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Kevin Grevioux, actor and screen writer produced several comics (The Hammer Kid, Valkyries, The Vindicators, Alivs Rex) under his Astounding Studios imprint and published them through Alias before the publisher left the direct sales market last year. These books appeared as Alias was winding down and never had an opportunity to gain any real traction in the marketplace or even produce second issues.
The Guardian Heroes is a highly professionally produced pack- age aimed at a pre-teen audience. The series concept is simple and compelling. Grevioux establishes a Biblical worldview by starting his story quoting from Genesis chapter one. He then presents Biblical characters (Moses, Joshua, Samson, David, etc) as “Heroes of Light” who combat the “denizens of the dark.” In modern times we have “other heroes who fight for truth and justice” like Donar, Imperion, Zhara, Kilowatt, Bolt and Komrade Kazan. A Satan like character named Deadzluv (leader of The Fallen) recruits a crowd of super villains to began his battle to destroy mankind through its children. However a large group su- per heroes are recruited by an angel from the “Ancient of Days”. The angel declares, “All of your shall be assigned one of these gifted children to mentor and protect from the Fallen and their super-villainous minions.” This issue sets the stage and ends with the initial battle for the lives and souls of these gifted children. Grevioux does an excellent job of writing for a young audience and penciler Leonel Castellani uses a high quality animation-like style infusing the art with graphic electricity. Though Grevioux has taken on writing assignments at Marvel I hope he finds a new home for the Guardian Heroes. This is an excellent series that deserves a good long run.
(Review by Don Ensign)
Warning: The Astounding Studios Forum has been hacked and porn ads are contained in it.
www.astoundingstudios.com/
Kathleen Webb’s comic Elysium Dreams is the featured comic preview of the week at www.ZGraphicNovels.com.
Please head right on over to check out Kathleen's comic and take a few minutes to answer the survey that will follow the comic. Zondervan is very interested in getting feedback from comics fans.
Check out this little word of instruction; it also applies very much so to comics, especially all you superhero nuts: This post was made on September 27th, 2007
http://splinedoctors.blogspot.com/
Part one just behind it, if you need any more advice... I sure do!
Yet another example of throwing the baby out with the bath water in order to root out the dangerous religious extremists. This kind of lowest common denominator thinking is just more proof that the collective wisdom of our politicians has dropped.
Common sense approaches like finding and getting rid of the dangerous stuff but leaving the other stuff may take more time and be harder work, but isn't it the more Christian thing to do in this case?
Again, just my thoughts. Your mileage may differ.
Today, I saw this amazing message from Pastor Joseph Prince, and I was really inspired and encouraged.
In his sermon he asks this question, "Are you a sheep?" What he means if we are willing to let God lead us, and not try to do things ourselves. He also shows us through Jesus' words how important we are to God, and how much he cares about us as individuals.
In the past few weeks, maybe months God has been telling me to continually trust Him to direct me. Some days I do, and some days I try to figure out things on my own(those are the bad days). I also tell God "well if you want me to do this then let me know," and God responded I think for the first time in my life "Well if you want to do it let me know," lol!
God is awesome, He really does want to gives us our hearts desires especially if He knows our heart is focused on Him. So after asking once again for a definite Word from God, He gave me this verse and I want to share it with you "in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Psalms 56:11
So what I want to say is..
I'm tired of worrying, I'm tired of being afraid, God I just want to be Your little sheep!
God grant you favor,
Souba
Well, take a look at the website, and see if you like what you see. This is a series that I plan to follow as long as I can, and I hope you will give it a chance.
http://www.original-tea.com/
Here is my reaction. I think if you like superheroes, you will enjoy this excellent comic. This story is mostly about very human people struggling with their faiths and beliefs, struggles that manifest at times as exciting battles and daring rescues. I've always been afraid of books about big teams of heroes, worrying that the individual characters will be lost in the crowd, and that the book will be shallow and superficial. This is not the case with 'Hand of the Morning Star'.
The art really amazed me. It's a beautiful fusion between manga and western hero comics. Very nice! I was worried that Zondervan might be misleading folks by using the word manga in it's most general sense 'Comic' rather than the usual meaning among otaku as 'Japanese or Japanese style comics'. But I think manga fans will be very comfortable with the style of 'Hand of the Morning Star'.
I -like- the characters in this book. If you see it in the bookstore, thumb through it. You might be very pleasantly surprised, like I was:)
i noticed several searches for comic artists going on right now.
for me it's bad timing. yeah marvel sounds great and others as well. i cant chase these things no more. maybe 10 years ago, before god and family.
i've fallen short on motivation. also i have a job that pays the bills, not as fun as drawing , but i'm blessed to support my family. insurance helps.
what i want, is to have a good comic with christian values out there. something to be a message, have purpose, and meaning.
i think everyone here wants that. but if we had to choose between the big boys and a little indy christian comic , what would we turn down?
i've met several professional artist that are christians, but they choose the big boys with dollars in hand, not the struggling indy with a message. they dont have the time for both. i pray that they will one day give the lord their firstfruits. because this industry is doing real damage to society.
i'm not high an mighty , i struggle to get things done. but we have him for strength.
well i gotta hit the hay. nite..
