Scott Wegener from Atomic Robo sits down with Jamar, Rich and John to discuss the origins of everyone’s favorite Thomas Edison-fightin’ robot, the hard work of a full time comics artist, and Scott’s own white whale… Dr. Dinosaur! Free Range Rules! PART 1 of 2
Listen to Episode 40 Now!
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Also, don’t forget to check out John’s new Buzzboy website at Keenspot, featuring full page comics fun Monday, Wednesday and Friday!>>
Part 2 of the NY Comic-Con wrap-up: It’s the”All Brothers” Episode of CBD, as John interviews Bobby and Peter Timony (Night Owls), Chris and Mark Mariano (Happyloo), and…Jamar(?)! Help out a brother and listen! John’s exhaustion rears its ugly head, plus, deep insights from Rich!
Listen to Episode 39 Now!
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Also, don’t forget to check out John’s new Buzzboy website at Keenspot, featuring full page comic fun Monday, Wednesday and Friday!>>
Here’s the big news I’ve been promising:
Announcing: Buzzboy Web Comics Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!
John Gallagher, through a partnership with Keenspot and Red Giant Entertainment, has just launched a new website at http://buzzboy.keenspot.com/ featuring a full page comic page. This site is part of Keenspot’s expanding reach into an all-ages webcomic initiative!
Please, everyone, check it out, and tell your friends young and old!
Hey everyone. Rich here. It’s been a while since I posted, so I thought I’d share some cool comics-related links I’ve come across recently. I found each of these interesting, and certainly relevant to some of our discussions on CBD, so I thought you guys might like to check them out.
The first link is one I stumbled across a couple of weeks ago. Over at Robot 6 (a great comics news website/blog, in its own right! If you’re not checking them out regularly, you should!), I found that Matt Seneca has a regular column called Your Wednesday Sequence, which offers up a very nice analysis of storytelling techniques, showing one sequential page from a different comic each column. It’s a terrific teaching tool, and one that is very informative. Check it out here:
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/tag/your-wednesday-sequence/
I especially like this Gasoline Alley sequence, by Frank King (I purposely used a small version of the picture, so you would be tempted to click on it to view the large size version at Robot 6. Please do yourself a favor, and click to see it in its full size glory!). I could look at storytelling like this all day, and continuously learn new things. This is the kind of stuff I eat up. I hope you’ll enjoy it too.
The second link is a cool synopsis, in comics form, of how comics evolved from early pulp fiction magazines. It begins with a story of a young Jack Kirby, and how he discovered pulps. It’s by the Action Philosophers team of Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, of Evil Twin Comics. Here’s the link to the story:
http://www.eviltwincomics.com/cbc_pulps.php
I like the art style a lot, as it’s clean and cartoony, and also conveys the feel of the times of the story’s settings. I also enjoy the way the writer intersperses quotes with his narrative, giving the story a very authentic feel. If you have a chance, click around the rest of the website too. You’ll find lots of other really cool stories.
The last link is for something we’ve actually talked a lot about on Comic Book Diner. Really, it’s something the whole industry talks a lot about: comics downloads and piracy. The article, by Glenn Hauman, of ComcMix, is specifically about how comics downloading began, and I found it very intriguing. I discovered this article through boingboing.net, so I’m going to link to both their post, as well as the actual article, which references Kyle Baker and Liz Glass’ infamous “Letitia Lerner, Superman’s Babysitter,” story. Here are the links:
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/22/how-comics-downloading-was-bor.html
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2007/07/05/who-made-comics-piracy-big/
It’s a fascinating article, so I hope you’ll take a look.
Well, that’s it for me, for now. I hope everyone has a very nice Thanksgiving this week, and for those outside of the U.S., I hope your Thursday is great too! Stop back again soon, for some important news, and updates about Buzzboy, Roboy Red, and Leon! Talk to you soon!
Rich
By the way, I snagged all the artwork from the referenced websites, so…
All Artwork Copyright their respective owners. All Rights Reserved.
Gallagher’s CBD Tip O’The Week! If you are working on your comics art on a computer at any point, then you must visit freddieart.com, home of Freddie Williams II, artist of Robin, JSA, Flash, captain Atom.
