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Monthly Archives: September 2011
The Popeye Cookbook launch party
Popeye and SelfMadeHero request the pleasure of your company at a reception to celebrate the launch of the Popeye Cookbook at 6.30pm on Thursday 6th October. Guests will meet and be entertained by guests of honour Popeye the Sailorman and … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking, healthy eating, invitation, launch, Olive Oyl, Popeye, retro, spinach
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Guest blogger, Kate Brown: maggots
For my final post about Fish + Chocolate, let’s talk about the final story – ‘Matryoshka’. This story really went though the wringer. I usually draft and re-draft everything I work on to varying degrees, but this particular story was … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, graphic novel, how to, Kate Brown, maggots, SelfMadeHero
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Guest blogger, Kate Brown: The Cherry Tree
Hello! For my third post looking at Fish + Chocolate, I’m going to focus on ‘The Cherry Tree’. This is actually the oldest story out of the three – I started making it when I was in university, and then stopped … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherry Tree, comics, Fish + Chocolate, graphic novel, how to, Kate Brown, music and comics, SelfMadeHero
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Guest blogger, Kate Brown: The Piper Man
Hello! Following my post about the process of creating Fish + Chocolate, I’d like to begin talking a little about the actual stories themselves. I’ll start with The Piper Man! ^_^ As I mentioned in the “process” post, the stories … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, Fish + Chocolate, graphic novel, how to, Kate Brown, manga, SelfMadeHero, The Piper Man
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Guest blogger, Kate Brown: how I work
Hello! Firstly, a big thank you to SelfMadeHero for giving me a slot to chat about some aspects of Fish + Chocolate. I’ll be making four blog posts: this first one focuses a little on the technical bits and pieces … Continue reading
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Tagged colour, comics, Fish + Chocolate, graphic novel, how to, inking, Kate Brown, pencilling, procedural, SelfMadeHero, WACOM
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Guest blogger, Rob Davis: Don Quixote – The self-made hero
When Cervantes started writing Don Quixote he had no idea where it was going, he certainly never imagined one 500 page novel, let alone two! That sense of a book growing in the author’s hands is there for the reader … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Cervantes, character, comics, design, Don Quixote, graphic novel, how to, Rob Davis, scripting, SelfMadeHero
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Guest blogger: Rob Davis – Are you mad?
Are you mad? When I told people I was adapting Don Quixote they looked at me in much the same way the characters in the book look at the crazy knight of La Mancha himself. “You must be mad!” Turning … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Cervantes, comedy writing, Don Quixote, graphic novel, how to, Rob Davis, SelfMadeHero
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