Most of you know me to post the sites of my friend's and fellow student graduates portfolios once they're ready...because of their radically incredible (sometimes creepy though) artwork as well as a chance to promote the Art Institutes so that I may somday see your faces in real life alongside of me at this place...This was our schools biggest show yet! With the MAA graduates taking over an entire floor! So here are the links:
3D MODELERS/TECHNICAL ARTISTS
Andrew Chen - www.andrewchin3d.com
Graham Fratzke - www.grahamfratzke.com
Jana Johnson - www.JanaJArt.com
Denis Osmanbegovic - www.VemaDesign.com
Angela Prendergast - http://angelap.dead-7.com
Royce Moreno - www.roycemoreno.com
Eric Tom - www.erictondesigns.com
Willie Hoag - www.williwhoag.blogspot.com
Daniel Harvey - www.dawnofdankind.com
Jared Skold - www.jaredskold.com
Eduardo Campos - www.edcampos.com
ANIMATORS
King Hao Chen - www.King-Chen.net
Eric Parsons - www.EricParsonsArt.com
Tony Papesh - www.TonyPapesh.com
Adan Garcia - www.adamgarcia.com
Valerie Tuffy - http://www.omegamerican.com/valerie/
Ok, and one Graphic Designer, though I didn't feel there was much demand for the other degree programs around here:
Zachury Minjack - www.crimesceneunit.net
See you all next Quarter!
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Just wanted to let you know that I've created a comic for psalm 104 for "Selah" the psalm project through community comics. (a member here) If you would like to be part of the project just go to www.communitycomics.com and once you've entered press the tab marked "Selah". It was a alot of fun and it gave me something more to practice on. If you want to see mine go to: www.comicspace.com/cutri_fine_art
I decided I wanted to participate in SELAH, and opened my dusty Bible to Psalms. You know, they are pretty darn impressive...! It's probably the first time I've ever actually read most of them all the way through, and I probably only finished a couple dozen of them so far.
I never would've read the Psalms today, if not for Ben Avery and Community Comic's project. The passage that particularly stuck with me was where David says 'Let the righteous man rebuke me...I will accept it....it shall be as oil on my head.' (Heavily paraphrased by me).
Now, this came into play this evening, when I opened Robert's 'The Graphical Epistles'. Frankly John, James, and Jude rebuked me. My flesh grew flustered, then ashamed, then angry...as it always had before. In this unclean mood, I began taking verses out of context out of fear and resentment. But...! Two things kept me reading. The first was David's saying 'Let the righteous man rebuke me...' Well? Did I believe that or not? The second was Robert Flores. I've only known Robert recently, and only through email. But he has been a great Christian brother, and while I grew angry at John, James, & Jude, I couldn't get mad at Robert. So I kept reading. And little by little, the Lord is working on my heart. I am beginning to see the Epistles in a new Light. I'm not out of the shadows yet, but I believe these verses will one day be very precious to me, and that they are words of Life, not of death. I will read 'The Graphical Epistles' again and again.
I'm not trying to embarrass these guys, but I must say that for me, I buy or read Christian comic books as much for the comic writers and artists as for the books themselves. You all are living Epistles to me. You enhance my reading experience, you win the right to share the Bible's hard truths with me, and some of you are becoming friends over the internet. And this is the power of your testimonies and the love you show your brothers and sisters; that you do draw us closer to the Lord Jesus and His perfect Bible.
Anyway, that's how my day as a Christian comic book hobbyist went today. May God bless you all:)
Gerry Lee
P.S. JCServant and Cyberlight Comics will be at Orlando Con doing the Lord's work this weekend. Please say a prayer for them, that God might use their faithfulness to do great works for His glory.
PowerMark Comics are now available for free download on Wowio at: http://www.wowio.com./users/product.asp?BookId=1632
©2007 PowerMark Comcs
PowerMark is Captain Mark Chen, a professional soldier who joined the Alliance at the age of 17. He became the youngest officer ever to lead an Alpha force unit in the ongoing battle against Leviathan, a force of evil led by the Diviner who’s goal is to establish a new world, one that will be free from individual thought or expression. Protecting an orphanage from an attack by Leviathan, he was wounded in combat. Presently, Mark has been commissioned by the International Christian Coalition (I.C.C.) to lead a mission to create Virtual Reality Episodes (VRE) of the stories of the Bible. With his crew of kids and some really cool gadgets, PowerMark leads one of the most important missions ever…drawing youth back to faith in God and His Word!
PowerMark is written by Steve Benintendi with art by Steven Butler.
Howdy everyone. I'm not sure if anyone will actually read this blog entry, but I wanted to make sure as many people as possible knew about this project that Community Comics is doing.
Has been doing, I should say.
For a while now.
It's called SELAH: The Psalms Project.
It's pretty simple and straight forward. Artists are encouraged to choose a Psalm. And then illustrate it.
Here's some GREAT examples of what we are looking for:
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm04_hb_c.html
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm23a_dr.html
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm91_lh_1.html
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm124_rw_1.html
And here's a NOT as SKILLFUL example of what we're looking for:
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm40a_ba.html
Cute, huh?
