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In this month's story, "Deer Prudence", I become a criminal mastermind. Read it at your own risk: http://act-i-vate.com/64-15-1.comic.

Read the other less dangerous stories at: http://act-i-vate.com/64-1.comic.

And thank the Goddess for the breath of life!

--Jennifer

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Here's hoping this scan turned out ok. My screen is all gibbled with blue crap, so it's really hard to tell what the hell I'm doing. The scan should be ok though. I've scanned enough of these to do it with my eyes closed at this point.


In case you didn't see my last post, I'm blowing out all my original art pages at $50 a pop until I can raise enough to get a new computer! This one is toast. So if you have a favorite comic page or drawing I've done, post a comment or a PM and reserve it! You can pay via paypal or postal money order.

Now would also be a good time to tell you that you can subscribe to Cinema Sewer and Sleazy Slice for 2 years for just $24 ($32 overseas)! That is 4 publications, shipped to you the day they come out. It's a steal, and you're supporting all of my filthy habits. No one loses!

And, as usual, you can order yourself either CS book for just $29 each ($35 overseas), and expect to get a nice sexy/disgusting personalized drawing inside! Feel free to make reasonable requests!

Paypal them monies to: mindseye100 *AT* hotmail.com today so I can see what the fuck I am doing over here! BLUE LINES, EVERYWHERE! AUUUGH

HoboMon is my official online comic now. My hope is, similar to a lot of the kung-fu films I like, that even if no one is reading this comic or likes it now, at some point in the future it will be a rare gem of comics that people out there will enjoy... Well, even more than that, if I can keep at it, I'll gradually get a following of fanatics and/or eager readers, which is better to want. The online comic thing is simply until I get a book format rolling. As for the format of the release of HoboMon, I'm still working that out.

So Last night I drove into the first neighborhood I grew up in, Hunter Mill, to see the old house I lived in while I was in the preschool era. I felt like a huge, snobby bastard because the townhouses seemed so crammed and I never realized how tucked away my house was. It must have been a major pain for my parents to drive through there everyday. When I rode past my old house it was around five in the morning and quiet as all hell. The whole area looked creepy and intense because of the wind blowing and the leaves falling all around with it rainy. There's a little bit of woods among all the townhouses so it felt like I was in a Friday The 13th movie (mostly the first one) or near the beginning of Halloween (when the inspector is going to the mad house). I didn't live there very many years, but if it had any effect on me, from what I could see last night, it couldn't have been good. There weren't any terrible memories from there nor were there any really good ones. Still, the neighborhood we moved to after, had far less kids my age, which I know for sure was really bad because when I couldn't hang out with the few friends that lived there, I would spend time by myself. I think it gradually got worse. This is pretty obvious but isolation for a kid never has good results.

Driving to Hunter Mill pretty much killed any sort of nostalgia for me, which I think is helpful. All I can think now is that I'm so glad I don't live there anymore and that I'm old enough and have more freedom. There was a time in High School were I couldn't help but look back at all the good times I had before and how much things had changed. I still enjoy a lot of the cartoons that I did as a youngster, which have inspired me so much. That having been said; I've never really wanted to go back. I don't think I've ever been stuck in the past. What I miss is being happy-go-lucky. I think while I was having so much fun it made some people jealous and that after having been knocked off my high horse I think it doesn't really matter. It's not worth to have to get back on for everybody else as well as deal with individuals that can't stand it and want to ruin my good humor. They weren't super important privileges to me, since I enjoyed being a kid so much, but being able to stay up late, watch whatever movie I want, not have to be dragged along to everything, etc. where all things I thirsted for as a child. Now I get to do all those things and even if they aren't as great as I imagined, it's still better to be able to do what I want. Freedom is such a simple ability that's so enjoyable to have, but hard to appreciate because it feels so natural. It's not gradual at all... The more I get out into the world, the lonelier it feels as a cost. There's a price; it's hard to avoid paying.

Well, I'm saying things that are obvious. I don't really have a point either. It's simply better to be happy-go-lucky and do what you want, ha ha.

Hey gang, I'm in tough at the moment. This 4 year old computer of mine is sick, (the screen is covered in blue lines!) and on its last legs. The cost of fixing it isn't worth it, so we have to buy a new one. This wasn't really in the plans for our budget, so I'm gonna sell off a bunch of original art to try to raise some money. Hopefully the computer will hold out long enough so I can do this smoothly. Arg.

Anyway, up for grabs for $50 each are any one of my original comic art pages from the three issues of sleazy slice (which measure roughly 11 X 9 inches), or really, any original art that I've posted here in the past -- that wasn't a commission, obviously. $50 and it is yours, or if you want to buy a complete story I'll cut you a deal.

Get something for a Cinema Sewer fan for Christmas! I'll make sure it gets to you in time.

Comment here if you want to reserve something, or arrange payment which can be sent via paypal or postal money order.

Here’s the sketch that eventually led to the finished cover:

You can see here that in the final version the only edit was that I was asked to incorporate Free, the crazy hippy brother into the image:

And here is the final rear cover, featuring the visual gag of the over-turned couch as suggested by Chris Sinderson:

And here’s my original idea for the rear cover:

Read a preview of STUFFED! here. And pick up a copy here—holidays are nearly upon us, nu?

Thanks for reading.

Originally published at Nick Bertozzi. You can comment here or there.

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THE ACT-I-VATE EXPERIENCE makes its online debut at Newsarama on Thanksgiving Day!

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091126-Act-i-Vate-Documentary.html

I've been buying and watching a lot of the Rankin/Bass animagic and animated movies as of late. They rock! So far my fav. is "The Little Drummer Boy". It seems shorter than the others and grainier for some reason on the camera, which makes it cool for me. I still have to get "Mad Monster Party?"(no, not the awesome NES game). Ha ha, Harvey Kurtzman did the script for it. And Paul Coker Jr. did the designs for a lot of the characters in those animagic TV movies. I wanna do character designs for a stop-motion/claymation feature!!

DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THE TURKEEEY

You can see in this version that I was trying to get very literal with the title:

Another idea that may have worked were I a better draughtsman:

And another direction, this time influenced by Chip Kidd’s Vertical Tezuka jackets:

Read a preview of STUFFED! here. And pick up a copy here—holidays are nearly upon us, nu?

Originally published at Nick Bertozzi. You can comment here or there.

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THE ACT-I-VATE EXPERIENCE makes its online debut at Newsarama on Thanksgiving Day!

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/091126-Act-i-Vate-Documentary.html

Same strip, just on the main site.

Good evening!

Today is my birthday and I'm pretty excited about it. It's been one of the best birthdays I've had in years! Last year, I got dumped the day before my birthday (it's all good now) and years past have been pretty lamesville as well. Through the sunshine or the fog, I've been committed to drawing comics for my birthday. I take the day off of work, go to my favorite coffee place (Breadstuy in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Cafe Grumpy in Greenpoint, respective to the years) and draw a fresh new page. I think the best way to celebrate the anniversary of one's birth is to dedicate oneself to one's life's work (one!)

This isn't a comic directly related to my main story because that wouldn't be quite special enough for such an occasion. If I were behind on Little Garden, I'd do the next page, but I have a couple pages in the queue so I did a little side strip.


SOMETHING TO CONSIDER

Since my birthday is a day to celebrate comics, I printed up some fresh copies of my last Little Garden minicomic.This would be after the original 120 image series of vignettes. It's a twenty-page silent story set in Little Garden-land. Some of you who've been to the last two MoCCA Art Festivals or the most recent Small Press Expo may have picked it up already.


I LIKE OTHER COMICS



Meredith's Gran Octopus Pie. This is the first piece of actual "fan art" I've made.

granulac

Octopus Pie



And the comic series that had me at the edge of my seat for years:



Brandon Graham's King City.

royalboiler

Brandon just posted this which reminded me that I never did. But seriously, you already read Brandon's blog (RIGHT?!)


NEW LITTLE GARDEN

What, whoa, wait, what is happening here?



Click here for the first page of the storyline!


The regular site updated. We're onto a new scene and here's Angela's official introduction within this storyline. I hope you like it! Go back to Little Garden Comics dot com on Tuesday for the next page!


THANK YOU FOR READING!

My birthday may be almost over but I've always got more comics to work on. I'll be back next week!


<3 Darryl Ayo!

My newest post on TOR.com, People in my Neighborhood or, Strange Adventures part B, is up. If you have time, please give it a read.

Thanks,
Tim
http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58352

I was using the “WWSBD?” (”What Would Saul Bass DO?”) maxim for this set:

Here was the first draft that led to the image above:

Which led to:

And another version of same:

Read a preview of STUFFED! here. And pick up a copy here—holidays are nearly upon us, nu?

Originally published at Nick Bertozzi. You can comment here or there.

The NEW installment of LOVIATHAN Part Three: Love Is The End Of The World is now online at ACT-I-VATE!

ONE WORLD ENDS. ANOTHER IS BORN. BUT LOVE AND BETRAYAL ENDURE. A TALE OF HIGH ADVENTURE SET AGAINST THE BRIGHT ABYSS OF ETERNITY!

THIS WEEK: Adventures on the high seas ... or the East River, at least ...

Catch up on the previous episode here:
http://www.activatecomix.com/20-3-3.comic

Click here to read this week's new episode here:
http://www.activatecomix.com/20-3-4.comic

Click here to read from the beginning:
http://www.activatecomix.com/20.comic

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