Friday | May 16th, 2008
Sugary Serials #8, Page 13
The Boys of The Den, by Sara Turner.
Saturday Supercast 15 - Diana Nock
May 12th, 2008 by Jerzy Drozd
Two great things happen today. Sara Turner’s The Boys Of The Den starts updating, and the Saturday Supercast is back with another creator interview!
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Diana Nock is the creator of the recently completed Sugary Serials comic Imaginary Friends Forever. In this episode of the Supercast she graciously lends her time to dig under the hood of her artistic process with me.
We talk about her upbringing and what led her to comics, her education at MCAD, her thoughts on word balloon useage, walking a line between a cartoony and a naturalistic style, as well as some of her favorite comics and influences. We also talk a bit about her other comics found on her Jinxville web site (Parental warning: some PG-13 content), including a 24-Hour Comic she completed last year. Click here to listen to the episode, or check out the player in the sidebar! |
In case you were wondering…
May 6th, 2008 by Diana Nock
Hey-o! You know how sometimes people want to know how artists and writers get their ideas? At least in the case of “Imaginary Friends Forever,” one answer is obvious:
I love my toys. If you ask reeeaaaaalllll nice, maybe I’ll let you play with them a little.
Sugary Serials #7 In Print, PSP, PDF, and CBZ!
May 1st, 2008 by Jerzy Drozd
Sugary Serials #7’s web serialization is complete, which means you can now own the print edition by navigating to our IndyPlanet store!
| Now you can collect the entire run of Richard Stevens’ The Elements of Destiny, as well as the first chapter of Diana Nock’s Imaginary Friends Forever, and yet another one-shot of The Galactic League of Marshals. The print edition has links to exclusive content, and a "Back of the Box" section with fun and games featuring Sugary Serials comics characters. If I may, let me point out that print sales are how the creators behind Sugary Serials are compensated. So if you enjoy these comics, why not show your support by picking up a print edition?
Okay, so you’re not ready to buy a print comic. No problem! Instead, why not help spread the word? You can use the handy links at the bottom of each comic page to post to sites like StumbleUpon, Reddit, del.icio.us, or any of your favorite social bookmark/networking sites. It’s a great way to support the project, and it doesn’t cost a thing! There are other ways to read offline, besides the print editions. You can get all of our comics delivered directly to your desktop by clicking over to our special downloads page. The comics are formatted for reading on your PSP, in CBZ format if you use comics readers like Comical or FFView, or in convenient PDF format for reading on virtually any computer out there. |
Sugary Serials #8 begins tomorrow!
April 30th, 2008 by Jerzy Drozd
I hope you enjoyed Sugary Serials #7! My thanks to Richard Stevens, Diana Nock, and Mark Rudolph for their fantastic contributions. I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating–I’m just blown away by the diversity of comics we’re getting in this anthology. In #7 we jumped from epic fantasy to adventure on the playground, to sci-fi action. It’s just like flipping the channels on Saturday morning, at least for me.
And it keeps getting better! The web serialization of #8 begins tomorrow, featuring two brand-new all ages comics in the Sugary Serials lineup.
We introduce Sara Turner’s The Boys of The Den, in which a young girl awakes one morning without any recollection of who she is or where she came from. When a group of boys, all bearing totems resembling a forest animal, take her in, she’s swept up in an adventure to save one of their members from the local authorities. Did I mention that the authorities are Confederate soldiers? That’s right–a Civil War-era fantasy story! Doesn’t get much cooler than that!
| The incredible Matt Putnam-Pouliot, creator of Daring Dodo, returns next issue with a new story in his MacAbb Manor comics series. When Cassie MacAbb earns the number one spot in Thirteen Magazine’s "Most Interesting Kids" list, number two awardee Vermelda Hyde plots to put the drop on Cassie in an interesting game of hide and seek. You can check out earlier MacAbb Manor stories on Matt’s Dial K for Komics website.
But first we have the conclusion to Diana Nock’s Imaginary Friends Forever. Will Miranda and her new friends plummet into the river? If they don’t, will Miranda ever succeed at making real friends? |
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The fun starts tomorrow, and the comics update every day. Don’t miss it!
Tooth Tunes: Transformers
April 29th, 2008 by Jerzy Drozd
I know this has the potential to paint me as a real dork, but I’m sharing anyway.
My buddy HooveR recently sent me one of those nutty Tooth Tunes toothbrushes. We’ve all seen the commercials, right? Kids brushing their teeth, and KISS is playing in their mouth as they brush. Sounds weird.
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That’s what I thought until I played with the Transformers edition of the Tooth Tunes line. The way it works is kinda neat. You put the brush in your mouth, hit the play button, and the harder you brush, the better you hear the music. So I hit the start button and put the brush on my rear molars, and I’m not only surprised to hear the sounds in my head, but it starts with Optimus Prime commanding the Autobots to "Transform and roll out", followed by the familiar transforming sound effect. It then kicks right into a bit of a remixed version of the original Transformers theme. Now, the song is intended to run the recommended two minutes to ensure a good tooth brushing, and the TF theme only lasts around 45 seconds. Tooth Tunes’ answer is to break into these extended bits of music with Optimus saying action-y things like "I’ve got Megatron in my sights," and random explosion sounds. And I can’t be sure, but it sounds an awful lot like Gary Chalk, the guy who played Optimus in a few seasons of the show. Needless to say, I immediately fell in love with this thing. I really wish they had come out with it when I was a kid. I think I would’ve brushed 4 times a day. And no, I’m not using it every day, but the reason why is especially dorky–I don’t want to use up the batteries too soon. |