Here's the deal -- the four examples I gave above come from some AMAZING artists. The final example comes from a NOT AMAZING artist.
Doesn't matter.
For this project, what matters is the heart more than the art.
For me, I drew that Psalm 40 when I was going through a very difficult time in my life. Rather, I was just coming out of one. The panel where the hand has lifted the shaggy guy halfway out of the mud -- that's where I was in my life. And drawing that comic, I was able to look back at where I was and look forward to the promise of what was to come.
The challenge is for you to find a Psalm that connects with you. And then illustrate that connection.
Now, it doesn't have to be a full length, multi-page comic. Hale's Psalm 4 came with a cover! But here's a couple others:
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm61_rs.html
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm24_jm.html
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm08_jc.html
These are all single panel or "fine art" pieces. And they are just as welcome. They are works of art inspired by the Psalms.
The main idea is that I want this to be a corporate act of worship. Comic book worship. Straight from the Psalms. Why should musicians get all the fun!?! They get to write songs and sing the Psalms! This is the artistic version of that.
The only limitations:
1) Be real.
2) Use the Psalm as the primary text. See the for "AMAZING" examples above. Also see this one:
http://communitycomics.com/selah_psalm150_dw.html
3) Don't worry about format. Do what comes natural.
4) Don't worry about doing a Psalm someone else has already done.
5) Let yourself use this opportunity to worship our Lord in your art. Some of you already do this all the time, other of you find yourself struggling to do that. Whatever camp you fall in, use this opportunity.
So what are we going to do with this?
Well, there's a few different things.
First, the creation of a web database. I'd love to see it cover ALL 150 Psalms, some of them with multiple versions!
Second, when a significant number of Psalms have been collected, there will be a print version that Community Comics will publish. (The print version is going to be square -- so that both horizontal and vertical pages can be presented full size -- they'll just have borders. Works of "fine art" will be published with the relevant text, to give context.) (This also means hang on to print quality copies of the art!)
For more information, check out the official website here:
http://communitycomics.com/cc_selah.html
Psalm 34:3. Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.
~ Ben Avery
It took many times over for me to finally be brought down, God has such patients and is so forgiving, I don't deserve the blessings that I have in my life, so I thought. I don't deserve them for who I was but with the new me and my new Commitment to Christ and My Wife, I've embraced that fact that where I am is where God has me........for reasons I don't know or understand in my human thinking, but it will work for His good.
I am now part of a T.V. show, yep, a T.V. show. I wanted to share with you all who read this, and yes its a plug, but understand its also for me a wonder as to what God has me doing, or the direction He has me going in.
The Show is a Spanish bounty Hunter show, me and 3 other of the Officers (friends) I work with are on the show, so, if you got a moment and want to be entertained and get a good chuckle, then please by all means take up this invitation to view the premier episode this Thursday at 8:Pm on your Local Azteca-America T.V. Network channel...the channels vary in areas...so check for local listings.
I will keep strong in my commitments to God and Karen (my lovely wife), a buddy over in Iraq shipped over a new testament to me, kind of pocket sized and its come in handy on set....reading Romans again......good stuff.
So, please lets talk, questions or even words of encouragement, but most of all for me I'd love it if you guys kept me in Prayer, I believe that this is where I am in the big plan, I am getting back into comics, artwork and all the fun with that so who knows, maybe this is my time for exit stage left as a Police Officer (after doing it for almost 15 years) and be part of a bigger plan that allows me to give back with a vengence.
Thanks and Blessings to all....
talk to me after the commercial break....
Roman
current Christian comics by Steve MacDonald
and myself.
Comics, A Ministry of Crosswind Comics,
PO Box 1118, Independence, MO 64051
This is simply one of the very best recent Bible
adaptation comics to be published. The Amazing Gospel is an excellent adaptation of the life of Christ as
presented in the Gospel of Luke and it is also very
good comics. Writer Daniel Schwabauer deftly and
faithfully weaves the story and carefully selects Biblical accounts for maximum impact.
Gabriel Valleʼs pencils compliments Schwabauerʼs
script perfectly. Valleʼs facial studies are warm and
very human and he also excels in figure work with
appropriate backgrounds. The Jesus portrayed here is very human but this is also the divine miracle worker and crucified and risen Son of God. The panel/page
layout shows a lot of visual variety, smooth transitions from scene to scene, excellent composition and
an superb sense of drama. The colorists Joel Chua
and Carrol Schwabauer do a masterful job in using
computerized comic book color for full effect. Many
secular comics have a tendency to make the color too dark so the effect is to produce a dingy and depressive atmosphere. Chua and Schwabauer know when to
alternate the color scheme for bright daytime scenes, night scenes and times of high drama. This comic
stands as a primer for top notch contemporary graphic story telling.
This full size, 48 page comic book ends with an
evangelistic invitation and prayer. This is a great
presentation of the life of Christ which challenges its readers to make a decision to receive Christ as Savior and Lord. This comic is being translated into other language andprayerfully will be a great tool for presenting the saving message of our Lord to those around us and also to
those half way around the world.
(Review by Don Ensign)
Crosswind Comics
