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SDCC ‘09: More plugs for stuff I like
July 21, 2009 12:05 am
Click on thumbnails below to see full-size images. First, this just in from Eric Goldberg: Hi, guys- Andy Suriano, one of the character designers for Samurai Jack, Clone Wars and the soon-to-be Genndy’s new show, and his partner’s (Ben 10 creator Joe Casey) comic book, Charlatan Ball (from Image), is being collected and released as a trade paperback at SD Comic Con this year. It’s got our mutual friend (and Suriano’s Plastic Man collaborator) Tom Kenny providing a forward. Suriano will appaer at the Image Comics booth this year (booth #2729) and have an “official” signing @ table 1, Thursday, July 23rd from 2-3pm. He’ll also be at his own table selling swag and his sketchbooks. Mills James Productions, based in Columbus Ohio, has produced a feature length documentary on BONE creator (and former animator) Jeff Smith. The film, titled The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE and the Changing Face of Comics, will debut at Comic-Con on Friday July 24th. The Comic-Con screening will be 7:30 pm in Room 5AB of the San Diego Convention Center. Writer/director Ken Mills, president of Mills James Productions, and co-producer and editor Mike Meyer will be present to introduce the film and answer questions. For more information on the documentary, visit its Web site. |
Whoah, a Jeff Smith documentary!?
AWESOME NEWS! :)
That’s the best thing I’ve heard all month… Some long overdue recognition for Mr. Smith and one of the finest comics of all time. ;)
Maybe they’ll even cover just what happened to the Bone feature that never made it through (into?) production.
Why!? O why can’t I afford the trip to San Diego this year! Everybody will be there! :(
Jeff Smith sold the Bone movie rights to Warners. Last I heard, the executives there wanted to do it as a mocap feature thru Animal Logic in Australia. Ugh.
I saw “The Cartoonist” at HeroesCon. I recommend it.
Also, the sketchbook looks interesting.
Now I REALLY wish I was going. Bone is my favorite American comic.
Too bad about the movie thing. I wish Bone itself could be faithfully adapted to animation, it’d look beautiful. I’m surprised it doesn’t get talked about on the internet as much as other comics/series do.