The February 4th dinner meeting of the world’s greatest cartoonists was fun and we left full of pizza!

Adam Shaw spoke about the graphic novel he painted for HARPE, written by Chad Kinkle.  The novel is available at Comics and Collectibles, The Comics Cellar, Davis-Kidd, and Amazon.

There was a great review online.

Martheus Wade announced that “Defiance,” the movie based on Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa, has been cast.  (Happy 40th Birthday, Antone!)

Matt Ryan showed off his fabulous nails as he mentioned his title as Sequential Art and plans to bring more folk from Memphis College of Art.

Andrew Chandler continued our history of napkin doodles!

Check out the cool cover over at www.toshigawa.com!

Jetta and Shi duel it out on the cover of Hi-Fi Digital Color for comics
DVD available from IMPACT Publishing. The characters have never looked so
good as Brian Miller has graced our pencils and inks with powerful color.
Want to learn how he did it? Grab the instructional DVD and learn how.

Learn the top tips, tricks, and techniques for coloring digitally. Expert
colorist Brian Miller will teach you how to break down an image into flat
color, and then show you how to add light. The artwork used in the video
is included on the DVD, so you can follow along as you learn to color the
Hi-Fi way.

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DVD: Special Effects for Digital Coloring with Brian Miller

Discover the inside secrets behind eye-popping visual effects for your
artwork. Colorist Brian Miller shows you how to create energy glows,
sparkles, warp effects and much more. Plus learn how to make special
“Hi-Fi Helper” effects you can use again and again. The artwork used in
the video is included on the DVD, so you can follow along as you learn to
create stunning special effects.