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GLASS HOUSE GRAPHICS AT CHICAGO CON 2010!
Wizard World's CHICAGO COMIC CON 2010 is upon us, and Glass House Graphics is there once again this Thursday through Sunday, August 19 - 22. ! This is our 10th consecutive appearance there. (That calls for a celebration, so GHG is taking its creators to Texas de Brazil!)
Glass House will have its customary table in Artists Alley -- table #3014 -- so it's the perfect place to connect with all things GHG.
YES, we will be conducting portfolio reviews all four days.
YES, we will have creators there, including our head honcho/writer DAVID CAMPITI, writer/artist JINKY CORONADO, almost-famous wondrous webmaster MASON JOHNSON, and anyone else we can possibly squeeze behind the table for schmoozing and signings!
YES, we're having meetings with clients at the show. Call us or EMail David@glasshousegraphics.com to set up yours.
YES, we will be selling original art by Mike Deodato, Will Conrad, Cliff Richards, Jinky Coronado, Bong Dazo, and more.
YES, we'll have hard-to-find comics and merchandise for BANZAI GIRLS and other projects by GHG's talents.
YES, we look forward to seeing YOU!
SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON AND GHG
Will you be at the San Diego Comic-Con? Glass House Graphics will be! Wednesday through Sunday of this week Zachary Matheny is our man on the spot; doing meetings, reviewing portfolios, showing our wares from art design through animation.
Anyone who wants to schedule a meeting with Zach should contact david@glasshousegraphics.com or call (304) 277-5557. Make sure to include a cell phone number to ensure we can reach you on the con floor!
~Mason the Webmaster
CLIFF RICHARDS, FROM VAMPIRES TO ZOMBIES
Following up the success of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, a new take on Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice,Tony Lee and GHG’s own Cliff Richards work on the comic adaptation.
Richards, having previously worked on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is no stranger to the undead. Keep a look out for the graphic novel in stores!
Check out an interview with writer Tony Lee to find out about this awesome project over at CBR.
~Mason the Webmaster
A MUCH NEEDED VACATION
Our head honcho David Campiti hasn't had a vacation in three years, so he's taking one in style! He's off to the beautiful Bahamas until May 2nd! He's leaving behind his MacBook and iPhone, so the biz is in the capable hands of his managers.
If you need prompt talent connections for new assignments or follow-ups on current projects while Dave's away, please contact Weng@glasshousegraphics.com (for Asia-based assignments); Leonardo@glasshousegraphics.com (for South America-based assignments); Aberu@glasshousegraphics.com (for Indonesia-based assignments); and Santosh@glasshousegraphics.com (for India-based assignments).
~Mason the webmaster
FABIO LAGUNA INTERVIEWED ON JAZMA!
Fabulous FABIO LAGUNA, whose artwork is all over licensed books for TOY STORY, SHREK, MONSTERS VS. ALIENS, SCOOBY-DOO, and many others, is interviewed on Jazma online!
Check it out HERE!
JINKY CORONADO INTERVIEWED ON JAZMA!
Artist, writer, and model JINKY CORONADO is interviewed on Jazma Online, courtesy of Allen Klingelhoets and Richard Vasseur. As an added bonus, this a brand-spanking-new portfolio of Jinky's freshest artwork!
Check it out HERE!
MARVEL ARTIST BONG DAZO INTERVIEWED
Battlin' BONG DAZO, superstar artist of STAR WARS and, more recently, Marvel's THUNDERBOLTS and DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH, is interviewed at Jazma Online. (That's Bong in the photo with our head Koala David Campiti.)
Check out his complete interview HERE!
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
UPDATE: The books have started hitting stores, feel free to take a look at Fabio's beautiful art inside if you see them on the shelves.
How to Train Your Dragon, a film by Dreamworks based on the novels by Cressida Cowell, comes out soon and what better to accompany a great movie than some great art?
To go along the with the movie release Reader's Digest Children's Books has published two books, both beautifully illustrated by our very own Fabio Laguna.
Check out two illustrations here and here. Also, feel free to take a look at the books on amazon.
~Mason the Dragon Tamer
GHG BRAZIL NOW ON TWITTER
Glass House Graphics Brazil is now on Twitter. There you can find info and guidelines for submitting portfolios and beup to date on what our artists have been doing in the comics bizz.
Follow us at www.twitter.com/ghgbrazil!
CHECK OUT PC SIQUEIRA'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Our great colorist, PC Siqueira (Alice In Wonderland) has recently been featured in multiple Brazilian magazines and on the MTV Brasil website. The reason? Because of his youtube channel called MasPoxaVida, started a month ago, that has turned into a national fever with fans everywhere.
Go check out his Portuguese rantings at:
~Mason the Webmaster
SANTOSH KUMAR MAKES IT HOME SAFELY
Santosh Kumar Rath (Manager GHG India) arrived safely back in India, after attending the World’s Greatest Comics Seminar in Manila.
Santosh had this to say:
“It was nice to meet Mr. David, Jinky, Michelle, Weng, P.J., little Baby Jasmine, and many other GHG artists who were all nice and became good friends. Everybody was very helpful to me and I got lot of art and coloring constructive criticism. Mr. David gave me lot of advice for my work and for other GHG India artists."
Thanks to all my friends from the Philippines!
DAVID CAMPITI FINDS HIS WAY BACK TO THE STATES
David Campiti arrived safely back in the USA today after a long, eventful and fun stay in the Philippines and will be reachable at GHG beginning on Monday.
Also note that he has de-activated the davecampit@aol.com email account and those who wish to contact him should send any mail to his glass house email at David@glasshousegraphics.com.
~Mason the Webmaster
A GLASS HOUSE GRAPHICS' WELCOME
Everyone should give a big ol’ GHG welcome to Louie Gabayeron, who goes by Weng, as he temporarily takes over duties for Michelle Calanog Principe who will be spending a couple months in the U.S. GHG offices.
Weng started working at GHG Asia last year as a tonal artist and slowly started to assist Michelle in her duties. Previously working in marketing, Weng’s passion is drawing. Let’s all wish Weng good fortune in his endeavors!
~Mason the Webmaster
SCOOBY-DOO (WHERE ARE YOU)
UPDATE
You can now buy some of Fabio's Scooby-Doo art from our art store! Just in time for the holidays, these would make some great gifts for loved ones, or yourself. Check them out here.
Out December 9th is issue #151 of Scooby-Doo, published by DC Comics and illustrated by GHG's very own Fabio Laguna!
Here's what DC has to say about the issue:
"A journalist tags along with the Mystery, Inc. gang hoping for an article full of excitement! Luck seems to be with him this time as Mystery, Inc. stumbles into a fantastic case involving a mysterious painting and the strange creature who seems bent on stealing it."
Don't forget to get out there and buy it! For yourself, for your kids, nephews, whoever. We all know that the industry doesn't make that many great, kids comics, so don't miss an opportunity to reminisce about your childhood, or to inspire a child.
~Mason the Webmaster
WILL CONRAD KILLING ON WOLVERINE:ORIGINS
For those of you who don’t know Glass House artist Will Conrad will soon be switching from his duties on Marvel’s Black Panther (which he’s been doing amazing on) to Wolverine: Origins and he’s expected to do an amazing job. Don’t take our word for it, Newsarama went in depth into Wolverine: Origins and what is to be expected from Will’s run, Newsarama’s Chris Arrant writing,
“Marvel's Wolverine has been gifted with a rich history of artists portraying his adventures – from Frank Miller to Marc Silvestri, from Steve Dillon to Steve McNiven, and both John Romita’s – Jr. and Sr. All those and more have contributed to Logan’s rich history, and joining that pantheon of greats is artist Will Conrad.”
Read the article!
GLASS HOUSE IN BRAZIL!
David Campiti, the brain behind Glass House Graphics, will present a 2 day seminar in Brazil!
