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Sacramento comic creators make it to TOP 10 in Worldwide Competition!

2008-08-17T21:46:58Z

Hi, all. This is Ben Schwartz, a Sacramento comic store owner and small press comic publisher with ECV Press. I am also a co-writer with Hai-Na-Nu Saulque on our new project Hank Houston. We entered a worldwide competition to find the best new comic for Platinum Studios to produce and we have made it to the TOP 10.

From this point forward the winner will be determined by your votes. We need your support and help to spread the word! Please take a look at our website where you will find, concept sketches, alien designs, pin-ups, daily webcomics and a link to give us your vote! Give us a vote and tell your friends.

www.hankhouston.com

Thank you in advance for all of your support and help in taking Hank Houston to the TOP!

Ben Schwartz

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FREE Watchmen 'motion comic' episode download on iTunes!!!

2008-07-18T00:09:06Z

A murder takes place in New York City.
"The Comedian", a former costumed crime fighter, was thrown out the window of a skyscraper.
This event triggers an investigation that rounds up many of the Comedian's former superhero allies,
who are now banned from carrying out any acts of "justice".
Chapter 1 is the first in a 12-chapter saga that examins the nature of modern vigilantism, crime,
and the decay of many norms in society. WATCHMEN is considered an instant classic,
and a standard-bearer in the world of comics and graphic novels.

DOWNLOAD this 25min episode on iTunes FOR FREE!!!
Just type in "watchmen" at the iTunes shop, and you're ready to go.

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Hi

2008-04-13T15:40:41Z

This is the first of my entries on this site, So here it goes, My name is Rianna Vilaire, I am an indie comic artist based out of Glendale, AZ with an issue to be self published later this year. I am looking for networking and tips, suggestions and moral support from other indie artists... So...check out my stuff, My Company is Teabag Comics, and the comic I am producing is "Sobear (pronounced sober), A Teddybears journey through Life in a bottle" I also do commission work, singular art pieces, and splash pages. See http://teabagcomics.deviantart.com

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artist wanted

2007-10-14T20:51:59Z

I’m a writer seeking a Seattle-ish based comic artist/illustrator to collaborate with on a graphic novel.

It’s a supernatural/horror/thriller rock-opera joint.

Please message me with your reply, as I’ve posted this in a bunch of tribes.

Thanks.

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A new Digital Draw-Off site has been born

2007-10-03T06:56:52Z

Attention:
Like to draw?
Why not compete?
@Sketchers Strife we host weekly Draw-Offs

Featuring the web’s simplest image upload procedure, tutorials, drawing videos, A shout box for the members and more. Come and check us out, we’re not your average digital draw-off…
http://sketchstrife.wikidot.com/

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FREE COMIC BOOK: 100% digital.

2007-10-01T15:02:22Z

Hello all, names Jaime Buckley and I create comics for a living. I do pretty well with digital downloads and I offer the first comic book of WANTED:HERO for FREE to anyone interested in checking it out.

This seems like a good topic tribe, and being new to Tribe.net, I'm looking forward to seeing more discussions here. Come to my comic site--it grows after each issue, let me know what you think and PLEASE, let me know if there is anything I can do to help anyone out!

http://wantedhero.com/downloadissues.htm

Looking forward to talking with more of you in this tribe.

Jaime D Buckley
www.wantedhero.com

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The future of comics?

2007-10-01T14:17:26Z

What do you guys & gals think? Will comics die off (as been predicted many times throughout its history) or evolve. If its going to evolve where do you think it will go? I don't mean where do you guess it will go, where do you think that the readers and retailers allow it to go? Online with more of a moving (flash animated) cinematic style? Maybe online for the "delivery" of product only (of course the retailers won't like that) much like comic pods?

I ask because I (as I'm sure at least a few of you) would love to get in on the ground floor of comic books 2.0...

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looking for wise comic collectors?what's a good strategy to sell comic books?

