Stay Tuned…

When Ty finished drawing bloody body parts for Dexter: The Early Cuts, he had to return to drawing yellow people for Bongo…but now that’s all done.  He’s thinking of taking a few days off before he launches into his next set of projects.  So, that means some new pages for me to put up once he scans them.  And–he was thinking aloud about what he could do for entries in Art Land…something about some NEW stuff…

Keiren

Did you watch “Dexter: The Early Cuts”?

Ty has many ideas about this project, how he thinks it turned out, what he thinks of the animation technique, and how the episode itself lives up to the Dexter show (which Ty loves)…and he’s wondering what you think.  Leave us a comment and let us know your thoughts on Dexter, Dexter: The Early Cuts, “Cindy Landon”, and motion comics.

Keiren

Dexter: The Early Cuts

Dexter:  The Early Cuts

“Cindy Landon” (click to see finished, full version)

(Seeing it as a finished animation is actually less disturbing than when I was flatting individual panels with a body part here, and a body part there.  There were a couple panels I actually couldn’t colour–Ty did them for me.)

(Ty asked me to put this image up instead of the other one I had.  This is his favourite panel he did for the whole episode.)

Keiren

New Comics Day!

After being trapped in my studio for months, working on the new Dexter: Early Cuts animated webisode, and some Simpsons stories, I’m finally free enough to go to a comic store for New Comics Day…something I’ve not done since November of last year.    They still have comics on Wednesdays, right?

For those of us in the biz in Toronto, heading to my local comic stores (the Silver Snail in Toronto, and Altered States out here in the suburbs where I live) It’s a little like going to CHEERS and having everybody shout “Norm” when you walk into the room.  It recharges the batteries and reminds me that I actually LOVE this job…and it inspires a competitive attitude in me to see all the great work coming out week after week.

Imagine:  We have Bryan Hitch, Michael Lark, Howard Chaykin, Alex Ross, Butch Guice, Ed Brubaker, Art Adams, Alan Davis, Kyle Baker, David Finch, Stuart Immomen, Leinil Yu, Danny Slott, Mark Waid, and HUNDREDS of other top flight creators making comics art for us RIGHT NOW.  Not at some nebulous, nostalgic time where everything was better…but right NOW.  Covers, scripts, full issues…all flowing from an overwhelming group of creators, and I’m only scraping the surface of Marvel and DC type folks.  When you look at the panoply of available comix  out there in the indies, the self publishers, IDW, Dark Horse,  the online stuff…why don’t people call THIS the golden age?

My friend and co-conspirator in the Toronto Comics Workshop, Walter Dickenson, was with me at the last convention I attended, and he saw me heading over to the tables where they sell comics for a dollar, usually something from the last decade a dealer has overstocked.  When Walter saw me returning with about a hundred “dollar comics” he asked me why I bought them and I pointed out copies of Greg Land Ultimate FF comics, Jackson Guice issues of RUSE,  Busiek ASTRO CITY DARK AGE stories, Jerry Ordway’s RED MENACE, Warren Ellis Cliffhanger miniseries….all for a DOLLAR?   He asked me “What are you going to do with all those comics, Ty?” and I got confused by the question.

“I’m going to read ’em, Walter….and have a great time in doing so.”  Apparently, I’m like the last working pro who STILL can’t get enough of these funny books.  Does that make me sick?

Ty the Guy.  Smiling with anticipation at what glories the day might bring…

(Ty challenged me to hyper-link the bejeesus out of his entry…I hope you’re happy, Guy!  And I’m aware that Ty’s episode of Dexter: The Early Cuts is online…for various reasons, we are not linking to it at this time, but will at a later point).

(you never know who you’ll run into at your local comics store…like Jimmy Olsen.  Yes, that’s our son, Kellam–he’s a member of the clan, god help him.)

New Pages…

coming soon.  Ty’s been crazy-busy with work (Dexter: The Early Cuts, and the Simpsons: Love Potion Numbs Her Mind) and I’ve been equally so, doing some colours for the Dexter panels.  But, he tells me that he’s scanned a bunch of new pages, and I should be getting them on the site tomorrow…some new Spideys, Mad Dog, and others.

DEXTER: The Early Cuts

A “behind the scenes” of Dexter: The Early Cuts was the featured video on youtube.com yesterday, and has some drawings from Ty.  He’s still busy drawing frames for the animation (and I’m still busy helping him colour them), but we’re pretty excited about it.  And Ty’s pretty happy with the company he’s keeping for this series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ySl3InQS1g

Keiren