REVIEW: Moon Knight #20

"When I knew Mike Dedato Jnr was on board for this issue I was excited, especially after seeing the fantastic work he did on the mindscape scenes in X-Men: Legacy #212. His work has exactly the right dark, noir style and tone to it that is a perfect fit for this book. But Dedato even achieves on a wider storytelling perspective, particularly in an issue with few words – he makes good use of imagery, holds suspense in each frame, and handles both the superhero action and the street-level detective work with great skill. As much as I am happy with Mark Texeira as regular artist on this book, I would love to see Dedato return to these pages sometime soon." - READ MORE HERE

GHG in Toronto Comicon

I'll be appearing with artist Will Conrad at Toronto Comicon on July 12 & 13 at the Holiday Inn on King Street! Drop by and say hello if you're in town for the weekend, we'd love to hear from you! - David Campiti

GHG in CHICAGO CON

This week, I'm off to Chicago, where Glass House Graphics will be at what the long-time conventioneers still fondly remember as Chicago Con! We'll be in Artists Alley, booths 5908 and 5910, so if you're attending, drop by and say hello! - David Campiti

WEBSITE UPDATE IN PROGRESS

The GHG website is updating, if you experience a dead link or a slow load of the page. Just refresh the page again and wait for it to load properly, we are updating some page and uploading new content.

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PORTFOLIO REVIEW AND TALENT SEARCH THIS SATURDAY AT
7TH PHILIPPINE TOYCON

David Campiti will be present at the 7th Philippine Toy Con in Megatrade Hall 2-3, SM Megamall on June 14-15, 2008. We are calling all artist to visit the Glass House Graphics booth for a live portfolio review and talent search with David Campiti. Also the rest of the GHG artist in Manila will be there participating at the booth

For more info about the event, visit www.toyconph.com

MICHELLE GETS MARRIED

Michelle Calanog, manager of the GHG Asia/Studio Sakka office in Manila (she's a calendar and FHM model, as well), married Rhene Principe`, her long-time boyfirend and co-manager of GHG Asia, on May 28, 2008.

Here's a photo gallery of the wonderful day! CLICK HERE

MIKE DEODATO TO DRAW WOLVERINE : ORIGINS

In Marvel Comics’ “Wolverine: Origins,” the title character’s quest for vengeance has been steeped in blood, history, and shocking revelations. This September, when Wolverine embarks upon the second mile of his quest in “Wolverine Origins” #28, artist Mike Deodato Jr. will be the one depicting all the action, carnage, and surprises. CBR News spoke with the new series artist about his latest assignment. READ MORE HERE and HERE and HERE

GHG HEAD HONCHO RECRUITING MANILA ARTISTS RIGHT NOW!

David Campiti, CEO of Glass House Graphics/Studio Sakka Graphics, is in Manila right now through the 18th of June.  His purpose:  To review, train, and recruit the best undiscovered talent that the Philippines has to offer, to work for the American market for American rates.

     Are you an animator, cartoonist, illustrator, or designer who has the talent and skill to make it in the American comics market but haven't had the opportunity?  This is your chance.  David is no longer conducting his big yearly Seminars at the MegaMall, but your opportunities to work with GHG are better than ever.

     Just send .jpg samples of your work today to David@glasshousegraphics.com.  (If you need sample plots or scripts to draw from, get them from HERE.)

If you'd rather bring your samples portfolio in person to David, please Email his assistant MicaChua@glasshousegraphics.com to set up an appointment. 

     There is NO FEE.  David personally reviews all samples and gives honest critiques.  If he loves your work, he will offer you the opprtunity to join GHG.  If you need some training, he will provide that for free, too.   "If enough strong potential talent can be lined up this month, then Wilson Tortosa and I will teach a small, personalized Seminar for hand-picked attendees, FREE OF CHARGE, in mid-June, right in our Caloocan office," David explains.  "Some artists were only making $10 a page in the local Filipino market before they joined us.  Now they're making as much as $300 a page -- sometimes more -- working for USA publishers."

     Some of the many successful Filipino artists making their mark in the American market right now include Bong (Star Wars) Dazo, Carlo (Iron Man) Pagulayan, Jeffrey (Iron Man) Huet, Rainier (Thunderbolts) Beredo, Harvey (Ultimate X-Men) Tolibao, Stephen (Wolverine: Origins) Segovia, Lui (Red Sonja) Antonio, and a host of manga artists.  You could be joining them!

     Pinoy artists who design, draw, or color for the American market through GHG do NOT have to live in the USA or worry about Passports to travel.  They are able to work from home or in GHG's own large, air-conditioned offices and are paid American rates for their work.

