Some of you may already know, but I was invited to participate on the Villain’s Corner podcast show last Friday (01-15-10). I had enormous fun answering questions about ADDANAC CITY and webcomics in general with quite a few talented cartoonists.

They made me feel welcome and superbly comfortable while I was there. The Villain’s Corner broadcasts a new round-table discussion every Friday night at 10pm (eastern). So if you get a chance, tune ‘em in.

You can listen to my guest spot on the widget below!

Currently I’m taking a college course in Final Cut Pro Video. I’ve written a few plays and a couple of sitcom pilots and I wanted to learn about some behind-the-camera techniques just in case I have to produce my scripts myself (ya know I’m a do-it-all kinda guy).

I signed up for this class right after New Year’s and I was gung-ho about mastering the craft of cinematography. I entered the art lab on the first day of class to discover that the room was filled with Macs. I had never touched a Macintosh before. Heck, I had barely seen one! All of my former college art friends have all told me that in order to really get into graphic arts, I was gonna need to get into using a Mac. Well, here was my chance.

How do you cut this thing on?

And where is the CD eject button?

Oh.

This is gonna be different.

Anyway, our first project was to be completed using iMovie. We were learning rhythm in class and were instructed to make a short video using still images to exhibit that.

You can witness the results of my project below. Please bear in mind that it’s a very rough cut. I’ve never used iMovie before and I’ve never attempted stop-motion animation either. I just wanted to share this with you (because I’m an exhibitionist type of fellow).

Be gentle. And if there are any haterz out there reading/watching this? This video is a good reason to hate me. It sucks….but I know that already.

Mrs. Addanac~ the classiest lady in webcomics

Recently I participated in a project that that Comic Creator’s Alliance was spearheading. They were looking for strong female characters from many popular webcomics and comic book series to be featured in a wallpaper that hopefully will generate donations for its cause.

I wanted to be a part of this venture, so I contacted Lora Innes of The Dreamer webcomic (she’s running the show). I volunteered to draw a picture of my favorite female from my ADDANAC CITY comic series: Mrs. Addanac, who is Hank’s mom. Check out my contribution to this cool project. Mrs. A is gonna be incorporated into the wallpaper design with over eighty other female comic characters. It should look very nice, so i hope you can donate to the cause that is described in Lora’s blog below:

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
-Margaret Mead

Monday, January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. To participate, we formed the Comic Creator’s Alliance–a group of over eighty comic book creators (both web and print) who volunteered our artistic talents to raise money and awareness for this cause. You may not know it, but there are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide- more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. UNICEF estimates that 1.2 million children every year are sold into slavery, most of it sexual. The US Department of Justice estimates 16,000 victims of human trafficking are brought into the United States every year. Unlike slavery in the 19th century, what is happening today is happening in secret. So it won’t end until awareness is raised, and people like you and me take a stand.

So here’s what we did: each creator contributed an original drawing of one of our own female characters, and combined them into a single wallpaper image. The wallpaper features characters from The Phoenix Requiem, Girls with Slingshots, Earthsong, Looking for Group, Shadowgirls, Marsh Rocket, The Uniques and three IDW Publishing titles: Fallen Angel, The Dreamland Chronicles and The Dreamer, and lots, lots more! Donate today to download this unique, once-in-a-lifetime wallpaper. The Donations Drive will last for two weeks, from January 11th – 24th. All proceeds will be split evenly between Love146 and Gracehaven House- two organizations working on rehabilitation of victims and prevention of this crime.

To learn more about the Comic Creator’s Alliance visit www.comicalliance.weebly.com. To learn more about the problem, visit http://love146.org/slavery. (Note: contains adult themes and actual accounts of sex slavery.)

Wow! I just got an email with this awesome artwork attached. Speearr is the phenomenal creator of Terence N. Tijuana, an expertly-crafted, hilarious sci-fi webcomic epic.

Personally, it gives me the feeling that there truly is an ADDANAC CITY out there somewhere in an alternate reality. I love his rendition of Hank and his mom, Mrs. Addanac. The evil expression on Hank’s face speaks volumes of his tendency to misbehave and pull sporadic acts of chicanery.

And Mrs. A? She looks like she realizes what a little monster her son is, but she loves him nonetheless. I really dig this piece. The background scene with the dimensional vortex hole makes me think that Hank may soon be coming to a universe near us. Oh, the foreboding….:)

Thanks a lot, Speearr, for this excellent work of art. C’mon, folks, go check out Terence N. Tijuana and show some love for the guy who makes intricately-drawn spaceships seem as simple as Lego blocks.

I just want to wish you all a wonderful Merry Christmas and I hope that you have a safe, rewarding, and bountiful holiday. Thank you so much for being a part of the ADDANAC CITY Family. Your visits mean more to me than you can imagine.

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