Note: Jae Waller’s web comic is a very vertical  comic. Very Vertical. For that reason, Madbadcat chose to excerpt a panel and link back to the original on the Mill City fiasco website.
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Jae Waller
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This guy gives me new appreciation for everything Big Phamaceutical has done for us ;-) Don’t miss Mr. Scheff’s book- Alchemy – available thru Blurb.com. Oh and the iphone portraits. Visit his online portfolio for …

Katie Cook is a very busy girl: she has recently finished the first season of the Starwars.com Clone Wars webcomic, Her 8-page "Tricks of the Trade" was published by Dark Horse Comics in an anthology …

 Madbadcat’s Note: The first time I saw Jaye Frisina’s work, I laughed out loud. How is it possible for that whimsical ninja to be endearing and threatening at the same time? The answer to that …

rev⋅er⋅ie
   [rev-uh-ree]
–noun
a fantastic or visionary idea…
Sunday the doors opened up at 1 pm (now that’s an artist schedule!), and the true meat of the conference began.  Before the opening keynote, Massive Black CEO Jason Manley …

I grew up in bookstores, particularly ones of the used variety and I naturally gravitated towards the science-fiction and fantasy section. In the 80s, cover artists such as Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, and Michael Whelan …

::: Artist(s) Name:::
Mihailo Vukelic
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Image
::: Website:::
http://solon-fyre.deviantart.com/
::: 1 ::: Tell us about yourself. Where did you grow up? What’s your favorite color? When did you first realize you were an artist? Did you draw …

To be honest, I was not always happy with Magiq.  When I first downloaded the 1.0.2 version, it had a problem with displaying and exporting images. The results looked fuzzy and blurred in …

Comic Life Magiq is an unusual product in plasq’s software line, as it’s not meant to be a replacement for Comic Life Deluxe. As an avid fan of the latter, I wanted to see if …

One gazillion years ago (I call it 1989) I used a rather nifty application called Adobe Streamline.  It had the ability to convert pixel-based bitmapped images into a vector graphic image.
But why would you need …

I really love Pixelmator as a painting program.  It has Photoshop-like brushes and a Painter feel.  I popped a sketch I had started in Painter in and was able to fully block it out and …

My professional agenda for Comic-Con was fairly simple: Soak in the visuals, get a general feel for the industry and do some basic networking.  With this in mind, here are some useful tips I learned …

Jim8Ball is such a prolific author we couldn’t decide which of his work we liked best. Don’t miss the slideshow after the  questionaire- it has a story preview for his “Samurai Cat” series and covers to many of his other books.  If you are in the Washington, DC area Oct 4-5 2008, meet Jim8ball and buy his books at the SPX Expo in the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center.

Madbadcat’s Note: The evolution of Jason Franks’ comic books, from ideas to print, is chronicled in this interview and accompanying images. His manifest passion for, and knowledge of, his medium permeates this article as …

Stephen Colbert Is The Andy Kaufman of This Generation.
Bravery, thy name is Stephen. His performance at the 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was the comedic equivalent of the Battle of Hamburger Hill. Marvel Comics …

Madbadcat’s Note: The retro style and story of Todd Gnacinski’s book grabbed me from the first moment I saw the cover on Etsy and it turns out we share a love of all things Dave …