Pics from the show floor…
They just announced that the con has begun and fans are filing in.
Gotta go – more to follow…
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C2E2 Friday – The Show Begins
Author: Jim Keefe
Jim Keefe is the current artist of the Sally Forth comic strip. From 1996-2003 he was the writer and artist of the Flash Gordon comic strip. A graduate of the Joe Kubert School, Keefe likewise teaches Comic Art. Teaching and speaking engagements include SVA in Manhattan, Hofstra’s UCCE Youth Programs, and most recently the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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C2E2 2010-2013
A quick look back at C2E2 with some pics and videos.
C2E2 2013
A pan of the huge main floor
The Kubert School booth at C2E2 2013.
MCAD students at C2E2 2013.
Jaime Willems and Mandie Brasington.
Maya Kern, Heather Williams, Jacklyn Hedlund and Allison O’Brien
Jesse Charles Baker and Jay Rasgorshek.
Coleman Gilbert, Greer Lawson, April Kasulis and Spencer Amundson.
Jakob “Fro” Ealy
Jack Kotz
Charles Stewart
Alexis Cooke and repeat performance by Mandie.
Professor Barb Schulz and Jacklyn Heeyun Kim.
My table at C2E2…
My daughters Tessa and Anna in line to meet Peter Davison (the 5th Doctor).
C2E2 2012
Sights and sounds:
Includes sketches by George Perez and Joe Kubert.
Pics just before the show and Artist Alley.
Joe Kubert lecture.
This would be one of Joe’s last conventions, as he died in August of that same year.
C2E2 2011
Artist Alley sketching tutorials by Thomas Gianni, Jeremy Dale and Gene Ha.
C2E2 2010
Last but not least – I had just bought a new car in 2010 that promptly broke down on the drive down to Chicago. Luckily I hadn’t driven that far and I was able to switch to the old reliable 1998 Dodge.
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MCAD Mini-Con 2014 – Picture Gallery
Pics from Saturday’s show…
For more info and video interviews by Chase Van Weerdhuizen,
check out the MCAD Mini-Con 2014 Facebook Page.
And a special thanks to Jaime Willems and Mandie Brasington
for the invite to be on the panel discussion.
YOU GUYS RULE!
Sometimes to get the right pose for a character you’re drawing you need to take some photo reference – and 10 times out of 10 the model who’s usually available and works the cheapest is yourself.
Along these lines, one of the artists I’ve always looked up to is Al Williamson.
Williamson took reference shots of himself constantly to nail down a drawing. The following pic is from the book The Art of Al Williamson with the corresponding drawing from his adaption of the 1980 Flash Gordon Movie.
For the EC comic books from the 1950s,
Al’s friends would lend a hand as well…
Suffice it to say, Williamson had the build to pull off
the heroic shots he wanted to capture.
And following in this grand tradition, the following is the photo reference I used to capture the shot I needed for Ted for the January 24th Sally Forth strip.
And the finished strip…
Maybe someday I’ll post the photo reference I took when I was doing Flash Gordon – suffice it to say I wore pants on my head a lot less…
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Flash Gordon
January 7, 1934
The first Flash Gordon strip (with Jungle Jim topper).
By Alex Raymond.
For more, check out IDW’s Flash Gordon books reprinting the early classic strips. HIGHLY recommended.
The following is a Sunday page I put together back 1n 1999 to spotlight some of the artists who’ve worked on the Flash Gordon comic strip over the years.
Click on image to see larger.
Index of the stories I wrote during my tenure.
Flash Gordon Story Index.
Flash Gordon Guest Artists
Featuring Flash Gordon art by Al Williamson, George Evans, Michael Gilbert, Mark McMurray, Brian Bilter, Loston Wallace and Patrick McDonnell.
For more on Flash Gordon, check out Exonauts, by Jay Mac.
Other links include:
Comic Book Index – Listing of writers and artists by Jeffrey Lindenblatt.
Flash Gordon Story Index in Book on Film and in Radio – by Arthur Lortie.
Michael Evans’ Outer Space Cinema – Featuring classic 1930’s serials.
The One Act Players – Flash Gordon Audio Theatre
Winner of the Silver Mark Time Award.