Come October Belo Horizonte (the third biggest city of Brazil) will become the capital of comics in Latin America. The events will take place at the 6th edition of FIQ (international comics festival), the biggest comic convention in the entire southern hemisphere, with a large presence of European and USA professionals over the course of seven days, thirteen hours per day!
Parallel to this event David Campiti will run the Definitive Guide to Creating Comic Books seminar. Two days of total immersion into creating comics with some very special guests. Will Conrad, Cliff Richards, Leo MLK and Ale Starling will all help David run this very high profile seminar.
October 11th and October 12th. Local attendants can call 55 XX 31 8708-5720 for info or email us at...
seminario@glasshousegraphics.com.
See you guys there!
PITTSBURGH COMICON!
Glass House Graphics will be in force at Pittsburgh ComiCon this Friday through Sunday, September 11 - 13, at the brand-spanking-new Pittsburgh Exposition Center in Monroeville, PA.
There will be a big GHG booth, at which head honcho David Campiti, artist/writer/model Jinky Coronado, and writers David Lawrence and Paul S. Brittain will be hanging out, reviewing portfolios, and talking up their newest projects.
This is an extra-special Con, because comics master Stan "The Man" Lee will be there, so it's your chance to get some face time with a bona fide legend!
SNIKT
Wilson Tortosa, who has just worked on the amazing Wolverine: Prodigal Son, a manga Wolverine book from Del Rey, was recently involved in an interview conducted by Tom Baker to talk about the character in the Daily Yomiuri Online.
In the article Wilson explains the character in Prodigal Son, "He's supposed to be 14 years old...When you see Logan [as the character is also known] in comics, he's this short, squat guy, very wide, very muscular. But if he was 14 years old, it would be really hard to make someone really muscled and wide."
MAILING LIST!
We've implemented a mailing list here at GHG to make things easier for those who want to keep up with what's going on. The goal isn't to bother and pester you, but to inform you of all the news going on within' the company, from convention appearances to news on books from Marvel and DC.
And! We will supply not only an English, but also a Portuguese version.
Once a month we'll send you a news update so you know what's going on. To join the mailing list click this link, the link at the top of the page, or the graphic to the left.
~Mason the Webmaster
TORONTO COMIC FAN EXPO!
GHG will be at Fan Expo Canada, Toronto’s premier comic convention, from August 28th to the 30th. Representing GHG will be the head honcho himself, David Campiti. Jinky Coronado, writer/artist extraordinaire, will also be there chatting it up with fans and doing some amazing sketches.
David will be conducting portfolio reviews for every single artist who wants his opinion, not to mention taking meetings with editors from some of the top comic book companies out there. Feel free to get a hold of him by calling his cell phone at 1-304-551-1283. Don’t worry about bothering him, it’s his job.
We hope to see you there!
EXCLUSIVE MIKE DEODATO JR. PRINT!
Now's your chance to own a piece of Mike Deodato Jr. art for a low price. We just posted a new, limited edition print of some of Mike's finest art in our art and comics store. A beautiful rendition of Wolverine and the Hulk the print is 11 x 17 inches and limited to fifty, yes fifty, prints. Buy it here!
As I've said the print is limited to fifty. We can't promise they'll come back into stock after we run out. For those of you, like myself, who can't afford actual Mike Deodato Jr. art this is the closest we can get. I know I'll buy one... or three.
~Mason the Webmaster
BLACK PANTHER #7
Black Panther #7, illustrated by our very own Will Conrad, is great. You don't need to take my word for it though because there's plenty of reviews out there.
See! I told ya.
You can also listen to the writer, Jonathan Maberry, talk about his upcoming run with Will in this video on youtube.
NEW STUFF!!! NEW STUFF IN THE STORE!
If you haven't been to the Art and Comics store lately you'll notice that we've recently added some new product. If you, like everyone else, enjoy Jinky Coronado's Banzai Girls then you are in luck!
You'll find not only a new Banzai Girls Annual in the store, but a whole selection of beautiful prints.
