April 2011
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Comic Con Plus in Jax
Today is Wednesday. As everyone into comic books knows today is the day that new comics come out. While at my local comic shop that has my pull list is at I was informed that I will be having a table at Jacksonville’s quarterly mini comic con Comic Con Plus !!!!! Turns out the great guys at Alter Egos Comics/ Comics Dojo believe in Aspire enough to get Ashley and myself our own table!...
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HerosCon w00ts
Part of getting into any industry is networking. I HATE networking. I hate the idea of getting to know someone because you WANT SOMETHING from them instead of wanting to get to know them. There are few things I truly hate, that is one of them. So when I go to cons, no matter how big or how small, I talk and try to get to know everyone and if I end up being buddies with someone that happens to have...
Take this woman off ice: Onyx Adams
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In this series I look at characters who have been “put on ice” by DC — they are alive but without any book or storyline. Today I am looking at Onyx Adams, who despite starting off as a member of the Arrowverse became an important part of Batman’s city and alliances.
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Brutal Tips On Breaking Into Comics →
Writing is hard. Writing something that people enjoy is harder, but getting into the industry you want can kill you. Gail Simone offers some reality for those people who are serious. Thank you Gail. As always you are blunt but it’s for the better.
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Brutal Tips On Breaking In To Comics
All right, recently, I lost two very dear friends of mine, writers who were intelligent,...
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Karaoke can be DANGEROUS
Last night’s Jacksonville artwalk was a blast. Lots of people stopped by and said “hi” to have Ashley Lanni and myself sign copies of Aspire. Then karaoke started at Cafe 331. There were the standard not so good singers drunk and trying to sign but overall most people’s inner rock star came out. Some fans even promoted Aspire before singing Tenacious D’s “Fuck...
APE IN A CAPE: Dear Modern Feminism →
gailsimone:
Holy crap, what is going on?
I’m so frustrated with this cause that I dearly believe in. Instead of reaching for tolerance and high ideals, the intellectual wing of feminism seems mired in ego, short-sightedness and celebrity snark.
Instead of being a philosophical haven for both the poet and…
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Tumblr is for nonsense, Blogger is for self...
I have two, yes two, blogs now. I have this lovely piece that you are reading right now and a blog site for info only relating to my works and collaborations. My tumblr will be for random nonsense that pops into the slightly eccentric brain of this writer while news directly related to Aspire and any other projects that artist Ashley Lanni or myself might be working on will go...
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Yes I'm on a mental high.
Last week I went to MegaCon to do 2 things; go to panels and learn the basics of what it takes to make it in the comic industry, and to pimp my comic Aspire put out by Movement Comics http://movementmagazine.com/MOVEMENTcomics/index.htm and drawn by Ashley Lanni http://www.ashleylanni.blogspot.com/ I also got to meet some really awesome people in the comic book industry that I’m a fan of...
