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Category: ComicMix Quick Picks
Drawing fully dressed superheroines
http://www.geeknative.com/38733/drawing-the-impossible-fully-dressed-superheroines/
Michael Lee Lunsford’s redesign project is an exercise in character design – do these superheroes feel the same to you even though their costumes are different?
Check the Kickstarter for Ed Dunphy’s “Mongrel: S.O.B.” Graphic Novel
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1941044501/mongrel-sob-graphic-novel
A werewolf stalks the mean streets of Chicago, seeking vengeance in this full-color horror graphic novel.
Souvenir Book
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/souvenir-book
Information on Comic-Con International’s 2013 Souvenir Book, including our anniversary celebrations and how to submit art and articles to the book. The deadline for submissions is April 19, 2013.
Sunday Cinema: Wonder Woman fan video making the rounds
Jesse V. Johnson, the director behind Anchor Bay‘s The Package and the recently announced Kill ‘Em All, John (both vehicles for former wrestler “Stone Cold” Steve Austin) used $3500 and a bunch of favors to make a fan film to demonstrate his chops beyond direct-to-video action fare. He cast Danish singer Nina Bergman as Wonder Woman and got Peter Stormare and Sons Of Anarchy‘s Timothy V. Murphy to play oily Nazis. The resulting video, produced by Hugh Daly and Faz Brahimi and aided by Johnson’s Station 3 manager and producing partner Kailey Marsh, can be seen here…
Enter DC’s Fan Family First Contest
http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2013/03/11/enter-our-first-contest-be-a-super-hero-read
DC Comics challenging kids in grades 3-6 to write about a real person they consider a hero. It could be a teacher, a first responder, a bus driver, a relative … even you! The top winner will score a VIP trip for six to Burbank, CA, where they’ll tour the Warner Bros. Animation Studios and DC Entertainment Offices. They’ll also get some awesome prizes to take home. Their real-life hero will get ,500.00 to donate to the real-life charity of his/her choice.
Something Else To Vote On: Best Overstreet Guide Covers
http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/Home/4/1/73/1018?articleID=131671
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide was first published in 1970, with a second printing required later that same year. Beginning with the fourth edition, published in 1974, the Guide began featuring original art on its covers. As they’re getting ready to reveal the covers for The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide #43, they’re offering readers a chance to vote by decade for their favorite Guide covers of all time.
Spider-Man Physics: How Real Is the Superhero?
Spider-Man might be a fictional superhero, but at least two of his tricks exist in the real world. Now, scientists have shown that it’s possible spin silk strong enough to stop a train, and are crafting a new, super-sensory suit that warns its wearer when someone — or something — is approaching.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/spiderman-physics/