There's plenty of other good stuff at the store too, so go check it out!
MIKE DEODATO SUMMER ART SALE!
If you haven’t noticed yet we’re having a Mike Deodato Jr. art sale over at our original art store! From now until the end of the summer all of Mike's work is on sale.
Now all of us who have felt the effects of the economy (booo) can afford some amazing art to hang on our walls(yaaaayyy)!
BIRTHDAY WISHES
Happy Birthday Santosh Kumar Rath! As some of you may know he is the manager of the Glass House Graphics India office.
Santosh, all our best birthday wishes go out to you.
~Mason the webmaster
DEADPOOL: MERC WITH A MOUTH !
Out tomorrow, July 1st, is Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth illustrated by our very own Bong Dazo and Joe Pimentel! Written by Victor Gischler with covers by Ed McGuinness and Arthur Suydam (I say you buy both, they look great) it’s going to be a heck of a ride. Besides, who doesn’t love Marvel’s most obnoxious character?
~ Mason the Webmaster
GHG BRAZIL APPOINTS NEW MANAGER !
Leonardo Lima de Oliveira of Gonzaga - Santos, Sao Paulo, has been selected as new Senior Manager of Glass House Graphics Brazil, effective Monday, June 8, 2009. He succeeds long-time head Vitor Ishimura, for whom Leo worked as assistant since last year.
He joins the ranks of such GHG managers as Alexander Starling (Belo Horizonte, Brazil); Michelle Principe` (Mania, Philippines), Santosh Rath (Delhi, India); and David Campiti (GHG USA). He will be assisted in the Fortaleza, Brazil region by Antonio Marcos... (read more)
Will Conrad to Illustrate Black Panther!
UPDATE... Check out interviews about Will's upcoming run on Black Panther here and here.
Our very own Will Conrad (Superman, Outsiders, Elektra…) will become the regular illustrator on Marvel’s Black Panther. He will be working alongside writer Jonathan Maberry on what is sure to be an amazing run.
Read more about this news at IGN.
~Mason the Webmaster
David Campiti Vents...
Has everyone been reading Nibbled to Death by Ducks, David Campiti’s personal blog? Those of you who said, “No,” should be ashamed. David addresses everything in his blog from bad service at iHop, to distribution problems in the comic book industry, to the BIG question: are comics dying?
So go read it!
Mighty Unclean! Good 'Ol Unwholesome Fun...
Mighty Unclean, an anthology with sixteen unwholesome stories, comes out June 13th.
You can show your support for the horror genre and GHG’s own Mort Castle, who has a story in this gruesome anthology, by preordering it here.
~Mason the Webmaster
Free Comic Book Day
Have you guys checked out our store’s page lately? It’s definitely something worth checking out, especially if you enjoy the art that comes out of Glass House Graphics as much as I do.
The Glass House Graphics original art store has had a host of new material up the last few months from great artists like Mike Deodato Jr., Cliff Richards and many other great artists.
And our merchandise store has never had more product in stock. Interested in buying a Banzai Girl poster? Or a plethora of other GHG swag? Then the merchandise store is the place to go.
~Mason the Webmaster
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Free Comic Book Day
Mike Deodato Jr. recently had a blast signing comics and doing sketches at Yancy Street Comics!
Check out Mike's page to see images of Mike with fans and fellow creators alike.
~Mason the Webmaster
Mike Deodato Jr. Appearance
Mike Deodato Jr., illustrator extraordinaire who's currently working on the Avengers, is going to be at Yancy Street Comics in Florida for Free Comic Book day on May 2nd.
Yancy Street Comics has been around since the Spring of 2003 and puts customers first and foremost. Yancy Street Comics, where you're treated like one of the gang!
Steel City Con
Good news! David Campiti and Jinky Coronado are going to be at Steel City Con in Pittsburgh Friday April 24th through the 26th. We encourage everyone to come on by even if it's just to chat us up, to get something signed, or to just say hey!
