We have some exciting news! CCAS has moved to a new and improved version of our platform. Not only is it more powerful and better organized, it is completely responsive (looks great on all devices).
ATTN: MEMBERS WHO JOINED AFTER AUGUST 22, 2019
The only issue we are experiencing with this move:
Members who joined after August 22, 2019 WILL NEED TO RE-ENTER THEIR PROFILE QUESTION, ANSWERS. Please accept our sincere apologies for this inconvenience.
ALL MEMBERS:
We have added a new Profile Question: "Which Category best describes you?"
Categories: Amateur Artist, Professional Artist, Amateur Writer, Professional Writer, Independent Self-Publisher, Traditional Publisher, and Fan.
Please edit your Profile, and select your chosen category. By choosing the category that best describes you, will enable you to add content to the appropriate new modules:
1. Artists: Add photos to the new Arts & Prints Photo Module.
2. Writers: Add your bio information to the new Writers List Module.
3. Publishers: Add your bio information to the new Publishers List Module.
4. Publishers & Writers: Add books to the new Comic Books & Graphic Novels Module.
Comments
Yep, Praise God! As you know, prayer is awesome.
The inspiration & concept came about after hitting a brick wall myself on another character I was considering. Then I thought about to costumes 2 others characters in the past & decided to keep the design & tweak it for 2 new characters. I wanted 2 characters that I could involve much of their personal lives into the story. I like the "Stan-Lee ara" where the experiences of the super-hero's personal life, has as much of an impact as much as their "superhero" life. The more I thought about it,.....2 teenage characters seemed like the best way to go. As for the theme: I wanted it to correspond to character names: That they're more than conquerors (Reference to Romans 8:35-37), whether they are facing, robots, super-villains, or normal things (Gangs, final Exams, peer presure, etc...).
That theme along with the elements from the classic Marvel-Comics style action of the late 70's, was the foundation I built the concept on.
It took over 12 months to confirm if I should embark on the production (you know: time, skill, & "MONEY" oof!!). Then it took a little over 14 months to start & finish the project, since I had to do all the art myself. (Which is why I'm worn out. ughh!)
As for the scripture, aside from Rom.8:35-37, other scriptures came to mind when I added dialogue to different scenes, because they just seemed to fit the situations.
That's about it. But I praise God that he got me through this.
Peace
Thanks for the compliments. My book is in print & the work wore me out. I pray you get some success for your projects though. But welcome to the world of CCAS. I'm sure you've seen the talent that the Lord has on this domain.
God Bless
I don't know how the rest of the cartoonists feel on CCAS but I know I'm not hungry enough to do that again any time soon. I'm proud of what I did, don't get me wrong and Egg Boy was created and written by a Christian friend of mine so there was value in collective creativity.
Glad you survived the layoffs. Just last week they cut 60 folks from our company and one was a good friend who I have been sharing the Lord with for more than 20 years (still holding off his life-changing decision!). Seeing someone let go in a staff group already badly constricted spooked me royally.
By the way, my wife and I just launched a brand-new comic strip, BEST MANN ON THE JOB, hosted weekly on TitleTrakk. For links and previews, please check out my CCAS blog.
Happy Presidents' Day - God bless!
- Chris
Welcome aboard! I'm Scott A. Shuford, one of the new CCAS Board members. I wanted to stop in and say thanks for being involved with CCAS!
If you have any input or would like to be involved with anything in particular, please let me and Eric Jansen (Membership Coordinator for CCAS) know by contacting us both through the site.
To see a bit more about me, check out my profile here on the site. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better.
Can you post or join in a forum discussion topic, post your own blog entry or upload your art or video now? :)
You also may be interested in the Visual Story Network at http://www.visualstorynetwork.com.
Let me know if you need to talk marketing...
At Your Service,
Scott A. Shuford
www.frontgatemedia.com
CCAS Board Member 2008-2010
Consider the words of C.S. Lewis:
"If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and to earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I suggest that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased."