Nerdmigos Year One Fan Art Submissions!

Help me celebrate the first anniversary of “Nerdmigos” webcomic by submitting your own fan art!

Guidelines:

-Not necessarily anniversary themed. Feel free to choose your own theme for or from the “Nerdmigos” universe.
-Color and/or B&W
-.JPG, .PNG, and .GIF formats are accepted. File must be at least 900 pixels wide.

That’s it!

Please send submissions to iamo@live.com. Make sure to include the title of your fan art, your name, and your website URL.

All submissions will be featured at nerdmigos.blogspot.com and Webcomics Nation for all to see.

Deadline: September 15, 2010.

Cheers!

¡Ayúdeme a celebrar el primer aniversario del webcómic “Nerdmigos” enviando su propio ‘fan art’!

Pautas:

-No necesariamente con el tema de aniversario. Con toda confianza, escojan su propio tema para o del universo de “Nerdmigos.”
-Color y/o Blanco & Negro.
-Se aceptan formatos .JPG, .PNG, y .GIF. El archivo debe ser por lo menos 900 píxeles de ancho.

¡Eso es todo!

Favor de enviar sus ilustraciones a iamo@live.com. Recuerden incluir el título de su ‘fan art,’ su nombre, y el URL de su sitio de internet.

Todos los trabajos entregados serán publicados en nerdmigos.blogspot.com y en Webcomics Nation para que todos los vean.

Plazo: 15 de septiembre de 2010.

¡Saludos!

I Made It Into The Comic-Con 2010 Souvenir Book

Well, Comic-Con came and went, but there’s only 12 months left for the next one, and one of the best surprises for me was finding out that my “Peanuts” fan art made it into the 2010 Souvenir Book. I’ve already written about the making of this illustration, but since I’m such a flashy motherfucker, I’ll just mention it again here. So, if you attended Comic-Con this year, or if you can get your hands on a copy of the book, be sure to check it out.

Bueno, Comic-Con vino y se fue, pero solamente faltan 12 meses para la siguiente, y una de las mejores sorpresas para mí fue descubrir que mi fan art de “Peanuts” fue incluido en el Libro de Recuerdo 2010. Ya he escrito sobre la realización de esta ilustración, pero, pues, ya que soy un cabrón que quiere llamar la atención, lo mencionaré otra vez aquí. Así que, si ustedes asistieron a Comic-Con este año, o si pueden conseguir el libro, los invito a verlo.

10 Writing Tips

This list is from the book, 'Conversations with Wilder' by Cameron Crowe, an interview book with writer/director Billy Wilder. I think it’s great and I believe than it can be applied when writing for film or TV, or a novel, or even comics. I'll just post it here as a reminder:

1. The audience is fickle.
2. Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
3. Develop a clean line of action for your leading character.
4. Know where you’re going.
5. The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
6. If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
7. Let the audience add up two plus two. If you do, they’ll love you forever.
8. In doing voice-overs, be careful not to describe what the audience already sees. Add to what they’re seeing.
9. The event that occurs at the second act curtain triggers the end of the story.
10. The third act must build, build, build in tempo and action until the last event, and then—that’s it. Don’t hang around.