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New from RIO Products
Submitted by Zach Matthews on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 15:06.Rio Products has five new line releases and an entirely revamped leader lineup. For the two-handed anglers out there (Spey is in Rio's collective blood), they have released a new, all-around, general purpose spey line called the Unispey, which will be available in a full floater, as well as as a shooting head and a part of Rio's existing VersaTip system. Intended for beginning spey anglers as well, the line has a black section that clearly illustrates where to carry the line to properly load the rod.
Simms Expands Softgoods, Brings Back Old Favorites
Submitted by Zach Matthews on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 14:08.Simms Fishing Products is one of the few fly fishing companies that is actually growing in a down economy; their expansion into the conventional fishing market has largely been a success, and their clothing lines have expanded and sold well.
Simms 2012 Guide Wader
Winston BIIIx expanding into 5-piece models
Submitted by Zach Matthews on Thu, 08/18/2011 - 10:25.R.L. Winston took the cover off three new rod lines last year, so this season they have kept it simple, expanding the BIIIx into a line of five-piece models but otherwise leaving their lines unchanged. As always the boron-heritage lines from Winston are powerful lifting rods, but with the IIIx iteration they have also dialed in the tips, resulting in a smooth, hard-charging caster's rod. Both the 10- and 12-weights are especially excellent striped bass, large permit and tarpon sticks.
Scientific Anglers Unveils Five New Lines, Three "Transfers"
Submitted by Zach Matthews on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 09:40.Scientific Anglers always has a slew of new lines, but this year we're seeing something slightly different. Many of the popular tapers in the Sharkskin series are switching over to the even more popular Mastery Textured lineup.
Fishpond Offers Three New Waistpacks
Submitted by Zach Matthews on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 13:03.Fishpond carved a name for itself making great angling-specific bags and this year they've gone back to the well with three updated new designs.
The Nimbus Guide Pack is a monster hip bag with enough space to stash a jacket, fly box (and heck, probably even a sleeping bag!) Retailing for $109, it's intended for serious all-day angling in places where weather might change rapidly.
New from Scott Fly Rods for 2011
Submitted by Zach Matthews on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 08:34.Scott Fly Rods is one of those companies that usually refreshes certain series in a predictable pattern. Their bread-and-butter fast action trout and salt rods (the S4 and S4s respectively) are still in the middle of their cycle, but it's time for them to unveil their middle-range rods, and they've done something surprising this time around, with three new models. Previously, the A3 series (descended from the Scott "Alpha" line) had included both single and two-handed rods.
Scott A4 (Click to Enlarge)
This year, the new A4 series will run only in single-hand models, starting with a 7 1/2-foot 3-weight and running up to a 9-foot 12-weight, all for the same price of $375. The A4 has been updated to be lighter, faster, and have better quality wraps and components (Check out Scott President Jim Bartschi's audio interview here!)
Sage Announces New "ONE" Fly Rod
Submitted by Zach Matthews on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 15:02.While most manufacturers tend to wait for the yearly trade show to unveil their new offerings, Sage took the covers off a little early this year with the new fast-action, ultralight "ONE" series of rods.
Now Time! The West's Small Streams
Submitted by Greg Thomas on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 14:00.If you're an angler living in the West and have entrepuneurial spirit, this is the best time of the year. Here's why: after a major spring/early summer runoff, when freestone rivers were bent out of shape and trout were anything but easy to find, the waters have settled and are dropping, running completely clear but high enough to make trout feel good all day long.
To Buy Discount Or Not?
A few months ago, a number of Sage Z-Axis fly rods, as well as Simms G4 waders, mysteriously appeared on the sales racks at 16 Costco locations throughout the country. And, true to form, the super-big-box retailer had drastically slashed prices, knocking hundreds of dollars off the MSRP.
But, alas, it was a short-lived phenomenon. When those companies heard about their products being sold through Costco (apparently, they were sourced to Costco by different agents and accounts), both Simms and Sage snuffed out sales by actually repurchasing their own products, at retail price.
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I enjoy mike savlen's paintings for the same reasons I like the man: The artist and his work are bold, honest and colorful.
Savlen grew up near the water, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and began to fish with his father at the age of two. Since then, he says, water and fish have fascinated him. His interest in painting began at about the same time, when he found a can of house paint in the trash and decided to re-paint the family car. "I guess," Savlen says with a grin, "that my parents didn't quite understand my artistic vision!"


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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- The District Attorney's office has filed formal charges against a Sergeant with the Colorado Springs Police Department.
Sgt. James Butierres, 53, was arrested for felony theft and forgery last month.
He was responsible for overseeing the motor vehicle theft unit and grant funds.
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There's an update this morning on news I shared with you several weeks ago from the Missoulian's parent corporation, Lee Enterprises.
In Montana, Lee owns the Missoulian, Ravalli Republic, Helena Independent Record, Billings Gazette and the Montana Standard in Butte.
Here's the news release:
DAVENPORT, Iowa (April 25, 2011) — Lee Enterprises, Incorporated (NYSE: LEE) announced today that [...]


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CCTV for Essex Police squad cars (From Maldon and Burnham Standard)
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CCTV for Essex Police squad cars
11:00am Tuesday 17th September 2013 in Local News By Emma Thomas
TECHNOLOGY that allows police officers to view CCTV from their squad cars is being rolled out across Essex.
The kit has been installed in the force's cars, turning them into mobile offices and giving officers easy access to more information and intelligence.
Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh said he hoped the improvements would make it easier and faster for officers to respond to incidents.
He said: "They will be able to look at what the calls are, what the intelligence is. They can look up all the incidents, look up wanted people, view CCTV – all in the police car.
"Essex is one of the leanest forces in the country, so we have got to make sure we get officers to the right places and get more information."
Announcing the move, Mr Kavanagh said use of state-of-theart technology and a continued focus on improving support for victims of domestic abuse were his top priorities.
Burglary is also one of the target areas for the force and another area where computers can help catch thieves.