     Now is your chance:  Don't by shy.  Don't let it pass you by!

EMPIRE magazine uses Mike Deodato's HULK cover concept to promote the new movies

click here to see Empire magazine cover to promote the Incredible Hulk movie

David Campiti at the Pittsburgh Comicon

David will be at the 3 day convention and will conduct a portfolio review to all, feel free to drop by and visit the Glass House Graphics booth.

click here for more info about the convention

GMANEWS : Harvey Tolibao: Promdi artist destined for the stars

Harvey Tolibao always knew his life was destined for the stars.

True enough, this 26-year-old proud 'probinsyano' artist from Mindanao is the force behind the Star Wars comic book series, inking three issues of the phenomenal George Lucas creation since 2006.

His work has been praised in the mainstream comics industry and is now among the growing Pinoy force in the US comics. READ MORE

Scribe Nomination for Sullivan's Dragonlance: Warrior's Bones

Steven Sullivan's most recent Dragonlance book, Warrior's Bones (Goodlund Trilogy Book 3) has been nominated for a 2008 Scribe Award. For the digital publicity announcment you can READ IT HERE

Expanding on its growing presence in the international comic book, illustration, and animation scene, Glass House Graphics opens its first office in Europe this month located in Bristol, England, which is managed by Trevor Landolt, best known as editor-in-chief of Praxis Comics.
              Under the guidance of GHG's founder and C.E.O, David Campiti, Trevor Landolt plans to bring the diverse culture of comics and media services that Glass House Graphics has long offered. This will be important to European artists, who will now have an enhanced pipeline to top comics publishers, characters, and titles.  It will also be important to European companies who wish to take advantage of the wide range of services GHG offers.
              GHG Europe also ensures an active presence at the largest Conventions, Shows, and Exhibitions of related/relevant media, broadening their range of visibility and creative opportunities through the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, and beyond. READ MORE HERE

GLASS HOUSE GRAPHICS’ 15TH ANNIVERSARY:
A Look Behind The Company That's "Behind The Scenes"

Homeless, a young man in tattered clothes and ratty hair steps through the trash and muck of a garbage dump.  He "lives" there.  Finding an old tire and a discarded sheet of transparent plastic, he fashions a makeshift drawing table and practices inking a comicbook page with whatever tools and supplies he can scrounge.
            A married illustrator in a small foreign city works long hours as a newspaper paste-up artist to house and feed his wife -- weeks away from giving birth to their daughter -- on less than five dollars a day.
            An unemployed commercial artist survives a tragic public bus crash where others lost their lives, only to be turned away from his hard-won job interview after arriving disheveled and bloody.
            A student, poor and uncommonly thin, struggles to learn to draw comicbook pages before a congenital heart defect ends his dream and his life.  His family cannot afford to have the necessary surgery performed.
            Sad stories with more in common than undiscovered talent and a love for the comicbook medium, they share a happy ending called Glass House Graphics -- a company well known by editors and publishers but something of a secret to comicbook fans.

READ MORE HERE

Mort Castle's ON WRITING HORROR news

On Writing Horror has been named Readers' Choice in the Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction category of our virtual magazine's 1st annual Black Quill Awards. You can view the wnners list here - www.DarkScribeMagazine.com

FearZone.Com interviews Mort Castle

"a couple of prose stories were adapted for comics. In fact, "If You Take My Hand, My Son," has appeared as a prose story, an audio production ( The Grist Mill -- AMFM Theater) and a comics story ( J. N. Williamson's Masques: An Anthology of Elegant Evil ). For me, I love seeing my stuff in media other than that in which I work. It shows me all over again that there are all sorts of way to treat an idea, an image, a story. Not right or wrong ways, per se... different ways." - Mort Castle

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Carlo Pagulayan, Harvey Tolibao and Wilson Tortosa interview at Inquirer.net "Filipino comic book artists help shape mythologies"

Behind some of the popular comics currently being released internationally are Filipino artists, delighting geeks of all ages with their distinct takes on different heroes—from those in form-fitting battlesuits to those in Jedi robes—and their traditionally frenetic fisticuffs.

Pinoy pencilers and inkers started getting attention for their work abroad decades back. Some comics pros, like Whilce Portacio, Leinil Francis Yu and Jay Anacleto, became sought-after talents in the ’90s. They continue to draw for major American publishers such as Marvel and DC Comics.

Not long after, other Philippines-based pencilers—Glass House Graphics’ Wilson Tortosa, Carlo Pagulayan, and Harvey Tolibao, among others—debuted and began making waves with a number of noteworthy monthlies as well. Once again, fellow Pinoys’ artistry and storytelling skills enhance some previously established fantasy realms. - Inquirer.net

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