I’m trying something new for my book, painting the pages with textured borders. I wasn’t too happy with the way the inked and Photoshop colored ones turned out. So instead I’m painting the whole graphic novel in Corel Painter, using the Wacom Cintiq 21UX graphics tablet. Click on the thumbnail to see a full view of this page.

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Here’s a very funny Tom the Dancing Bug comic by Ruben Bolling.

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Kung Fu Panda from Dreamworks, starring Jack Black, among others, looks like it could be a very entertaining movie. There’s a new teaser trailer out with some comments (and general wackiness) from Jack Black thrown it. Take a look!

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Here is an interview from the Chicago Sun-Times with Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials trilogy. I’m currently reading the books– I just finished the first one, The Golden Compass. Or rather, I’m listening to a wonderful audio production of the books while I work, narrated by the author with an excellent cast doing the dialogue for the characters. Update: Here’s another article about the religious aspects of the books and the upcoming movie.

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I’m a big fan of the old Disney comics and Carl Barks’ work in particular. So it’s interesting to see that someone took the time to build a real model of Scrooge McDuck’s money bin. Looks really good!

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I just finished a major milestone on my graphic novel for kids. I have a few pages all finished up. Here’s a small sample. Sketched, inked and lettered in Corel Painter X, colored in Adobe Photoshop CS2.

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This is a collection of early art that Bill Watterson did before he started Calvin and Hobbes. It’s a joy to look at this stuff, especially the wonderful line work. You can clearly see his style developing.

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The strip has only been around for a little over a year, and already Lio by Mark Tatulli has been noticed by Hollywood, according to Editor & Publisher. From the article:

“Producer David Kirschner has made a deal with Universal Press Syndicate for the film, reported Variety magazine.”

It’s so well-deserved and if the movie turns out to be half as good as the strip, it going to be fantastic.

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In november, Wacom will introduce a new screen tablet, the Cintiq 12WX. I really like the look of this, although it is a bit on the small side. I have the 21 inch model, which is pretty large and gives me a great amount of screen real estate for drawing and sketching. I imagine the 12 inch model will be ideal for using on your lap.

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I’m really hard at work on my book, so there’s not much time for anything else nowadays. I’m getting really into it, and I’m especially enjoying working on the Cintiq.

One of the huge advantages I’ve found in recent weeks as I switched from using an Intuos tablet to the Cintiq, is how much more accurately I can draw now. I save a lot of time not messing around and drawing very precise lines instead. Here’s another panel…

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