Mr Kavanagh said cameras linked to automatic number plate recognition technology, known as ANPR, were being used to trap offenders on their way to or from burglaries, as well as checking for untaxed or uninsured vehicles.
He said: "We have done a lot of ANPR operations in the south of the county.
"We are combining these in locations we know there are burglaries or high numbers of serious accidents. The feedback from drivers when we are doing the operation is really good.
"It is predictive policing. You map burglaries and you put officers in there at key times. If you get the intelligence right, the technology right, then policing becomes that bit more effective."
Basildon-born Mr Kavanagh spoke about the changes just a few months into his new role.
He said the high-profile domestic abuse cases handled by Essex Police were at the forefront of his mind and he is working tirelessly to make sure the way cases were dealt with was improved.
He added: "We are coming up with ideas about how we get to the most serious domestic abuse cases quicker.
"We have got victim group meetings across five locations in the county and they are going to tell us what they want. We will be able to cater our response according to what is happening."
Specific sharing of information about domestic abuse has also been launched between Southend and Thurrock.
Mr Kavanagh said: "I am feeling optimistic about how the force is pulling together."
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Guess_whose_back ;) wrote:Your a class act you sound so proud to committing criminal acts
Not really going to stop me commiting criminal activity. I thought alot of them at cameras mounted on their dashboards anyway.
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WhateverS wrote:Don't worry, he's one of the resident trolls doing his shift.
Guess_whose_back ;) wrote:Your a class act you sound so proud to committing criminal acts
Not really going to stop me commiting criminal activity. I thought alot of them at cameras mounted on their dashboards anyway.
We have several and each has their speciality.
One does Gypsies and horses
One does cycling and motoring
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Check out The Fighter trailer at AWNtv! [1]
David O. Russell's Oscar-contending The Fighter required some fancy VFX finessing from Comen VFX. There were 383 total vfx shots, 292 of which consisted of boxing video fixes. There were also 23 shots devoted to crowd replication and the remaining shots were monitor comps, the beginning and end title sequences, blood enhancements, a nifty napkin shot and camouflaging Christian Bale's Dicky Eklund.
"One of the decisions made early on was to shoot the boxing scenes in a way that was not quite congruent with the film footage for the rest of the movie but had the feel of a mid-'90s HBO boxing style presentation," explains Tim Carras, Comen's visual effect supervisor. "And so both to help create that look and help facilitate the shooting schedule, they did all the boxing stuff over the course of three days in a big ring in a soundstage with a live HBO video camera crew. They shot standard definition, NTSC, interlaced footage. So our first challenge was finding a way to convert that so that it could be projected on a big screen at 24 fps while still retaining enough of that video characteristic to maintain the feel. We did a lot of different tests and conversion processes and suites of plug-ins and screened them all for the director to see where he was going with it.
"The main factors we isolated for that were to be able to control the motion blur because that 120th of a second shutter on the video ended up making it look very choppy and run at the wrong frame rate," Carras adds. "So we settled on ReelSmart Motion Blur in After Effects to simulate that normal shutter speed you would have with film footage. From there we played around with different interlacing methods and for the bulk of the shots we used the Magic Bullet Frames plug-in, which has some settings you can dial up or down so there are no lingering artifacts remaining in the footage. We didn't want it to look pristine but keep some of those horizontal lines to preserve that video feel. From there we did a couple of sharpening passes, which, again, we'd vary from shot to shot. If Mark Wahlberg [as Micky Ward] got hit in the head, we wanted that to feel more hazy and blinding. But when you have fast, hard-hitting punches, we wanted that to be much sharper. "
For matchmoving, they had to pick the one system that worked the best for each situation and so they used SynthEyes, 3DEqualizer and Maya Matchmover. "It seems to be a trend for us as a company -- and The Fighter is a perfect example -- that when we have a multitude of similar shots we address them on a shot-by-shot basis," adds Josh Comen, owner and visual effects producer.
Comen additionally used Nuke [2] for compositing. For the set extensions in the boxing ring, they ended up generating some CG lights and box seats up in the rafters, which were comp'd in a foggy, smoky distance. And then for shots that were actually looking down at the crowds, they repurposed some crowds from outtakes, which they stabilized and cut up into cards and placed into the background in 2.5D.
The idea with the napkin is that Ward asks Charlene Fleming (Amy Adams) for her phone number at a bar, which she gives him on napkin. It's a big moment for him and we see the napkin in close-up. "So the shot is all about this napkin, but the problem is we can't use real phone numbers on screen, so we had to change the number to something nondescript without the audience knowing this," Carras continues. "We ended up going through a couple of different takes to conceal the number. We tried masking it with motion blur and defocusing it, but that didn't work. So we ended up redesigning and re-photographing a napkin that was very strategically creased and the number was hidden in the folds of the crease and then on top of that we put in some motion blur and other stuff to finesse it so it looked believable."
One of the trickiest parts of the scene was the roto, according to Comen. "Since we were relighting the scene, we wanted to make sure that both the roto and compositing were top notch and believable," he adds.
"Again, this isn't the kind of effects movie where you like to behave in a weird or otherworldly way -- it had to look very authentic and real," Carras concludes.
Bill Desowitz is senior editor of AWN & VFXWorld.
[1] http://www.awntv.com/videos/the-fighter-trailer/
[2] http://www.awn.com/news/technology/foundry-ships-nuke-62-and-nukex-62


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See you at Wizard World Ohio!
Something of a special Wizard World weekend for me since I'm up to bat on the Walking Dead Variant Covers. All ticket holders get one which means I'll be signing a ton!! Look for me along with Michael Golden at the Eva Ink Artist Group table.
Another round of sketches on eBay this week!
Five auctions featuring Deathstroke The Terminator, Batman, Cable, and Captain America are on eBay this week and ending Sunday, September 1st. Links to the auctions.
Commission style sketches on eBay this week!
Five auctions featuring Punisher, Captain America, and Black Spider-Man are on eBay this week and ending Tuesday, July 16th. Links to the auctions.
