Wake up folks!

PRESS RELEASE:

Cabra Cini: Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman makes her color debut in Visionary Comics’ Digital Visions #4!

New up-and-coming writer Sam Johnson (Geek-Girl, Gold Town) and artist Bruno Letizia (CLiNT Mag, Interferenza) introduce us to a bizarre new world of horror!

“Cabra Cini is a character close to my heart, whom I have big plans for,” says Sam. “There’s a one-shot already in the can, illustrated by Fernando Melek & Gaston Zubeldia, but this story--‘Voodoo Trespass’--is where Cabra makes her debut--and we’re thrown headlong into her twisted world.”

A world where Cabra, an ex-crack whore, has cleaned up her act and, for horrific reasons--revealed in Digital Visions #4--become a hitwoman. “But not just any hitwoman,” Sam adds; “Voodoo is a weapon Cabra employs--along with her array of blades and guns--and she’s developed her own bastardized version of the art: which she uses to dramatic effect in carrying out her hits."

“One of the ways she uses it is to access a dimension known as ‘The Infinity’--Limbo’s ‘crazy cousin--locked away in the attic’--which can serve as a dimensional gateway between where you are and wherever you want to go. Though, with what the ruler of The Infinity throws at its trespassers, the journey can come at a monstrously high cost, as Cabra--hired by bereaved parents to take out the guy who killed their daughter,‘playing vampire’--is about to learn…”


Digital Visions #4 also features:

Deity: The Darkness and the Light #0 by Karl Altstaetter & Robert Napton. An interdimensional war wages for the very fate of reality. Our only hope? A sixteen-year-old Earth girl. Can she survive the dangers of 2027 Los Angeles and avoid vicious aliens long enough to fulfill her destiny? Picking up where the first Deity series left off, this ‘jump-on’ story will introduce newcomers to both old evils and brand new ones!

Gangland Avalon by A. David Lewis, Michael Angelo Lee & Chuck Bordell. Sit in on a tense meeting with the Cavalieres and the Moores as they discuss control of the town. And this is a mob meeting with a difference, as both families aren’t just packing guns, they’re wielding magic!

Digital Visions #4. 30 pages. Suggested for Mature Readers. Available to read online or download FREE
at http://samjohnson-comics.blogspot.com/

CCU will review Cabra Cini: Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman as found in the pages of  Visionary Comics’ Digital Visions #4 this
Wednesday the 26th. Please spread the word and tell us what you think.
 
Stand By...

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THIS LITTLE PIGGY GETS EVEN

BREAKING NEWS

A New Collection From

Francis Bonnet's

"This Little Piggy

GETS EVEN!"

Go Ahead Click Here!!

Official Book Summary:

SUBURBAN FAIRY TALES, the popular web comic by Francis Bonnet, returns in an action-packed, all-new volume!

Featuring a cast of your favorite fairy tale characters thrown into a modern suburban setting, THIS LITTLE PIGGY GETS EVEN continues the adventures of Frog Prince, Pinocchio, Rapunzel, Red Riding Hood and more as they make their way through high school! As an exclusive bonus, this book features an original sketched story arc, which was never published online! Don’t miss a single comic!

Whether you’re young or old, SUBURBAN FAIRY TALES will bring your favorite fables into the 21st century!

My Comments:

My last Suburban Fairy Tales book came out in 2006 and only had 15 months worth of strips in the entire book. The most obvious reason for such a long wait between books is because Suburban Fairy Tales had ended in 2006 and those 15 months worth of strips were all I had. But I can happily say that my newest book, This Little Piggy Gets Even has almost two years worth of strips and it doesn’t end the series. In fact, I’m hoping that in another two years I can have a third Suburban Fairy Tales book out.

So what’s with the name, This Little Piggy Gets Even? Well, the first Suburban Fairy Tales book was titled “Suburban Fairy Tales: The Complete Collection” (it has since been renamed to “A Comic Strip Collection”). The series was meant to end with the first book. But since I brought the series back, the second book needed a title worthy of standing on its own, and calling it “The Complete Collection Volume 2” was not only weak, it was also kind of stupid. This was a re-launch, after all.

“ This Little Piggy Gets Even” just popped into my head after reading a book of nursery rhymes to my daughter. I thought it would be a funny and unique title and I couldn’t think of another book, comic, movie, or cartoon that has ever used that phrase.

 As a point I made sure not to reference that this was a “volume 2” anywhere in the book.

