Eko's posts with tag: comics
STRIVEARTH - HOME OF SEQUENTIAL DREAMS as of March 19th, 2008 has: 25 Arts displayed on <a href="http://www.strivearth.com/paging2.php?cat=ARTS%20SHOWCASE&page=1">ART SHOWCASES</a> gallery 16 Photos displayed on <a href="http://www.strivearth.com/paging2.php?cat=PHOTOGRAPHIES&page=1">PHOTOGRAPHIES</a>, and all of the pictures are displayed now, not unlike before with so many broken image links. 29 arts and comic pages displayed on <a href="http://www.strivearth.com/paging2.php?cat=COURAGE%20CHRONICLES&page=1">COURAGE CHRONICLES</a> webcomic 16 comic pages (1 new) displayed on <a href="http://www.strivearth.com/paging2.php?cat=TARUNG%20JAKARTA&page=1">TARUNG JAKARTA</a> webcomic About Strivearth.com <a href="http://www.strivearth.com">Strivearth - Home of Sequential Dreams</a> is the brainchild of Zenstrive, a guy who loves comics, arts, and photographies. He strives to make Strivearth, a site where he put his best arts, photos, and webcomics, the best site in its class!
STRIVEARTH - HOME OF SEQUENTIAL DREAMS as of March12th, 2008 has: 25 Arts displayed on ART SHOWCASES gallery 16 Photos displayed on PHOTOGRAPHIES, and all of the pictures are displayed now, not unlike before with so many broken image links. 29 arts and comic pages displayed on COURAGE CHRONICLES webcomic 15 comic pages displayed on TARUNG JAKARTA webcomic about Strivearth.com:
Strivearth - Home of Sequential Dreams is the brainchild of Zenstrive, a guy who loves comics, arts, and photographies. He strives to make Strivearth, a site where he put his best arts, photos, and webcomics, the best site in its class!
STRIVEARTH - HOME OF SEQUENTIAL DREAMS as of March 5th, 2008 has: 24 Arts displayed on ART SHOWCASES gallery 16 Photos displayed on PHOTOGRAPHIES, and all of the pictures are displayed now, not unlike before with so many broken image links. 29 arts and comic pages displayed on COURAGE CHRONICLES webcomic 15 comic pages displayed on TARUNG JAKARTA webcomic about Strivearth.com Strivearth - Home of Sequential Dreams is the brainchild of Zenstrive, a guy who loves comics, arts, and photographies. He strives to make Strivearth, a site where he put his best arts, photos, and webcomics, the best site in its class!
STRIVEARTH - HOME OF SEQUENTIAL DREAMS as of February 19th, 2008 has:
24 Arts displayed on ART SHOWCASES gallery 11 Photos displayed on PHOTOGRAPHIES
28 arts and comic pages displayed on COURAGE CHRONICLES webcomic
25 comic pages displayed on TARUNG JAKARTA webcomic There are two more webcomics on progress, one is being created by Badrats Studio, and another one is being created by DCS. Wanna submit your comics and be paid? Contact Zenstrive about Strivearth.com: Strivearth - Home of Sequential Dreams is the brainchild of Zenstrive, a guy who loves comics, arts, and photographies. He strives to make Strivearth, a site where he put his best arts, photos, and webcomics, the best site in its class!
Sebuah berita yang kurang mengenakkan muncul,terutama bagi para komikus lokal yang berniat go major label. Manajemen Elex Media Komputindo memutuskan bahwa untuk tahun 2008-???? tidak menerima admisi komik lokal baru(fiksi), dan hanya akan memperkerjakan komikus-komikus(pemula atau veteran) untuk seri komik pendidikan mereka. Inimerupakan sebuah pukulan yang lumayan berat karena nama elex media menjadi tumpuan harapan bagi komikus pemula maupun veteran untuk dapat menerbitkan komik secara lokal..... dalam skala nasional. Hal ini sudah diverifikasi dengan editor Elex media.Bagi anggota milis ICArt yang sudah ancang2x, atau baru mau submit ke Elex diharapkan mencari penerbit lokal lainnya yang masih membuka channel untuk komik fiksi lokal.
Atau bagi anggota milis ICArt yang tahu penerbit lokal lainnya yang membuka channel komik fiksi lokal, bisa posting di forum ini supaya bisa disebar luaskan ke anggota lain.
Sebuah pukulan bagi cita-cita komikus lokal, tapi tidak ada yang mungkin selama harapan tetap ada!!!
Adetya B.S
Komikus Profesional Indonesia
JAYALAH KOMIK INDONESIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whew...inilah kenapa gw pengen jadi bilionaire...
| Category: | Books | | Genre: | Comics & Graphic Novels | | Author: | Dedefox |
S: "CRAPS!"
