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[08 May 2008|12:35pm] |
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Today at 2:00 PST! I'll be interviewed on the Inkstuds radio show-- LIVE, I guess! You can live stream the show here, or download the podcast off of iTunes later. What are we gonna talk about? Comics, duh!
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[07 May 2008|10:09pm] |
Third weekend in a row of comic book events! This weekend in Seattle: Emerald City!
Though the awesome Jeffrey Brown poster above is very indy-comics-centric, Emerald City is a great all-around comics show that is quickly becoming my favorite outside of Portland. Check out the guest list to see what a nice mix of independent and mainstream creators will be there, plus the traditional dealer's tables and sci-fi actor-types for ultimate geekitude.
Paul and I will be there, as well as our mutual collaborators and home-boys Jeff Parker and David Hahn, and pretty much the whole Periscope gang!
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[01 May 2008|09:46pm] |
One of Marvel's two books for Free Comic Book Day (this Saturday!) is...
MARVEL ADVENTURES: IRON MAN written by Jeff Parker & Paul Tobin, art by Alvin Lee and Terry Pallot.
That's right! Co-written by THE TWO GREATEST WRITERS IN COMICS HISTORY (my unbiased opinion!) it features Iron Man, the Hulk, and Spider-Man fighting Shellhead's old enemy, the Mandarin!
The cover of the book by David Nakayama is pictured above, but while Paul and Parker were working on the script, I painted this as an X-mas present for Paul:
My fellow Silver Age nerds will note that it should read "Seven Rings Hath The Mandarin" but then, you're too psyched about seeing the old Marvel monster Grottu to mind! Giant ants RULE!
Paul and I will be with many of our pals for the Free Comic Book Day event at Cosmic Monkey in Portland, while Parker will be at Super Villains, Inc. in Nottingham, Maryland!
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[25 Apr 2008|12:34pm] |
Boy-golly, it's time for Stumptown Comics Fest again already! Tomorrow and Sunday at the Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel in Portland, Oregon from 10am to 6pm; $6 each day. (Such a deal!)
I'll be there, of course, as will Paul and all my homies from Periscope Studio. In fact, there will be a panel spotlighting Periscope on Sunday:
12pm-12:45pmSteve Lieber moderator: Spotlight on Periscope Studio
You can't read American comics without coming across one of Periscope Studio's 21 members. Crammed into a downtown Portland office suite, these artists and writers avoid killing each other for long enough to produce everything from best-sellers with Hollywood movie deals (White-Out, Steve Lieber) to popular super-hero titles (X-Men: First Class, Jeff Parker) to independent web and minicomics. Join Special Guest Steve Lieber and his studio-mates to find out who leaves their dishes in the sink, how not to break into the industry, and why comics might or might not be the weirdest career on earth. Other guests:
Brian Michael Bendis
Robyn Chapman
Derek Kirk Kim
Alec Longstreth
Larry Marder
Lark Pien
Dave Roman
Jason Shiga
Raina Telgemeier
Gene Yang
...and many more!
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[21 Apr 2008|08:03pm] |
Photos from Paris! Part One.
Paul and I stayed for three weeks in a tiny studio apartment in Belleville, a homey neighborhood populated largely by non-Europeans. On every block was a Chinese grocery, a Kosher butcher, and an Arabic bookstore-- each one frequented by local regulars who all seemed to know each other.
We kept seeing tile Space Invaders around the city. This is the corner opposite our building.
The stairs to our apartment!
From the patisserie around the corner-- a pistachio custard and a fruit tart. I visited there every morning to buy a baguette and some croissants for breakfast.
The western view from our little living room. It rained a lot while we were there, but on this early evening we got a treat!
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[20 Apr 2008|08:59pm] |
Hey, Pennsylvania!
Don't forget to vote in this week's primaries!
Have fun!
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[18 Apr 2008|11:11pm] |
I had a lot of work to do after Paul and I got back from our three weeks in Paris! (Yes I will post some photos soon-- we did so many cool things!) The first issue of Power Pack: Day One came out in March, with a short by me and writer Fred Van Lente explaining the basic physics of gravity. The second issue comes out next week, with another "edu-tainment " strip in which Katie Power explains the First Law Of Thermodynamics.
No, really.
