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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Getting really amped for the end of December......

Route 3. Late December 2012. 'Bout damn time. :-)

Friday, April 13, 2012

Glyphs, Comic Projects, Life, Love, and The Pursuit of Happiness (Not the Will Smith kind)




So this happened.....

RFA WAS NOMINATED FOR 2 GLYPH AWARDS (in the best Male Character, and Rising Star Award categories (check out the bolded areas below)!!!!!!!!!!!

Story of the Year
•THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY; Brandon Thomas, writer, Lee Ferguson, artist
•“ON BEING CRAZY” FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN CLASSICS: GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOL. 22; Tom Pomplun, writer, Kyle Baker, artist
•PRINCELESS; Jeremy Whitley, writer, M. Goodwin, artist
•ULTIMATE COMICS: SPIDER-MAN VOLUME 1; Brian Michael Bendis, writer, Sara Pichelli, artist

Best Cover
•CHEW #27; Rob Guillory, illustrator
•DEADPOOL MAX #7; Kyle Baker, story and art
•MR. TERRIFIC #1; JG Jones, artist, Lovern Kindzierski, colorist
•PRINCELESS #1; M. Goodwin, illustrator
•ULTIMATE COMICS: SPIDER-MAN #4; Kaare Andrews, illustrator


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Best Writer
•Brian Michael Bendis, ULTIMATE COMICS: SPIDER-MAN
•Jeff Parker, THUNDERBOLTS
•Brandon Thomas, THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY
•Jeremy Whitley, PRINCELESS

Best Artist
•Kyle Baker, “ON BEING CRAZY” FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN CLASSICS: GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOL. 22
•Lee Ferguson, THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY
•M. Goodwin, PRINCELESS
•Rob Guillory, CHEW
•Sara Pichelli, ULTIMATE COMICS: SPIDER-MAN


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Best Male Character
•Luke Cage, THUNDERBOLTS; Jeff Parker, writer, Declan Shalvey & Kev Walker, artists; created by Archie Goodwin & John Romita Sr.
•Miles Morales, ULTIMATE COMICS: SPIDER-MAN; Brian Michael Bendis, writer, Sara Pichelli, artist; inspired by the character created by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko
•Moses, RADIO FREE AMERIKA; created by B. Robert Bell, writer and penciller, Robert Jeffrey II, co-writer
•Mr. Terrific, MR. TERRIFIC; Eric Wallace, writer, Gianluca Gugliotta & Wayne Faucher, artists; inspired by the character created by Charles Reizenstein and Everett E. Hibbard

Best Female Character
•Adrienne, PRINCELESS; created by Jeremy Whitley, writer, and M. Goodwin, artist
•Afroella, AFROELLA; created by Gemma Bedeau, writer, and Lee Fenton Wilkinson, artist
•Miranda Mercury, THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY; created by Brandon Thomas, writer, and Lee Ferguson, artist
•Vielle, FUNGUS GROTTO; created by Ms. Shatia Hamilton, story and art


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Rising Star Award
•B. Robert Bell & Robert Jeffrey II, RADIO FREE AMERIKA

•Ms. Shatia Hamilton, FUNGUS GROTTO
•Whit Taylor, WATERMELON

Best Comic Strip or Webcomic
•FUNGUS GROTTO; Ms. Shatia Hamilton, story and art
•MARTY’S DINER; Dmitri Jackson, story and art
•CAFÉ CON LECHE; Charlos Gary, story and art

To say I almost lost it when I heard the announcement, would be an understatment. I was just greatful no one was around at the 9-5 to see me poplocking (practicing for the day I'm called to save a community center.....) for joy. The Glyphs are the one of the most prestigious awards which the comics community provides, and to be nominated for two awards is awesome.

Keep your fingers crossed.

-Waiting on edits back for a client comic project. More on that later.

-Sean is kicking major butt with the Route 3 thumbnails, and now we're moving to the pencil stage. This is my baby, and I'm just glad it's in the hands of a talented/gifted artist like Sean.

-Wifey and the dog are doing well, for which I'm enternally grateful. I thank the Lord above for blessing me with her on a daily basis. I love her like crazy.

-CDC project is coming along nicely. When that hits I think people will be really satisfied with the end result. Once again, just happy to be a part of the project.

-Completed my first/ finished animation script for a client project a few weeks ago. Hopefully I'll get an ok to show that.

-Also spreading the word about our Indiegogo campaign for the graphic novel adaptation of William Satterwhite's "Stealth" . Head here for more info.

All in all life is good, grand even.