Z: "Wazzup?"
S:"They say don't judge a book by its cover, and in this case, it's TRUE!"
Z:"Wow, the cover is something!"
S:"More like the coloring of the cover is something. The lineart is nothing special"
Z:"And the content?"
S:"Shina is better. Hell, even Knights of Apocalypse looks like Akira compared to this lazy ass comic book!
Z:"Well, you're right. This dude doesn't know how to make comic books"
S:"The layout is crappy! The lineart is half-assed!" The inking is like blots of ink poured down by drunken monkey!"
Z:"The finishing is unbalanced too. Tonings are rarely used, and when they are used, it looks like it substracts the goodness, not adding."
S:"And the story! Man, the art is so CRAPPY i don't care about what the story is!"
Z:"Perfect example of visual implementation killing the ideas."
S:"YEAH! THAT'S IT! PERFECT SUMMARY OF THIS TRASH!"
Z:"And speaking about visual implementation...I think the creator of this comic care more about displaying his visual coloring finishing on the covers and the bonuses than the grayscale-toned finishing inside. We have four bonus arts that are superb"
S:But I was buying a comic book, a book which supposed to tell something (and don't ask me what's that something is, it's so generic I chose to forget it right away), not some four pages art book!
Z:"Yeah, you're right. Steer clear of this book, folks. It's a total waste of money!"
S:"And while we are discussing a Megindo book, where in seventh hell is Knights of Apocalypse?"
Z: "Dunno. Cancelled?"
S:"They have published just one of three books and it got cancelled? Megindo really is a total ass-hole in term of publishing books. Inspirit Arena, one book out and no further news. Knights of Apocalypse, cancelled? I will really wonder what is inside Megindo bigwigs heads when I see Mayana book 2 out first then the next books of those previous two!"
Z:"Agree, brother. agree!"
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The Snake Stole
The Star Dragon Seal
The Crimson Sunset Came
The Heaven Eagle Chased The Snake
The Star Dragon Seal is
The Inside of The Snake
The Dagger Made of Diamond shows
The Light That Opens The Path
The Star Dragon Seal and
The Guardian of The Blood guards
The Blood of The Enchanted that shall open
The Path that Opens The Truth
Heed these, O Seeker of The Dragon
Be Strong or Be Perished!
Aaah, AIRGEAR.....I think I have just found the reason to love Manga again...so much drama, so much actions, so much good, detailed, meticulois artworks! and to think that I haven't used the tag MANGA already.....
| Category: | Books | | Genre: | Comics & Graphic Novels | | Author: | Is Yuniarto and geng |
Salah satu geng cergamis yang cukup mendapat nama di kancah persilatan tanah air kembali mengeluarkan karya terbarunya yaitu serial Knights of Apocalypse (dijanjikan sampai tiga buku). Dan cergam yang satu ini memang bagus: dunia latar latar yang dibikin dengan niat meski agak plagiat, karakter-karakter yang menarik nan agak generik, dan mesin-mesin perang yang dibuat dengan bagus tapi kurang kreatifus (halaah, maksain ber-rima nih!), dan cerita yang cukup menarik.
Cukup menarik, tapi tidak cukup kuat untuk membuat penulis menantikan sequelnya. Kenapa? Karena ceritanya terkadang membuat mata ini pening. Is and geng terasa sekali masih belum bisa terlepas dari "talking head syndrome" dengan banyaknya balon kata yang menemani panel-panel yang flat dengan karakter-karakter yang expressionless. Banyaknya "talking head" ini membuat ekesekusi cerita menjadi terkesan flat dan mati gaya. Banyaknya informasi yang dikeluarkan melalui talking heads, dan banyaknya karakter-karakter yang dikeluarkan di buku pertama ini bisa membuat kapasitas memori otak overloaded.
Artwork dari buku ini cukup bagus dan cukup mengecewakan sekaligus. Cukup bagus karena dibaut dengan rapi dan tidak banyak kesalahan anatomi, perspektif, maupun background. Cukup mengecewakan karena artwork di-ink dengan kesan yang cukup asal-asalan; penintaaan inline dan outline mempunyai ketebalan yang sama, terkadang garis-garis liar cukup terlihat, terutama dalam penggambaran benda-benda mekanis. Halaman terakhir dari bab pertama buku ini cukup memberikan penggambaran betapa inking dari tim ini masih perlu diperbaiki. Toning di artwork sendiri pun masih belum keliatan digarap dengan serius. Artwork tanpa toning mendominasi buku ini; digabungkan dengan artwork dengan tinta yang kurus-kering, terbayang di kepala betapa buku ini bagaikan pohon kering dengan ranting kering tanpa daun....yep, mungkin ini penggambaran yang tepat.