Also next week, X-Men: First Class #11-- what Parker is calling "the most important Marvel Comic you could possibly pick up next week", "Most Important X-Men Story Ever", and even "world-changing"... and I drew two pages of the MAIN STORY. That's right! Not A Dream! Not An Imaginary Story!
And if that weren't enough quality entertainment from me and my friends, next week also ushers into the world Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four #35, written by my husband Paul Tobin and lovingly drawn this month by David Nakayama!
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[02 Apr 2008|10:37am] |
Where have I been?
...and now I'm back.
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[27 Feb 2008|05:32pm] |
Darn it! One of the backup stories Jeff Parker and I did for today's X-Men First Class got bumped to a later issue! So I'm sorry I led you all on with the teaser the other day. So no Warren Worthington III, The Poor Little Rich Mutant until later.
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[26 Feb 2008|07:37pm] |
My husband Paul Tobin has a big ol' interview up on Newsarama about his his upcoming writing arc that will jump-start the new title Marvel Adventures Superheroes.
And while he was at it, when interviewer Zack Smith asked him if he and I would be doing any Marvel work together, he replied:
PT: Work with my wife? Hmm, I suppose that might be interesting. But only if we could have Spider-Man in the story. And a lot of girls. Like, oh, Hellcat, and Mary Jane, and She-Hulk, and Clea, and the Enchantress, and Marvel Girl, and the Scarlet Witch. Also, I wouldn’t budge if we couldn’t use Millie the Model. Yep, we’d need Millie.
Yeah, all that would be great, but what’s the chance of that happening? By the way, here’s some teaser art from an upcoming full-length story that Colleen Coover and I are working on.
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[22 Feb 2008|07:31pm] |
Steve posted a bunch of photos of some of the Periscope Studio members in our natural environment over at the studio website. For the record, Parker is NOT reaching over to have me pull his finger.
ME
JONATHAN CASE
SARAH BURINI (Periscope intern)
CAT ELLIS
TERRI NELSON
JEFF PARKER
RICH ELLIS
PAUL GUINAN
DAVID HAHN
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[19 Feb 2008|12:24pm] |
Dave Carter has been in my corner! He has posted several times on his Yet Another Comics Blog that Marvel has been remiss in their Coover-ly duties by neglecting to inform readers of my upcoming contributions in their solicitations. Why, asks Dave, would Marvel decline the opportunity to use news of my work as a selling point for their funnybooks? Today, X-Men First Class writer Jeff Parker offers the answer.
By the way, the next issue of X-Men First Class comes out next week, and features this image:
as well as this one:
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[17 Feb 2008|10:05am] |
Paul and I had a little Day-After Valentine's date at the Portland Art Museum. We'd been eager to see "The Dancer"; a special exhibition of French Impressionists Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Jean-Louis Forain. We were of course both familiar with Degas, and Toulouse-Lautrec is one of Paul's great heroes, but Forain was completely unknown to us.
I'm not sure if the above images were in the exhibit, but they are good examples of Forain's cartooning style (and in the second case, one of his favored subjects-- a wealthy gentleman paying a backstage call on a young ballerina.) I wish I could find images of some of the paintings and pastels we saw, but no dice.
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[07 Feb 2008|02:55pm] |
By happy coincidence, my latest illustration for the Stranger reflects my own sentiments.
Hey, caucusing states! Go out and do your duty this Saturday, you luckies! I have to wait until May for the Oregon primary!
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[05 Feb 2008|05:33pm] |
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Hey, Seattle! The Stranger is making the following offer: Make him, her, or them blush with a FREE valentine in The Stranger! The first 2,000 mash notes we receive are guaranteed to appear in our special Valentine's Day issue on February 14th!
SUBMISSION DEADLINE for all valentines: 5 pm on Friday, February 8th. 
Click on the image to get your message printed with this, or one of four other lovely designs by artists Kris Chau, Rob Ullmann, Aaron Edge, and Mark Kaufman.
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[28 Jan 2008|08:21pm] |
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Steve Duin of the Oregonian has posted a profile of me on his blog. Steve and I spent a pleasant hour talking about my lifelong love of comics and my career as an artist. It would have been nice to continue talking about comics in general, because Steve's a knowledgeable guy, and I'd rather talk about old funnybooks than about me.
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[06 Jan 2008|10:58am] |
 
Rough layouts and final art from X-Men: First Class #6. Click on the images to see 'em bigger. Compare! Contrast! Enjoy!
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