tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-211785092024-03-07T01:53:49.062-05:00Brian EvinouComics creator and Animator based in Toronto.
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http://evinou-art.livejournal.com/Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-87014986266375650862014-07-09T18:41:00.004-04:002014-07-09T21:49:30.165-04:00MONSTROSITY II IS ALIVE!!!!<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/408859396/monstrosity-ii">MONSTROSITY II!</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> cover by James Stokoe</span><br />
Check it out, Phil McClorey and I have spent the last year organizing this book. We are super happy with it. So good. So many great creators helped us out with this! Please visit the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/408859396/monstrosity-ii">link</a> and get your self a copy.<br />
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I am doing 8 pages with Howard Wong in this one. If you ever wanted an original off of me, I got 6 available through the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/408859396/monstrosity-ii">kickstarter</a>. AND that comes with a copy of the book. Check er out.<br />
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Other awesome pledge rewards, you can get the cover! by James Mutha Fucking Stokoe! Hand painted! For Real. Hand painted original cover by James Stokoe. FYI I am getting married. This would be the perfect gift to get me. BTW. $600 bold ones.<br />
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How about a customized print by Matt Daley with your visage included within the drawing! 100 bold ones.<br />
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Marvin Law original page! 80 loonies.<br />
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Sketch plates! 5.25 X 7.25 original sketch by a MONSTROSITY II artist! 40 BUCKS!<br />
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All of those also include the book.<br />
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Phil and I have been doing some media to help lift this kickstarter off the ground. Check these out here.<br />
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<a href="http://geekeon.podbean.com/e/episode-10-podstrocity-with-brian-evinou-and-phil-mcclorey/#.U7bAQ8YJdVk.facebook">GEEKEON PODCAST</a><br />
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Phil and I gab with Erik the Red about MONSTROSITY and being awesome dudes.<br />
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SHANNAHANIGANS LIVE<br />
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I appear on Katie and Shaggy Shannahan's awesome livechat. We gab MONSTROSITY, Sailor Moon, Gilmore Girls and more! Horrifying!<br />
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Anyhoo, Phil and I are thrilled with the response to the kickstarter so far. Please keep pledging! There is more awesomeness to come! Big announcements on Monday of even more creators on the book!<br />
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<br />Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-15362922858136541022014-06-30T23:26:00.002-04:002014-06-30T23:26:27.862-04:00MONSTROSITY II is coming!Guys, JULY 7th. That is the day we launch the kickstarter for MONSTROSITY II.<br />
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You liked the first volume? Wait for this next volume guys. It is legit going to be the internet.<br />
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Check out this interview..might be a nugget in there about a certain amazing cover artist. Excuse my enthusiasm. We were in Sarnia on very little sleep.<br />
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We are pretty psyched to show it off.<br />
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TCAF has come and gone. Three weeks later and I can look
back and say this year<b> </b>was a big success.
My newest book, <i>Tuff Stuff,</i> sold out! 50 copies! That’s pretty good! I also
sold a bunch of other books as well. Due to my incredible record keeping, I
will never know for sure, but I think I can say with a fair amount of
confidence that this might have been my BEST TCAF EVA!<o:p></o:p></div>
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My high sales this year were certainly buoyed by the release
of my new book<i> Tuff Stuff </i>which I finished just in time for TCAF. For real,
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A nice thing that was reassuring; people who were new to my
work were gravitating towards Tuff Stuff. This is a good sign! People seemed to
like the cover!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This year I also tried my hand at selling some of my artist
books. <i>A Collection of Things</i> and <i>Ennui</i> both moved a couple copies. Not
the sell outs I was hoping for, but considering their high price tags, still
very welcome.<o:p></o:p></div>
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TCAF is not just a great show to buy my books at, but also a great place to buy a million books off of so many cool people! SO MANY COOL PEOPLE. Cool people;
you know who you are. TCAF always gets me inspired. So much great new work premieres there, most of my purchases were TCAF premieres. So yes, I bought a bunch of books. TCAF is the devil when it
comes to sucking my cash straight out of my wallet. Check out these awesome
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Day One Swag<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsIfZeKwsmbTqInsW-a-euyv42TLbUlpwNN95fW2mjmgx1R6lSSTAe_4hHBsKxaX3CUfnAJMWs3muZg9zqzYzqrTFW813aY4et-p1NjywfSWk7KQ07GTZ1rZ3RHdJMblGg0uT/s1600/swag1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYsIfZeKwsmbTqInsW-a-euyv42TLbUlpwNN95fW2mjmgx1R6lSSTAe_4hHBsKxaX3CUfnAJMWs3muZg9zqzYzqrTFW813aY4et-p1NjywfSWk7KQ07GTZ1rZ3RHdJMblGg0uT/s1600/swag1.jpg" height="216" width="320" /></a></div>
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Another year amazingly well run show by Chris, Miles and Co.