Dragon Ball Z dan Naruto mempunyai artwork yang miskin toning, tapi punya karakter-karakter dan cerita-cerita yang benar-benar bisa bikin menarik bahkan seluruh dunia!
Saya benar-benar ingin memberikan bintang 4 untuk komik ini, tapi talking heads yang dizzying my heads, inking yang bikin kering-kerontang, membuat satu bintang harus dibuang. Anggap saja ini tamparan sayang saya pada tim cergamis yang sudah capek-capek membuat buku ini.
Dan satu lagi buat Is and gang: mbok ya fokus dulu bikin komiknya, jangan game and animasi digarap juga, jadinya kering-kerontang kan tuh komiknya...
Lomba Cipta Jagoan Indonesia I,
JAGOAN 2007
Dalam rangka Pekan Komik dan Animasi Nasional 6
di Malang 27-31 Agustus 2007, Kementrian Budaya
dan Pariwisata Republik Indonesia
menyelenggarakan lomba cipta karakter komik dan
animasi Indonesia bertajuk,
Lomba Cipta Jagoan Indonesia I, Jagoan 2007
Tujuan
Mendorong upaya untuk menemukan karakter komik &
animasi lokal khas Indonesia yang dapat mewakili
generasi muda saat ini.
Tema Lomba
Jagoan Indonesia Abad 21
Peserta
Pelajar dan Umum, usia 14-35 tahun
perorangan atau kelompok
Batasan
a.Jagoan dimaksud adalah karakter komik dan animasi
b.Karakter bisa berupa jagoan super, jagoan laga,
jagoan dalam bentuk kartun/maskot, adaptasi tokoh
legenda/cerita rakyat,interpretasi jagoan dalam
realita keseharian, dan lain-lain
c.Karakter mengandung muatan lokal khas Indonesia
di antaranya tradisi, bahasa/dialek, kebiasaan,
lingkungan,atau fenomena khas lokal.
d.Karakter mudah diaplikasikan ke dalam berbagai
media, yaitu komik, animasi, multimedia, figur,
’merchandise’, dll
Ketentuan
Peserta menyerahkan karya dengan rincian sbb :
a.konsep
1 halaman konsep penciptaan karakter
1 halaman profil karakter :
biodata, asal-usul, kepribadian, kemampuan
b.desain
1 halaman desain karakter :
tampak depan, samping, belakang
1 halaman desain karakter :
5 pose aksi dan 5 ekspresi wajah
1 halaman contoh aplikasi dalam bentuk
poster (pin-up) berwarna
c.curriculum vitae + foto terbaru
konsep dan CV diketik dalam format digital,
ukuran kertas A4, 1.5 spasi
desain dibuat dalam format digital,
TIFF, CMYK, resolusi 300 dpi, ukuran A4
konsep dan desain diserahkan dalam bentuk
'hardcopy' (print-out) dan 'softcopy'(CD)
Pengiriman
Karya dikirimkan dalam amplop tertutup ke alamat :
Sekretariat Pekan Komik dan Animasi Nasional 6
Sub Direktorat Seni Media
Kompleks Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
Gedung B Lantai 9, Jl Jendral Sudirman, Jakarta
paling lambat tanggal 20 Augustus 2007 (cap pos)
Materi yang masuk tidak akan dikembalikan
Hak Cipta Karakter tetap pada Kreator
Pemilihan Pemenang
Dari seluruh karya yang masuk akan dipilih
20 nominasi pemenang oleh Tim Juri.
Karya yang masuk nominasi akan dipamerkan
di acara Pekan Komik dan Animasi Nasional 6
di Universitas Negeri Malang
27-31 Agustus 2007.
Pemenang lomba dipilih berdasarkan karya favorit
pilihan publik yaitu pengunjung acara PKAN6 Malang.
