Once again I will be attending Trinoc*coN as a guest. If you're in the Raleigh area from August 3 - August 5, come by and say hello!
Trinoc*coN is an annual speculative fiction conference held in North Carolina and covers many aspects of the science fiction/fantasy genre including literature, art, comics, real science, gaming, costuming and much more. This year's comic related guests include T Campbell, Leah Riley, Larry Holderfield, Barb Fischer, me, Van Plexico of Avengers Assemble, The Likely Stories Trio, and Eric Nolen-Weathington of Twomorrows Publishing.
Guests of Honor include George R. R. Martin(lit), Thomas Fleming(art), and Matthew McFarland(gaming).
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Trinoc*coN is an annual speculative fiction conference held in North Carolina and covers many aspects of the science fiction/fantasy genre including literature, art, comics, real science, gaming, costuming and much more. This year's comic related guests include T Campbell, Leah Riley, Larry Holderfield, Barb Fischer, me, Van Plexico of Avengers Assemble, The Likely Stories Trio, and Eric Nolen-Weathington of Twomorrows Publishing.
Guests of Honor include George R. R. Martin(lit), Thomas Fleming(art), and Matthew McFarland(gaming).
You can find out more about Trinoc*coN at: http://www.trinoc-con.org/
Completely random thoughts about the comic and comic stuff.
Monday’s comic looks good. It’s an experiment in torn paper effect using, well … torn paper. Yes, some of the torn paper effects in the last few COTCs used elements of actual torn paper. :D Part of it is the effect of the moment and the fragmentation of the characters, but it is also a return for me to an element I used to use quite often. This time it’s not just for a grunge effect. ;) Yeah, I know there is a Photoshop button for that, but I guess I wanted to play a more active roll in the finished elements. Besides, had I done it in Photoshop I would have spent an hour or so tweaking the effect, when I could have just ripped the paper in a few seconds. ;)
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ncwccc today. We all had a good time. One quote stood out in my mind. “The lesson is learned, but the damage is done”, which was referring to the lack of updates. Do to health problems, I only posted 11 comics in 5 months and that doesn’t include the cats. Thanks again everyone for the cats! So, I wonder if COTC will ever regain its momentum. I guess we’ll see.
Sorcery 101 joined Keenspot the other week and I really dig it! Might do a crossover some day. I especially enjoy the dialogue and the almost mundane way the characters deal with being what they are. Very cool.
Monday’s comic looks good. It’s an experiment in torn paper effect using, well … torn paper. Yes, some of the torn paper effects in the last few COTCs used elements of actual torn paper. :D Part of it is the effect of the moment and the fragmentation of the characters, but it is also a return for me to an element I used to use quite often. This time it’s not just for a grunge effect. ;) Yeah, I know there is a Photoshop button for that, but I guess I wanted to play a more active roll in the finished elements. Besides, had I done it in Photoshop I would have spent an hour or so tweaking the effect, when I could have just ripped the paper in a few seconds. ;)
I went to a meeting of the
ncwccc today. We all had a good time. One quote stood out in my mind. “The lesson is learned, but the damage is done”, which was referring to the lack of updates. Do to health problems, I only posted 11 comics in 5 months and that doesn’t include the cats. Thanks again everyone for the cats! So, I wonder if COTC will ever regain its momentum. I guess we’ll see.Sorcery 101 joined Keenspot the other week and I really dig it! Might do a crossover some day. I especially enjoy the dialogue and the almost mundane way the characters deal with being what they are. Very cool.