2005-06-12T01:30:57Z

So where I am at... I had a phase where I regularly purchased comic books so realizing it was to expense I cut myself off cold turkey. Since them my tastes have changed and I am not interested in the comics I once was. Going from Image, who did put out some quality orginal work to most diy zine style comics. Now in the midst of producing my own zine, I really need some money. I know alot of background story. I am just hoping to enlist the help of a wise comic collector who doesn't mind sharing some pointers so that I can sell off some of my least priced comic and support my modest living expense at the same time. I know people out there don't want to share there tricks with someone who might make there business harder, this is why I am reassuring you that I am not planning on making a career out of this I just want to get atleast face value or so for my comics which I have kept in mint condition. Maybe I just need to wait another ten years before I try and sell them? Is six years a bad age to sell? Thanks for any help! _Smitty

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My Script (VIRAGO)

2005-05-05T05:43:55Z

Virago Comic Book II

Box at corner of page reads ”7:00 am, Monday”. Frame: Typical white family sitting down to breakfast. On the table are donuts, sugar cereal, and coffee. The wife is fat, sitting at a table and reading the Weekly World News. The headlines read “Woman Wrestler Fights Men for Money!”. The husband is walking out the door saying “’Bye hon”, but the woman reading the paper ignores him. Cut to Helen in her kitchen wearing a white terry bathrobe. She’s wild haired and bleary eyed, leaning against the counter as she mixes a protein shake.

8:45 am
The guy, dressed in a business suit is at a Starbucks getting coffee with a fellow office worker. Box (blue) reads: “Did you see that article in the paper about that woman who wrestles men for money?” Friend “No, I missed that one. Was she hot?” Cut to Helen doing a photo shoot wearing a super-hero out fit wrestling another woman similarly garbed. The photographer is saying, ‘Okay now look really mean! Grab her hair! GOOD!” A few frames of Helen and other wrestler in various positions. In the top of all of these frames in a purple box it reads ‘FLASH’ to indicate camera shots. In blue boxes at bottom of frames (to indicate the conversation of the office guys) it reads “Well, not exactly hot. Intimidating is more like it I guess. Kinda hot I guess. But anyway, the thing is, this chick supposedly makes like major cash wrestling men for money”…(FLASH!)…”HA! Wrestling men? C’mon, gimme a break. No guy is gonna shell out to just wrestle some chick. A blow-job? Okay, I can see that, but seriously, you know that more’s going on than just wrestling if she’s getting paid for it”…(FLASH!)…”No seriously. It’s like a fetish or something….Oh shit! It’s almost nine. I’ll see you there.” ‘Ya, later.’

11:15 am

Close up of Helen’s face, she’s wearing a gi and getting slammed to the mat ‘OOF!’ Pan out to Helen’s upper body as she sits up on the mat. She’s snarling ‘Grrrrr.’ Pan out to show Academy. Many students of all levels are training. She’s the only woman. She grabs her opponent’s leg and he falls back. She yells “HAHA!” opponent is saying ‘ulp!’ as he falls. Cut to guys at water cooler, conversation in blue box. “The thing about that wrestler girl…well, the thing is, she says she hardly ever looses in these wrestling sessions she does. With men. Do you think that’s really possible?”. Cut to Helen passing guard on her male opponent. The teacher is watching and yelling ‘God damn it Helen, get your fucking ass down! Hips! Hips! Hips! Now PASS!!!’ Next frame Helen takes side control, but is struggling with it. She’s dripping sweat and her hair is a mess. Blue box at bottom reads ‘I can’t believe how gullible you are! There is no WAY that a woman could win against a man in any kind of real physical competition. I don’t care who the woman is. It’s just not biologically possible.’ Next frame shows Helen submitting opponent with sternum crusher hold. The guy is tapping saying ‘Okay!Okay!’, his face a mask of agony while Helen’s reveals intense concentration. Blue box: “I know one thing. If a woman ever did win any kind of fight with me, wrestling or whatever, I would kill myself. No joke. What kind of man could loose to a woman? Seriously.” Cut to Helen and opponent smiling and laughing as they hug. Helen says: “Dude you are fucking tough! I think I’m going to go throw up now…”, Opponent says “Okay go throw up, I’ll be waiting for you when you get back. I want to go a couple more rounds.” Cut to Helen’s back walking to bathroom (background), close up of opponents muscular chest and smiling handsome face watching Helen’s butt as she walks away. Blue box: “How could you look yourself in the face?”

