Charleston Photographer launches “Blood Rose” A Unique Online Web Comic shot in the Lowcountry
Local photographer and actor, Charlie Thiel, has been busy lately launching his new web comic, “Blood Rose” featuring Danielle Doolin Ward, Arlene Lagos, Julio Cotto, Michelle Mills, and many other local Charleston actors. Thiel has already completed his pilot series shot entirely at Folly Beach’s popular hangout, “The Lost Dog Café” and can be found on http://www.bloodrosewebcomic.com/ He just finished completing his second series, both of which are written by the well known movie producer, Nick Smith.
“Having been involved as an actor on “Cold Soldiers”, says Thiel, I had seen the amount of work that went into making a film. I was interested in that sort of creative work, but I wasn't ready to tackle the logistics of film making. That is when the idea of creating a photo-based web comic came to me. It was a great motivator for me to practice and improve my photography skills, my lighting skills, and my Photoshop skills all while creating something with a lot of local actors that had become friends”.
Theil’s approach to “Blood Rose” is different, largely because he doesn’t use traditional drawings that one would find in a web comic. Instead, he uses his training in photographic techniques and photographic lighting. Many of the printed comic books out there are drawn by amazingly talented artists who fully understand lighting, camera angles, and brilliant composition. The comic books out there now are drawn in a (somewhat exaggerated) cinematic or photographic visual style.
“I kept looking at what they were drawing, and thinking that the lighting and angles reminded me so much of what I tried to create with flashes and a camera. I use a Canon camera along with Canon flashes in the field and White Lightning studio strobes when I'm in the studio. Once I have captured the images I am after, I use Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop for all of my image manipulation. I try to keep it simple, but as the reader will see, I will keep trying new techniques in Photoshop as the web comic progresses”. - Charlie Thiel
So far, Thiel has yet to find a single web comic using photos in this way. This is the first web comic, or comic of any kind, for that matter that is produced in this fashion. “It was exciting when I finally realized that no one else out there was doing anything like this, continues Thiel, it will give us a uniqueness that can only be to our benefit.”
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Archaia Graphic Novels Now in Stores
THE KILLER VOL. 2 HARDCOVER
(W) Matz (A) Luc Jacamon
While trying to avoid the kinds of personal entanglements that make the life of a professional assassin all the more difficult, our Killer exacts what he hopes will be his revenge on those that have sent his life and career into its long and downward spiral back into humanity. Collects issues #5-10 of the acclaimed series The Killer.
Full Color $24.95 176 pages Mature Readers (series contains Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Violence, and Adult Content)
ROBOTIKA VOL. 2: FOR A FEW RUBLES MORE HARDCOVER
(W) Alex Sheikman and David Moran (A) Alex Sheikman (COL) Joel Chua
Niko, the Steampunk Samurai in search of a soul, returns with Yuri Bronski and Cherokee Geisha. Join the Three Yojimbos on their latest adventure as they journey deeper into the Badlands of this bleakly dystopian future world, where sometimes the one and only currency that can satisfy a debt is blood. Welcome to the future… Collects the four-issue miniseries.
Full Color $19.95 144 pages Mature Readers (Series contains Graphic Violence and Adult Content)
GUNNERKRIGG COURT VOL. 2: RESEARCH
(W/A) Tom Siddell
Annie and Kat begin their second year at Gunnerkrigg Court! Parts of Annie's past are revealed, as well as mysteries that tie back to the origins of the Court itself. Finding a secret tomb of ancient robots beneath Kat's workshop leads the two friends to question how they are linked to the mysterious ghost that attacked Annie the year before. And as a new Medium In Training, Annie is able to visit the powerful trickster god Coyote in Gillitie Forest, a visit that reveals more than she ever imagined. The second collection of the award-winning Web series!