After all, it's been a good 20 years since my last one. I'll be at the Wizard World New York City Experience over the June 28-29-30 weekend. Ready (I think?) to mix it up with the NY posse again. More info about the convention at the Wizard World site or simply click the banner above.
As with the other couple of shows I attended over this past year, not planning to sketch at the show, nor do interviews or other things that tend to slow things down at the table. I hope to have a selection of pre-con sketches with me, whatever time allows. Also hoping to have some on-sale prints at this show. Plus some sketchbooks, Damned TPBs, and whatever else I can find. Bring your books! I'll be signing throughout the weekend and will hopefully get to everyone. There will be a small amount of free signatures and a fee beyond that, but not planning to put a limit on signatures (unless, of course, I see a couple of long boxes coming my way!).
I'll be with Renee Witterstaetter's Eva Ink Artist Group at this show. You can link to the Eva Ink blog HERE for more information and to find out which other artists will be at her tables. You can also email Renee directly if you have other questions about the appearance.
HeroesCon last year after a 20+ year absence, and now Toronto ComiCon this year after not having been there for a good 20 years as well. Toronto was a very frequent stop for me during the 80s and enjoyed it each and every time. Looking forward to seeing what has changed over the last few decades and maybe seeing a few familiar faces, I'm sure older and grayer like me.
Not planning to sketch at the show, nor do interviews or other things that might slow the signature line. Just planning to get to everyone's books if possible during the limited show hours on Saturday and Sunday. Like the Charlotte show, there will be a limit on free signatures, then a charge per signature after that. Not sure if the show runners might have some rules in place for managing lines, but I'll do my best to sign what you bring, time allowing.
Friends, fans, Facebook friends, Twitter followers,.. please come by to say "Hi" even if you don't have items for signatures. Who knows when I'll get back up that way? Toronto ComiCon website HERE for more info.
I completed a set of Captain America sketches and some sister Fallen Son sketch covers last year and all were auctioned... well, all that is except these three stragglers. They're tardy but they're up on eBay today. If you want to check out the auctions, you can link to my eBay seller page HERE.
I've completed this year's variant cover sketch opportunity for collectors who have their books CGC graded. Stayed with my habit of working out the drawings on paper first, and that has resulted in a handful of prelims to offer up on eBay. That Wolverine sketch below is a sample and if you want to have a look at all of the auctions, you can link to my eBay seller page HERE.
If you don't feel like driving all the way to eBay, you can browse the sketches at this GALLERY PAGE right here on my site. Then decide if you want to drive over to eBay!
My last round of Captain America sketches that were up for auction were derived from a set of cover sketches created for a small series of CGC graded Fallen Son variant cover editions. Those are now graded and eBay seller "onestopcomic" has posted two of the Fallen Son covers on my behalf. You can click HERE to link to Fallen Son auction 1 and HERE to link to Fallen Son auction 2.
I guess the impression I left HeroesCon with was how little had changed over all those years, other than the fact that it just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Thirty years ago Shelton Drum, with the help of his parents, organized the first HeroesCon. There were a handful of guests (me included) and around 400 attendees. I had done mini-cons and store appearances for Shelton prior to the first HeroesCon, and was already aware that the 'family' that organized the show treated everyone that entered the doors, guest artists and attendees alike, as 'family'. That always made the trips to Charlotte stand out when compared to other shows.
Thirty years later it's still Shelton but his kids are helping now, and HeroesCon can now draw in something in the area of 15,000-20,000 attendees and fill up nearly half of the convention hall with industry guests. And while that's an amazing growth curve, the incredible thing is that the sense of 'family' that existed in the early years is still intact. Between Shelton's family, staff, and volunteers, there must have been at least a hundred or so friendly folks working hard to make sure guests and attendees had everything they needed or knew where they needed to be. The only difference today is I miss the intimate evenings out with Shelton and the other guests that were a staple of the early cons. The scale of the current HeroesCons makes that impossible.
I was signing books all weekend for fans both young and old. There was no longer a line on Sunday when I left the convention so I hopefully scribbled my name in everyone's books.
With my many year absence from conventions and with the incredibly long guest list at HeroesCon, a real highlight of the show was being able to chat with so many creators there who I haven't seen in ages. That and greet some other creators who I know of but hadn't yet met. Too many to list here and I'm sure I would leave someone out, but great to see everyone.
Joined some of the Eva Ink Artist Group (Renee Witterstaetter, Michael Golden, and Constance Katsafanas) for dinner Friday night. George Perez joined in as well. Good company and good food!
Different restaurant on Saturday and much bigger group. Fortunately someone came up with the idea of a group pic after dinner. Some of these fine folks are fellow pros, some are spouses, and some are our gracious hosts for that evening (thank you). The five seated in front are Teresa Davidson, Michael Golden, Joe Staton, Peter Roe, and Nick Cardy. The middle group are Renee Witterstaetter, Mike Zeck, Constance Katsafanas, Hilarie Staton, Candi Jones, and Marilyn Adams (just behind Candi). At back are Jim Clark, Ann Valeri, Scott Valeri, Roy Thomas (in front of Scott), Paul Levitz, Jim Amash, Neal Adams, and Marv Wolfman.
I always figured if I emerged from hibernation for a weekend it should be for HeroesCon. Thanks to Shelton and all the folks who make it the best true comics show in the land.
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Curious if other Mac-based Illustrator users may have had my experience with Illustrator CS6? (By the way, my set up is 2010 iMac, i5 quad core, 16 gigs RAM, OS X 10.6.8)
Could not wait to receive AI CS6 (as part of the Design and Web Premium Suite) since they were finally releasing a 64bit version. Installed it right in the middle of a project so that I could experience the smoother, faster workflow immediately. Shock and disappointment when it actually seemed a bit more sluggish than the CS5 32bit version!