1:20 PM

Nice restaurant. Patio. Blue box “Did you get that ‘accounts payable’ report finished last week? ” “I just finished it today. When we get back I’ll let you take a look. I’ve got to check some stuff out with Tabitha and see if scans.” “No hurry.…So you think that female wrestling stuff is all fake?” Cut to Helen in Virago studio. She’s in a bikini covered in sweat but smiling while mounted on top of her opponent who is arching his back, his teeth gritted and pushing on her knees with his hands trying to struggle free. Next frame. Helen has client in mounted triangle. She has a huge grin on her face and her eyes are sparkling. The client is saying ‘oomph!’. Helen says ‘So do you submit? Oh I’m sorry I can’t understand you. You appear to have your own arm lodged in your mouth. I would really do something about that if I were you…Why’re you choking yourself huh?’ Huh, my big strong man?” Next frame: Helen still has the hold on but the client’s face is a shade of pale blue, he’s still fighting though and the veins are popping out on his arms and forehead. His teeth are clenched in a desperate snarl. Helen: ‘Speak up honey, I can’t hear you!’. Next frame of clients hand frantically tapping Helen’s leg. Cut back to restaurant. Waitress is at the table writing up the bill. Guy 1 is checking out her ass while Guy 2 is dialing something on his cell phone and talking to Guy 1. “I’m just betting that those guys that she wrestles are all totally submissive. Little wanna be faggots who wear ladies underwear, you know what I mean? Perverts…”. Next frame, close up of Guy 1 looking out the window. Blue box (Guy 2 on phone) “Sorry honey, I have to get that report finished. Yeah. Yeah. Look I’m really sorry. I’ll make it up to you.” Next frame: The waitress, dressed in a wrestler costume has grabbed Guy 1 by the collar and has hauled him close to her face. Her bicep bulges. She says ‘Well?’. Guy 1 stutters ‘ex-excuse me?’ Blue box: ‘I promise.’ Next frame: Waitress in normal clothes is standing at the table. The angle of the frame is looking up at her from a seated position. She says, “Do you want to take that home in a doggie bag?”. Cut to Helen and client squaring off. Client says ‘I’m gonna win this fall. I can feel it. I wasn’t really trying before, but I’m warmed up now.’ Next frame: Helen in wrestler stance with a smirk on her face. “Give it your best shot pal.” Next frame: Extreme close up of Helen’s smile, (purple box) ‘I can take it’.

3:00PM

Frame: Guy 1 typing at his computer terminal under florescent lights.
Frame: Helen (from the back) at school, her arms flung open. A little girl coming out of class has her arms up in the air and is yelling ‘MOMMY!’. Helen is yelling ‘BABY!’.

7:12PM

Frame: Guy 1 sitting at a bar. Unseen bartender is saying. “Another one for the road Ned?”
Frame: Helen in an aerobics class. An unseen teacher is saying “Eight more! C’mon you can do it! 8-7-6…”

10PM

Frame: Guy 1 in pajamas reading new paper in bed. Wife, in a flannel nightie, is sitting at her makeup table, which is cluttered with girlie accoutrements, applying cream to her face. Her hair is in curlers Frame: View over his shoulder shows that Guy 1 is reading the wrestling article again. Pink box: ‘It’s sad when you think about it.’ Frame: Close up of Helen’s black and white photo in newspaper. Blue box ‘What’s sad?’ Frame: Close up of woman’s hand dipping into wrinkle cream. Pink box “That poor wrestler girl. She’s just trying so hard to be a man.” Frame Tooth whitening gel. Frame: Hair bleach. Frame: Stack of glamour magazines. On the covers the articles are bold ‘How to make your man an animal in bed!’, ‘Loose ten pounds in ten days!’, ‘Glamorous Caribbean Vacations!’. Pink box ‘She’s obviously living in some kind of a fantasy world.’