As an added bonus I put in a 12-strip storyline that I never published online. This story is told in sketches taken directly from my sketchbook. It’s the story of Red Riding Hood and how she fell out of love with Frog Prince. What’s unique about this story when compared to my other rejected stories is the fact that even though it didn’t officially make it into the series, repercussions from the ending of this particular arc changed the direction of the strip forever.

In case anyone is wondering, I’ve already thought up a title for my third Suburban Fairy Tales book. The book is still at least two years away, but it’s never too early to get a jump on things, is it?

Be here this WEDNESDAY, July 21st

 for CCU's EXCLUSIVE review of

This Little Piggy Gets Even!

 Catch a sneek peek and our comments...

B.Y.O.B please.

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Alien Irwin Studios

Annnnd Lift-Off. We have lift-off.

For your pleasure CCU has docked Its space ship with:

Alien Irwin Studios

http://www.alien-irwin.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/irwinalien

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Spacescape-Comic/230602186207

http://www.cafepress.com/spacescape

http://www.comicspace.com/irwinalien/

http://irwinalien.blogspot.com/2009/01/spacescape-page-0-1.html

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=2290

or Google "Spacescape Alien Irwin"

Some years back, when Spacescape was a script and optioned to

 a production office in Hollywood, the development director

 informed me that I was to have it co-scripted by someone

 that the studios would feel comfortable with,

since I alone was an unknown entity. Dan O'Bannon immediately

 came to mind, and we arranged a creative meeting

with him to bring him on board to co-script.

http://danobannon.com/

I had enjoyed his work on Dark Star and Alien,

 and I was really looking forward to his input.

He wasn't much help as it turned out, and the project

 of course went into turn-around. To be fair, his health had

 been impairing him at the time, and apparently since.

It's too bad we weren't able to work together,

but I was lucky to be able to spend the few hours

we did have kicking around ideas.

Working with no budget I thought I'd try making some

animated shorts on my own,

which you can see on my YouTube channel.

 In this way I thought I would bring alive the Spacescape universe,

 which was essentially an urban environment of the

"contemporary future",

 set in orbit. As I was shopping Hollywood again this new version

 of the original script, a copyright lawyer representing

comic artist Doug Tennapel and many other properties

suggested making the story into a graphic novel.

 At first I was reluctant to do so, because I wasn't sure

 if my skills as a comic artist were up to snuff.

On the other hand, I had done some of my own production designs

 so I thought I'd knock out a few pages.

Because of Spacescape's franchise nature this seemed

 like a logical sequence or progression. Fortunately,

an upstart cultural publication saw the pages I had done

and we agreed to publish Spacescape on a serial basis.

 Maybe the property hadn't become languid after all.

 

28-plus pages later, Book One is finally out and available

through IndyPlanet. Book two is already well under way.

Once Book two is finished I intend to make the rounds

at the cons, shop the production offices again, etc.

I think the story should register with readers as the reality of

space tourism and travel begins to capture the public's imagination;

 outer space developers, real estate speculators, space bangers,

 massive orbital junkyards, rocket-powered shopping carts--

it's all there!

Thanks for having us aboard Irwin.

We all loved the "Rotel". What a view.

CCU would like to invite you down to our humble

 "station" whenever you're in the neighborhood.

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Mark D. Velard: Refractor Industries

CCU brings you:

Mark D.Velard

who brings you:

http://refractorind.com/
http://www.comicspace.com/superbaddeathmachine
dillirdqthurman@gmail.com

What can I say. I saw Mark's work on ComicSpace.com
and was blown away.
I've been around long enough to know raw talent
when I see it. This kid has it. Where and how did he tap into it?
I'll let him tell us. Go Mark.

Alright, so here it goes….

Its an honor to be a featured artist here on Comic Creators United, so thank you Wit for having me! Wit asked me, for this thing, to write a bio of myself, and the ol’ “got born, grew-up, started drawing comics and so here I am” routine won’t cut it.
So here’s some background.
Like everyone else who draws comics, I’ll tell you I’ve been drawing ever since I grew out of the fetal stage of life, and have been ever since those glorious fetal days. I drew comics through-out high school, usually exaggerated stories of my friends and I, or caricature of the moronic teachers I had. I’m a huge fan of Calvin and Hobbes, and of course owned every book; even a signed copy of “Homicidal Jungle Cat,” (which I have a second, fairly mangled copy of I bought specifically for reading purposes). C&H is really how it all started for me. My love for Calvin and Hobbes was so great that I had decided at the age of 13 that that was it, what I wanted to do: draw a syndicated newspaper comic strip. So, after high school I started work on a webcomic called “Jayhoo and Jawhoo,” while I attended a community college; where after two years I graduated from with an associates in fine art (which, I always say, I could probably eat and it wouldn’t make a difference). After that, I decided “Eff School” and that I’d teach myself everything I need to know. Following “Jay and Jaw” (I did it for 3 years, and I have I would guess a little over a hundred strips) which admittedly was a completely juvenile comic; I started a new webcomic entitled “The White Hot Lightning Masters (Of Love),” which was absurd, and immature. This strip I got published in about 15 college newspaper all over the country in addition to on the web,
and felt pretty good about its run.


