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Tony Millionaire’s MAAKIES is one of the most popular weekly comic strips in America, running nearly a dozen U.S. newsweeklies, including The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Seattle’s The Stranger. MAAKIES features the comical adventures of a drunken crow on the high seas, blending vaudeville-style humor and a breathtaking line that harkens back to the glory days of the American comic strip.

Tony Millionaire will be at Meltdown Comics on Sunset Blvd. signing, greeting and chit chatting this Wednesday, September 30th, from 7-10pm.


 

It’s done! This is what I’ve been working on for the last few months, I think it’s the biggest project I’ve done so far. 16 Redesigns of famous Masters of the Universe-characters! I imagined them somewhere in the indie/hipster/fashion-scene, as if they were doing a photoshooting for some magazine. I’m a fashion-nerd myself, so I dressed them up in things that really excist and that I like.
They were hand-drawn on A3, and I plan to print them on fluorescent or glow in the dark paper. And hopefully do an exhibition with them :)

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE on the Behance Network

 

Mayhem Set (Issue #1 & #3)Click Here to Purchase

PURCHASE (COLLECTIBLE) ISSUE #1 AND THE LATEST ISSUE (#3) TOGETHER AND SAVE!

About Mayhem!:
Tyrese Gibson’s MAYHEM begins on the streets of Los Angeles, wherein a brutal crime wave led by the mysterious Big X has the entire city in a state of perpetual fear. With even the police force unable to stop him, MAYHEM, a faceless vigilante with only his partner Malice and an unrelenting vengeance to back him up, strikes back against the criminal hordes. Within three issues of non-stop action, they will take on Big X to dismantle his organization and restore peace to the City of Angels.

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With 3D effects quickly becoming a staple feature for film audiences, novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker wanted to create a narrative that took the augmented viewing experience one step further by weaving it into the narrative hook of IDW’s “Seduth,” his first original comic property in nearly two decades.

Co-written by Chris Monfette with art by Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos (“Locke & Key”) and 3-D art expert Ray Zone, “Seduth” is slated to include 3D glasses when it drops in October, letting readers delve into the storyline’s exploration of existence in more than three dimensions, with readers’ experience being the added fourth dimension.

According to Barker, this effect was conceived to be a kind of “wet dream of 3D,” for comic fans, positioning storytelling elements in a way that’s meant to capitalize on the full potential of the visual enhancement with pointed graphic content and surreal landscapes prominent throughout the issue.

In 32 pages, the story follows a man driven by his darkest impulses to oblivion and back after being exposed to the contents of a priceless diamond. There’s scads of sex and violence with lots of nihilism to wash it all down. For Barker, who considers breakneck pacing to be one of comics’ greatest strengths, it’s all just part of the plan.

“Sometimes it does feel as though good ideas run out of steam, and I would prefer [as a reader] one comic, which was awesome, to [longer series] that were so-so,” Barker told MTV News.

Barker explained that even though he hadn’t participated heavily on the creative side of the comics equation for a period of time, he’s never stopped picking up his weekly pull list.

“I’m a little kid in a candy store on a Wednesday,” said Baker, “I like my comics dark and I like them stylish, I like them smart, but I can still read Archie comics when I need to.”

Barker also made it clear that “Seduth” wouldn’t be a one-off, but rather the first of what he plans to be number of comic projects, recognizing now more than ever how passionate he’s remained about the medium.

“I’m a 56-year-old man and I still feel the same thrill when I’m buying comics like when I was 12. I don’t feel that same old feeling over a movie.”

Like what you’re reading about Clive Barker’s “Seduth”? Here’s a sneak peek, courtesy of IDW Publishing—and if you have a pair of 3D glasses, wear ‘em!

UPDATE:

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FOR WRITERS AND ARTISTS!  NEW CLASS STARTS OCTOBER 5th!

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Join our  weekly workshop where you can accomplish your goals as a comic book writer, artist or both. In the class, participants bring in their work, exchange useful and honest criticism, and share ideas while being led and instructed by an experienced, passionate comics professional.

Learn the most important aspect of writing – how to structure a story – as it relates to the medium of comics and graphic novels. Artists will be given instruction in visual storytelling, composition, light and dark, other drawing skills. The goal for writer/artists is to have a finished eight-page minicomic at the end of the classes. The goal for writers is to have a script for a 10-12 page short comics story.

The workshop is led by Jim Higgins, who has been a writer and editor in the comics business for 15 years. He was an editor and assistant editor at DC Comics in the Paradox Press division (The Big Books, A History of Violence, Road to Perdition, etc.) and is the editor and publisher of New Thing, an international anthology of short comics stories. He taught comic book storytelling for eight years at The School of Visual Arts in NYC. He is presently teaching Graphic Novel Development at The California Institute of the Arts.

Monday, October 5, 2009, is the start date of the next new series.  Classes meet once a week from 7:00pm-9:30pm for 14 weeks.  $20 per session.


SPACE IS LIMITED!

Before showing up as a new student, you MUST contact instructor Jim Higgins at mlt_u@ meltcomics.com to see whether there is still room available. The next series starts at the end of November and will meet on Wednesdays.

For more information, please check the website at meltcomics.com/meltdown_u.html.


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