Archive for January, 2006
January 27, 2006 at 5:08 pm · Filed under PodCast
The wait is over!
The concluding half of the Frank Quitely HorCast is here!
What more is there to say?
C’mon back for HorCast #32 next week-ish, but make sure you’ve done your homework! Give a thorough listen to HorCast #8 and HorCast #9 - the two shows covering the connection between music and comics - and have a good read over here just to make sure you’re caught up with the rest of the boys and girls.
CLASS DISMISSED!
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January 15, 2006 at 10:18 pm · Filed under PodCast
I spent an afternoon this past week with Frank Quitely. I peeked behind the curtain. I saw Superman and X-Men and American Virgin. I was told the secrets of Photoshop and colouring and inking. It all seemed so obviously beautiful. A child could do it. A CHILD COULD DO IT!
-bzzzt!-
…and then I re-entered the real world. And Spock had to talk me through the procedure. And my life will never be the same.
-bzzzt!-
What’s that you say? You’ve listened to the show and there’s STILL not enough Quitely to fill your brain? Come back next week to hear Frank chat about Flex Mentallo, 20/20 Visions, JLA Earth 2 and the magic of visual storytelling! Ha-cha-cha-cha…
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January 10, 2006 at 6:43 pm · Filed under PodCast
Click on the cover image above to see the sequence of steps Kalman Andrasofszky used in Photoshop and Painter to transform his concept from line art to a fully textured colour cover (the image is 412KB, so please be patient while it loads). Listen to the HorCast to hear him engage in an in-depth discussion about his influences and his work process, breaking down this cover for ‘Action Comics’ #835 from thumbnails to finished colours.
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