Category: FACE OFF

And the winners are…

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The end of february/beginning of march always seems ‘abuzz’ with nominations, awards, prizes, etc etc… And not just for film & tv either…last week, the nominees for the eagle award (no, not the Boy Scout one) were announced…Truth to tell, I didn’t know these existed, but ever since the myriad 1st fictions award was given back at the end of january, I’ve had some comic prizes of my own to ‘bestow.’

So, here you go: the 1st annual “narwhal awards” *

Most encouraging
sarah lightman
katie green

Awesome twitter peeps that I’ve never met in person
joe decie
darryl cunningham
garen ewing

Comics guaranteed to make me smile
gemma correll

Best dressed sparring partner
pete hindle

Best editor/pudding maker/heartfelt up & coming GN
paula j knight

Wisest dr., graphic novelist & artist with dry wit
thom ferrier

Coolest name
Dr. Smoo

amazing arvonites
you know who you are

Newly met comics artists of 2012
sarah levitt
diane noomin

~Congrats y’all~
* check out my twitter list to follow all of these amazing peeps!

WIWT: FACE OFF: The final chapter

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Just a brief post of today’s “What I wore today” collaboration with Pete…Sadly this is the last official day of our challenge, but I quite enjoyed doing the “WIWT” drawings and will hopefully continue to do at least 1 a week or so….

 

Today, I volunteered at the ” Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women” ‘s Symposium organized by they amazing Sarah Lightman….It was an all day thing, so I wasn’t at a computer, thus, I decided to give it a go using my PrismaColour Markers–I used to only draw with these before I started using Photoshop…

Even though I didn’t have all the ‘proper colours’ and that the drawing wasn’t on marker paper (which really affects things), I’m pleased with how it turned out, and really enjoyed the ‘lack of control’ one has when using them…

Tomorrow or Tuesday I”ll be doing a brief ‘recap’ of the Symposium, so be sure to check back for that! And, good news, the show will be going to Washington DC so anyone in that vicinity should definitely check it out!

FACE OFF le troisieme jour

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Late last night, with about 45 minutes to spare, I finished my “What I wore today” drawing for the 3rd day of Pete’s & mine’s “FACE OFF.”

As you can see, yesterday was not a very fashionable day for me…I went to a noon yoga class and then just wore my yoga clothes the rest of the rather indecisive day…I even wore them to see the even more amazing in person than on twitter Lisa Hanawalt (of horses & lizard fame) as well as Jillian Tamaki and Eleanor Davis. They were speaking at The Illustrator’s Society (up on 63rd!) and I’m so glad I didn’t ‘cop out’ and not go… I must admit, it was a bit odd though, since a lot of people in the crowd were I believe students, and well, since I’ve been out of school for so long, I still ironically feel a bit awkward whenever I’m around a ton of ‘young people’

But enough! I need to actually get to ‘work work’ and finish up a website…but to note! This sunday is the Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women Symposium at Yeshiva University with the wonderful Sarah Lightman….I will be volunteering there, so swing on by–there’s a ton of awesome comics artists featured and it should be a very interesting presentation…

Also to note, Thom Ferrier and Comic Nurse have been “artists in residence” (I believe that’s the proper term) up in Chicago, so be sure to check out all their adventures, including a few ‘comic mashups’ over on their respective sites. Katie Green seems to be nicely progressing on her graphic novel & Paula Knight’s shared some prep work for her graphic novel (which was shortlisted for the myriad editions 1st fictions, if you recall)… Also, apparently Hannah Berry’s latest graphic novel should be out in the summer–got to see a sneak peak of the cover and it looks awesome (to paraphrase her, the darker the environment in which you read it, the more things come out at the dark at you.”)