A Starfish is born
panel88 affiliated artist Miguel Sanchez (AWOL) has been laboring on the love that is Starfish as long as I’ve known him, and I couldn’t be happier to see that he’s put the final touches on the first issue. Miguel handled all the heavy lifting on this one and he’s really brought his inking and coloring skills up to match his solid writing and art.
As for the story, it’s all about a girl and her jet pack. What more do ya need? He’s offering up samples of the finished book over at The Starfish Lighthouse. If you’re a fan of what you see, prove it on facebook.
DH says comics are now mainstream…and now, the sarcasm.
Came across a press release today from Mike Richardson and Dark Horse stating something that the rest of us (mainstream included) have been through the looking glass on for quite a while. Read the full release here:
Comic Books Are the New Mainstream
— Millions of Americans are fans of comic book
creations, and many might not even know it.
Sure. Why not? After all, isn’t it always that case that when something attains mainstream status, it automatically necessitates a PRESS RELEASE? The PR angle here isn’t wasted on me. Certainly a successful company with quality, rev-generating properties like Dark Horse wants to remind us that, while Iron Man and The Dark Knight alone have taken in enough in theater sales to fund an effective coup against Omar Bashir (look it up), they’ve got the goods, too. (And the thing is they do, damn it!)
Thing is, if you’ve got what the mainstream is so obviously aware of, the point of telling us all falls a bit moot. Not to mention the oxymoron this produces, i.e. that Dark Horse “remains the number one independent voice in the industry because of the embrace of the mainstream consumer.” Still trying to get my head around that one.
I write this with the realization that this post may prompt Dark Horse to never publish anything from panel88. Of course, my cockles couldn’t help but be warmed just a bit in knowing what such a blacklisting would say about who actually reads this blog.
X-Men a la Jimenez
Soulless artist and inkmeister Eric Jimenez has been churning out some sweet sequential goodies at the behest of C.B. Cebulski. You can sample a tasty spread here or just head over to Eric’s main internet home for the whole package. Gotta love the detail and effort Eric drops into each panel. One of the main reasons panel88 wanted to get him on board with a project as soon as possible. Go and see for yourself. Sure to please.
New Dissension cover art
Just received an amazing bit of cover art for the Dissension project we’re working on with artist Jordan Gunderson.
Latest cover art for Dissension
Colors provided by Kieran Oats. Can’t tell you how excited we are to get this book rolling. More to come…
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