It’s a Sunday afternoon two four, as Peter had a chance to take a couple of minutes each with Tahmoh Penikett and Dean Stockwell over int the signing area during Fan Expo. Why are these posted together? Well, because it represents both the human and cylon factions of Battlestar Galactica, of course. You can catch the Dean Stockwell interview after the break…
Read MoreBenjamin Rivers, creator of Snow and Empty Words, talks with Peter about his comics work, and about the freedom that one has when self publishing. You can check out both Empty Words and Snow online.
Read MoreToronto developer Longbow Games was on hand at Fan Expo demonstrating and selling their new real time strategy game Hegemony: Philip of Macedon. Developed by a staggeringly small team of about 5 people, the game maps out a huge area around ancient Greece, and includes a smooth zooming engine for navigating between field level battles to overall strategies. Longbow president Jim McNally was kind enough to talk to us in detail not only about Hegemony, but the challenges and opportunities that arise in a small game development house.
Read MoreWe sit down to talk with Toronto based writer/artist Uyugomiak in artist alley at Fan Expo. On hand were the first few issues of The Chubby Bounty Hunter, a post apocalyptic alternate world story, as well as his Uyugomiak Miniatures, which collects his non serialized work.
Read MoreA little while back, we got a chance to take a look at the Telus version of the LG Shine Plus, aka the LG Ally in the US. This model of the Shine Plus is unique to Telus, and can now be found on their website. The new smartphone sports a landscape slide out QWERTY keyboard, and a largely brushed metal body. Though the processor may be a little underpowered compared to its 1 GHz competitors, the Shine Plus runs Android 2.1 very smoothly, and Telus is talking with LG…
Read MoreFreelance Blues is a new indie comic from the minds of Mike Leone and Ian Daffran. A comedic take on Lovecraftian horrors mixed with the real horror of moving from job to job, the third issue was launched during Fan Expo this year. Although the series artist, Vicki Tierney, wasn’t on hand, we sat down and talked with the writers… well, more like stood there while they talked about what Freelance Blues is about, and what else they may have in the works. You can check out the first issue…
Read MoreEvery time we get a chance to talk to the guys from Pure Pwnage, it’s always a blast. We catch up with Jarett Cale at Fan Expo this year, to talk about what’s happening with season 2 of the TV series, and where the web series stands… “Honestly, it’s a bit depressing working on the web series, having to rewrite because of what happened to Troy and being able to have the ending we originally envisioned. So I get kind of bummed out, so I work in small intervals, I…
Read MoreWhile make our way through artist alley, one of the many tables that caught our eye was that of Caanan Grall, creator of Max Overacts and Celadore, the latter which originally appeared as part of DC Comics ZUDA online experiment. After taking a look at some of his work on Celadore, we had a quick chat about the upcoming graphic novel release of Celadore. Be sure to check out the Max Overacts webcomic.
Read MoreThere was no mistaking the big push that Disney was making this year for Tron Legacy, the long awaited sequel to the classic sci-fi film. The Tron Legacy booth was the largest on the show floor, complete with a 20 foot tall Interceptor. Beside the usually merchandise that goes along with modern sci-fi movie, the video game Tron Evolution was on the floor and playable on multiple consoles. Also on hand was Jamie Toghill, lead designer for the Wii version (Tron Evolution Battle Grids) from Propaganda Games. We had a…
Read MoreOne of our first stops at Fan Expo this year was at Camilla d’Errico’s booth. She has a unique art style that bridges the gap between anime and western style comics work, which she’s using to full effect in her book Tanpopo. The book uses the text of classic literature, such as Faust, accompanied by her characters. You don’t have to take our word for it though, as you can catch some examples at her website. As an added bonus, she’s donated some of her work to our Swagbag 2010…
Read MoreLast year at Fan Expo, we spoke with Nick Thornborrow of The Anthology Project, which was aiming not just to put out a quality collection of shorts from a variety of artists, but to really care about the physical quality of the book itself… to make a beautiful “artifact” as Nick put it. Well, the book was released a few months ago, and he has no worries in that department. The artwork from each of the contributors really pops in this hardbound, and really does them justice. Nick also mentions…
Read MoreLar deSouza, the rather prolific artist of Least I Could Do and Looking For Group, let us sit down with him ‘in booth’ during Fan Expo this year. Despite almost constantly drawing and signing, something I gather he does all the time no matter where he is, he found the time to talk about the different approaches he takes for each of the webcomics he works on, and the value of trying to copy another artist’s style, not for the end result, but to figure out their process.
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