Mid-Missouri Comics Collective

Local kid drawn into syndicated comic

Posted by Winter on April 26, 2011

Chiara, a 7-year-old girl from Columbia, recently won a contest and was drawn into a nationally syndicated Oh Brother! comic strip. The contest solicited parents to send in a funny story about how their kid is a character, with the top prize being an appearance in the comic strip. Oh Brother! was started in June of last year by cartoonists Bob Weber Jr. (Slylock Fox) and Jay Stephens (The Secret Saturdays, Tutenstein, Oddville).

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Mick Beyers gets Tribune profile

Posted by Winter on April 24, 2011

The Columbia Tribune has an in depth profile of webcomic artist Mick Beyers. Beyers celebrated the one year anniversary of his Buster Drake comic this last week, and has relaunched it as a larger weekly comic (Previously he updated the site with smaller strips three times a week.). In addition to the new schedule, his site has a new look and he’s also added Michelle Rivas as colorist for the comic.

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Hi-Fi Color For Comics

Posted by Josh on April 17, 2011

Hi-Fi Color for Comics instructs you through all the steps needed to color comics in Photoshop. Topics include:

• Scanning comic artwork and combining multiple scans into one large image
• Flats, breaking down images into flat color
• Rendering and painting with light
• Color holds and knockouts
• Color separations with trapping for professional commercial printing and publishing.

It includes step-by-step tutorials on how to do all the topics above as well as a tips and tricks section on how to do common special coloring effects like fire effects, flares, sparkles, glows, muzzle blasts, and more. A DVD is also included that contains all the layered files used so you can work alongside with the book. (The library copy is missing the DVD.)

Some of the information I found useful were the parts on how to set up your digital files. This is great information to know before you even start drawing your comics. It was also the only book I’ve ever agreed with on how to decide whether to set up your documents in RGB or CMYK.

If you are wanting to learn how to digitally color comics, this book is for you. You can find it at the Daniel Boone Regional Library.

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St. Louis Anthology: Shots in the Dark

Posted by Winter on April 10, 2011

Some St. Louis comic creators have put together a new anthology of 13 crime tales called Shots in the Dark. The anthology is a follow up to last year’s Spirits of St. Louis horror anthology put out by Ink and Drink Comics. Playback: STL has a review of the anthology up on their blog. They are hosting an official release party for the book on April 13th at Star Clipper in St. Louis.

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