See you next year dear TCAF. Thanks for having me!<o:p></o:p></div>
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A short note on <i>Tuff Stuff</i>. It turned out to be 59 pages. I
inked the whole thing in one month. I then lettered it in two days. I am pretty
happy with the end result but because of the speed with which I turned it out
there are some grammatical errors in this first edition. I will be posting the revised version up on
my website in the next week or so. Keep your eyes peeled for that. I will also
be printing a second edition of the book, with the edits done, in time for my
next show. It will also be available on my website to purchase here. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-8035182734910627842014-04-13T11:12:00.001-04:002014-04-13T11:13:37.510-04:00Ennui<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In my previous <a href="http://brianevinou.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-collection-of-wonderful-things.html">post</a> I spoke about having three new books to release this year at <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a>. This is the second of those three books. It is called 'Ennui'. This book is leather bound, 32 pages with silkscreen Interiors. The book consists of eight different illustrations all featuring two layers of silkscreening. This book is limited to eight editions, of which seven will be for sale at <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a>, hand numbered and signed. First come first serve.</div>
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The other two books I will have for sale are<a href="http://brianevinou.blogspot.ca/2014/01/a-collection-of-wonderful-things.html"> 'A Collection of Things'</a> and my new comic, which I am currently wrapping up work on,<a href="http://brianevinou.blogspot.ca/2012/12/tuff-stuff.html"> 'Tuff Stuff'</a>. 'Tuff Stuff' is 60 pages of awesome. I am very excited to get it out into the world for you all to see. It feels like decades ago that I released <a href="http://brianevinou.blogspot.ca/2012/10/sassy-mavericks.html">Sassy Mavericks</a>. Below you will see a spread of seven inked pages and one panel isolated. I will post again before <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a> to give final details on these books, prices etc.<br />
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<br />Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-71540466865621821722014-02-20T01:11:00.001-05:002014-02-20T01:11:15.712-05:00Cover Work! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So this here is a cover I did for <a href="http://bigsexycomics.com/">Fred Kennedy's</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Whore-Son-Fred-Kennedy-ebook/dp/B00ICC4B44">'The Whores Son'</a> novella, available now on Kindle! Check it out! Below is a process GIF of how I got to this final product. I should mention I stole my final cover scheme from a pretty iconic <a href="http://www.comicnoize.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/L2471.jpg">XMEN cover</a>. Anyhoo..good times.</div>
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In other news, I am busting ass on my new comic <a href="http://instagram.com/p/hPtLbrQTV2/">Tuff Stuff.</a> There will be news about that up on here soon as it will be released at <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a>! Stay tuned dawgs. </div>
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So this is one of three planned new books I will have for <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a> this year. This one is a limited edition of seven, six of which will be for sale. All hand bound in leather, 19 individual two layer silkscreens some featuring degradaies (sp).<br />
This new<span style="line-height: 200%;"> work is a repurposing,
in a collage style, of the work from my comics practice into new arrangements bound
together within a book. This process allows me to recontextualize the imagery
and meanings of my original pages to create new messages out of pre-existing
narratives. Each
page is independent from the source material and becomes its own individual piece;
meaning is contained within each image.</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> Colour is
introduced in the form of imagery and text. It is used to add to the
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It is important to emphasize that not all of these books are
2013 releases. This list reflects when I read these books. I am also going to
make a point of not talking about close friends books. Integrity and all that.
