Yesterday I did a podcast interview with writer/director Lance Weiler for his excellent online resource The Workbook Project, an open-source informational hub for creators looking to use the internet in new ways to spread their storytelling regardless of medium. Lance and I met at SXSWi and talked about how his last film HEAD TRAUMA incorporated a cross-media ARG (alternate-reality game) that creates a supplemental story using phone calls, websites, live performances and even a Jack Chick-sized comic that fans can follow clues to additional pieces of the film’s story. A longtime comics fan, Lance was very interested in SHOOTING WAR’s path from web to print to motion picture… so we had a little chat about it:
One result of this conversation is a word I’m going to overuse: micropatron. It’s the model of organizing your fans’ donations to meet your production budget that allows them to go from passive fans to active producers, showing their enthusiasm for your work by helping bring it to life. This bon mot and more are contained within the podcast.
For the last 6 weeks, I’ve been communicating with Antonio Gonella, designer of the Turntablet, a third-party aluminum rack for the Wacom Cintiq 21UX that mounts it directly onto your drafting table to allow a full 360º range of motion. The thing is, I’d just scored a beautiful Trident table on Craigslist and was hesitant to bore a 15-17.25″ hole through the center of its surface in case I want to use to table for good old-fashioned analog art. I emailed Antonio my concerns and he suggested an altered installation, of which I am apparently the first. Armed with a 2″ hole saw bit and the included bolts and drill bit, I totally sexed up my workspace in approx. 30 minutes. Click pic for slideshow.
Many thanks, Antonio; this install solution for the Turntablet has planted me in the studio space of my dreams.
UGO.com has chosen me as their Underground 07 Cartoonist; the Underground 07 series also highlights up-and-coming hip-hop producer, dancehall reggae MC and graffiti artist.
The embedded video clip below features a time-elapsed live drawing of Kelly for all you beautiful fans out there.
Something new for you to chew:
Guess who’s back, glowing and exploding just for you in this week’s NSFW gorgeous glory?
The Eisner nominations were just announced, and SHOOTING WAR has been officially nominated under “Best Digital Comic”. The list of nominees include some very talented people that you should also check out:
Bee, in “Motel Art Improvement Service” by Jason Little
Girl Genius by Phil Foglio
Minus by Ryan Armand
Phables, by Brad Guigar
Sam and Max by Steve Purcell
Shooting War by Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman
ACT-I-VATE was featured on Associated Press today, with an accompanying multimedia gallery of our sweetest of fruits.