Finished the project in CS6 and found other tweaks in the new version that seem like steps backward, but the sluggishness was baffling. I started to open some files and run some intensive tasks like Image Traces and others that would take many seconds to complete, and then monitor what was happening with CPU usage and memory usage. First discovery is that multi-threading is not here yet. Limited to accessing one core only, meaning it continues to be unable to take advantage of modern processors. Just like its CS5 predecessor.
Well surely then having access to my available RAM should help? Nope. In every instance, monitors showed it accessing between 1 and 2 gigs of RAM while leaving 10 or 11 gigs free. Just like its CS5 predecessor.
I've used Adobe products for 18 years and the one thing I avoid like the plague is calling tech support since it's always the highest form of mental torture, but I really wanted to find out why AI wasn't at least accessing my available RAM. Maybe there was a simple answer? So I called, I used live chat, I used the forums, and after that turned into extremely long sessions of mental torture without even progressing a single inch towards an answer, they broke me and I gave up. The product return window is thinner than the product support window, so nothing to do but return the suite and get my $800 back before my window of opportunity closed. Surprising that Adobe can keep a customer base with that kind of support system, but I liken it to GAME OF THRONES. If a potential threat is born in the kingdom (like Macromedia) they slay it. Then we peasants have not much else to do except continue to pay rising taxes and accept what few bones are thrown from the castle.
I'd still like to think that a way exists to somehow transform AI CS6 into something more responsive than its predecessor rather than a bigger slug. And partly the reason for this off topic post I guess. If someone has information about AI CS6 and the way it accesses memory, or if your experiences on a similar configuration are totally different than mine, I'd like to hear about it. Apple's "ACTIVITY MONITOR" utility will display usage stats for open apps. Third party app "iStat Menus" is much beefier and will allow you to monitor what's happening with each processor core as well, right from your menu bar.
Haven't traveled to a convention since around the mid-90s, but I'll be coming out of hibernation weekend after next for Shelton Drum's HeroesCon.
During the 80s I was a frequent guest at Shelton's conventions and even his mini-cons which preceded HeroesCon. And why not?.. Heroes has always been one of the friendliest and fun comics shows for both attendees and guests. When key HeroesCon anniversary shows roll around, Shelton has always tried to reassemble the guests from the very first HeroesCon. There we are over there at right in the small pic. It was 1982 and pictured at the top row are Tony Wike, Shelton Drum, Sam Grainger, Butch Guice, and Pat Broderick. Bottom row... Mike Zeck, Romeo Tanghal, Marv Wolfman, and George Perez. This being the 30th anniversary, I figured I should get my butt back up to Charlotte and see some folks I haven't seen in decades. Unfortunately Sam Grainger died over 20 years ago, but the rest of us are still kicking around and causing trouble Just with slightly less pep than 30 years ago.
For those of you who have Tweeted or emailed about the appearance, I'll try to answer your questions here.
I plan to be at my table all day Saturday except for an afternoon break to sit on a panel with the other original guests from the first HeroesCon. Looking forward to that! It's possible that I'll be at my table for a few hours Friday afternoon and/or early Sunday, totally depending upon when I drive in on Friday and drive out on Sunday.
Dan Partouche, will be sitting with me to manage the table and help keep things moving signature-wise. Some of you may know that Dan arranges a CGC signing for me once a year which also includes a limited number of sketches on variant blank covers . That's a separate thing from our appearance at the show and I won't be sketching on any blank covers at HeroesCon. We may try to add some more CGC graded sketch covers to our schedule rather that wait a year between offers. You're welcome ask Dan more about it if that's where your interest lies. Meanwhile CGC will have an official presence at HeroesCon, so there will be an opportunity to get signatures for CGC books. That will be a separate and unique fee as opposed to the non-graded books.
I don't plan to sketch or take commission requests at the show. Nor do I foresee any time for interviews or other lengthy interruptions. I'd much rather put signatures on everyone's books if possible and acknowledge some faces I haven't seen in many years in the process. You folks whom I've not met, but have shared emails or tweets, come by and say "Hi".
I encourage you to bring books for signatures, but if the line gets long we'll probably have some limitations in place to keep it moving. What we're discussing is maybe 5 signatures free, with a fee for additional signatures. That will hopefully create an opportunity to collect some funds for a Hero Initiative donation. There would still need to be some sort of upper limit, but you're welcome to rejoin the line until I hopefully get everything signed for you.
I plan to have some copies of my sketchbook and some copies of Damned at the table. Also planning to bring complete pencil art from an 80 page Iron Man children's coloring and activity book. (see jpeg below) That would be the extent of the art I have to offer for sale, unless I find some of that rare free time to complete a pre-con sketch or two.
Looking forward to getting back to Charlotte and seeing some old and new faces. See you there.
I posted the remaining cover preliminary art from the JLA Classified and JSA Classified series, 5 cover sketches in all. That's all I have left from that particular run of covers. That's also all the time I have to devote to sketching and eBay for the moment as my plate is filled up with Mattel Toys work again.
To view the auctions, follow THIS LINK to my eBay seller page.
Seems that I do these sets of Captain America art more often, but looking back, they're pretty close to a year apart. The current crop are at auction now. Thumbnails of six of them are just below, and you can have a look at the seventh one in the post just below that. Prior to this the art was rendered on letter size bond paper. This time around I've upped the paper grade to 2-ply bristol board and the figure art is larger as well, in the area of 11 inches in height.
To view the auctions, follow THIS LINK to my eBay seller page. A couple of JLA Classified original art items are up this week as well.
Well, still not feeling totally moved in here yet but little by little getting used to this place and more accustomed to Georgia in general. Finally found some time to knock out a set of sketches. That means some upcoming eBay auctions after a long layoff, and some long overdue site updates.
The character is Captain America again and the sketches were originally conceived for some variant sketch covers that will be CGC graded and marketed later in the year. The comic cover sketches are not full figures nor pencil shaded. So I decided to redo them on bristol board as full figure art (all but one anyway) with pencil shading. That'll give some art collectors a chance to grab some original art after my long layoff from eBay. Seven total, and if all goes well, I'll try to post the auctions on Sunday. (sample below)
Thought I would create a status update page concerning commissions, convention appearances and other subjects that still crop up in my email inbox. You can link to it HERE or you can follow that link over there just under the Twitter widget.