Full page: Close up of wife’s face. Drawn, lined, tired, a little overweight. She’s looking at herself in the mirror. There are tears in her eyes. She says: ‘baby….?’

Frame: The side of the bed. Guy 1 is dropping the paper to the floor. “Honey? Honey come over here. What is it?”

Half page: Wife is on top of covers resting her head on her husbands pudgy, pajama-ed, chest. She says: “Ned, do you.think …I’m….do you still think I’m pretty?”

Frame: Angle looking down. Ned has his arms wrapped protectively around his wife. Only the corner of the newspaper is seen resting against the side of the bed. “Patricia, to me you will always be as beautiful as the day I first met you.”

Frame: Frame is split diagonally. On one side Wife is resting her head on Guy 1’s chest while he holds her. The view starts at Guy’s neck so that we can’t see his face. On the other side of the frame Helen, in bed, is resting her head on some anonymous chiseled, hairy, manly chest. She is in the same position as Wifey. Pink dialogue box straddles both sides of the frame: ‘Really?’ (Both women are saying it at the same time).

Frame: Newspaper with Helen’s picture is lying forgotten on the floor of the darkened bedroom. Blue box: “I promise.”

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Watchmen: A Lesson

2005-05-05T05:42:22Z

My english teacher used to sit everyone down and poor through books like Catcher in the Rye and Macbeth, analyzing the entire text, one page at a time, getting as much significance out of each word as possible.
Anyone interested in deconstructing the Watchmen?

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New book! New Site!!!!!

2005-03-18T19:46:17Z

Howdy y'all.

Tribe.net lurker here, I just wanted to let everyone know my new book SHOOTING STAR COMICS ANTHOLOGY #6 is out this week, at fine comic book shops across the land everywhere.

My story, "DEATH BECOMES ME" is drawn by Spawn artist Nat Jones. The books is from Shooting Star Comics and runs $4.95, I hope everyone will pick up a copy. Nat did an amazing job!

Also the lovely Angel made me a wonderful new site to showcase all my upcoming and current work so please stop by http://www.dannydonovan.com and see what drove that poor girl insane.

Thanks,
-Danny

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Danny Donovan
Writer at large and shameless self promoter.
www.dannydonovan.com
www.mightyminicon.com
www.platinumstudios.com
www.committedcomics.com
www.indyworld.com/relief

"The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness." - Jean Cocteau

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Comic book movies: salvation or destruction?

2005-02-16T07:15:00Z

My opinion is that, while it's cool seeing these characters portrayed in Hollywood format, and that the publicity comics are getting because of it is good, these movies are the wrong kinds of movies. They are dumb, unimportant, unintelligent novelties, and will only serve, in the long run, to undermine the truly brilliant comics already written, and of those yet to be.

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Story Ideas

2005-02-14T22:37:20Z

This is where you can post up any ideas for stories you've got, so that other's can check em out, give you feeback, and we can get some creative juice flowing. I wish I could, but I can't gauruntee (wait, how do spell that? ARGH) that some jerk won't try to steal your ideas, so keep that in mind. You might want to keep descriptions brief, then go into detail in private conversations, or maybe I'll just make the entire tribe private.

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The perfect villain

2005-02-14T21:47:16Z

Who is the quintessential villain? The most diabolical beast ever written in any media? What constitutes a "villain?" Ozymandias' mass slaughter? The Rhino's constant idiocy? what, i ask you, makes the villain.

