Nancy Drew draws
When you think of famous fictional females and hear "teen sleuth," I’ll bet only one name comes to mind. Well, other than Veronica Mars.
Did you know that Nancy Drew stories are now being published in graphic novel format? NY-based company Papercutz is serving the teen and tween markets in a big way, and it’s about to get bigger.
Papercutz, whose Nancy Drew #1: The Demon of River Heights won the Benjamin Franklin Award last year from PMA, the Independent Book Publishers Association, also puts out young adult graphic novels featuring those other teen mystery-solvers The Hardy Boys, as well as Zorro and a really adorable-looking "teenage Charlie’s Angels" book called Totally Spies. But it’s Drew that’s going to draw this summer, as Warner Bros. will be releasing a Nancy Drew movie this June 15 starring Emma Roberts, the star of Nickelodeon’s hit show Unfabulous. And ICv2 reports that WB will be using the graphic novels to promote the movie. The GNs will be given out as prizes in on-air radio promotions, and will also be available as the "Gift With Purchase" during the movie’s mall tour in major markets.
Papercutz is also seeking artists to help draw their graphic novels, particularly those "versed in the manga style." Nancy Drew is currently drawn by Sho (Sei) Murase, a woman of Japanese and Korean descent who grew up in Spain, then moved to Canada and now lives in California — a real multicultural phenom! She’s also the author of Sei, Death and Legend published by Image Comics and is currently also working on the graphic novel series ME2 for Tokyopop.
It's getting a little tough to read the latest comic. I know you can click on the comics tab on the right but it would be nice if you could click on the (new) text beside the comic title in the top bar.As for the comic. It's good stuff. I love the feel of it.
I also liked it when you could go directly to the link at the top of the page. Meanwhile, this was another nice installment. Where did the jail and court house images come from? They looked like photos.
I believe Brother Tim created them using a computer program.I'm not sure if they're actually photos or started as photos that he manipulated but i think it was all done on the computer. He could tell you more.
I scan photos of old and then I mess– REALLY mess with them– with them with an ADCSee program. I size them, patch them into the page, mes with them some more, then Lovern does what Lovern does. I started the technique with "Grimjack: Killer Instinct" and have also used it on the most recent "Legend of Grimjack" collection covers. You can also find a bunch of digital "Cynoscape" experiments in my Grimjack Gallery in the Art Gallery section at my website, http://www.timothytruman.com
Thanks for the information. Those images really stood out and made me think the place was quite real. The pictures over at the Grimjack Gallery are quite stunning. Bring on the GrimJack movie!http://www.trumanstudio.citymax.com/page/page/175…
Thanks for the information. Those images really stood out and made me think the place was quite real. The pictures over at the Grimjack Gallery are quite stunning. Bring on the GrimJack movie! (All that appeared was the link the to gallery when I first tried this comment.)
You should be able to hide the sidebar to maximize the reading space .. particularly on smaller devices