The X-Men origin story book for young readers was mostly completed when I was asked to re-pencil a few characters and faces. Some Magneto figure work and some young Professor X and young Magneto faces were all I penciled. It's this book, [LINK] which is a companion to the Captain America book mentioned below. As with the Cap pencils, I'll offer these for sale as an 11-page set and they can be viewed in this gallery [LINK]. And again I'll leave them up for offers for a few weeks and close the set to offers on Wednesday, Sep 28th at 6:00PM.
At 7:00PM tonight (Eastern Time) I'll close the pencil art to offers and award the sets to the highest offer submitted before that deadline. Will be out part of today and probably won't be updating the high offer amounts until mid-afternoon today. Click here to link to the gallery and high offer info.
To date, this year has been taken up by house hunting in Georgia, selling a home in Florida's depressed market, performing some renovation on the GA place, then a move, and I'm still trying to get completely settled in here. A small amount of work was peppered in here and there, but very little to speak of. On the plus side, I'm living close to my sister for the first time since high school.
A few posts back I mentioned doing some pencil work for some Marvel books aimed at young readers. Two of those, Captain America and X-men, were a series of character pencils or in many cases character parts meant to bring them more "on model" or closer to a Marvel style. Those were incorporated into the existing pages, then more changes followed, and the books were eventually fully digitally painted. My pencil work for Cap is now viewable in this gallery [LINK] and is also for sale as a set.
More scanning and more rearranging galleries this weekend. The OTHER COMICS galleries in the Checklist section all have content now. Deleted the Charlton Comics separate gallery and placed that stuff in with the Other Comics where it belongs. Also decided against separate galleries for things like trading cards. Very few of them anyway, and those can sit in the Miscellaneous Other Comics gallery or in cases like Topps cards, just include them in the Topps gallery. Some Fanzines scanning ahead of me, and I may finally get the Checklist section wrapped up.
Continuing to work on the 'Other Comics' Checklist galleries, but having to pay attention to a small coloring project at the same time. The Dark Horse gallery, with the few covers I produced for them, is active,.. the Editions Deesse gallery, with my limited edition Punisher portfolios, is active,.. and the Devil's Due gallery, with my G.I.Joe work that came some fifteen years after I ended my Joe covers at Marvel, is active as well. Clicking [HERE] will take you directly to the Devil's Due gallery.
Been scanning and working under the hood on my site this weekend. Hopefully not screwing up my links in the process! The scanning is part of an effort to make some progress with the 'Other Comics' section of the Checklist galleries. The Byron Preiss gallery is up today and I'll hopefully add more content to the Other Comics section soon.
Some people took my Feb. 15th post to mean I was doing some Captain America work for Marvel again. Not exactly. Disney Publishing was working on a storybook featuring Cap's origin. I was lending a "pencil revisions" hand with that. Not completely sure what's going on with that book at this point since some restructuring of projects placed that particular book back at the Marvel offices before the painting process was completed. Hopefully it will be completed and I will see a copy at some point?
To a much smaller extent, I contributed some pencil revisions to an X-Men origins project for Disney Publishing too.
And to a much larger extent, I contributed some finishing pencils for an 80-page Iron Man coloring and activity book for Disney. That one remains in the Disney offices, will be a black and white publication, is in the hands of an inker now, and is of course aimed at young readers. If I see printed copies of the Disney projects as they're released, I'll note it here on the site.
Planning to list these six sketches on eBay later this afternoon or evening. When they're up, you can check out my eBay auction page here [LINK]. I have some preliminary sketches connected with these pieces as well. I'll post those in my Art For Sale gallery at the Comic Art Fans site. You can go directly to that gallery here [LINK] (*** Well, never mind that last link! The prelims sold the second they were posted to the Comic Art Fans gallery. At least you'll have 7 days to visit the auctions before those are snagged!)
Would like to be able to get to a few more Cap sketches between now and the release of the movie but not sure I'll be able to find the time. I'm planning to relocate over the course of the next few months (nothing so disruptive as moving!!). Also still looking for some pockets of time to contribute pencil art to a Disney project, but time is pretty scarce. Okay, so let me see about getting these auctions underway tonight...
Seems that way for me anyway. Since I drew the title some 30 years ago and a number of covers after that, a year hasn't gone by where I haven't drawn some Captain America commissions, or pinups, or recreations, or??? And now I find myself lending a hand on a book again.
I don't think I can say much about it at this point. One of many Cap projects prompted by the upcoming movie I imagine, and will cover the Captain America origin. It's undergoing a fair amount of modifications as it passes through the editorial and approvals process and that's where I come in.
I've been revising some figures, helping to bring some characters "on model", and anything else I can do to help. In the end it will be a digitally painted graphic novel and from the few examples I've seen of finished work, it should look really nice. I'll post more info when I can and will surely mention the book here when it's published. Anyway, that's what has been keeping me busy these past weeks. Into my fourth decade now of an on-again off-again relationship with Steve Rogers.
Some more scanning and some more gallery building equals some more progress in the Checklist Galleries. All of the DC Galleries have content now. Kind of time consuming, but still trying to find little pockets of time to keep moving forward on the checklist. Would like nothing better than to check that off the 'bucket list' this year. Hopefully back with more soon!
All Marvel Checklist galleries have content now. At some point I'll get back in there and edit and item or two, but much more to look at today than yesterday. (Pictured below, from the Marvel Miscellaneous Gallery, is Nick Fury wearing Gucci for his appearance in the European fashion magazine, Arena.)
The sketches that I mentioned in yesterday's post are now on ebay. Six separate auctions, all are on letter size bond paper, and all are rendered with pigment brushes and markers with pencil shading. Ganged image below. Check the auctions for a bit larger image view.