Full Color $26.95 296 pages All Ages
DAYS MISSING HARDCOVER(W) Phil Hester, David Hine, Ian Edginton, Matz (A) Frazer Irving, Chris Burnham, Hugo Petrus, Lee Moder (COV) Dale Keown
From Roddenberry Productions, the creators of Star Trek, comes a story about the hidden pages of human history. Since the dawn of time, a being has existed whose interaction and interference with mankind has shaped human development. His powers of time and intellect have allowed him to secretly remove certain critical days from the historical record. Their stories have never been told. Their details have never been documented. Their existence is not remembered. But the occurrences of these days have forever changed the course of humanity’s evolution. These are the Days Missing from our existence, and they are about to be revealed… Collects all five issues of the hit mini-series and includes a Foreword by Warren Ellis, cover gallery, design sketches and interviews with the creators.
Full Color $19.95 160 pages Teen +13 (Series contains material suitable for Teen Readers age 13 and above)
(W) Matz (A) Luc Jacamon
While trying to avoid the kinds of personal entanglements that make the life of a professional assassin all the more difficult, our Killer exacts what he hopes will be his revenge on those that have sent his life and career into its long and downward spiral back into humanity. Collects issues #5-10 of the acclaimed series The Killer.
Full Color $24.95 176 pages Mature Readers (series contains Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Graphic Violence, and Adult Content)
ROBOTIKA VOL. 2: FOR A FEW RUBLES MORE HARDCOVER
(W) Alex Sheikman and David Moran (A) Alex Sheikman (COL) Joel Chua
Niko, the Steampunk Samurai in search of a soul, returns with Yuri Bronski and Cherokee Geisha. Join the Three Yojimbos on their latest adventure as they journey deeper into the Badlands of this bleakly dystopian future world, where sometimes the one and only currency that can satisfy a debt is blood. Welcome to the future… Collects the four-issue miniseries.
Full Color $19.95 144 pages Mature Readers (Series contains Graphic Violence and Adult Content)
GUNNERKRIGG COURT VOL. 2: RESEARCH
(W/A) Tom Siddell
Annie and Kat begin their second year at Gunnerkrigg Court! Parts of Annie's past are revealed, as well as mysteries that tie back to the origins of the Court itself. Finding a secret tomb of ancient robots beneath Kat's workshop leads the two friends to question how they are linked to the mysterious ghost that attacked Annie the year before. And as a new Medium In Training, Annie is able to visit the powerful trickster god Coyote in Gillitie Forest, a visit that reveals more than she ever imagined. The second collection of the award-winning Web series!
Full Color $26.95 296 pages All Ages
DAYS MISSING HARDCOVER(W) Phil Hester, David Hine, Ian Edginton, Matz (A) Frazer Irving, Chris Burnham, Hugo Petrus, Lee Moder (COV) Dale Keown
From Roddenberry Productions, the creators of Star Trek, comes a story about the hidden pages of human history. Since the dawn of time, a being has existed whose interaction and interference with mankind has shaped human development. His powers of time and intellect have allowed him to secretly remove certain critical days from the historical record. Their stories have never been told. Their details have never been documented. Their existence is not remembered. But the occurrences of these days have forever changed the course of humanity’s evolution. These are the Days Missing from our existence, and they are about to be revealed… Collects all five issues of the hit mini-series and includes a Foreword by Warren Ellis, cover gallery, design sketches and interviews with the creators.
Full Color $19.95 160 pages Teen +13 (Series contains material suitable for Teen Readers age 13 and above)
Cowboy Ninja Viking Trade Coming Later This Month
COWBOYS, NINJAS AND VIKINGS, OH MY!
Cowboy Ninja Viking gets collected in April
COWBOY NINJA VIKING, written by AJ Lieberman and drawn by Riley Rossmo gets it first collection in April with 160 full-color pages of story and never-before-seen material!
The COWBOY NINJA VIKING trade paperback collects issues 1-5 and features 30 pages of brand new material, including the original pitch for the book, a script for an alternate version of the series, unused cover art, and pinups by Nathan Fox (Fluorescent Black), Dean Trippe (Comic Book Tattoo), and Christian Ward (Olympus).
Lieberman promises, "If ever there was time a reader who has been debating whether or not to jump on the bandwagon of insanity and mayhem that is Cowboy Ninja Viking, the time to leap has come with the release of our first TPB collecting issues #1-5 (plus 30 pages of extras) all for $16.99! Still not sure? We'll toss in a free index!"