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<i>Memories</i>- Katsuhiro
Otomo- <o:p></o:p></div>
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This year I finally tracked down this long out of print
collection of some of Otomo’s short stories. Spoilers, it is really good. Highlights
are <i>Magnetic Rose</i> and the spiritual predecessor
to <i>Akira</i> and <i>Domu </i>called <i>Fireball</i>. You
can find these occasionally on EBAY for about 60-80 bones. Well worth the
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<i>Supermag</i>- <a href="http://jimrugg.com/">JimRugg</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jim Rugg is one of my absolute faves on the comic’s
scene. His sense of humour and
incredible drawing ability combine to make some of the most potent comic works
out there. This most recent magazine is a collection of short strips that Rugg
has collected alongside a bunch of one sheet advertisements and pinups. This is
not exactly a comic book as it is an anthology of Rugg. <i>Super mag</i> is a place that allows Rugg’s ample design chops a chance
to shine all the while showing off great little strips like US Ape and Duke
Armstrong that work as shorts but might not be able to sustain their own full
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This book was a long wait but well worth it. Creating a book
that appeals to kids while still appealing to his legions of adult fans is
quite the trick. Pope accomplishes this with aplomb by mashing in influences any
long time comic fan can recognize while covering each page in his trademark
rich inks and style. One major drawback
to this book is its size. Pope draws his originals larger than most and the
transition to a child friendly size hurts the work. A teaser of the first 24
pages of the book that was released in a single floppy issue format further
emphasises this weakness. Compared side by side with the finished book it is
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This is the first sports comic I ever really got into. It is
all about a newbie with a lot of potential learning to play BBall with his
high-school team. There is a lot of HS drama, which I love, and some over the
top fight stuff, which is okay. The vast majority of it though is hard-core
realistic basketball games. The first game, which is a scrimmage, takes three
200 page volumes to finish. It is very thorough. Dribbling, passing, boxing
out, shooting, rebounding. We learn as the main character learns and we get
invested. The stakes of these games combined with all the motivations for the
characters all really make the results matter. PS the drawing is first rate and
the games scenes really move. I wish there was a hockey comic like this. I
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for some big status quo shifts in 2014. Eve and the Gang are all getting out of
the cute messing up your life section of your 20’s and are, it seems, about to
get a bit more serious. The revelations and quiet moments have all been really
impactful this year. Gran keeps getting better and better and I am really
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After one issue it was crystal clear where this story was
going and how it was going to get there. Three issues in all my guesses were
right, despite that though the ride has been very entertaining in large part
due to Frank Quietly’s art which is worth the price of admission alone. In a
year where supporting a questionable artist’s art (Orson Scott Card) became a
big issue, Mark Millar is a bit of lightning rod in the comics scene. This
story is thus far my favorite of Millar’s since Authority, which I guess
unsurprisingly also featured Quietly on art. So yeah, story is okay, predictable but fun
and violent, the art is an 11 out of 10.</div>
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This is a very cool anthology in which I am lucky enough to be a part of alongside <a href="http://bigsexycomics.com/">Fred Kennedy </a>and <a href="http://aprincelydreadful.blogspot.ca/">Adam Gorham</a>. Our strip is a follow up to break out star of Vol.1 Gull Girl! Other names in this book include three of my faves <a href="http://faitherinhicks.tumblr.com/">Faith Erin Hicks</a>, <a href="http://andybelangerart.blogspot.ca/">Andy Belanger</a> and <a href="http://gobukan.blogspot.ca/">J. Bone</a>! Two days left in the campaign. Check it out <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/578037098/true-patriot-volume-2">here!</a></div>
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These are the stars of my next comic. Christine 2.</div>
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This is part of a interesting book project I'm doing where I am reworking the meanings of my comics into new compositions..more on this next month. </div>
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An example of an artists edition drawing I did on the inside cover of a copy of<a href="http://brianevinou.com/shop/books/monstrosity/"> MONSTROSITY</a> that was ordered from my website..<a href="http://brianevinou.com/shop/books/">you can too</a>!</div>
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I have been reading a lot about the Genocide in Herero. There is a theory that it along with the genocide at Maji-Maji are the start of a continuity of genocides by Germany in the 20th century. I had never heard any of this before. I wasn't even aware of these two genocides! Here is Cap punching Hitler. I drew this at the <a href="http://www.stadiumcomics.com/">Stadium</a> free comic book day event around halloween.<br />
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I drew this in class when working on designs for a character I am working on.<br />
<br />Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-40564419555049926572013-10-01T00:06:00.001-04:002013-10-01T01:13:25.613-04:00I missed a month!BIG NEWS! The book, MONSTROSITY will be released in comic stores this Wednesday! That's tomorrow! Holy shit! Go grab one!<br />