The previous CHECKLIST gallery state was MARVEL 1, MARVEL 2, and a portion of MARVEL 3 completed. Those have been converted to the newer gallery format and I finished out MARVEL 3 while I was at it. Meaning that Punisher, Rom, and Secret Wars now have galleries where they didn't before. I'll more than likely stay within the Marvel universe and work on MARVEL 4 next.
Visit again in the next day or two as I'll surely have another update. I found a half dozen sketches I didn't realize I had here. All Captain America and done a few years ago. Totally forgot about them, but now that I ran across them, I'll prepare some eBay auctions and post the info here once I've done that.
This time a classic Dave Stevens limited edition print, "Betty's Bath". Betty hung in my bath for many years, but time to redecorate. Seller's page here if you want to visit the auction.
Visited the flat file drawer containing my personal set of posters from the 80s and early 90s. Shot some pics so I can hopefully add them to my checklist galleries in the near future. Then posted them on eBay as a 17 Poster Set!
Most of these are single copies only, I don't have duplicates, so it's a one of a kind auction. I'm pretty sure it represents my total on-sale poster output plus some promotional posters thrown in there too. Image below is a group shot, and if you want to visit the auction page click here.
The Licensing Art Galleries are updated to the new gallery format. The scans are newer, so there may be some images absent which were in the former galleries and there may be some new additions as well. Two galleries are totally new...
Images there from Batman: The Brave and the Bold style guides as well as a few images created for the Mattel line of BBB action figures and toys.
Enjoyed recreating some classic DC covers for style guide use as well as appearances on a number of items celebrating DC's 75th Anniversary.
The READ ME page in the Licensing Gallery is also updated if you want to find out a bit more about the gallery contents.
(BTW... I recommend clicking the 'full screen' button on these galleries. You'll see much larger images depending on your monitor size, and you can also browse with the arrow keys in that mode.)


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The Tigers led 22-2 after one quarter and 43-8 at the half.
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Producer NotesThe emergence of Williams Selyem as one of California's Pinot Noir leaders is an improbable success story. Founders Burt Williams and Ed Selyem started making wine under the Hacienda del Rio Winery label in a garage in Fulton. Their first wine was a 1981 Zinfandel, but very soon after they began their quest for great Pinot Noir. By the late 1980s, Williams had retired as a typesetter and Selyem... More » |


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What once was Americas Pastime by acclamation prepares for its showcase midsummer break on the nations biggest stage, in prime time, in New York.
This should be a time for our oldest sport to preen and be proud as it flexes its tradition and shows off its stars.
Instead, there is fetid air swirling in the buildup and the stink will hover dense over the Mets ballpark during the festivities, because, once again, our most historic game looks dirty. It looks embarrassed, and it should be.
The Home Run Derby?
The All-Star Game?
Who cares who wins? Why even play when we already know the result?
Baseball loses.
Baseball loses because cheating overshadows the excellence that is supposed to own the stage right now.
Baseball loses because two of the sports biggest stars, the Yankees Alex Rodriguez and the Brewers Ryan Braun, are about to be the headline names in a tidal wave of suspensions related to performance-enhancing drugs, each facing up to a 100-game banishment, according to ominous reports.
Baseball loses because four of the other players implicated in the scandal that arose from Coral Gables now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic are current All-Stars who will try to smile through their shame Tuesday night.
Baseball loses because 15 years after Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosas home run-festooned and ill-fated Summer of Love this sports Steroids Era is not yet past tense. Tense, yes. But not past.
One year ago while with the Giants, Melky Cabrera won an All-Star Game MVP trophy and then was suspended in August for 50 games for using PEDs. (He actually had tested positive before the ASG but had appealed, so, in effect, he played the game while out on bail.)
This time, baseball has four chances to duplicate that embarrassment, because All-Stars include the Padres Everth Cabrera, As Bartolo Colon, Rangers Nelson Cruz and Tigers Jhonny Peralta all implicated in the Biogenesis scandal, and all facing imminent suspensions right along with A-Rod, Braun and some 20 players in all.
So much of baseballs latest scandal is so Miami.
The notorious PED-peddling clinic run by Tony Bosch operated right across from UM. Braun had been a college star for the Hurricanes a short walk away at the ballpark that now notoriously bears the name of Miami-raised A-Rod, a major donor.
Rodriguez, who first admitted past steroid use in 2009, was a certain first-ballot future Hall of Famer before his résumé and name were tainted by cheating.
Brauns accomplishments in his 6 1/2 seasons also should point to Cooperstown: A Rookie of the Year honor, the 2011 NL MVP award, a home run title, five All-Star selections. But he, too, risks seeing that gilded future run away from him along with his good name, never to return.
There is a reason Hall of Fame voters and the public hold baseballs PED crowd in such contempt.
Cheating in this manner requires much consideration, planning and cover-up, as well as the duplicity of others. It is the ultimate premeditated crime. The ballplayer convicted of an impaired-driving charge can at least claim it was a solitary lapse in judgment that had nothing to do with baseball. The ballplayer convicted of a PED can claim neither.
Brauns implication in cheating hits particularly hard, I think, because he fits neither of the demographics you think of first when you think Steroids Era.


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Can we make the painted horses a permanent display?
Those painted fiberglass horses in downtown Newnan have created quite a buzz and have brought hundreds and hundreds of people downtown to get a view of our town's "horsey affair," a Newnan-Coweta Historical Society project to raise money for a children's museum.Indeed, people are talking about the horses. People are coming downtown and getting out of their cars and walking around for a close-up look.
"It's amazing the effect this has had," said a Newnan Times-Herald reader. "People are talking. They're excited and delighted, proud of our town. Of course, no doubt they always have been [proud], but something like this is a fun extra, like icing on a cake."
The horses are scheduled to be on display until July, but already people are calling for the display to be permanent.
Another reader begs the horses stay: "The horses simply make you want to park your car and get out and start walking around the Court Square. Beautiful and brilliant! Love 'em! Can we keep them? Can we?"
