A reluctant assassin, a worker droid and a drone operator walk into a bar.
It's Easter Sunday and I got chocolate to eat, so lets get to it!
First up, Multiversity Comics dropped a great Beautiful Canvas interview with Ryan and Sami along with a preview of the book's opening pages.
For those still on the fence (seriously?), then consider this podcast Ryan put together chatting about the story, the genesis of the project and more.
Finally, there's a Beautiful Canvas Tumblr to whet your whistle with until June, where Ryan will be dropping snippets about the characters, process talk and so on. Go. Soak it all in.
Speaking of Tumblr....
That beaut of an image by John Jamtli is currently sitting pretty with 462 notes on the Metropo Tumblr. Metropo is best described as a transmedia cyberpunk vision encompassing comics, prose, music, art and VR. The project is the brainchild of Magnus Aspli. I've mentioned it in previous newsletters under the "not so imaginative now you know what it's all about" moniker of Project Gibson. I came on as editor fairly early in the project and it's been great to level up on some of the project management aspects of editing as well as seeing this project bloom into life.
As you can see from the image above there's a great roster of talent aboard including Naomi Franquiz, Mary Safro, Rob Croonenborghs, Vivian Truong and John Jamtli. It was a joy to see the art coming in from these creators.
Look for this one to build and build as the year goes on.
Also...
The above will be a collection of the past jam sessions Ryan and I have collaborated on and will also include a jam session not found anywhere else that we're currently putting the finishing touches on.
I really love doing these with Ryan. Scouring the nooks and crannies of a creation with two sets of eyes always unearths something you previously didn't consider. That and the conversational tone of these things kind of mimics that left and right brain interaction, the perfect environment for insight and creativitity.
Volume 6 of Outre dropped this week on ComiXology. This volume, entitled Grotesk, features a comic short by myself, Matt Horak, Brittany Peer and Sean Rinehart. The story is perhaps the weirdest and most abstract thing I've done, but it touches on a lot of themes I've played with before - conflict, war, trauma, etc. All that fun stuff.
First up, Multiversity Comics dropped a great Beautiful Canvas interview with Ryan and Sami along with a preview of the book's opening pages.
For those still on the fence (seriously?), then consider this podcast Ryan put together chatting about the story, the genesis of the project and more.
Finally, there's a Beautiful Canvas Tumblr to whet your whistle with until June, where Ryan will be dropping snippets about the characters, process talk and so on. Go. Soak it all in.
Speaking of Tumblr....
That beaut of an image by John Jamtli is currently sitting pretty with 462 notes on the Metropo Tumblr. Metropo is best described as a transmedia cyberpunk vision encompassing comics, prose, music, art and VR. The project is the brainchild of Magnus Aspli. I've mentioned it in previous newsletters under the "not so imaginative now you know what it's all about" moniker of Project Gibson. I came on as editor fairly early in the project and it's been great to level up on some of the project management aspects of editing as well as seeing this project bloom into life.
As you can see from the image above there's a great roster of talent aboard including Naomi Franquiz, Mary Safro, Rob Croonenborghs, Vivian Truong and John Jamtli. It was a joy to see the art coming in from these creators.
Look for this one to build and build as the year goes on.
Also...
The above will be a collection of the past jam sessions Ryan and I have collaborated on and will also include a jam session not found anywhere else that we're currently putting the finishing touches on.
I really love doing these with Ryan. Scouring the nooks and crannies of a creation with two sets of eyes always unearths something you previously didn't consider. That and the conversational tone of these things kind of mimics that left and right brain interaction, the perfect environment for insight and creativitity.
Volume 6 of Outre dropped this week on ComiXology. This volume, entitled Grotesk, features a comic short by myself, Matt Horak, Brittany Peer and Sean Rinehart. The story is perhaps the weirdest and most abstract thing I've done, but it touches on a lot of themes I've played with before - conflict, war, trauma, etc. All that fun stuff.
Speaking of all that fun stuff -- Disconnect continues to near a state of completion. If 'Go Home' dealt with a past war and how fervour for conflict narrows our view then Disconnect is about war as it is today and tackles themes of paranoia, remote warfare, post traumatic stress and what Douglas Rushkoff refers to as 'present shock'. It has had a long and troubled road to fruition but Gav has given the project a new lease of life.
The project also initially involved me chatting with former drone operator Brandon Bryant. The chats were informative, humbling and haunting. I don't think I'll ever forget them. Suffice to say, Disconnect is something close to my heart, a project I have struggled with but one I'll never stop fighting for. Nuclear apocalypse pending, Disconnect should be nearing completion in the back half of this year.
The only logical next step after that is a one shot about war in the future, right? Yeah, that's coming too.
Just 3 links for you this week, I'm afraid.
Consider this Polygon piece about VR being used as a method of psychological torture in the future. This isn't the first article I've read about such potential practices. If VR use becomes acceptable to the point it becomes a secondary reality, how do we ensure the gatekeepers of said reality aren't messing with us?
I enjoyed reading this case for Death Proof as being 'essential Tarantino'. I love Death Proof.
Finally, stop what you're doing right now, head over to Gumroad and go pick up some *essential* writing and comics criticism courtesy of David Brothers.
Thank me next week.
Until then...
The project also initially involved me chatting with former drone operator Brandon Bryant. The chats were informative, humbling and haunting. I don't think I'll ever forget them. Suffice to say, Disconnect is something close to my heart, a project I have struggled with but one I'll never stop fighting for. Nuclear apocalypse pending, Disconnect should be nearing completion in the back half of this year.
The only logical next step after that is a one shot about war in the future, right? Yeah, that's coming too.
Just 3 links for you this week, I'm afraid.
Consider this Polygon piece about VR being used as a method of psychological torture in the future. This isn't the first article I've read about such potential practices. If VR use becomes acceptable to the point it becomes a secondary reality, how do we ensure the gatekeepers of said reality aren't messing with us?
I enjoyed reading this case for Death Proof as being 'essential Tarantino'. I love Death Proof.
Finally, stop what you're doing right now, head over to Gumroad and go pick up some *essential* writing and comics criticism courtesy of David Brothers.
Thank me next week.
Until then...
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