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Since we last spoke, dearest blog, <a href="http://www.monstrositycomic.com/">MONSTROSITY </a>launched to great fanfare and success at FanExpo. Phil and I sold the crap out of the book and even managed to line up some exciting new creators for MONSTROSITY II; THE RECKONING (title not finalized). Here is<a href="http://www.furiouscomics.com/"> Friendly Phil McClorey</a> and <a href="http://www.brianevinou.com/">I</a> at our table captured at an inopportune time! Pizza anger face! Note I am rocking an awesome <a href="http://www.reyyy.com/">Corey Lewis</a> shirt made for the<a href="http://cbldf.org/"> Comic Book Legal Defence Fund</a>,<a href="http://www.clldf.ca/"> available here</a>.<br />
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So all in all, <a href="http://www.fanexpocanada.com/">FanExpo</a> was a good time. Since then we have had a signing at <a href="http://paradisecomics.com/">Paradise Comics</a> and another show at <a href="http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/">Word on the Street</a>. Here below is my table being manned by superman <a href="http://marvin000.deviantart.com/">Marvin Law</a> joined by super star table neighbor <a href="http://willowdawson.4ormat.com/">Willow Dawson</a> to our left.<br />
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So far response to the book has been great. Check out these reviews.<br />
<a href="http://www.brokenfrontier.com/monstrosity-volume-one/">http://www.brokenfrontier.com/monstrosity-volume-one/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/63687#10">http://www.aintitcool.com/node/63687#10</a><br />
<a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/63774#3">http://www.aintitcool.com/node/63774#3</a><br />
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I myself also did a bit of media for the book..<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4k0V39eCU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj4k0V39eCU</a><br />
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If you missed out on the <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monstrosity/x/200401">indiegogo</a> you can still get the book through my <a href="http://brianevinou.com/shop/books/">website</a> or the <a href="http://alternacomics.com/">Alterna </a>Website as well as at these fine comic stores..<br />
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<a href="http://www.beguilingbooksandart.com/">The Beguiling</a> – Toronto, Ontario</div>
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<a href="http://www.thedragonweb.com/">The Dragon </a>– Guelph, Ontario</div>
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<a href="http://www.happyharborcomics.com/">Happy Harbor Comics</a> – Edomonton, Alberta</div>
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<a href="http://www.lamoodcomics.com/">LA Mood Comics and Games</a> – London, Ontario</div>
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<a href="http://paradisecomics.com/">Paradise Comics</a> – Toronto, Ontario</div>
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<a href="http://www.stadiumcomics.com/">Stadium Comics</a> – Missisauga, Ontario</div>
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<a href="http://www.brokenpencil.com/canzine-toronto">Canzine</a>- October 20th</div>
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<a href="http://www.stadiumcomics.com/">Stadium Comics</a> Free Comic Day- Oct 26th</div>
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Anyhow I am a little tired and delirious from lack of sleep. Who knew that working, going to school, making comics and organizing an anthology would take so much energy..<br />
You guys are awesome. Have some drawings...the bottom threee are all examples of what you will get FREE on the inside of your cover if you buy MONSTROSITY from my website.<br />
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Astro Jaq!<br />
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CyBart!<br />
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Astro Jaq!<br />
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<br />Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-6392481310417880752013-08-15T14:56:00.001-04:002013-08-15T14:56:10.319-04:00MONSTROSITY release at FANEXPO!<br />
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MONSTROSITY arrived at my door this past Friday! I am happy and relieved to say it looks awesome. <a href="http://alternacomics.com/">Alterna</a>, our publisher, did a great job of printing it. The blacks are black and the cover really pops. The book weighs in at 200 pages and includes stories from over thirty different creators. I want to thank all the <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monstrosity/x/200401">indiegogo</a> contributors again for helping this book happen. <a href="http://www.furiouscomics.com/">Phil </a>(my co-editor) and I are still overwhelmed at the incredible response. We are officially releasing the book next Thursday at <a href="http://www.fanexpocanada.com/">Fan expo </a>and starting to send the books out the following Monday. If you are interested in picking up your book and various other contribution rewards at <a href="http://www.fanexpocanada.com/">Fan expo</a> just swing buy our table, A357. If you missed out on the <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monstrosity/x/200401">indie-gogo</a> but still want the book and can't make it to <a href="http://www.fanexpocanada.com/">Fan expo</a>, it is currently available in this months <a href="http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/940">Previews</a>, the order code is AUG13 0934. I will have all my usual books at the show, swing on by!<br />