We like the idea of keeping the horses on public display. The 25 horses were sponsored by individuals and painted by local artists. The sponsors made contributions to the historical society to help fund the children's museum. We understand that after the public display the horses will go to the sponsors who paid for them.
We would love to see the horses become permanent fixtures in the community, or at least stay on public display through the summer and fall. Indeed, they are creating extra excitement about the downtown area. They are bringing extra people into our still vibrant and beautiful Court Square area.
Since the historical society announced this project, we have always thought it would succeed. It seems to be even more successful than we had imagined. The painted ponies have made us all proud. Can we keep them?


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i'm glad someone else i know has lookbook :P x
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Ah.... By cookbook, I obviously mean Loookbook! :) (typing on iPad does strange things to text) |
Great to hear from you. I'm always drifting in and out of cookbook these days....! trying to cope with the sudden temperature drop now. Well done for getting a good ni place. Re the beigeness of exeter... A friend of my mine once said either change the hood or change your hood! |
ok, so i'm back! you missed the hottest day of the year today (or maybe 2 years)
Oh. . . I have drifted away somewhat. Almost a year.... not deliberate. Hey I like your latest look. Have-a-Hype! |
what's up V..... I know it's been ages since I have been on here. no real reason, just drifted off. I like the composition and style of your recent shots. |
Those heels look amazing. I'm sure you will turn heads wearing them! |
Oh and thank you for the run down of the HK fashion scene. I liek to know what's going on style-wise everywhere. |
Oh cool. Did you buy those? |
Thank you so much V. |
Glad to find someone else who is as equally anti-sports as me! :P |


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To view this case mod, go here. Specs: E8400 cooled with a Zalman 9700 Asus Maximus Formula Transcend AxeRam DDR2 1200 2 HIS HD3870's in Crossfire PcPower&Cooling 750 Quad. Mods: Removed one lower HDD cage and divider to make room for my PSU. Dremmeled here and there in the back for cable management. Drilled hole in motherboard tray, behind CPU to take temp readings. Added Antec 900 bay fans in 3 5.25" bays. 19273 3dMark06. Highest score on TPU with a dual-core.
I want that case so bad....9/10 looks nice and clean,the card is great the CPU is great cooling looks real reliable and Im loving that case could use more color....or none at all
Nice case 10/10 You tried reversing the hdd's in the cage? I did it to mine and it looks a lot tidier.I'm getting a lian li 120mm fan thing to go in the front of my case,it has holes in that match the rest of the front. Whats the best way to do the side/rear fans? side in/rear out or side out/rear in or side out/rear out.
I think I am going to flip the cage when I get new sata cables. My current cables don't fit in the Maximus too well. I have my side fan blowing in (medium), rear fan blowing out (high), and the front fan in the Antec 900 bay blowing in. With the side fan blowing in it cools everything better in my system. In this case it's deffinitely better having more air going in than out with all of the perforations.
great work, erocker...9/10! clean work, great specs, great looks...welldone! check out my new rig....http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1394.html
the whole setup looks like the one I built for my cousin.....check it out http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/1342.html your rig looks great and I bet it performs even better... what benches have you run on it?
wait - isnt everything sort of upside down? or am i looking at it wrong? 10/10 from me, best setup i have seen so far, nice one!
Yes, everything is upside down! It's a reverse ATX case, no real advantages really other than you get to see the video cards right side up! Got some new video cards, and more ram, new pics up soon...


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Stayed here for a week in September 2012. Myself, wife and 2 year old . Apartment was very clean , fully equipped and spacious. Kitchen has full cooker including oven, washing machine, drier, dishwasher , fridge freezer and all utensils. Iron, Ironing board and clothes rack provided too. Living room/dining area very large had a dining table with seating for... More
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DECEMBER 2008 THE OKLAHOMA MARRIAGE INITIATIVE The Promise and Challenge of Using Volunteers to Provide Community-Based Marriage Education The goal of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI) is to make information about the skills needed to build and sustain healthy marriages broadly available throughout the state. To pursue the mission of changing the culture of marriage and divorce, OMI leaders decided to engage the support of grass-roots volunteers in communities across the state. By the end of 2007 over 120,000 individuals had participated in OMI marriage education workshops. Overall, workshops and large-scale events offered through the community sector account for about a quarter of the OMI's productivity, including six percent of OMI workshop participants who were served by the faith sector. While other briefs in this series focus on implementation of the OMI in public agencies, this brief focuses on one smaller piece of the overall initiative: how the OMI has recruited and mobilized a volunteer workforce—in the broader public and in the faith community—to provide marriage education services in local communities. It also highlights the role of large, regional one-day community events in introducing and stimulating interest in OMI workshops. The OMI seeks to engage both the public and private sector in efforts to strengthen marriage throughout the state. In the public sector, OMI staff provide training and resources to staff at educational, correctional, human services, and health agencies that provide marriage education as part of their services. The focus of this brief is on efforts to engage the private sector in furthering the goals of the OMI. In particular, the brief explores work with the faith community as well as broader efforts that include members of the general public. ABOUT THIS RESEARCH BRIEF This ASPE Research Brief describes lessons learned during the establishment of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative, drawing on findings from an in-depth process evaluation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. under contract to ASPE. This brief was prepared by Robin Dion and Sarah Avellar. Other briefs focus on other aspects of the OMI's implementation, including its successes and challenges, and strategies used to address obstacles encountered. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation US Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC 20201


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Brucemorchestra IV: Crown Imperial
Saturday, Sept. 10
As the sun goes down, the stars will shine as Orchestra Iowa launches its 90th season in regal style with music of the British and Roman empires. Couldn't hop the pond for the royal wedding? Never fear, you can still hear live the music that escorted Kate down the aisle as a commoner and back up as a Windsor. The first half will be full of such pomp and circumstance, as well as "Pomp and Circumstance." Then get ready to hear the majestic "Pines of Rome" bounce off the majestic pines of Brucemore mansion. And don't forget to pack a picnic and blanket or chair, and prepare to relax royally. Gates open at 6 p.m.
