May 4th is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
Celebrate FREE COMIC BOOK DAY with the ComixTribe! All the details about their landmark release THE RED TEN #0 and more!
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Get a FREE Sketch at Boston Comic Con from ComixTribe!
The boys are at it again! The artists of ComixTribe are giving away 100 free sketch cards at the Boston Comic Con, and are open for a limited number of Convention Commissions. Get your requests in today!
ComixTribe 2012: Year in Review
Look back at this dynamic slideshow recap of an incredible 2012 for ComixTribe!
Enjoy a “Working Holiday” from ComixTribe
Happy Holidays On behalf of the entire ComixTribe crew, I’d like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, happy holiday season, and a joyous New Year! In honor of the holiday, we’d like to share this nicely naughty holiday-themed OXYMORON short by the talented team of Mark “Humbug!” Poulton (Avengelyne, Koni Waves, Savage Hawkman) and [...]
ComixTribe Announces THE RED TEN #0 for Free Comic Book Day 2013!
ComixTribe joins the biggest comics event of the year — FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!
2012 #30Characters Challenge Champions Announced
A Record-Setting 58 Creators Created 30 Characters in 30 Days! This morning, ComixTribe has released the names of the 58 participants of the 2012 30 Characters Challenge who succeeded in creating 30 brand new characters in just 30 days. #30 Characters, now in its 4th year, is an annual online challenge meant to spark creativity and community [...]
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B&N Week 124: Lettering Pt 3
We’ve got another beautiful Tuesday upon us! I’m no longer traveling, I’ve gotten my rest [was down for a few days as I recuperated], and am now ready to get back into the swing of things. WE have the mid 80s here in Tucson, with a slight breeze, so things are great all the way [...]
TPG Week 123: Dialogue Is Necessary To Keep Readers
Welcome, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! Related Posts:TPG Week 126: Define Your CharactersReview: Doc Unknown #1B&N Week 126: Excuses? Not If You Can Help ItTPG Week 125: A Lack of Research Is Easily SeenReview: Sabotage! #1
B&N Week 123: Different Types of Feedback
It’s a HOT Tuesday in Tucson! I moved over the weekend, I’m still not settled, but I couldn’t wait to get back here to you! It’s been a full past few days for me, and I’m looking forward to slowing down a tad, but nothing was going to keep me from you. Now, I know [...]
TPG Week 122: Dialogue & Stereotypes
Welcome back to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have Brave One LJ Wright, who hails from Bowling Gigante, TX! (I have no idea, but I liked working “gigante” in there. Color me clever. Sometimes.) Related Posts:TPG Week 126: Define Your CharactersReview: Doc Unknown #1B&N Week 126: Excuses? Not If You Can [...]
B&N Week 122: Lettering Pt 2
Tuesday! Been frothing at the mouth for this week. No introduction beyond this. Let’s get to it. Related Posts:TPG Week 126: Define Your CharactersReview: Doc Unknown #1B&N Week 126: Excuses? Not If You Can Help ItTPG Week 125: A Lack of Research Is Easily SeenReview: Sabotage! #1
TPG Week 121: Reworking the Redraft
Welcome back to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a double-treat: we have Steve Colle returning with a revamped draft of his Captain America script, which isn’t something we get around here too often. This means the second treat is that we have Yannick Morin returning to take over the duties in blue. Today [...]
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B&N Week 121: Lettering Pt 1
It’s Tuesday yet again! We’ve got warming trends, we’ve got longer days, we have people working out to shed the winter weight. Know what else we’ve got? Con season ramping up. Sometimes, the convention season seems very much like the tennis season: you play and play and play all year, with only a few short [...]
TPG Week 120: Writing is Rewriting
Hello, and welcome to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have someone who’s definitely no stranger to these parts: Liam Hayes, who actually does hail from the UK. We’ve got Steve Colle in blue, I’m in red, and let’s see if we can catch Liam in Related Posts:TPG Week 126: Define Your [...]
B&N Week 120: Undrawable Panel Descriptions
There’s another Tuesday with us! Haven’t you been loving this? Spring has sprung, the weather is warming, the trees are budding…and I have to drive through wooded areas to get to work, so I’ve almost hit young deer on my commute. Yes, I’ve slowed down. But I love this time of year. Renewing and refreshing. [...]
A “Rotten Tomatoes” for Comics?
Tyler talks to Ken Marden, creator of Kubla Comics, a new comic book review aggregation site.
TPG Week 119: Pacing Is The Biggest Problem…
It’s another instalment of The Proving Grounds! Today, we have a new Brave One in the form of Aaron Richmond, who hails from Thingplus, New Mexico. (I have no idea if there’s a Thingplus in NM, but it wouldn’t surprise me.) As always, we have Steve Colle in blue, I’m in red, and we’re going [...]
B&N Week 119: Prose vs Sparse
Welcome back to another Tuesday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. For some of you reading this, there was a religious celebration this past Sunday. I hope that you shared it with family and friends. I know I did, even though I wasn’t feeling well. For others, it was business as usual. There is [...]
TPG Week 118: Cocoa Fluffs…
Welcome, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds. This week, we have a new Brave One in Dan “Bridge Over Troubled” Watters. Dan hails from East Northforkshireham, in the UK. (I just totally made that up.) As usual, we have Steve Colle in blue, I’m in red, and we all get to [...]
Review: East of West #1
It’s easy to create a new world. All you have to do is say “What if…” and let your imagination run wild. What isn’t easy is creating one that feels like a reality, like a place where that “what if” has been free to run wild and touch anything and everything in some way. Jonathan [...]
B&N Week 118: Communication–Email & Ads
Once again, we have another Tuesday before us! I’ve been looking forward to today since last week. I really missed you. Never let it be said that I’m not open with my emotions. This week, I wanted to talk about communication, with an emphasis on contacting creators and the ads you write. They both touch [...]
Comixology Submit: A Game Changer?
Is Comixology Submit a “game changer” for independent and small press publishers? Or is this much ado about nothing?
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