Steel City Con, as we all know, is the Pittsburgh toy, comic book and childhood collectibles show where pop culture rules. You can find out more by checking out their website.
~Mason the Webmaster
Merchandise store!
Hey, guys! Have you ever wanted to buy merchandise created by the fine people represented by GHG? Comics? Posters? Plushies?
Well, you can buy all that and more at our merchandise store!
And, don't forget, we have some great original art at our art store.
Mighty Unclean from Dark Arts Books!
Our very own Mort Castle has a piece in the forthcoming anthology, Might Unclean, published by Dark Arts Books and set to be released June 12th, the same weekend as the Bram Stroker Awards.
“We are very excited about this book,” said Dark Arts Co-Publisher John Everson, “once again we have an unbelievable lineup and some really incredible stories.”
Read more about it here.
Serenity: Better Days nominated for Hugo!
Serenity: Better Days, illustrated by our very own Will Conrad, has been nominated for a Hugo Award in the "Best Graphic Story" category. Talk about exciting!
Read about it here.
~Mason the Webmaster
Mike Deodato and Will Conrad Interview!
Hey guys, enjoy an interview with Mike Deodato and Will Conrad from this years NYCC.
For those of you who want even more from Mike and Will then check out their Glasshouse Graphics pages! You can see Mike's here and Will's here.
~Mason The Webdude
Cutting Edge Productions Leads the Way
Is everyone familiar with Cutting Edge Productions? Well everyone should be. Why? Because they just made Dayo, which premiered in the Philippines at the end of December. It is, if I do say so myself, a digitally animated masterpiece. Cutting Edge Productions doesn’t only do animation, but also Television and Film pre and post production work of all sorts. Why not take a look at a few of the things they’re capable of?
~Mason the Webmaster
Jinky at New York Comic Con!
Jinky Coronado, your favorite cheerleader/monster fighter, will be attending New York Comic Con at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center this Friday through Sunday, February 6th, 7th and 8th. She’ll be signing books in multiple locations. Places you can find her:
Glass House Graphics table (#F9 in section F of Artists Alley) with artists Mike Deodato and Will Conrad.
The Arcana Studio booth where she’s scheduled to sign from 3 to 4 pm on Friday; 2:30 to 4 pm on Saturday; and 12:30 to 1:30 pm on Sunday.
Possibly the TokyoPop booth if there is one. Check the con schedule to find out.
~Mason the Webmaster
Harvey Tolibao and Jay David Ramos signing!
Harvey Tolibao and Jay David Ramos are signing at Comic Odyssey in the Philippines in celebration for their new comic War of Kings: Darkhawk #1.
Go to www.comic-odyssey.com to check it out!
~Mason the Webmaster
David Campiti's got something to say to you...
David Campiti started his new blog, Nibbled to Death by Ducks, recently. What's Nibbled to Death by Ducks mean? Well you could hear it from me, or the GHG head honcho himself:
"NIBBLED TO DEATH BY DUCKS. It descibes not a big death, a dramatic or courageous death, but one caused by a thousand small wounds, each one a small hurt but collectively hurtful, destructive, fatal. It’s the way I feel about the many, many addle-minded things I experience dealing with people along the way."
Sounds entertaining to me! (Check it out)
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Poland Loves Mort Castle!
GHG writer Mort Castle is loved by Poland. And I mean all of Poland. Well, maybe not Mort himself as much as his writing. Recently Newsweek Polska called the polish translation of Mort’s short story work, Moon on the Water, “…one of the best books published in Poland last year.”
That ain’t all! Newsweek Polska recently included Mort’s novel, The Strangers, on their list of the “10 best horror/suspense/thriller novels of 2008.” By the way, also on this list is Stephen King and Cormac McCarthy. When you can say you’re in the same league (or at least the same list) as those guys you’ve really written something great. (READ THE ARTICLE IN POLISH [if you can])
Dayo premiere in the Philippines!
Dayo, the first fully digital animated movie out of the Philippines, premiered Christmas day. Did I mentioned Glass House Graphics had a hand in that amazing movie? Check out our Dayo page!