Not only has he created an incredible book on digital comics art (previously praised), he has created actions and java scripts for photoshop to help speed up production.
While working on a custom comics project last week, I purchased and downloaded the “DIGI-ART Action Pack of 12 PS actions and scripts– I saved hours (HOURS!) off production time in thickening lines, adding layers, and making blueline layers for inking, all in one day. $55 may seem like a lot to some, but believe me, after watching the tutorial video, you will see the value.
Hats off to Mr. Williams for sharing a truly productive, production tool… Check out all his other Digi-Arts tools as well, like the cardboard cutout tool I previously purchased…
Gallagher says: Over at the Daily Cartoonist, there is a buzz about cartoonist Dave Simpson’s alleged plagiarism of Dave Macnelly’s work. Please check it out…
Here are the cartoons in question– you be the judge…
First the origianal Macnelly:
Now, the “new” cartoon…
There is a cool overlay at the DC, and here is my take…
So, what do you think?
Jamar, Rich & John return from a too-long hiatus and discuss their successful kickstarter campaign, publishing 2 new books, and the Baltimore and NYC Comic-Cons. This is part one of a 2-part report…
Listen to Episode 37 Now!
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Hey everyone– first, thanks for backing us on Kickstarter– our absence from the airwaves and this site have only been because we are all hunkered down in production mode for all three GN’s – Buzzboy, Roboy Red, and Leon: Protector of the Playground.
Here are a few pics of the new Roboy book, as well as a vid of us saying thanks– maybe we should stick to podcasting! 
Jamar, Rich & I will be hosting a Kid-Friendly Pavilion again at this year’s Baltimore Comic-Con. We’d love to see you there! The press release is below…
NEWS RELEASE: Comic Book Diner Presents: BCC Kids Comics Pavilion
Kids’ Comics Creators Serve Up Fun at Baltimore Comic-Con!
Jeff Smith (Bone) & Archie Comics Creator Dan Parent Headlines All-Ages Fun in Charm City!
Kids 10 and Under get in free at the Baltimore Comic-Con Aug 20-21 at the Baltimore Convention Center, and artists and writers from such companies as Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Disney, Pixar, Marvel & DC will be on hand to sketch, say hi, and sell their books. Comic Book Diner, presented by the Comic Book Diner Comics Studio and Podcast, is an all-ages section in the show full of comics, activities, and even a craft area where kids can create their own super hero capes!
“The Baltimore Comic-Con is a great family comics show,” said John Gallagher, creator of the Buzzboy graphic novel series, and director of the Kids section, “and it is exciting to introduce young people to the magic of sequential art.” Gallagher is one of the three Comic Book Diner creators, along with Rich Faber (Roboy Red) and Jamar Nicholas (Leon: Protector of the Playground). Also at the show will be comics legend Stan Lee, as well as Jeff Smith, creator of the million-selling “Bone” graphic novel series. Archie Comics artist/writer Dan Parent will be on hand, as well as Jimmy Gownley, creator of the hit “Amelia Rules!” graphic novels. Also displaying their kid-friendly art and comics:
Frank Camuso ( Knights of the Lunch Table, Otto’s Orange Day)
Steve Conley (Bloop, Star Trek)
Mark McKenna (Star Wars, Banana Tail)
SL Gallant (GI JOE)
Marty Baumann (Pixar Artist, Crater Kid)
Scott Cohn (GI JOE)
Ted Tucker (Disney Artist, Lunar Donut)
Mike Maihack (Cleopatra in Space)
Harold Buchholz (Wild Lion, Archie Comics)
Jason Horn (Ninjasaur)
Mark Mariano (Happyloo)
There will be two East Coast Comics debuts:
Gallagher’s Buzzboy: Sidekicks Rule Graphic Novel, and Faber’s Roboy Red Graphic Novel, both available together in soft cover and hardcover! Those interested in finding out more about the Comic Book Diner Presents: BCC Kids Comics Pavilion can visit http://www.comicbookdiner.com or http://www.baltimorecomiccon.com
My friends the Mann Family at last year's Comic-Con
