I wrote this down when I wrote about it in a previous post. I would like to say that a thing Saga and Game of Thrones have in common is that  both have sprawling ensembles whose characters you enjoy on their own only to be shocked by how painful and violent things get when they actually meet. They’re both also anti-war stories set in war times, and I’m going to go out on a limb and say Saga does a better job in not glamorizing the war.

I’m a huge Sex Criminals fan. I have two shirts related to the series, a Sexual Gary one (which you may have noticed I was wearing in the selfies) and more recently a “DON’T WORRY BE WORRY” one that I wore to the first day of Book Con this year specifically to impress Kelly Sue DeConnick. (It worked.)

I only read the first issue of Deadly Class. I had recently read the first trade paperback of writer Rick Remender’s Black Science and hated it.  I thought it was needlessly mean, doing things like killing off a character in the first issue only to have her show up in flashback a few issues later all excited about the mission that already killed her. (There was also something degrading about a dancing humanoid female amphibian.) Nothing in that first issue of Deadly Class made me feel like “this might be better.” I’m just really excited to learn about artists’ models.

Right now that everyone seems underwhelmed by Hawkeye’s role in the MCU, it may be hard to understand, but the Matt Fraction penned Hawkeye series was very hot at the time. It had very little to do with the film version of the character. It was a fairly low key tale of the least powerful Avenger being a mentor and a good neighbor in some trying circumstances. I have a shirt based on this run too.

Part of the regular response is that Vaughan wanted The Will to be a Jason Stathem type. Vaughan also jokes about this being an “all white bald men look the same” describing himself as confusable with fellow comic scribes Grant Morrison and Brian Michael Bendis. I actually agree that he and Morrison do look very similar.

Now I’m wondering how much this inspired the flash forward in which The Will is drug-addled and has gained a lot of weight.

This came up with the example of someone on YouTube reading out loud a then recent issue of Thor to point out how bad the dialogue sounded. I wonder if this caused a controversy that I missed.

So this is the point where I have to write about having a pleasant encounter with someone at NYCC and then finding out about that they’re awful. Shortly after this convention in which Upchurch told charming stories about the difficulties of working from home with small children, he got arrested for domestic violence. He served his sentence, had the crime removed from his record, but was still let go from Rat Queens. (His wife claims the abuse was worse than in the police report and that after completing his sentence he abandoned her and the children, both physically and fiscally.) Stjepan Šejić finished out the arc they we’re working on and Tess Fowler became the series artist. She was fired after one five issue arc and a spin off special. At the time she was let go, she was under the impression that she was going to be replaced by Upchurch. That didn’t end up happening, but the whole thing was pretty devastating. I gave up on Rat Queens, but I still follow Fowler and Šejić. Upchurch recently announced a new series. I won’t be reading that.

I didn’t remember writing this as a tweet when I wrote about this in the previous entry. It’s a sign that one remembers things better if you write about them, even if you don’t remember writing about them.

I really do feel like my autograph hounding has led me to being in a rut while attending conventions.

Let’s talk about Dare2Draw. I’ve spent a lot of time with them, though not recently. It’s an organization that promotes people interested in cartooning and drawing for comics. For a while they would have monthly meetings which consisted of an opportunity to draw cosplaying models doing quick poses, a competition involving how to draw some high concept that you associate with comics. (There was a Godzilla inspired one the first time I went, some other time there was what your pet does when you’re not around. Then there’d be types of gods or villains. It’s a very demanding contest.) There’d be a lecture by a guest artist, examples of whom include Cliff Chiang, Bill Plymton and Russ Braun. There wasn’t a lecture part, just the competition. The category was creating heroic types. I had no idea what to do, did a variation of Casper David Friedrich “Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog.” I didn’t place, all three of the people who did were women and had much better, more dynamic drawings then I did. I only ever placed, once. I actually won that time. I haven’t been back. I miss it, even the constant losing.

I would have liked to have met Marc Andreyko. I really wanted to publicly support his Batwoman run. It is as much about me being a contrarian as about me being nice. I also like him as a Twitter follower.

I missed a birthday party for my cousin’s son. I don’t remember anything else that I missed. Maybe a semi-regular baby sitting gig?

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[smallcomic]

Been a while.  I won third place for a #Dare2Draw drawing contest this past weekend! :D

Maybe I should start updating this bloggy again..

[tompalmerillustration]

Dare2Draw Studio's Chat with Tom Palmer, 2016. 

[mindyindy]

Comix Pop-UP ShopP Happening in Harlem!

It’s spring - yay! That means the comic con season is gearing up and I’ll be posting about more events, like this one in Harlem this Friday! This is a comic “happening” that’s growing from Dare2Draw, a nonprofit that’s facilitating mentoring and networking opportunities for cartoonists of all levels. I’ve been to some of the Dare2Draw events before and if you want to be in the comics SCENE, this is a great place to start. Creators, get to know Charles and he’ll hook you up with a table - we want more creators here. The table is free and 10% of profits go to Dare2Draw.  