If you can't make it to Fanexpo, FEAR NOT! We will be having a number of signings to celebrate the release of the book including events at <a href="http://paradisecomics.com/">Paradise Comics</a> and <a href="http://www.stadiumcomics.com/">Stadium Comics</a>.Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-4625349589701435802013-07-31T23:01:00.001-04:002013-07-31T23:01:59.753-04:00July Round Up! True Patriot and Blue Noser!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple months back I got the opportunity to be a part of<a href="http://jtorresonline.blogspot.ca/"> J.Torres </a>excellent anthology <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/true-patriot/x/200401">True Patriot</a>! My pals <a href="http://aprincelydreadful.blogspot.ca/">Adam Gorham</a> and <a href="http://www.bigsexycomicbooks.com/">Fred Kennedy </a>created a story but needed a colorist and approached me! I was very happy to do it! Inspired by the <a href="http://www.naobrown.com/news/">Nao of Brown</a> I water colored the comic. Here is the second page above. There is going to be a release party for the book at many locations coming up including <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/559741504081985/?ref=2&suggestsessionid=0de699ab28b9d83eb26336365e87978b">the Dragon</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/571402812898346/?ref=2">The Comic Book Lounge</a>. Swing on by and pick up a copy. It is balling.<br />
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So the last month I have been pretty busy working on my next mini, tentatively called Tuff Stuff. As with the Jim & Jenn to <a href="http://brianevinou.com/158/">Psychic Drama</a> and the Space Cops to Sassy Mavericks transition this hardly means the name is set in stone. So far I am 28 pages into the book and it is looking like it is going to hit the fifty page range which will make it my biggest single story since Psychic Drama. Really the book is a prologue for a much larger work, but I don't know if I will ever get that far. Here is what 28 pages look like so far.<br />
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In other news, the anthology I co-edited with<a href="https://twitter.com/PhilMcClorey"> Friendly Phil McClorey</a> is in Diamond Previews this month! Diamond is the magazine comic stores order their books from. If you guys want a copy of the book and missed the <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monstrosity/x/200401">indiegogo</a> now is your next chance! Ask you comic store to order it for you. It is under <a href="http://alternacomics.com/">Alterna</a>, page 241 order # STK620744!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <a href="http://www.brianmcl.com/">Brian Mclachlan</a> decided to wrap up him long running and beloved strip, <a href="http://www.theprincessplanet.com/">Princess Planet</a>, and wanted to get some friends to do some strips to send it out in style. I was super flattered to be asked to contribute one and above you can see my effort as well as <a href="http://www.theprincessplanet.com/2013/06/02/guest-strip-brian-evinou/">here on the site.</a> As a thank you Brian did strips that featured all the guest artists..<a href="http://www.theprincessplanet.com/2013/06/16/king-vs-flags-yak-it-u/">here</a> is the one w me in it! Guest starring <a href="http://www.promisescomic.com/">Jules Faulkner</a> and <a href="http://www.looharvest.com/">Jason Loo</a>! Princess Planet was a really great strip and I strongly urge you all to go read some of its almost 10 year long run. Brian is a really talented guy and I am looking forward to his next efforts. Thanks for letting me take part Brian!</span></div>
Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-34545715188688692732013-06-30T21:58:00.002-04:002013-06-30T21:58:16.953-04:00Thing I have been doing!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey Guys, so the last couple months have been pretty hectic..I went to a couple cons..</div>
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This is Friendly Phil McClorey and mines table setup at C2E2! We had a great time and a pretty great show. I would love to go back. Chicago is a nice city that I didn't see nearly enough of. We did see a Blackhawks game which was pretty awesome. </div>
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I also did TCAF! That was a nice surprise, I got hooked up w a table by good pal Adam Gorham. I tabled just the Saturday but had a fantastic show. This is the view from my seat. I love TCAF.<br />
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This is my most awesome grab from TCAF, an amazing ink and watercolor piece by the amazing Sam Hiti. That call is a baller. Check out his work.<br />
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MONSTROSITY is the followup anthology to the successful Horror in the West. I co-edited this one. I am super happy with it. Currently it is at the printers, looking forward to getting it back and getting em' into your hands.<br />
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Our indie go-go was a succcess as well. Thanks to everyone who contributed in everyway. I love you all. We got a bit over our goal and that allowed us to get a slightly thicker cardstock for the cover. Its going to be bad ass.<br />
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I drew a Jon Snow!<br />
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This is Astro Jaq Johnson in casual attire!<br />
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Tuff Stuff!<br />