Brucemorchestra IV: Crown Imperial
7:30 p.m. Saturday (9/10), Brucemore, 2160 Linden Dr. SE, Cedar Rapids; $20 that day, $15 in advance; Orchestraiowa.org; (319) 366-8203
Boogie Nights: Tiffany
Friday, Sept. 9
Pull your hair into a side ponytail, slick back your mullet and get ready to relive the '80s when Boogie Nights at the Mississippi Moon Bar puts Tiffany under the mirror ball. Join the Friday series regulars Mr. Boogie, Roller Girl, Hula Hoop Girl, celebrity impersonators and other '70s and '80s icons shaking their groove thangs to the sweet sounds that gave us such retro-hits as "I Think We're Alone Now," "Could've Been," "I Saw Him Standing There" and "All This Time." The pop chanteuse has crossed over to country with her new "Rose Tattoo" CD, so you may even hear what she's been up to lately.
Boogie Nights: Tiffany
8 p.m. Friday (9/9), Mississippi Moon Bar, Diamond Jo Casino, 301 Bell St., Dubuque; $10 to $100 ages 21 and over; (563) 690-4758; http://dubuquetickets.diamondjo.com
An Evening with Judy Collins
Wednesday, Sept. 14
For more than 40 years, Judy Collins has been bridging folk music with contemporary issues, best known for creating classic renditions of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns." She wowed a Hancher crowd at the Coralville Marriott in 2008, putting new spins on her best-loved songs and inviting the audience to sing along. And of course, she couldn't resist injecting a few political opinions, as well. She was a class act all the way, and we expect nothing less from her upcoming concert at The Englert.
An Evening with Judy Collins
8 p.m. Wednesday (9/14), Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St., Iowa City; $40; (319) 688-2653; www.englert.org


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Giant flood that closed I-35 between KC and Omaha for most of last summer...this is simply mismanagement by Army Corp of Engineers. Though it was amazingly dry from August to even now...
Have you noticed, or is it just me, that since the dems took power, the only real news we get is on sites like Lucianne and from foreign news agencies?
All those affected should go to Washington DC and demand money from taxpayers to deal with the devastation of this drought. Just like those in the Northeast who want the taxpayer to pay for their lack of insurance.
It´s Bush´s fault. /s
This is a very important story. The Corps of Engineers could fix this problem in a minute by releasing more water into the river. Instead they plan to dynamite obstacles and make it deeper and wider. So what will happen when we get some rain? Massive flooding and a potential jump of this enormous river. Look out.


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text: | Do you agree with the Supreme Court's changes to the Voting Rights Act?centerfieldHey there, hypocrite dusty. Did you not just say the Press corp was a corpse? I believe you did....hehehe 0 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » billldoesntgetitMinor slip like the USA has 53 states.. Its a common error made by Deadmocrats.. 2 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » willgarrOne thing I do know for sure is DustOff3 certainly agreed with a lot of Ron Carlson's letters to the editor. I'll forgive your spelling error when you forgive whoever made the Tripoli gaff. 5 Agrees | 3 Disagrees | Report Abuse » willgarr"I believe I STILL live in the greatest country EVER...EVER..."....except for when "I'm ashed of my government." Ron Carlson 6 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » locomotive"The behavior of the conservative court members has demeaned the value of the courts decisions." This is not a statement from a centrist, but from a farandawayleftist. Let's do a little fill-in-the-blank... "The behavior of the (liberal) court members has demeaned the value of the courts decisions." Now that's better...for the other side, of course. 2 Agrees | 5 Disagrees | Report Abuse » centerfieldWhat type of reading comprehension do you have, hypocrite Dusty? Remedial?? He {veritas} clearly stated the Roberts and others on the court are judging cases based on political beliefs rather than constitutional law. The behavior of the conservative court members has demeaned the value of the courts decisions. We have Thomas and Alieto both socializing with extreme conservatives and accepting favors from them. we have Roberts making a decision in this case with little or no basis as he did with the "corporations are people too" decision. When have seen continued racism in the gerimandering of voting rules and districts. A prime example is Texas where they are reducing the voting places and assigning them disproportionately on a minority basis. The white (mainly Republican) district serves around 6000 people while the minority {mainly democratic} district serves 67,000 people. Thus, not providing equal access and representation. 5 Agrees | 4 Disagrees | Report Abuse » VERITASA very sad decision by The Supreme Court on this one for sure... The Judicial Branch's responsibility is solely to rule on the constitutionality of laws made whether originating from Congress or elsewhere... Not only was the 1960's law passed by Congress it was re-affirmed by a then majority of Republicans in both houses( 390 to 33 majority in a Republican-controlled House and a 98 to 0 majority in a Republican Senate) in 2006... Justice Roberts summized it no longer was needed and essentially an outdated piece of legislature even when in 2010 arguements were heard calling for tighter enforcements of same... Clearly a political decision which is against the very premise of that branch and strong dissent by Ginsburg referring to the 14 & 15 amendments and Congress's responsibility...but this Congress will never act & we know why! 7 Agrees | 3 Disagrees | Report Abuse » centerfieldIf you think that racism has decreased or disappeared from these states, you are sadly mistaken. The voter suppression laws being enacted by Republicans is a form of racism to keep minorities from voting. You want to see racism, head south or better yet, stay here. It is out there and the supreme court ruling is a cruel joke. 9 Agrees | 6 Disagrees | Report Abuse » willgarrAnyone who believes that racial inequality is a thing of the past, antiquated or "obsolete" merely needs to look at 2012, and the long lines and long hours in the Black communities. Now today's Supreme Court decision striking down DOMA has the appearance of a win for all gay people. In the eyes of the Federal government they are our equals. Just as it should be. 8 Agrees | 6 Disagrees | Report Abuse » Showing 11 of 11 comments Post a Comment | in: News, Blogs & Events Web |