COWBOY NINJA VIKING is the creation of Doctor Sebastian Ghislain, a psychotherapist who recruits Multiple Personality Disorder patients to produce a unit of counter-intelligence agents called Triplets. But what happens when Triplets become out-of-control assassins? That's when the deadliest Triplet of them all, COWBOY NINJA VIKING, is called in to take down his own brethren.
COWBOY NIJA VIKING TP (FEB100353), a full-color 160-page trade collecting issues 1-5 and featuring all new material, will be in stores April 21, 2010. Issue #1 can be viewed in the online comics section of www.imagecomics.com.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of four major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
Cowboy Ninja Viking gets collected in April
COWBOY NINJA VIKING, written by AJ Lieberman and drawn by Riley Rossmo gets it first collection in April with 160 full-color pages of story and never-before-seen material!
The COWBOY NINJA VIKING trade paperback collects issues 1-5 and features 30 pages of brand new material, including the original pitch for the book, a script for an alternate version of the series, unused cover art, and pinups by Nathan Fox (Fluorescent Black), Dean Trippe (Comic Book Tattoo), and Christian Ward (Olympus).
Lieberman promises, "If ever there was time a reader who has been debating whether or not to jump on the bandwagon of insanity and mayhem that is Cowboy Ninja Viking, the time to leap has come with the release of our first TPB collecting issues #1-5 (plus 30 pages of extras) all for $16.99! Still not sure? We'll toss in a free index!"
COWBOY NINJA VIKING is the creation of Doctor Sebastian Ghislain, a psychotherapist who recruits Multiple Personality Disorder patients to produce a unit of counter-intelligence agents called Triplets. But what happens when Triplets become out-of-control assassins? That's when the deadliest Triplet of them all, COWBOY NINJA VIKING, is called in to take down his own brethren.
COWBOY NIJA VIKING TP (FEB100353), a full-color 160-page trade collecting issues 1-5 and featuring all new material, will be in stores April 21, 2010. Issue #1 can be viewed in the online comics section of www.imagecomics.com.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of four major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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Welcome to I Reads You, my blog about the things I read (mostly comic books, comics, and related books) and about the things I come across worth reading (mostly about comic books, politics, and entertainment). Sometimes I’ll comment on “real” books and the mass media. I’m Leroy Douresseaux, and I also have another blog: http://www.negromancer.com/. All images appearing on this blog are copyright © and/or trademark their respective owners.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Elephantmen #25 is a Jam Comic
A MAMMOTH SPECIAL ISSUE
Some of the industry's best artists contribute to ELEPHANTMEN #25
Richard Starkings' ELEPHANTMEN turns 25 (issues, that is) in style! Each page of the issue is drawn by a profoundly talented guest artist, representing some of the best talent in comics.
The superstars contributing to ELEPHANTMEN #25 include (in order of appearance in the issue): Tim Sale (Batman: The Long Halloween), Moritat (Elephantmen, The Spirit), Gabriel Bautista (Popgun), Duncan Rouleau (Metal Men, The Great Unknown), Sheldon Vella (Kill Audio, Supertron), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Martha Washington), Dougie Braithwaite (Justice), Gary Erskine (Dan Dare), Steve Buccellato (Battle of the Bands), Whilce Portacio (Spawn, Image United), Ian Churchill (Hulk), Shaky Kane (The Bulletproof Coffin), Raul Trevino (Final Incal), Boo Cook (Judge Anderson), Paul Grist (Jack Staff), Ladrönn (Final Incal), Marian Churchland (Beast), André Szymanowicz (Sushi Nachos), David Hine (The Bulletproof Coffin, Strange Embrace), Chris Burnham (Nixon's Pals) and Aaron Kuder, Brandon Graham (King City), Dan McDaid (Jersey Gods), Tom Scioli (Godland), Pia Guerra (Y the Last Man), Axel Medellin (50 Girls 50), and Rob Steen (Flanimals).
ELEPHANTMEN #25: THE BIG PICTURE is told entirely in splash pages and chronicles the history of the Elephantmen from one man’s point of view, making it a great jumping-on point for new readers!