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TUFF-ER STUFFBrian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-68578722330449144752013-05-27T20:04:00.002-04:002013-05-27T20:04:52.748-04:00MONSTROSITY <span style="text-align: center;">Ahhhh!!! So, for the last year about I have been working with my good pal <a href="http://www.philmcclorey.com/">Friendly Phil McClorey</a> to get together this little Anthology called <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monstrosity/x/200401?c=home">MONSTROSITY!</a> It is all done now and we are into our last week of our <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monstrosity/x/200401">Indiegogo campaign</a> to get the book out to the people! We are 95% funded! Incredible! Thanks so much if you have contributed yourself or are planning to. I love you so much. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;"> The theme of this book is monsters and features about 20 short stories from all sorts of<a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/monstrosity/x/200401?c=activity"> indy creators</a> from all over! Below you can see a couple image from the book. We have a ton of awesome perks on the site. If you want to contribute, please do, perk levels start as low as 5 bucks for a digital pdf and 20bucks gets you the physical book. We would love to get this book in your hands!</span><br />
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Monster Mash Up- <a href="http://misterwalsh.tumblr.com/">Michael Walsh,</a> <a href="http://aprincelydreadful.blogspot.ca/">Adam Gorham</a> and <a href="http://nolanw.blogspot.ca/">Nolan Woodard</a>- Print available w book..$35 and the original drawing plus book and print is $250!</div>
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Astro Jaq Johnson, Phil McClorey and ME!Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-46096049116465854712013-04-24T01:43:00.002-04:002013-04-24T01:43:34.698-04:00New Fight Song Cover!<br />
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Whoa! What a nice cover! That is way nicer than the old one!..is what I hope you think. So, how did I get to this amazing final version...well..it is a little story that goes a little something like this.<br />
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I had a rough doodle that I scanned and brought into Photoshop. I cleaned up this one after working on a bunch of variations on this final pose. Then I printed the final red version very lightly onto some large paper. I inked that up with my brush pen, scanned it and brought it back into Photoshop where I pulled the reds out leaving me with this pristine B&W. </div>
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A little bit of photoshop magic is next and I do this final mock-up of my design. I am happy so I then fill all the green with black, and print two sheets of paper. One for each color on bond paper. Going into the print studio, I soak those sheets in vegetable oil, dry them and then shoot the images onto my silkscreen. Then I tear a shit ton of paper to the proper dimensions and get to printing. </div>
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Layer one! Each color is one layer. For my comic covers I always go for two layers. One color and then black for the line art. Since I print a ton of these each time any more layers would be too time intensive.</div>
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The magic happens with layer two! Look at those blacks! I had problems with the registration on this run and registered them all up by hand. The results were fantastic. Looks like I will be going that route for-eva-eva now.<br />
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Done! Here is a detail!<br />
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I get home assemble the 48 new Fight Songs and then compare them to the weakling previous version. What a shitty old cover that was. I bet it feels shame.<br />
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So I will be premiering these bad boys at <a href="http://www.c2e2.com/">C2E2</a> in Chicago this coming weekend. Swing on by, I will be sitting with good pals <a href="http://www.furiouscomics.com/">Phil McClorey</a>, <a href="http://aprincelydreadful.blogspot.ca/">Adam Gorham</a> and <a href="http://www.bigsexycomicbooks.com/">Fred Kennedy</a>.<br />
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Also this Friday Phil and I will be launching an indie gogo campaign for our next Anthology called <a href="http://www.monstrositycomic.com/">Monstrosity!</a> This thing is going to be awesome. We lined up a bunch of great talent and are looking forward to showing it off. Check out the blog for details..and I will update soon with the indie go-go site when it goes live.<br />
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If you are looking for something to do this weekend I will be at Toronto Comic-Con alongside my Friendly <a href="http://www.furiouscomics.com/">Phil McClorey </a>at table A157, come check us out! The show is at the Metro Convention Center Saturday and Sunday and...it features the full cast of TNG! THE StarTrek in my humble opinion. In honour of those excellent space-farers I thought I would do up a Sassy Mavericks watercolor!Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-24095110309695575742013-02-03T13:09:00.001-05:002013-03-06T09:06:21.340-05:00Hourly Comic Day 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hourly comic day was this past Friday, it was my third year taking part. Lots of fun, hope you enjoy em!<br />
