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Entries from November 2006

Teh Linkness Nov 30th

November 30th, 2006 · No Comments

Jim Mahfood’s new site is up and kicking other artist’s websites in the teeth.
Chapter 5-1/2 of Scott McCloud’s Making Comic’s is online for free.

Some very non-Foster’s character designs for the “Make Believe it or Not” episode of Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. Anything that combines mecha with Foster’s makes me smile a very big […]

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Tags: Animation · Comics · Teh Hotness · Video Games

Teh Linkness Nov 29th

November 29th, 2006 · No Comments

Backgrounds are Everywhere - an inspiring bit of how-to where Dan Meth reveals his methods behind some recent background work.
Preacher as an HBO series? Yep - and now comic fans will have to explain things to all of the people who say “He just says things and people do it. That’s a total […]

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Teh Linkness

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments

Vancouver Game Design Expo - Vancouver Film School hosts a bit of game design goodness in Vancouver. Come for the speakers and stay for the fun. Anybody remotely interested in video game design in the Vancouver area will want to check this out.
Strategies Games and Hobbies is opening it’s doors this weekend in […]

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Cubicle Corps Update

November 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Wow - it’s been a long time since I’ve talked about Cubicle Corps. Believe it or not, it’s still going. So here’s the update:
1. Even though Cubicle Corps was conceived of as a relatively low overhead project, I’ve realized that I bit off more than I could chew and needed to offload some […]

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Teh Linkness

November 27th, 2006 · No Comments

DC targets teenage girls with the new Minx publishing imprint.
NY Times Feature
Newsamara on the announcement
Newsamara interviews Karen Berger
Bookninja doesn’t like Minx
The Never Ending Battle - Arvin Bautista takes you step by step as he makes his first comic.
John Rogers discusses Bond, Parkour (aka: extreme walking) and District B13 (aka: that extreme walking movie).

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Tags: Comics · Teh Hotness

let it snow!

November 27th, 2006 · No Comments

let it snow!

Originally uploaded by Shane Neville.

A big snow storm hit the coast and White Rock got close to 2 feet in a day and a half. The local pizza places aren’t even delivering out here.
See the tracks that only go halfway? Those are mine. I almost hit the wall sliding back into the underground […]

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Teh Linkness

November 25th, 2006 · No Comments

Some random links I need to share:

What the Deuce Are You Staring At? - Original art inspired by Family Guy. Next time I’m in SoCal, I have a gallery show to attend.
An interview to celebrate the release of
Bitter Films Vol 1. A collection of 10 years of Don Hertzfeldt animated goodness. A true […]

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Tags: Animation · Teh Hotness · Video Games

Random Observation - The day of the Xbox has arrived

November 25th, 2006 · No Comments

I was at a holiday dinner last night. You know, everyone gets all dressed up, some catering company gives you potatoes and meat and people sit around a table and talk.
One of the people at our table had recently stayed in a hotel and said she was tempted to play the ‘Xbox’ that was […]

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Teh Hotness - Digging up DOS

November 19th, 2006 · No Comments

Teh Hotness - Digging up DOS

Originally uploaded by Shane Neville.

This weekend I did some serious organizing. When I woke up on Saturday morning, I realized that our apartment was a total mess. Drawers, shelves, stacks, tables and desks were all overrun with books, magazines, art supplies, toys, video games and random junk.
It was time to […]

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DIY Media - Alberto’s Guide to Self-Publishing

November 19th, 2006 · No Comments

Alberto Ruiz is a truly great guy. At Comic-Con three years ago, Dr. 4est sent me on the mission to track down Alberto and buy any and all sketchbooks that he had for sale. Working a con is a hard thing to do, working Comic-Con drives most people mad. Alberto made […]

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Tags: Animation · Comics