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New Readers

2005-02-14T20:22:22Z

What's the best way you can think of to get more people reading comic books?

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The Loss of a Culture

2005-02-14T18:40:43Z

Comic books had the potential to be the ultimate underground cultural movement, and instead, it's fizzled out, making bad movies and nerds nerdier.
It could have been chic. It could have been hip. Imagine an exclusive club, and the only way in was to frequent a direct market comic shop.
Now, comic characters are being released on the silverscreen in droves, most people grasping only a basic understanding of characters, and immediately branding the original fans, the Green Lantern t-shirt wearers as nerds or worse.

What has happened to out society?

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Creative Beasts UNITE!!!

2005-02-14T18:17:46Z

If any of you have any shred of talent, and no means of expressing it, I a considering starting a e-comics publishing house. Totaly online stuff, i a variety of formats. Compensation would be none at all, or maybe donations from readers. Maybe we could set up a payment plan, or something, but that can be sorted elsewhere. I' picturing it as a Comics Cooperative, a commune, where everyone involved in the site will have an equal stake it's success. I want to work in a variety of genres, and present works in a variety of manners (i.e. illustrated prosse, flash animations.) If any one is interested in helping get the project started, has story ideas, or anything to say at all about this idea, please do so. Spread the word.

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Serials VS Singles

2005-02-14T18:00:26Z

The biggest selling comics have got to be the iconic superhero serials. The monthly and bi-monthly books featuring your favorite spandex-clad superhero/heroine constantly top the charts. They are certainly more popular then so called oneshots: stand alone stories, featuring any genre, any characters, that tell a complete story, with a begining, middle, and end.
So which is better? Which do you prefer? Monthly injections of adrenaline and familiarity? Or irregular doses of finished content?

Where do you find the best stories?

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WebComics

2004-07-29T04:35:34Z

Anybody know of any good online comics?
Spiders on http://www.e-sheep.com is a must read, and the other stories there are also fantastic, raising the bar for web content.
My problem is I can't find that much GOOD stuff elsewhere.

Also, are webcomics viable as an independent art form, autonomous from printed books? Are they the second coming or just a flash in the pan fad? As we move closer towards a paperless world culture, who will be the comic book superstars of the future?

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Now what?

2004-02-15T17:48:22Z

ok, i got some peeps in here, now what do i do? I suppose I should start some sort of discussion. Hmm. Ok, here's one. What do you think constitutes a cool story (in any medium)? Witty dialogue? Explosions? Philosophical discusion? Excessive nuidty?
I like the sound of everything listed above, so what do you guys think?

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Story

2004-02-14T00:08:34Z

I have a story, written fully in dialogue called "So You Want to Be P-Sychiatrist".

I'd like someone to look it over and tell me if how I write and what I write could be good for this medium.

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

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"A Life Like Mine"

2004-02-13T00:54:54Z

Hey, I just found an old scrip I started called "A Life Like Mine." It's a satire about highschool and whatnot. Characters need names, and so far only three pages are written. No art done whatsoever. Anyone interested in helping out?

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Poetry, news items, etc

2004-02-12T08:03:46Z

The Average

His peasant parents killed themselves with toil
To let their darling leave a stingy soil
For any of those smart professions which
Encourage shallow breathing, and grow rich.

The pressure of their fond ambition made
Their shy and country-loving child afraid
No sensible career was good enough,
Only a hero could deserve such love.

So here he was without maps or supplies,
A hundred miles from any decent town;
The desert glared into his blood-shot eyes;

The silence roared displeasure: looking down,
He saw the shadow of an Average Man
Attempting the exceptional, and ran.

W.H. Auden

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Site Ideas

2004-02-11T05:51:19Z

If you've got any ideas for the website (name, format, content, etc) Let me know here. I'll try, but i can't please everyone, but when it comes to something like this, the more input, the better.

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