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A couple weeks ago I was at the <a href="http://tdotcomics.ca/">Quintessential comix</a> fundraiser doing sketches to raise money for Alice's show..Here are a couple drawings from that event. The Top one is Destroyer, I had only read the <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16082">Kirkman/ Walker</a> updated version which is awesome so this was interesting trying out this version of the character. The bottom is of course Venom, this one was done for my buddy Tyrone who runs <a href="http://www.guerillaprinting.ca/">Guerilla Printing</a>, check em out. Anyhow, the event was a big success and I got to hang with some cool dudes.Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-57058830862220486842013-01-19T00:03:00.000-05:002013-01-19T00:03:39.741-05:00Wolverine like a boss.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Guys, I love me some Wolverine..but the old one..you know the one who could be killed and wore this awesome orange and brown number. Sometimes I wish that when X-Men launched that in <a href="http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=http://comicbookrealm.com/cover-scan/071767cf5f372135e407cc508808884b/l/marvel-x-men-issue-3.jpg#.UPoouyc0V8E">issue 3</a> Magneto just won and all the X-Men died and we forever had the perfect time capsule of those 150 issues of Uncanny before things got <a href="http://www.gophoto.it/view.php?i=http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/33356-3092-37240-1-uncanny-x-men-the_super.jpg#.UPopGCc0V8E">shitty</a>.<br />
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If you guys are looking for something to do before the Leafs start the 2013 season swing by the <a href="http://comicbooklounge.com/">Comicbook Lounge</a> for <a href="http://tdotcomics.ca/">Alice Quinn's</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/192547624219457/">Quintessential comics fundraiser</a>. I will be there sketching from 2 to 6. See you then!Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-10854032741423386682012-12-23T20:28:00.001-05:002012-12-23T20:34:33.060-05:00Best Comics of 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I read this book on the way home from the <a href="http://www.kazookazoo.ca/?page_id=1398">Kazoo small press comics expo</a> in Guelph, <a href="https://twitter.com/Daltsharp">Dalton Sharp</a> had picked up a copy and it had just won the award for book of the show, so I was very curious. <i>The Libertarian</i> is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read. It is unrelenting. The simple style of Nick’s drawings had with his first book, <i><a href="http://laffdepot.blogspot.ca/">Streakers</a></i>, kept me away but upon reading a few pages of <i>The Libertarian</i> I became very charmed by his drawings and found them an engaging partner to the incredible writing. Very smart, sharp cutting dialogue and a scathing response to extreme politics make The Libertarian one of the very best books of 2012. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I discovered <i>Fuckitor </i>like the rest of the world because of <a href="http://www.tcj.com/an-interview-with-jason-karns/">this article on the Comics Journal</a> by comic superman <a href="http://jimrugg.com/">Jim Rugg</a> (who draws great <a href="http://jimrugg.com/?portfolio=rambo-3-5">comics </a>and also hosts one of my fave<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/id516288911"> podcasts</a>). <i>Fuckitor</i> is the first comic that my girlfriend has told me she hates and it is easy to see why. It is all the same reasons I love it. <i>Fuckitor</i> is an ongoing anthology comic; each issue has two to three short stories inside. All of the stories are roided out versions of 80’s horror/fantasy/ sci-fi direct to VHS movies. They are generally about monsters, Nazi’s, zombies or whatever else that enjoys eviscerating teenagers. The language in the books is intense, they feature nudity and violence which can be sexual and is always very graphic. The presentation of <i>Fuckitor </i>is one thing that my lady and I both agreed on. It is awesome. Karns uses a tricked out printer to print out every issue himself in full colour. The paper he uses and the colour settings combine to make <i>Fuckitor</i> look like a book that was released in ’78 instead of being printed a week before you got it in your mailbox. Which is another thing that makes <i>Fuckitor</i> awesome, the effort required to get it. Karns is from all indications, essentially a comics recluse. A modern day Ditko. Karn’s likes Rugg’s work, with whom he shares many of the same sensibilities, but he thinks most comics are shit. He doesn’t do conventions and shows no real interest in getting his work out there to a wider audience; his stuff is only available through mail order. This added challenge of getting his work and his rock star apathy add a mystique that is very rare in comics today. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-372595347538678772012-12-20T01:45:00.003-05:002012-12-20T01:45:56.156-05:00Jim V 3.0<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently was thinking of a different much darker ending to Psychic Drama. The process of making Psychic Drama was such a long one, I had practically finished it and then decided it was going all wrong so I ended up restarting it. Looking back at the original version I kind of enjoy how blood thirsty it was where as the version that is up on my website is a much more talky version. I think the happy medium was probably somewhere in the middle. Anyhow, I ain't doing that comic a third time. The ending I was thinking about features a much bleaker future for Jim where he is no longer deemed fit to be allowed out in society and is just the focus of on-going testing, kind of like the esper-kids in Akira except with more exposed brains.<br />
