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Events, Appearances, Promotions #4- Boston Comic Con Merchandise Oh and by the way...


Posted by Tyler James No comments: Tears of the Dragon #5: Colorist! Tears of the Dragon has found itself a colorist! Paul Little is coming on board to lend his colors to Koko Amboro's gorgeous line art. Paul has done work for Arcana and Image comics, and has working coming for Shadowline and Jay Faeber.

You can check out more of Paul's work at his comicspace page.

I've also included here just a little sneak peak at Paul's dazzling colors. Obviously, I'm thrilled to have him join the TOTD team. CounterTERROR #9- Production Blog! As CounterTERROR gets closer to its debut, I decided to put together a production blog for the comic.

Feel free to check it out here and add it to your RSS feeds.

As always, comments and crits are appreciated, and anything you'd like to see on there or suggestions for improvements are all things I'd love to hear. I'll definitely be adding new stuff over the month of November, so continue to check it out. Tears of the Dragon #4: Re-remix Here's another colorist's take on the Tears of the Dragon pin-up. This one is courtesy of Icepick, a member of Rob Liefeld's forum.

I really like the details and lighting on the swords and hilts. Definitely a much darker take on the piece, but I think it works. Events, Appearances, Promotion #3: Boston Comic Con Come check me out at the Boston Comic Con! I got an email last week from Jim Talbot of Bedrock Comics, who is organizing the event. Jim told me a few table spots had opened up and I decided to snag one.

I still have some inventory left over from the Boston Zine Fair, so hopefully I'll move a few more copies of Super Seed. I'm also plan on having some CounterTERROR pages on hand for people to check out.

So, if you're in the Boston area, come check it out. The con is Sunday, November 2 at the Back Bay Events Center. The admission is $10 and children under 10 are free. October Projects Update!

Super Seed Tears of the Dragon ICE: Interrogation Control Element ICE #4: Another sneak peak...

While this project is still a ways away from debuting, I couldn't resist sharing another quick glimpse at pencils for my project ICE: Interrogation Control Element. I'm really enjoying working with Argentinian artist Damian Couceiro on this. Hope you like... I've had a lot going on lately, both personally and professionally, but that's not to say there isn't a ton of stuff going on comics-wise for me. Expect an October Projects Update coming soon. Creating Comics #3: Class Begins Next Week I've been busy crossing t's and dotting i's on my syllabus for the class I'm teaching this fall at the Newburyport Adult & Continuing Education Center called Creating Comics! Scriptwriting for Comics and Graphic Novels.

I've planned a six week survey course to cover a number of topics relevant to writing for sequential art. The class will be a mix of mini-lectures, comics and comics literature discussion, short writing exercises, homework readings, and workshopping of student scripts. The culminating project for my students will be to leave class with a finished 8-page comic script ready to be handed to an artist.

Here are the major topics I'll cover over the six-week course:

Talking Comics: The Terminology of Visual Storytelling
What Does a Comic Script Look Like?

Sequential Storytelling Tips and Tricks:
Smooth Transitions & Word/Image Relationship

Creating & Writing Great Characters

Genres & Style & Form
Print Vs. Digital

Comics Collaborations: Working with artists to achieve your vision

Good Writing Means Re-writing: Refining & revising
Comics Marketing: Marketing your comic and yourself

If any readers have suggestions on must-read materials, books, links, etc. on any of those topics I'd love to hear them.

My class begins next Tuesday, October 14. For more information on the class, go here. CounterTERROR #8: More Promos

I was an ad creating machine, yesterday. Here's a few more early drafts for CounterTERROR ads...this time around- leaderboard ads. Posted by Tyler James 2 comments: CounterTERROR #7: Update/Gearing up for Promotion One more page left to finish for the initial 8 page CounterTERROR teaser! I knocked out the colors on a couple of very cool pages this weekend. It was very important to me that the final page really knock it out of the park, and it took some back and forth with series artist Stefano Cardoselli, exchanging ideas, sketches, and multiple layouts, but we finally arrived at a shared vision. I saw the pencils for page 8 yesterday and they blew me away. He'll get that page inked and in my hands today, and then the ball is back in my court to finish it strong.

In the meantime, I've started doing some concepts for promotion and banner ads and such. Here's an early draft of an ad that soon will be plastered round the net. Comments and crits appreciated. Social Networking #1: Myspace It's been a while since I've checked out Myspace. While I don't necessarily need more ways to waste time on the net, there are plenty of good comics groups over there, and it's always good to network. Plus they've made some pretty nice improvements since I was last there.

So if you're on myspace, friend me! Tears of the Dragon #3: Update! Just a little update about the status of Tears of the Dragon! Artist Koko Amboro has been churning out pages at a great rate. It's pretty funny. Koko lives in Indonesia and the internet access isn't nearly as ubiquitous there as it is here. So, I'll go a few weeks without hearing from him, and then out of the blue, my inbox will be filled with a bunch of gorgeous pages. It's very cool.

He's really bringing this ambitious story to life, and it's awesome to see. Koko has a strong design sense and a great imagination, and it's definitely translating to the page. The glimpse I've provided above hardly does his work justice. But hope you enjoy the tease. Are you reading Over? My Comic Projects Check out 30/30! What I'm Up To... My Column Creating Comics Resources