Open House at LAAFA

September 18th - 1pm to 6pm

 

Uninstructed Model Portrait Workshop (bring materials)
1:30pm to 4:30pm

  Painting Demo by Ignat Ignatov
1:30pm to 4:30pm

Drawing Demo by Eric Pedersen
2:00pm to 5pm 

Seminar on Pencils & Brushes with Continental Art Supply Store
4:30pm to 6pm 

  Special Presentation on our B.F.A. Full and Part-Time Programs
4:00pm to 5pm

 

View our Fall Schedule - Classes are starting October 6th!

Both the process of selling comics and graphic novels and how they’re created are being fundamentally transformed.

To navigate this transformation, ICv2 is bringing together the best minds in the industry to discuss the lessons learned so far, where the business is going, and how to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities presented by digital distribution.

Time and Place

The ICv2 Comics & Digital Conference will take place at the Javits Center on the eve of New York Comic Con, from 1 to 5 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, October 7th.  Following the afternoon sessions, at 5 p.m., Conference Sponsor Transcontinental Printing will host a cocktail party for attendees.

Who Should AttendPublishers, traditional and digital Creators Agents Retailers Librarians and educators

Mark Simon is as mad as hell about reprographic royalties.

Saban Brands has purchased lifestyle company Paul Frank Industries, reports VARIETY.

Marvel artist Gary Erskine (DC and Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, Virgin Comics and Titan Books) and Alan Batson (Official Disney artist, Pixar, Hanna Barbera, Warner Bros, BBC) will be teaching master classes in how to draw the successful characters from the movies and comics.

Plus, exhibits and workshops from Titan magazines, BBC Worldwide (Top Gear, Top of the Pops), Hollywood make-overs, celebrity photography and much, more more.

 

Name of event: Havering 2 Hollywood

Address: Bower Park School, Havering Road, Romford, Essex RM1 4Y

Nearest tube  Romford Station via Liverpool Street Rail 

Phone number: 0844 77 1000

Web address: http://www.bowerpark.havering.sch.uk/h2h.htm

Date(s) 4th & 5th September

Time(s) 10am – 6pm

Prices  £8 each 

Kids under 5 go free Car Park £2

Plus:
•        See Famous movie cars on display!
•        Large Model Aircraft – Flying Air-show Display 
•        Royal Air Force Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary Museum Display 
•        Live Music & Tasty Food!

Interview with the artists are available. Images available on request.

Please contact: Suzanne at Stunning PR, suzanne@stunningpr.com, 07957 371840

 

An Illustrated Lecture and artifact demonstration by Eric P. Nash, author of Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
Date: Monday, August 23rd
Time: 8:00
Admission: $5
Presented by Morbid Anatomy and part of the Oxberry Pegs Presents series
...Books will be available for sale and signing

Before giant robots, space ships, and masked super heroes filled the pages of Japanese comic books–known as manga–such characters were regularly seen on the streets of Japan in kamishibai stories. Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater tells the history of this fascinating and nearly vanished Japanese art form that paved the way for modern-day comic books, and is the missing link in the development of modern manga.

During the height of kamishibai in the 1930s, storytellers would travel to villages and set up their butais (miniature wooden prosceniums) on the back of their bicycles, through which illustrated boards were presented. The story boards–colorful, hand-painted, original art drawn with the great haste that signifies manga, glued on cardboard and lacquered to protect them in the rain–told stories ranging from action-packed westerns to science-fiction stories to ninja tales to monster stories to Hiroshima stories to folk tales and melodramas for the girls. Golden Bat, a supernatural, cross-eyed, skull-faced superhero; G-men; Cinderella; the Lone Ranger; and even Batman and Robin starred in kamishibai stories. The storytellers acted as entertainers, acting out the parts of each character with different voices and facial expressions, and sometimes too, they became reporters, when the stories were the nightly news reports on World War II. Kamishibai was so popular and widespread, that when television hit Japan in the mid-1950s, it was known as denki kamishibai–electric paper theater.

Tonight, author Eric P. Nash will tell the story of kamishibai as detailed in his gorgeous new book Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater. He will also bring in a genuine kamishibai set from the 1930s and make copies of his book available for sale and signing.

Eric P. Nash has been a researcher and writer for the New York Times since 1986. He is the author of several books about art, architecture, and design, including Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater, MiMo: Miami Modernism Revealed, and The Destruction of Penn Station. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle and Discover magazine.

Full event info can be found here: http://observatoryroom.org/2010/08/02/kamishibai/

The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Joshua Ellingson on Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program.

August 17, 2010- December 17, 2010
Art Creations Magazine “Who’s Creative?”2 Art Contest!

Description:
Art Creations Magazine’s “Who’s Creative?2 “ art contest is sponsored and brought to you by  Laniercreations
This contest is all about creativity, composition, technique and execution. The theme of this contest is to just
show your  unique creative expression through your art. Anything goes. Express your creativity to the fullest!

Eligibility:
This contest is only open to members of the Art Creations Magazine site. If you are not yet a member of this
site, signing up is free and only takes seconds. The site is http://www.artcreationsmagazine.com. The contest
 is open to all mediums except film, video, motion graphics/animation, and audio. Examples of acceptable
mediums include computer generated art, painting, textiles and mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, still
frame animation, photography, ceramics, glass, jewelry, and drawings.

Prizes:
The TOP 20 images will be represented in the “Who’s Creative?“2 special edition of Art Creations Magazine
which will be issue#05. The following combined prize packages (prize money and images printed in magazine),
totaling $1000.00 USD, will be awarded when the winners are decided.
 
Best Of Show: $600.00 USD, Front Cover of Art Creations Magazine’s issue#05 “Who’s Creative?”2
special edition, along with a full spread and interview in the issue, and a Home page feature on the
Art Creations Magazine site.

2nd Place: $200.00 USD, full spread and interview in Art Creations Magazine’s issue#05
“Who’s Creative?” 2 special edition, and a Home page future on the Art Creations Magazine site..

3rd Place: $50.00 USD, full spread and interview in Art Creations Magazine’s issue#05 “Who’s Creative?”2
special edition, and a Home page future on the Art Creations Magazine site..

Entry Fees:
A non-refundable entry fee of $10.00 USD for EACH PIECE of artwork submitted. There is no limit to
submissions. Fee must be paid before art is submitted.

How to submit your images:  
STEP_01
On the Art Creations Magazine site you will first click the ART CONTEST link on the Home Page
to pay and download the entry form. You will have to do this for each individual image submitted.
STEP_02
You will then complete and E-mail your entry form to (artcreationsmagazine@gmail.com).
A conformation E-mail will be sent to you as soon as we receive your entry form and confirm your payment.
STEP_03
You will now upload your contest images to the website just like you would upload any other image to your
Photos on the site. MAKE SURE TO TAG YOUR IMAGE WITH the letters ACM in the tags box of your image.
If your Image is already on the site; then just go back and tag that image with the letters ACM by clicking your
image and next clicking EDIT YOUR TAGS which is located at the bottom right of your image.
Deadline:
Art Creations Magazine reserves the right to postpone all dates listed until such a time that a viable number
of entrants are received to offer a well rounded exhibition. Entrants will be notified via E-mail of any changes
in deadlines. The deadline is scheduled for: DECEMBER 17, 2010

Neil Gaiman has won another battle in his royalties dispute with Todd McFarlane over SPAWN characters he created for a 1992 book, reports VARIETY.

Designer Kelly Denato has filed suit against Animation Collective alleging that she has not been paid royalties owed her on the character designs for the series ELLEN'S ACRES, reports THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.