Cool Stuff I Found

[The Black Stripe]

Ha!  I was lamenting how difficult it was to get interviews with webcomic artists like Kate Beaton and ask her some of the questions I've been trying to ask but she went and answered them herself:

http://beatonna.tumblr.com/post/17988404730/a-lil-q-and-a-part-one

[The Black Stripe]

50 Things I Learned in My Three Years and Four Months as a Reviewer for Comic Book Resources

http://graphicontent.blogspot.com/2012/03/50-things-i-learned-in-my-three-years.html

Preview:
11. No matter how politely phrased, anything that basically means 'the art looks like shit' will offend artists.

12. And no matter how politely phrased, I meant your art looks like shit.

[Angie]

On the colorists don't like being ignored bit, it is kind of nice being sort of in the background. If something is glaringly off in the pencils or story, you take a lot of heat. People don't usually care what the colorist does unless it's a complete train wreck. This can be nice as you have a bit more freedom, depending on your client/editor. I'd much rather not be mentioned than seen as the person that ruined random comic issue #94848 haha

[Wei Ingnan]

http://www.ulule.com/#!tags/bandes-dessinees/

[(Pi)]

i wasn't sure if it was posted earlier, but here's a list of creepy abandoned cities:

http://www.gadling.com/2011/04/27/the-worlds-ten-creepiest-abandoned-cities/

not a whole lot of pics, but you can google up these places and find some for yourself.

IE: Kolmanskop, Namibia
http://www.flickr.com/groups/kolmanskop/pool/

[Dekkard]

http://www.arethemost.com/2012/03/steampunk-star-wars.html

http://www.arethemost.com/2011/09/samurai-darth-vader.html

[GedTheBedHead]

An Animated graphic novel!?
http://youtu.be/QwcC8jpc35A

WHERES MY I-PAD!!!
is what i would be saying if..

=(

[The Black Stripe]

So online manga drawing classes are being offered straight from Japan!  Well...almost.  They're working on the English version and that'll be up soon.  And I'm not sure what they teach exactly but it seems like they've got someone reputable...if you want to draw in Shoujo style.  But hey, this is bound to interest people right?

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-05-07/nao-yazawa-teaches-how-to-draw-manga-in-english

[The Black Stripe]

One inch closer to the mecha of my dreams.  And the eventually we'll discover an evolutionary new form of energy that will allow my mech to rampage across the heavens:
http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=64949

[Charlie]

Oh man, I really hope giant robot pilot becomes a real occupation sometime in the near future. I'd totally become one.

[The Black Stripe]

This is making the internet rounds but if you've been hiding under a rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBzRmWeC6Ds&feature=player_embedded
Star Wars voice acted out by some of the most famous and in many of their starring roles and beyond.  Very entertaining.  Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls as Darth Vader is the best.  I hope someone splices movie clips with this dialogue soon.

[Dekkard]

I liked Batman as the narrator, Christopher Walken as R2D2 and Pinkey as the Stormtrooper  XD

[The Black Stripe]

For DBZ fans: http://smokingsection.uproxx.com/TSS/2012/05/the-25-best-dragonball-z-fights-of-all-time

[(Pi)]

http://www.vivianmaier.com

not really sure whether to put this under "Cool Stuff" or "Cool Artists", since by "artist" i think most of us assume to mean "illustrator."

anyway, just discovered vivian maier's photography today, and it's stunning stuff. gorgeous shots in black and white, definitely one of those diamonds in the rough.

[The Black Stripe]

How Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo fame) draws a comic:
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/stan-sakai-drew-a-comic-in-1991-explaining-how-to-make-a-comic/