MTV Invades the Big Apple, Bringing Monsters and the Best of Animation to NY Comic Con

MTV logoLuke Wilson to Moderate Panel for Mike Judge’s “Beavis and Butt-Head,” and Executive Producer of “The Howard Stern Show” Gary Dell’Abate to Moderate “Good Vibes”

Full Pilot Episode of “Good Vibes” Will be Available in its Entirety on MTV.com Following Its World Premiere at NY Comic-Con on Friday, October 14

Legend Stan Lee Joins MTV Comics For a Special Panel and Announcement Involving “The Seekers” Continue reading

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Farewell Steve Jobs: Artists Pay Tribute to Tech Genius

The world changed on October 5, 2011 when Steve Jobs passed away due to pancreatic cancer. The entire world is mourning the lost of someone who truly changed the world by creating art through technology. Today, artists from all over the globe pay their respects to a legend.

Unthinkable by Joe Petruccio

Unthinkable by Joe Petruccio Continue reading

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5 Things to Learn from Digital CAPS’ Comic Book Trailers

COMICS Series: George CarlinJust last week comic book letterer and creator Jaymes Reed asked me how he can market his latest COMIC series, a collection of comic books produced by Bluewater Productions that illustrates the life stories stand-ups, sitcom stars and comedians who have made a huge impact on popular culture such as George Carlin , Lucy Ball and The Three Stooges. I told him about one of my favorite marketing tactics for such projects – trailers. Who says trailers are only for movies, right?

Well, in a few days, Jaymes had a few trailers. First, I must say I was very impressed that he was able to pull this together very quickly. Not only did he have a lightening fast turnaround, the quality of it is very impressive. Quite frankly, there are a few things people can learn from these trailers. Continue reading

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Video: Marketing Your Comic Book

I’m glad I’m not the only who stresses that it is very important to market your comic book once it is completed. Just because the creative part of the project is over, that doesn’t mean that you are done. As a matter of fact, the real work still lies ahead of you.

In order to get sales, people need to know who you are and in order for that to happen, you need to get your name out there. Today I am across this video. Great tips for those who need a few creative ideas on how to market your comics.

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How to Prep for the NY Comic Con

New York Comic Con 2011
As the New York Comic Con is getting closer, you should be thinking about how to prep for one of the biggest conventions in the nation. Chances are, you probably have been here before but so has everyone else.  It’s time to figured out what you should update, toss out or add into your presentation. Continue reading

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Comic Art Showcase

Comic Art Con 2011

I recently found about about this little art show happening in Secaucus, NJ. Two guys by the names of Joe Veteri and Dan Gallo are hosting Comic Art Con, the first exclusive Comic Art Convention. According to the website this is the only show devoted solely to original comic art!  No comic books, no toys, and no celebrities…just art!  Don’t know about you but it sounds pretty interesting. Admission is only $10 and children are free when accompanied by an adult. If you have a chance to go here’s the info:

Sunday September 11, 2011

Meadowlands Crown Plaza Hotel

2 Harmon Plaza, Secaucus, N.J. 07094

10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

(201) 348-6900

Guest artists will include Tim Vigil, Rich Buckler and Sara Richard. For more information contact:

JOE VETERI at  joe@comicartshowcase.com (973) 768-6649

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DAN GALLO at comicartcon@aol.com or (954) 547-9063

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Women in Science and Comics!

The Smithsonian Channel is paying tribute to the wonderful women of science in the month of March by giving them their own comic book! How awesome is that?! 5 women have been turned to comic book heroines. They are:

  • Elisabeth Blackburn - biological researcher and winner of the  2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work on co-discovering telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the telomere, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects it
    Comic Book Title: Decoding Morality
  • JoGayle Howard - Theriogenologist (animal reproductive specialist)
    Comic Book Title: Ghost Cat
  • Nan Hauser – Whale Researcher
    Comic Book Title: Footprints on the Water
  • Elisabeth Kalko – Tropical Scientist and Ecologist
    Comic Book Title: Batwomen of Panama
  • Gundren Pflueger - Wolf Biologist
    Comic Book Title: Running with Wolves

The 5 book series had a production team that consisted of Gerard Conte (illustrator), Mallory Murphy (writer) and Kevin Colden (colorist). In addition to the comic books, each lady has their own full episode about their work which will be airing on the Smithsonian Channel. Currently, you can watch the full episode of Decoding Immortality on the website.

Read the comic books online or download them from the Smithsonian Channel website.

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Why The Green Lantern Movie Will Fail

Anyone who knows me, knows that I adore the Green Lantern. So when I heard that the movie was coming out, I couldn’t have been more excited. However, when I saw the trailer, I must admit that I was disappointed. Here are my predictions why The Green Lantern could be an epic fail base on the two minute trailer.

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Droid Gives Web Comics a Chance

If you are looking for another way to give comic book lovers another way to read your stuff, Droid has the answer. Droid Comic Viewer is an app described as a ” lightweight image, comic & manga viewer.”  Viewers can scroll from left-to-right or right-to-left and has auto bookmarking. Apparently, DCV has become very popular with more than 250,000 Android users having already downloaded the app.

I haven’t had a chance to explore this app but here’s a good review from someone who has.

Do you have a Droid? Have you already downloaded this app? If not, would you?

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How Technology is Changing Web Comics

With comic shops and local bookstores starting to close its doors for good, the comic book industry looked like it was going to go down with it. But then 2007 came along. The iPhone was introduced and  Amazon got this crazy idea to create a portable e-reader and call it a Kindle. Turns out that by Christmas 2010, e-readers were a very popular gift and iPhones were still going strong. But in early 2010, web comics had another savior — the iPad. Continue reading

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