ELEPHANTMEN #25 (DEC090405), a 32-page full color comic book for $3.50, will be in stores on April 21, 2010.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of four major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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Some of the industry's best artists contribute to ELEPHANTMEN #25
Richard Starkings' ELEPHANTMEN turns 25 (issues, that is) in style! Each page of the issue is drawn by a profoundly talented guest artist, representing some of the best talent in comics.
The superstars contributing to ELEPHANTMEN #25 include (in order of appearance in the issue): Tim Sale (Batman: The Long Halloween), Moritat (Elephantmen, The Spirit), Gabriel Bautista (Popgun), Duncan Rouleau (Metal Men, The Great Unknown), Sheldon Vella (Kill Audio, Supertron), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Martha Washington), Dougie Braithwaite (Justice), Gary Erskine (Dan Dare), Steve Buccellato (Battle of the Bands), Whilce Portacio (Spawn, Image United), Ian Churchill (Hulk), Shaky Kane (The Bulletproof Coffin), Raul Trevino (Final Incal), Boo Cook (Judge Anderson), Paul Grist (Jack Staff), Ladrönn (Final Incal), Marian Churchland (Beast), André Szymanowicz (Sushi Nachos), David Hine (The Bulletproof Coffin, Strange Embrace), Chris Burnham (Nixon's Pals) and Aaron Kuder, Brandon Graham (King City), Dan McDaid (Jersey Gods), Tom Scioli (Godland), Pia Guerra (Y the Last Man), Axel Medellin (50 Girls 50), and Rob Steen (Flanimals).
ELEPHANTMEN #25: THE BIG PICTURE is told entirely in splash pages and chronicles the history of the Elephantmen from one man’s point of view, making it a great jumping-on point for new readers!
ELEPHANTMEN #25 (DEC090405), a 32-page full color comic book for $3.50, will be in stores on April 21, 2010.
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of four major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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IDW from Diamond Distributors for March 31 2010
IDW
JAN100991 A-TEAM WAR STORIES BA #1 $3.99
JAN101000 BIBLE EDEN GN (NEW PTG) (MR) $17.99
JAN100962 DRAGON AGE #1 $3.99
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JAN100965 TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #5 $3.99
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JAN101003 STAR TREK TNG GHOSTS #5 $3.99
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DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 31 2010
DC COMICS
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JAN100255 ADVENTURE COMICS #9 $3.99
JAN100329 ASTRO CITY THE DARK AGE BOOK FOUR #3 (OF 4) $3.99
JAN100319 BILLY BATSON AND THE MAGIC OF SHAZAM #14 $2.50
JAN100231 BLACKEST NIGHT #8 (OF 8) $3.99
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DEC090204 BRAVE AND THE BOLD DEMONS AND DRAGONS TP $17.99
OCT090244 CREEPER BY STEVE DITKO HC $39.99
AUG090259 DC DYNAMICS AQUAMAN STATUE $195.00
JAN100241 DETECTIVE COMICS #863 $3.99
JAN100337 GOD OF WAR #1 (OF 6) (RES) (MR) $3.99
JAN100245 GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #10 $2.99
AUG090257 GOTHAM CITY STORIES STATUE PART 1 BATMAN $99.99
JAN100355 JACK OF FABLES #44 (MR) $2.99
JAN100281 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #43 $3.99
JAN100273 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #37 $2.99
DEC090292 KING OF CARDS VOL 09 $9.99
JAN100359 MADAME XANADU #21 (MR) $2.99
DEC090293 OH MY BROTHER VOL 02 $9.99
DEC090214 ORACLE THE CURE TP $17.99
JAN100246 OUTSIDERS #28 $2.99
AUG090177 ROBIN ARCHIVES HC VOL 02 $59.99
DEC090216 STRANGE ADVENTURES TP $19.99
JAN100286 TEEN TITANS #81 $3.99
JAN100366 UNKNOWN SOLDIER #18 (MR) $2.99
JAN100289 WEB #7 $3.99
JAN100290 WONDER WOMAN #42 $2.99
DEC090223 WONDER WOMAN ENDS OF THE EARTH TP $14.99
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