~Mason the Webmaster
WWW.SNIPLITS.COM! Audio shorts 2 go!
GHG writer extraordinaire, Mort Castle, is the featured author at www.sniplits.com at the moment. Check out some awesome storytelling with a unique, digital twist!
"Sniplits audio short stories are professionally narrated and produced as MP3 files. They are easy to download and use with your MP3 player, smartphone, computer or whatever device you use for listening to your digital music. Sniplits audio shorts come perfectly-sized for the pauses in your day, from under a minute to about an hour." - Check out Sniplits HERE!
WWW.SNIPLITS.COM! Audio shorts 2 go!
Kull #1, penciled by GHG’s very own Will Conrad and published by Dark Horse, got a 4 bullet reviewer rating from comicsbulletin.com!
Reviewer Troy Stith had this to say about Will's art, "Needless to say, a strong story can’t stand alone in the sequential world -- Will Conrad’s beautiful style completes this tale."
You should go check out the review and, while you’re at it, go by the issue too. (READ THE REVIEW HERE)
Michelle and her Baby
Most of you probably haven't heard of MICHELLE CALANOG PRINCIPE`, but she works in the comics industry abroad and is quite involved in many of the comics being published. She manages Glass House Graphics Asia and Studio Sakka, a creative agency and manga studio, respectively, coaching and guiding dozens of artists and colorists across the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, and even India. What's more, she oversees bunches of free seminars each year, bringing in experienced talent to teach hopeful young artsts about the comics biz.
Among her talent roster: Bong (Star Wars) Dazo; Carlo (Hulk) Pagulayan; Stephen (Wolverine: Manifest Destiny) Segovia; Lui (New Terminator) Antonio; Noah (Red Sonja) Salonga; Patrick (Avengers/Invaders) Berkenkotter; Harvey (Avengers: The Initiative) Tolibao; Jonathan (Battlestar Galactica) Lau; Anthony (Bratz) Tan; Wilson (Wolverine Manga) Tortosa, Tina (Space Ace) Francisco, and plenty of colorists for Marvel, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Dabel Bros., and so on.
She's also been a comic book character. Michelle is the sister of Jinky Coronado (artist of TokyoPop's Avalon High series and writer/artist of her own series Banzai Girls). Michelle has been a character in every issue of Jinky's comic book. And the two of them even appeared together in FHM Philippines. So Michelle's overall ties to the comics industry go pretty deep.
Married at the beginning of the year to her college sweetheart Rhene Principe`, Michelle had a baby exactly one month ago. That should be cause for celebration, and it was. But within 12 hours of taking home newborn Reinee, Michelle found him not feeding and unresponsive. Back at the hospital, doctors discovered what they thought were blood clots in his brain. A catscan and surgery further revealed them to be inoperable deposits of calcification in his brain. Soon they also learned the baby had multiple hernias -- intestines pushing through muscle walls -- and areas of bowel that were not processing food. Young Reinee went through four weeks of painful surgeries, spending nearly every day in ICU.
Born September 26, 2008, Reinee Jaden Principe` died today, October 26, 2008. But every mother's worst nightmare HASN'T ENDED.
Although Michelle and her husband emptied their savings account on hospital expenses, and Glass House's head honcho David Campiti and Jinky Coronado (they are married) have each donated thousands of dollars toward Reinee's medical expenses, the hospital wlll not release Reinee's body to Michelle for burial until she pays the remaining $9,000.00+ in medical costs.
What's more, they now have funeral expenses to worry about.
Jinky is trying to help her sister to raise the remaining money. Help from anyone -- a dime, a dollar, $10, whatever -- is greatly needed in a hurry, and appreciated. Michelle and Rhene need to bring some closure to their heartbreaking situation and, literally, put him to rest.
She has set up a PayPal donation Email specifically for this --
For any generous individuals donating $1,000.00 or more, Jinky will illustrate and personalize a custom cover-quality illustration of whatever characters they want.