So far this happening looks like they’ll have things for vintage comics fans and newer fans too. I’ll have a table with some of my comics there - not the full setup due to it being outside (kind of outside? It’s under the train overpass). It’s at Uptown Grand Central at the underpass of East 125th and Park Ave, from 3-7pm this Friday March 29. It’ll be a really nice day - looks like almost 60°. If you’re in the area, after work you could combine going to the ComiX Pop-UP ShopP with going to Marcus Garvey Park around the corner and read your comics in the sunshine :)

If you’re unfamiliar with the area, here’s a pic - look for the colorful murals under the train on the street level! Hope to see you there!

[diazroberto]

El Man… #Doodle #Fastdrawing #Dare2Draw

[andynortonuk]

I thought I share what I did for the Dare2Draw Zoomchat with Ralph Bakshi, in which the famous filmmaker and artist wanted us to draw Donald Trump being chased by Covid-19. It went okay, but I noticed the third place winner went for a Raiders of the Lost Ark pastiche in their composition too. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA2WJ9zHUgZ/?igshid=dlxa4dadkvk2

[comicsmithy]

Lights! Comics! Action! This past week I was honored to be repping @carminestcomics & the #comics medium in a pilot for a @dare2draw comic-book #talk-show!! This is something I’ve felt is lacking in the American culture forever: a mainstream public venue for the discussion of #sequentialart! The guests for the pilot were two successful writers & the panel consisted of me, a colorist, & one of the biggest comics bloggers on the planet! Can’t wait for this to be out so I can tell you more! Extremely excited by this! #comicbooks #graphicnovels #TV #talkshow #pilot #visibility #boost #conversation #love #positivity #hope #art #writing — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2GqRV2K

[graphicanime]

My submission for @dare2draw at @fanfairenyc #fanfairenyc #fanfairenyc2019 February 16&17 #sketch #artwork #anime #manga #animeartist #comiccon #characterdesign #characterconcept #characterconceptart #conceptart #fantasy #scifi #scififantasy #collage #originalcharacters #artistsofinstagram #artistalley https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKU2mrBb6r/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6juloi3t502o

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Artist: @simonfraser SIMON FRASER take the helm for this stunning six-issue miniseries. Written by: @Robwilliams71 https://t.co/q9oITe6qPO

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[penman6]

This one is for David the man behind the @dare2draw check them out. #penmanhats #panamahat the finest in #bespoke #OnlyPenman (at Penman Hat)

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OG Instagram - Art created for D2D by Plaid Klaus (@PlaidKlaus). Comix Creators #theRebel https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ay2kspgzc/?igshid=i4kgtr2bzq6s

[diazroberto]

When your thumb decides to strecht the wrong way. #Doodles #Dare2Draw #SketchUp

[comicsbeat]

Kickstarter Spotlight: Dare2Draw's New Anthology Will Help the Next Generation of Artists Bring Their Stories to Life

Kickstarter Spotlight: Dare2Draw’s New Anthology Will Help the Next Generation of Artists Bring Their Stories to Life

by Chris Hayden Charles D. Chenet and Simon Fraser have teamed up with former Dark Horse editor Brendan Wright and taken to Kickstarter to bring Dare2Draw’s first anthology series to life.  The series will feature Steve Rude and Mike Baron’s character Nexus as well as showcase up and coming artists from Dare2Draw and the Kubert School as they provide art to stories written by some of the best…

[chucksuffel]

Dare2Draw Launches Kickstarter For Their First Dare2Draw Nexus Anthology

Dare2Draw Launches Kickstarter For Their First Dare2Draw Nexus Anthology

The Inaugural Dare2Draw Nexus Anthology Features Up-and-Coming Artists Mentored by Top Professionals Mentoring Anthology featuring Nexus Dare2Draw, the premier mentoring program for aspiring comic book artists, and The Kubert School, the foremost educational facility for the comic book arts, have joined together to help their students become professional artists. Each artist is putting what they…

[judedeluca]

Hi guys. I want to share a link with a Kickstarter campaign some friends of mine are working on. A few years ago I helped the Dare2Draw group reach funding for their first campaign (and almost drove myself nuts doing it), and lately I haven’t had the energy the last few days to focus on a lending a hand.

Well I have the time so hear. The Dare2Draw group helps out fledgling artists by doing demonstrations with guest pro artists and sketch contests. They’ve got sponsoring from top art supply companies and their monthly demonstrations have always been fun when I volunteered.

The guys who run this group are some of the most supportive and hardworking people I’ve ever met, and now they’re trying to expand their group with a mentoring anthology including scripts by professional comic authors illustrated by artists who’ve attended Dare2Draw meetings in the past.

Please, any donations or reblogs would be greatly appreciated. Help me help these guys out.

Thank you.