Archive for October, 2007

A Moment of Clarity Volume 2 Chapter 1 Reviewed!

A Moment of Clarity: October 29th, 2007

Alex Haas over at Indy Comic Review just gave the first chapter of Candynomics a four star review!  Go read it yourself at Webcomics Nation and see if you agree!

The Inkscape Perfect-Bound Cover Template Generator

Computers: October 28th, 2007

(The effect is currently only available in the development version of Inkscape and requires Python.)
From the Effects menu, select Generate Template > Perfect-Bound Cover:

Enter in your book’s properties. For instance, A Moment of Clarity Volume 1 is a 6″x9″ book with 176 pages. At Acredale Media, it’s printed on paper with a PPI [...]

The Board – October 26, 2007

A Moment of Clarity: October 26th, 2007

I completely gutted Act I…
 
…and plan on filling it back up tonight!
Update 10/27/2007: I’m starting to realize something about this particular Rite of Passage story, where the main character, Johnny, has flaws that will be corrected by the end. I’m finding that I need to exploit these flaws for fun purposes during the Fun & Games [...]

Choose Your Own Convention Adventure

Cartoons & Comics: October 23rd, 2007

In the coming weeks/months, I’ll be helping to write a Web-based comic with Chris Shields of the cIndyCenter.com podcast and Dean Trippe that will let you, dear readers, work your way through the crazy maze of your typical comic book convention. Chris and I should be done with the first draft sometime this week, and [...]

The Board Special: The Moment of Clarity

A Moment of Clarity: October 22nd, 2007

No pictures this time, just some crosslinking fun.  Blake Snyder just sent along this article he wrote that has quite a lovely title, if I do say so myself.  It mentions some of the moments he talked about in Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies, which I just finished reading.  The article is yet [...]

Freedom Dance wins in the 2007 Peer Awards!

Cartoons & Comics: October 22nd, 2007

From Steven Fischer, director and writer on Freedom Dance:
Just a note to let you know Freedom Dance, the animated documentary by Steven Fischer and Craig Herron about the adventurous escape of two newly weds from Communist Hungary to the US in 1956, won in the Documentary – Under 30 minutes category at the 2007 [...]

hobix to WordPress Converstion Status: The easy ones are done

Blog: October 22nd, 2007

I just finished porting over a bunch of the old hobix entries over to WordPress, primarily the ones that didn’t require moving graphics over.  I’ll have to see if I can get the remainder of the entries moved over this weekend.

Untwisting the Spine of Perfect-Bound Books

A Moment of Clarity: October 20th, 2007

I’m getting ready to redesign and rebuild the first A Moment of Clarity graphic novel, and I plan on working on a few new tools along the way to simplify the process for this book and for future ones. One of them will use Inkscape and Python to generate templates for perfect-bound book covers. [...]

My Mom’s Craft Fairs for 2007

Blog: October 20th, 2007

If you live in Central New York, or know someone who does or will be visiting in the next two months, be sure to visit my mom at her upcoming craft fairs and pick up something nice for the 2007 holidays:
Herkimer County Arts & Crafts Fair
Herkimer County Community College
November 10 & 11, 2007
Sauquoit PTO Fine [...]

The Board for Volume 3 – October 19, 2007

A Moment of Clarity: October 19th, 2007

OK, after a few weeks of not touching Volume 3, I had a breakthrough.  It came while reading through Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies, which arrived after I got back from SPX.  I now know the type of story that Volume 3 will be…

Yeah, this will be a tough one to write…but I’m [...]