Your help for Michelle and her family is appreciated.
Newsarama Interviews SFX Wizzes Behind The Incredible Hulk! Mike Deodato Jr.'s Art inspires!
According to special effects experts that worked on the recent blockbuster, The Incredible Hulk, Mike Deodato Jr. may have inspired the look of Bruce Banner's alter ego.
“We went with the longer hair, the (Mike) Deodato Jr.-type of look for Hulk, and that was something we thought would be appealing, and make him approachable to the audience.” - Kurt Williams, visual effects supervisor for Rhythm & Hues. (READ MORE)
THE STORE! AND THE OTHER STORE!
Hey, folks! You may have noticed that we recently changed our store so please take a look! Go ahead and take a gander at our ebay store too, we noticed you haven't come by in awhile and we miss you. We have too much amazing talent selling their art to ignore, so get while the gettin’s good! (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE STORE PAGE)
DEATHSCRIBE: The First Annual International Festival of Radio Horror Plays
Mort Castle will be at Deathscribe, a festival of Radio Horror Plays.
"One night only, Monday October 6th, at Chicago's glorious, historic Music Box Theatre.
An extraordinary evening of live performances of original short radio plays, written by horror enthusiasts and professionals from all around the globe. The thrill of watching skilled foley artists creating sound effects live, right in front of you, is truly like no other. With live musical accompaniment, special guest directors and a celebrity panel to judge the best in the fest, the night is going to be magical." (FIND OUT MORE)
Get your tickets at www.wildclawtheatre.com!
Splashpage.mtv.com: Preview of "My Name is Bruce," Illustrated by GHG Creator, Cliff Richards
Read a preview of the comic "My Name is Bruce" by going to http://splashpage.mtv.com! This 22 page comic, adapted from the movie of the same name, is illustrated by GHG creator, Cliff Richards and written by Milton Freewater, Jr.
And yes, that is GHG head honcho David Campiti hanging out with Bruce Campbell, at left.
Mason Johnson succeeds long-time GHG webmaster Azrael Coladilla
Hello, my name’s Mason Johnson and I’ll be your webmaster for this flight. If you look to your left you can see a picture of me from when I was seven and had a mullet, which made me pretty cool back then. I may no longer be a seven year old with a mullet, but I still think I’m pretty cool. I sincerely hope to bring some of this coolness to GHG through my work.
Jazma Online: Interview with David Campiti
I always loved the creative end of comics. I write comics and have done so since 1982. I also love working with artists, discovering and nurturing talent and building careers. That's a big part of GHG -- I conduct Seminars all over the world, teaching talent how to become top-flight comics illustrators and colorists for the American market. It's been wildly successful by any definition, in this market. ( READ MORE )
Sullivan writes "Tournament of Death" a live, online novella during the Summer Olympics
FREE Online Novel by Stephen Sullivan,
click the button below for the novel page. "The Olympics aren’t the only thing happening on August, 8, 2008. That’s also the date for the start of my new, online interactive project, Tournament of Death. If you click on the link, you can go to
TOD’s main page and check out the details."
Mike Deodato and his methods from GHG Comics Seminar
Mike Deodato shares his thoughts and talk about comics and how to create comics illustrations. This video was shown last year 2007 at the 4th Annual Manila Comics Creation Seminar in the Philippines.
View the video here or watch it here if the Youtube video doesn't work.
REVIEW: Moon Knight #20 at ComiXtreme.com
" On art, for me, this is an absolute dream come true. My current favorite artist in comics, Mike Deodato Jr., tackles one of my very favorite comic book characters in Moon Knight with this one-shot. Its somewhat bittersweet in the fact that he's only doing this one issue, and that's amplified by the fact that he absolutely hit this thing out of the park. He took his widescreen storytelling style from the Thunderbolts, and cramped it a little with a dark noir feel that fit seemlessly into the Benson's script, and you get that feeling and sense when an artist absolutely is the right fit for the right book." - READ MORE HERE
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
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.
thank you
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
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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
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
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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.
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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