Antes que nada, quiero agradecerles a todos los que no solo han expresado interés sobre los mini comics, sino también que varios ya se quieran aventar el tiro de realizarlos. Hace no mucho hice un video sobre como hacer mini comics, muy sencillo. En caso que no lo hayas visto y tienes media hora en tus manos, aquí esta:

Ahora, para complementar tanto en historia, información, consejos sobre impresión, ideas sobre costos, nombres correctos de cada tamaño, etc… les comparto dos entrevistas a quien a mi me introdujo al mundo (y al gusto) de los minicomics. Dos entrevistas del podcast Indie Spinner Rack a Alec Longstreth:

ISR: 138 Mini-Comics Book Club #1

ISR: 153 Mini-Comics Book Club #2

Y, si no fuera suficiente y como Alec menciona en el podcast, he aquí el comic que el hizo donde esta toda esa información condensada: Your Comics Will Love You Back!

Y es todo por ahora. Si tienen mas dudas y preguntas, haganmelas saber y con gusto les ayudo.

Gracias y disfruten.

Mario A.~

Soooo, kinda of a different Killing Boredom this week, this was going to be a regular blog post, but, I’ll kill two birds in one shot with this one.

Awesome 2: Awesomer is the second anthology by the Indie Spinner Rack guys which features an amazing wide range of styles and narratives from the industry’s great talents as well as new comers. I read somewhere that one of the flaws of the anthology is that there isn’t a constant subject and all the stories bounce around on their own. Well, this certain reviewer seems that he never heard the podcast itself, because basically that’s the spirit of the Izzer and that’s what I like about this (and the previous anthology), the freedom Charlito and Mr. Phil gave to the authors to just run with their own ideas and create a great variety in the book. With a cover by Jeff Smith, a back cover Roger Landgridge and stories by Jeff Lemire, Ryan Dunlavy, Julia Wertz, Steve Hamaker and ISR’s own Charlito and Mr. Phil, between a LOT of other amazing artists, including a mini comic by various students of the Center for Cartoon Studies, this and the previous anthology are en essential to all independent fans out there. And the profits will be gone to grant a scholarship for a student of the CCS, so it’s all for a good cause, so support the goodness.

So that’s it for me today. Wednesday marks the beginning of Chapter 19, so stay tuned.

Mario A.~

Just two quick reminders before our usuals: THIS and a reminder that the story of Chapter 16 was based on a story as told by Charlito and Mr. Phil from the Indie Spinner Rack podcast, on THIS episode (the story starts at minute 3:20).

Now:

The Meek: Not that it needs any extra promotion by now, but if by any chance you don’t know this comic yet , go read it, love it. It’s a really great told and drwan strory and it has the extra of having a really great person behind it producing it.

It’s just…

And this is one of the many reasons I love 4 Player Podcast

That’s it for now. This coming week Chapter 17 starts, adn this one has been a fun one to do since, so far, I been ahving NO idea of what it’s going to be about, so stay tuned!

Mario A.~

It’s finally here, Issue 16 is now COMPLETE! (well… almost, I’m still missing the credits page, but, I’m working on it right now), so it should be goint to the printer tomorrow and hopefully, like last time, it’ll be available for sale during the next week. SO STAY TUNED!

Anyway, here’s the cover and pin-up fo this issue:

Click to enlarge.

The colors for the cover were provided by Mr. Sean Pendleton, of the Same Apartment fame, and the Pin-up was provided by one of my favorite cartoonists, Mr. Waldemar Lene Chaves.

Something I did not tell you so far is that this particular story is not from my own inspiration or soemthing that happened to me, it’s an adaptation (used with permission) by a story told at the Indie Spinner Rack podcast by Charlito and Mr. Phil. Since I heard that story on the show I knew it had to be a Wyliman story, it fits perfectly in their world.

Mario A.-

PS: Life still doesn’t give me a break, by the way.

Not much to report this week, work, work, work, but the “Challenge“ thing is coming out great, this coming week it’s inking time, which has me pretty excited.

Aaaandthat’s it. Now to our Sunday business:

Indie Spinner Rack: The best podcast about independent comics! Charlito and Mr. Phil cover all from old classic to new comers, interviews and reviews. So if you wanna get interested in the world of independent comics and want your wallet suffert, the Indie Spinner Rack podcast is the way to go.

from Madame Blavastky Overdrive .com

I’d pay the $650 JUST for the cassette!

That’s it for this week! Keep an eye out all week when Natalia finally wakes up, and next week for more Killing Boredom!

Mario~