There are 527 comments on the original post so far, but it's degraded to a lot of childish snark and name calling from both sides, so I stopped reading back when it was under 300 or so. Apparently the ability to curse and come up with creative name calling proves mental and ethical superiority. This topic is a volatile one for some, and I could ( Read more... )

Time for a bit more industry drama, but this time the industry is comic books. You know ou're curious, especially when it doesn't involve you and isn't anything really serious. Heck, it's a lot more fun to read than the daily news, which is just depressing 90% of the time ( Read more... )

There's under a month left to get these in, but it's doable considering each script is for a five page comic sample. if you're not attending SDCC, no worries. All three accept mail in submissions ( Read more... )

karadin posted the link a few days ago, and since I’m comic and art obsessed I’m sharing it ( Read more... )

I like to pick out these tweets, but if they're of no interest to you look instead at this photo of a bunnykitten.

C.B. Cebulski Tweets:

# Going through the ECCC leave-behinds now, so I was thinking of posting some of the most repeated comments I gave to pencilers this weekend.about 19 hours ago from web ( Read more... )

The talk covers how Mike got his start, how he got to do Hellboy, and the value of a Comic Degree.

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In related comics news, here's some more advice from Cebulski regarding conventions and portfolios.

# CBCebulski: Doesn't matter if you do your art digitally or old-school pencil and paper. Art is art. Talent is talent. ( Read more... )

C.B.Cebulski is a Marvel writer and one of their talent scouts / portfolio reviewers. These tweets were reposted on Comics Career, an informative site if you're at all serious -- and thus want to learn as much as you can -- about a career in comics as a writer or artist. I, however, like to know when things are Tweeted, so I added time stamps and a ( Read more... )

First are some tweets from Joe Quesada. Once again, he's just one pro and can be wrong or right, but his advice is worth mulling over.

# Don't ink your work, unless they are ink samples over someone else's pencils. don't color your own work unless you're a painter. 2:13 PM Mar 19th ( Read more... )

Comic advice from Joe Quesada. Agree, disagree, follow or not. He's not The One Expert or anything, but I found it insightful enough that I wanted to share.

# When drawing action sequences, remember, action goes left to right.about 18 hours ago from web ( Read more... )

The DFC, which a lot of people outside the UK may not have heard of, is soon to be no more after being launched in May 2008. I'd looked over their page before, perhaps a couple months after their grand opening, and though it was cute and kid friendly nothing really grabbed me. Although it had some "heavy hitters", like writer Philip Pullman, the ( Read more... )