While I was doing all of my White Hot Love, I had decided that breaking into the syndicated comics business was damn near impossible. And so I became disillusioned with the whole prospect, and looked to move-on. That’s when a friend of mine introduced me to a comic called

 “Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron,” by Daniel Clowes,
and that changed my entire view of comics.

http://www.amazon.com/Like-Velvet-Glove-Cast-Iron/dp/product-description/1560971169

With Future Space, I tried to do, what I will always try to do, which is mix genres, and use satire, absurdity and any other useful storytelling devices to make a political or social commentary. For example: zombies. The main reason I enjoy zombie flicks, is, because of the social commentary. George A. Romero is the best at this, because, throughout the movie you have to ask: WHO are the zombies? Who are the zombies in our culture, and why is everyone becoming one. Anyway, I’m getting off track..

 uh, what am I talking about?

Right, lately I’ve been fascinated with the storytelling of early 80’s DOS based adventure video games, such as ”Space Quest” (which is my favorite game ever by the way). I tried to actually mix-in some of the feel of that game into Future Space, and I will probably come back to that kind of fun adventure qualities later on. Another goal of mine in comics is to make comics that feel as fluid as movies, and actually feel like movies in how they’re framed and so on, but, wouldn’t work as movies. I think it would be neat to turn it around and make comics that emulate movies, but that are impossible to convert into movies, in terms of style and pace and lighting and stuff like that (This is what I try to do in Bang Pong Pow). I’d also like experiment with advertising, like Chris Ware does in his Jimmy Corrigan comic, in which you’ll have a sensational advert for the comic, as part of the comic you are currently reading. Anyway, I’ll wrap it up.

Next-up, I’ll be featuring the first pages of a new comic on my website RefractorIND.com that I’m working on, entitled “Bang! Pong! Pow!,” in January. This comic will run about 12 pages, in regular comic book dimensions, with a lot of dialogue and character development (not to mention suspense, action, terror, high octane antics, ultra mega violence and curse words!). It will be an action/crime comic about an entire world filled with anthropomorphic ping pong balls, and the weird antics you might not expect (or perhaps completely typical behavior you would expect from an entire world of humanistic ping pong people: I don’t know I guess).

I think that’s pretty much it. My name is Mark D. Velard, I hope you’ve enjoyed Future Space, and that you’ll check out my work over at refractorind.com, and I wanna thank Wit for having me here.

Oh yeah! I should also mention that, if you would like to own a minicomic booklet of Future Space just stop by the blog and I’ve gotta button for you. -Mark

Wow. Embrace him. Hold his work in your arms. Love him.

At least grab a copy of this wunderkinds minicomic.

Go ahead ask him to sign it. I did.

Thanks Mark. We'll keep following your work

and look forward to having you back ASAP.

 
Yippy. My Future Space Mini Comic Booklet
just arrived as we went to post.
It's very cool. Get this for the additional Future Space strip
not shown in this blog.
It's a fun surprise. Also, my booklet came with a neat pull-out covered in great artwork.

 I told you he would sign it. Mark even drew a little Wit figure. Thanks Mark.

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Mark D Velard

We're about to blow your mind.

Monday, December, 21st

Mark D. Velard

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Christopher Chamberlain: Artwork

Coming Sunday, December, 13th:
  
The Art of: Christopher Chamberlain

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A graphic novel is born. Fan art

It starts this way. "In Defense of Genocide" #1. A collaboration between Burdick/Miglorino that can't miss. The big guy is Skexis and his winged friend is Pvearos. I swear I met the little guy on the 2nd moon of Dremlox-seti 4. Our boys add a little color.

Whammy. This is so cool. We'll look for more. Keep going guys. I know I've met that little green bugger. I think he owes me a few galactic bucks. Keep sending the artwork in everybody.

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