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Anyhoo, here is a water colour for you all. It was kind of inspired by the print ads for the<a href="http://www.littlestuffedbull.com/images/comics/murals/fallofthemutants/fallofthemutants-uxm224.jpg"> "Fall of the Mutants"</a> X-Men storyline that can be found in all Marvel comics from that era.Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-77381466086350406772012-12-01T11:47:00.001-05:002012-12-01T11:47:10.262-05:00Tuff Stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey everybody! I have been pretty busy around these parts working on all sorts of fun stuff. A few weeks ago I did the <a href="http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/">24 hour comic challenge</a> with my buddy <a href="http://sloansilver.blogspot.ca/">Steve Sloan</a>. For the last few years I have been approaching the 24 hour comic challenge differently. I like to now just work on a comic when I am there at a normal pace for as long as possible making work that I am happy with instead of rushing out a piece of poop. That was how I started <a href="http://brianevinou.blogspot.ca/2011/10/don-river-silk-screen-cover.html">Don River</a> and <a href="http://brianevinou.blogspot.ca/2012/10/sassy-mavericks.html">Sassy Mavericks</a>. By the time I finish end up going back and reworking entire pages but I find it productive to work on something I will be happy with rather than something I just crank out. Anyhow, at the end of the night I think we both came up with some pretty fun work.<br />
Also I plugging away at a second Astro Jaq story for<a href="http://www.furiouscomics.com/"> friendly Phil McClorey</a>. This one is going to be going into our forthcoming Monster anthology that we will be releasing at next years <a href="http://www.fanexpocanada.com/">Fan Expo.</a> The talent we have put together for this next book is looking really good. I am very excited to see what the complete book looks like because the pedigree is very strong.<br />
On top of that I am still slowly slogging away at the structure for my big book. I have a ton of sketches and concepts done but the writing is seriously dragging. I think at this point the plan is to have a new mini out for <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a> and then hopefully I can have the longer book ready for the following year. Anyhoo....Hope you are all doing well. I will be back prolly in a couple of weeks with my year in review blog post. I have read some good comics this year and have some opinions to share.<br />
Oh and I hope you like this water colour. Did this last night, bought some new water colours. This character may be in my new mini..<br />
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<br />Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-74229951264683985202012-11-03T01:40:00.001-04:002012-11-03T01:40:17.221-04:00Stadium Comics Signing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.stadiumcomics.com/">Stadium Comics</a> hosted me and a whole bunch of other awesome artists last weekend. Met some nice people and drew some fun ol' drawings. Thought I would post some of the results here. Drew a whole bunch of superheroes! I broke out some of my ol' favs. Cyclops in the classic X-Factor costume was inspired by Cykes' recent murder of Prof X! What was that all about? Lame Marvel. Magneto! My fav villain from my childhood. This pose was a from memory homage to Jim Lees opening two page spread from X Men #1 (the best selling comic book of all time.), looking it up now, I see I <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBfmZUMNjz8AV2wSSfQv4i9RWtqjvjWFRNdwZSI34J9yJwW5VTdFczryiBZbqWig5f5WM7nUmwf7PESDBsx1in9JfehL0NPIiRQvaVuNbZb3E7O_nn83A99bPKy37BRoOE6wkx8Q/s1600/tumblr_ldqw2zo0HR1qa6bheo1_500.jpg">did not quite get it right..</a> Hulk! I only had two ink colours with me, red and blue. I was so confused about what to do, then <a href="http://www.furiouscomics.com/">Phil</a> told me that Hulk is red now! Perfect! The Superman was my first drawing, he is flying through space! That's cool!<br />
Anyhow, good times. Thanks to Stadium, all the people who stopped by and all my brothers and sisters on the front lines of the funny books!Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-90994237583601965432012-10-25T11:06:00.000-04:002012-10-25T11:11:18.061-04:00Total Victory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is an example of a mock up I do before going to the print shop to do a new screenprint. So this one is about the victory of the Quebec Student Union over the evil Liberal Government led by Jean Charest. I will post photos of the finished print next week and we can see how close to this we get.
In comics news I have a signing this Saturday at <a href="http://www.stadiumcomics.com/">Stadium Comics</a> in Brampton. Plenty of other super talented folks will be there like, <a href="http://www.furiouscomics.com/">Phil McClorey</a>, <a href="http://aprincelydreadful.blogspot.ca/">Adam Gorham</a>, <a href="http://bigsexycomics.com/">Fred Kennedy</a> and various others. Please come on by and check it out! I think it should be a lot of fun!
Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-91887194490558293722012-10-19T22:52:00.002-04:002012-10-25T11:39:23.893-04:00Sassy Mavericks!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New Cover to Sassy Mavericks! This is printed as a silkscreen, two layers. The interiors also have been tweaked. This is the ultimate version of this book and the one that will be kept in print from now on. I am very happy to have this version out. Space Cops featured a bunch of problems that I am really happy I was able to iron out. Also did some tweaks to Don River. I am quite pleased with how it has all turned out!</div>
Brian Evinouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09286835787087690236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21178509.post-30493998832257340532012-09-30T23:50:00.003-04:002012-10-02T23:24:54.002-04:00September, where did you go?Man, almost missed my Sept. update. Sorry guys. As you can see, I am still drawing. Since I last checked in there has been Fanexpo and Word on the Street. They were both awesome shows. Thanks to all who stopped by! I sold out of the first printing of Sassy Mavericks and the umpteenth printing of Don River. There are plans for a revised cover for the next printing of Sassy Mavericks and a silk screened cover for Fight Song. Here have some drawings!
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