tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136785182009-12-07T14:56:24.969-08:00Ted Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10318622530346695661roseandisabel@earthlink.netBlogger288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13678518.post-75784094556215897052009-12-02T14:50:00.000-08:002009-12-02T14:53:28.251-08:00

Coming Feb 2010 from French publisher COMIX BURO!

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I found a question and answer from a while back that had never been posted. Here it is:What's your take on showing depth and perspective vs. straight on and flat composition? I certainly like dynamic composition where the camera's a bit lower and things aren't totally symmetrical, but sometimes composing things right in the middle of the frame and at eye level can be really powerful.I'm still

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I'm in the middle of preparing the Rose and Isabel books to be printed in their new compiled version. Along the way I'm making a few cosmetic changes, one of which is reducing all the text by one point to give the panels a little more breathing room.In the panel below, I shrank the word balloon to find I had completely drawn Isabel's hand underneath. I decided to re-frame it and draw it out a bit

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I'll be posting updates, photos and inspirational tidbits to a new Rose and Isabel Facebook page starting today. The new page will now post to your News Feed, which wasn't happening with the current R&I Group. Check it out for the latest updates! R&I on Facebook

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In my discussion with printers regarding a reprint of R&I part 2, it didn't take long to see that a small print run of new Part 2 books was going to be cost prohibitive (since the former printer is the one with the plates). 500 copies would be the minimum to keep the price down and since there's fewer than 100 copies of part 1 left, I'd have to go back to print for that book too. It's kind of

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I'm probably getting a bit ahead of myself here, but eventually the ROSE and ISABEL and CORA stories will be combined into one mega-volume that chronicles the complete story of the three women. I've been reticent to re-format Rose and Isabel because it would be quite a jump from its nearly square format to one that is rectangular and vertical. I've made a couple attempts (below) and it seems

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Oftentimes when I review story portfolios, I'm looking not only for sequential storytelling, but also for single images that tell a story. Sometimes these are character studies drawn at an airport or coffee shop, figments of imagination or vignettes of moments. This kind of storytelling is not always the easiest to pull off and requires an acute sense of observation. Attention to gesture and

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I was forwarded a link to a photo-essay on Boing Boing about a modern Ukranian tribe of Amazons...click the photo for the story...

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Google maps has become a very useful tool in helping to track Cora's journey through the American West. I picked a general route that she will take (I've only shown a small portion here) and turned on the photos, video and wiki elements in order to search for possible areas of interest along the way. I may find new routes for her to take based on the info I can gather. Fun stuff. Here is an

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Rough sketch of one idea for the cover of CORA3. I'm considering devoting the entire book to Rose, cover to cover.

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Thanks to everyone who came by the booth in San Diego this year --it was a great show! For those who weren't able to make it to San Diego the new CORA book is available right here on the blog via Paypal. Please see the sidebar on the right for ordering information.Thanks!

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After an unfortunate experience with the Canadian print company that had done all 4 of my books, I'm on the lookout for a new print shop; one that will be able to deliver quality books at a reasonable price and also have an interest in small print runs and customer satisfaction. Rose and Isabel part 2 is sold out and needs to go into a second printing soon. CORA 3 is in production and I'm hoping

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It looks like the film I mentioned way back in this post is finally coming to US theaters. Well, NYC and LA at least. Hopefully there will be more cities to come. "Meh" US trailer here.Way better German trailer here.

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The first printing of RI2 has sold out. If you are interested in a copy, please email me and I will let you know when the book becomes available again. Thanks everyone for your support of the books and stay tuned for more info.

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The CORA part 2 books have arrived and will be on sale starting on Preview Night, Wednesday, July 22nd.Comic-Con International 2009Booth #1215 (across the aisle from the gold and silver pavilion) (see map)San Diego Convention CenterSan Diego, CAJuly 22 - July 262009

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Now there are more ways to keep up to date with Rose, Isabel and Cora. They are now on Facebook and Twitter. Click the icons below or in the sidebar.

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Here are a few images from various pages throughout Cora vol.2. Color proofs should arrive today. The book is on target to be delivered July 14th and will go on sale on the blog shortly after that!

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Blogger is failing to redirect the R&I blog to the custom URL roseandisabel.com, so for the time being I have moved the address back to roseandisabel.blogspot.com (roseandisabel.com is not accessible at this time). It has been almost a week and Blogger has not fixed the problem, so I'm looking into Wordpress (and potentially getting an actual site up and running), so please stay tuned.UPDATE: (6/

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The date for Cora Part 2 to be delivered the printer is rapidly approaching. June 15th is the day that all material has to be uploaded. It's an intense time and I'm still scrambling a bit trying to get the book done. The B&W pages have gone out to a couple of folks for notes and I'm busy incorporating those as well. It's really important to me that I share what I'm working on and get opinions and

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Zeroing in on getting all the pages cleaned up and ready for paint...this can be a tricky time because it's the last opportunity to do last minute changes before committing to color and final pages. I just recently decided to rework the last few pages of part 2 because I sort of "phoned it in", mostly due to lack of research material relating to the scene. I found some reference the other day and

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Page detail from the new book. Montana in 1888 was still a territory, and wasn't admitted to the Union until late 1889. Although I haven't visited the state, the photos I've found while researching show a beautiful and incredibly diverse landscape. I hope to incorporate as much of it as possible, which may result in some artistic license as far as locations go...The story will continue through

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It appears I like to wait until the last minute to begin these undertakings. The scenes for chapter 2 of Cora's story were conceived quite a while ago, but it seems I need the dangling sword of press time hanging over my head to actually begin producing in earnest. The production of the book is now a 7 day a week affair, but that's what it takes to get these things done at this late stage. I work

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The layout (first pass) of CORA book 2 is almost finished. In this first pass, all of the layouts are drawn, a lot of the dialogue is written, and pacing issues are worked out (for the most part). In the second pass, the layouts are refined, rough color ideas are laid down in preparation for the final clean up and painting phase; dialogue is re-written, layouts modified and the storytelling and

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