Hadiah
3 pemenang favorit akan mendapat hadiah
berupa : uang tunai Rp 1.000.000,- + paket sponsor
Panitia Pelaksana
masyarakat komik indonesia (mki)
jl Haji Samali 39 Kalibata - Jakarta 12740
tel/fax +6221-79191152
email : masyarakatkomik@yahoo.com,
mailing-list :mki@yahoogroups.com
Call it writer's block; call it creativity dead end; call it lazyman's excuses for doing nothing; still I call it a block of some sort. It is blocking my creativity flow, so I am allowed to say that it is a block. Yes, I have been hitting some sort of creativity hindering...things. Have no moods to update my ongoing webcomic, have little drives to create excuses for some works not already done (work, as in pragmatic cage built by capitalist - salaryman relationship), and somehow unable to get up in the morning to make some calls or simply to take a bath. Perhaps I need a vacation; perhaps I need a change of vocation; but I am sure that I need freedom to express my creativity and money (which, If I am right, they are kinda contradictary now). Now, If I cannot entangle myself from this psychological drowning, there's no way I can survive by relying on my creativity alone. And as I go along, writing this stuff, I am hoping that I can somehow shake that poisonous vine of laziness and be intoxicated again by creativity-inducing hormones so that I can move on, so to speak. I am also hoping that my mind will not be perversed by pragmatic thoughts based on the illusionary fact that serving is survival. I do realize that in some extent, being pragmatic means you'll be living longer. But is living long worth it?Perhaps yes, perhaps not. Me? Geez...all I want to do is to tell some ideas, to utter some tales, and to channel out these flooding of words filling up my brain, they are multiplying at a faster rate daily, and I have so much volume of brain. Geez...five paragraphs long and still, my muse eludes me. WHAT'S WRONG, HONEY? Are you jealous at these thoughts of sharing my life my with another vessel of the egoistic DNA strings? Are you honey? Are you turning hard-core feminist and is trying to tell me that polygamy is a no-no with you and you will go away if I do the sharing and joining? Aww...sucks! You know you're everything to me, honey! We have been together since I can understand what an erection is! You even assist me in accepting that I am kinda.....unique, and love me as I am, and I love you as you are: the one form of intelligence that defines what I am! Now look what I have done: I am flirting and begging and saluting a concept! Sigh...such a thing of CREATIVITY! Hey! Wow! Muse, you are so TOP! You know I am bored with my life so you pretended to escape from me so that I will sought you out, only to realize that by seeking you out you have made me doing something! You are so God-like, Muse (Now, now, don't brand me heretic now; I am simply pointing out the fact that Muse is using"deep-meaning thing" to enlight me!) Aaah....Muse, now I can feel it! I CAN FEEL IT! PRAISE ALLAH! I CAN FEEL THE HORMONES! OOH, YES! YES! YES! FLOW, BABY, FLOW! FLOW, HORMONES! FLOW AND PUMP ME UP! Excuse us for now, we got a webcomic to update!
..where I watched TRANFORMERS THE MOVIE!! IT'S A COOL MOVIE, BROTHA' AND SISTA'! A COOL MOVIE THAT MUST BE SEEN ONCE BEFORE YOU ALL DIE! GO FORTH, AND MULTIPLY YOUR HAPPINESS IN LIFE BY WATCHING THIS MOVIE! IT IS SO GOOD YOU WANT TO MULTIPLY YOURSELF AND WATCH THIS MOVIE OVER AND OVER AND OVER! Review is here folks! And oh, I think I know something that is so absurd is actually branded as PREMIUM GADGET: Segway Human Transporters, a thing that has two wheels and a steering wheel and worth more than US$6500! Pheh! And yeah, my online comic now has 13 pages! Go visit! Aaah...what a day!
| Category: | Books | | Genre: | Comics & Graphic Novels | | Author: | Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver |
Early 2006 was the first year I came back to the world of american superheroes comic books. I was dazzled by an art on Indonesian edition of Wizard magazine; the art was of a superhero called Green Lantern, pencilled beautifully, inked magnificently, and colored vibrantly. It was an art from the now infamous Green Lantern: Rebirth storyline. I then started a habit - a bad habit if you will - of downloading scanned copies of every issues of the storyline. Upon opening the issues, I was AWESTRUCK! The story is good; very unlike so many superheroes comic books I had read back then which features tasteless stories, aggravating artworks, and non-existing impacts on me (I was a manga devotee since the start of the 90, and my taste has matured). Green Lantern: Rebirth is a PERFECT example of a COOL storywriter meets a PERFECT artist. It tells story of an iconic character who was labelled as fallen hero fighting his way back into the light of truth; it also tells the story of what fear is; and in the end, it tells the story of a galactic order enforcing family that goes by the name Green Lantern Corps. It is a perfect lure for them to lure me into the world of DC superheroes comic books. Me, a manga devotee, can claim that a book had widen my horizon. And the book was titled Green Lantern: Rebirth. Geoff Johns was the master; Ethan Van Sciver was the master; and Green Lantern: Rebirth was their masterpiece. Now the duo is back, presenting another tale that revolves once again around The Green Lantern Corps and their nemesis. Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver is delivering a tale of another fallen hero who has been unable to return to the light he was guarding; tale of once The Greatest Green Lantern; tale of Sinestro. This is Green Lantern: Sinestro's Corps Special, and it is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G ! Call this writing biased; call this fans blinded; and I'll call you the non-enlightened. I read this book, and I came back enlightened by the sheer force of the storyline gave to me. It is simply: amazing. It started perfectly; taking us inside Sinestro's mind as he faced his memories that he fear most: his defeat at the hand of Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner. Then we are brought out, and are forced to amaze the transformation of Sinestro into the master of its own corps. The message here is "Was The Greatest Green Lantern" Afterward, the story brings us to Earth; the de-facto center of the DC universe, even if they make you tell otherwise. Here we have the Earth's mighties heroes being handed down their asses by a reverse-speedster, before a Green Lantern came. The fights are perfectly done, and clearly shows that Hal Jordan is the best Green Lantern yet (and showing that the league is crippled without a speedster). The message here is "What makes a hero better?" Space comes later; with two green lanterns under attack and unable to cope with it. The third "Green Lantern" came; Ion (Kyle Rayner) is here to save the day. Then we are reminded that Ion is the next in the evolution of a Green Lantern, and we are refreshed that he was "The Torch Bearer". The message here is "The Evolution of The Torch Bearer" At the home of The Green Lantern Corps, Armor-covered Planet Oa, The Guardians of The Universe (immortal blue dwarfs) are examining an entity with combination of metal and flesh as face. And as usual, they started bickering with each other; and as usual, they regard the informations gained from the cyborg as just another informations, and return to their inert status quo; except two of them. The message here is "Never turn a blind eye to visible signs" Then we have Green Lanterns of Earth hanging out together, after one of them visit a red sun. We can see other Green Lanterns whispering behind their backs, gossiping and spreading opinions on them while the GLs from sector 2814 coolly mingled together, sharing stories, till a ring went crazy, hit other lanterns, and succesfully kidnapped GL 2814.4, while the others can only watch. The message here "Something can be more powerful than Willpower!" And that something is FEAR, and GL 2814.4 comes face to face with its soldiers and their taskmaster. He put out a lot of fight; physically and mentally. In the end, he lost his essence and is forced to take in another essence; The Essence of Fear; PARALLAX! The message here: "To win, empty your enemies souls!" Thus ends the introduction to the embodiment of Fear and its soldiers; and thus began the all-out-assault by those who seeks revenges to the heroes of the multiverse: Sinestro, Parallax, an embodiment of the essence of the anti-universe, a fearsome cyborg, and worst of all: the anti-thesis of philosophies of Superman and the reason of the last Crisis: Superman-Prime! Welcome back, guys; the world is in a mess without you! | Category: | Books | | Genre: | Comics & Graphic Novels | | Author: | Paul Dini and Gang |
THINGS ARE MOVING, FOLKS, AND MOVING FAST!
First Up: Jimmy Olsen now has ANOTHER super power coming out of his fragile little body. This time the power LITERALLY rips out of his body in the forms of sharp flying NEEDLES! Superman's pal has become a reservoir for powers of deceased superheroes!
Next: It's rough time for the Marvel (or shall I say SHAZAM family). First, Billy got aged real good after inheriting Shazam's infinite power, Freddy Freeman is on a hard journey to become a Man of Divine Powers, and Mary Marvel is showing her rebellious teenage-girl side by wearing black, opposing her older sibling, and literally breaks out of her intended home.
Then the story is continuing with Holly got invited into a house full of beautifully shaped latin-women. Boy oh boy, The Amazonians sure are having a good time after burning up and ripping apart United States of America.
And afterward, we meet Monarch (or can we say Captain Atom?) who sweet-talks a lost girl (which is called Forerunner, who looks like a beautiful Elf, albeit a little purple) into his cause, which has something to do with proving that The Monitors (who has been discussing the history of The Multiverse) are not the Uber-Beings like they believe they are.
And finally, we got two rogues lamenting at the dark corner of the dark alley, crying like a baby that they had killed a superhero. Boy oh boy, so that's how it feels to really (participating in) kill(ing) someone, eh Piper? Got tricks to make you safe from the JLA, Trickster? Nope? How about if both of you runaway?
Yep, they are starting to runaway! Now we can sit down and see if they get the handcuffs.
The story is moving forward fast this time, which is good. The art is kinda nice, but sometimes the expressions are off, and truly detract from the joy of reading this second experiment.
And oh yeah, why do I feel that COUNTDOWN has become a weekly teaser for other books?
That's all for this week, folks. See you next week! | |
