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2. Taekwondo instructor at Master Park's Champion Taekwondo Center and Brown University Taekwondo Club.
3. a delicious chickpea dish.
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Steven gets a hold of a magical time travel device and does what any kid would do - he uses it to make jokes. But toying with magic draws trouble to his sleepy beach town and Steven has to step up and save the day - with more jokes.
Go watch Steven Universe, guys! It’s great!
THIS WAS AWESOME. OMGOODNESS. ALL THE GEM GIRLS. SO AWESOME.
EVERYONE IS JUST DOING SUCH COOL THINGS
hehehehe i worked on this too.
P.S. We are expanding and refining everything from this short for the ongoing series. get hype!!!
I am doing backgrounds for this! None from this first episode, though! I’m mostly drawing *~magical temples~* !! It’s been really cool helping develop and define the look of the world.
oh, hi. i’m boarding on this and i love it. everyone’s working so hard to make this amazing. i can’t wait for everyone to see the episodes we’re working on :D
I do backgrounds on this with Emily Walus and Sam Bosma, who are both amazing! Also I’m the real life Steven!
Awesomeness! Excellent animation. Excellent show. Also, the REAL LIFE STEVEN is a real cool dude! I’m beyond excited.
The Steven Universe pilot is online!
Here is a very old promo poster I did before the pilot was even complete!
I can not believe how much the show has grown and changed since this pilot; the show will look amazing, the people I am working with are amazing, wait up for the series you guys it’s gonna be something else!!!
Working alongside brilliant artists every day to make this the best show ever. GET READY!
Awesomeness! Excellent animation. Excellent show. Also, the REAL LIFE STEVEN is a real cool dude!
(via stevensugar)
Roller Girl and The Flying Side Kick #1
I wasn’t able to debut it at Boston Comic Con as originally planned, but my first solo comic is NOW ON SALE in my online store! Click the link above!
The lives of Deborah Baum, the city’s finest roller derby player, and martial arts master Han Kit Lau change when the mysterious Ai brings a chaotic alien war to the shores of Port Side City.
Superhero/Sci-Fi/All-Ages
Release: April 2013
Self-published (printed through Ka-Blam Digital Printing)
Black and White
32 pages w/ full color front and back covers
$8.00Please reblog! If you like it, please recommend it or pass it along!
First edition prints are almost all gone! Get your copy today and support independent comics!
Roller Girl and The Flying Side Kick #1
I wasn’t able to debut it at Boston Comic Con as originally planned, but my first solo comic is NOW ON SALE in my online store! Click the link above!
The lives of Deborah Baum, the city’s finest roller derby player, and martial arts master Han Kit Lau change when the mysterious Ai brings a chaotic alien war to the shores of Port Side City.
Superhero/Sci-Fi/All-Ages
Release: April 2013
Self-published (printed through Ka-Blam Digital Printing)
Black and White
32 pages w/ full color front and back covers
$8.00Please reblog! If you like it, please recommend it or pass it along!
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[Above: Caleb Goellner, Chris Sims, Andy Khouri, Your Humble Narrator, & Joe Hughes, at the ComicsAlliance HQ at San Diego Comic Con 2012]
Last Friday, AOL shut down a handful of subsidiaries, including ComicsAlliance (source: CBR). Ever since its debut in 2009, ComicsAlliance was my primary resource for comics and pop culture. I forget how exactly I discovered ComicsAlliance or Laura Hudson (though I do recall getting the premiere issue of Comic Foundry while I was tagging along with Kaiju Big Battel at MoCCA Fest 2007), but the tone and presentation of ComicsAlliance’s content greatly resonated with me and cemented itself as my homepage ever since. Over the years, ComicsAlliance’s staff has grown to include a rich variety of contributors who have written pieces that made me laugh, cry, think, critique, and most importantly, relate. These were people who I wanted to sit down and have long discussions about Batman, karaoke, and inequality (preferably over drinks). These were people who I could see myself being friends with.
Back in 2009, I had only just started implementing social media into my life beyond LiveJournal, with a Twitter account and the launch of Fashion Tips From Comic Strips. I dabbled in comics-blogging and convention coverage, but I was really just dicking around in the humble little space that I carved out with my web presence. I bugged and befriended some of my favorite comic creators and comics journalists on Twitter, and at some point, a childhood friend of mine connected me with Laura Hudson. After proper introductions and brainstorming over content, Laura granted me the opportunity to write for ComicsAlliance, starting with a series of Halloween costume tutorials. Since this was my first journalistic freelance gig (let alone, for a media outlet that I held in such high regard), I struggled with a rare case of insecurity (in my case, at least) and excessive self-criticism over the content I was producing. However, Laura and Andy repeatedly reassured me that I was over-thinking and over-complicating my writing process, and encouraged me to believe in my intuition and my voice. I’ve taken this advice to heart since, in both my freelance work and various other endeavors in my life.
In May 2011, I launched Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) on ComicsAlliance, a weekly feature where I showcased a gallery of exceptional cosplay. To this day, I’m still completely floored and humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response to Best Cosplay Ever. During my time with ComicsAlliance, I got to meet some of my favorite creators and cosplayers, ramble about Jem & the Holograms at great length, host a proper style critique of the DCnU redesigns with the staff, and more. Although I’ve continued to struggle with my own journalistic obstacles (along with balancing CA deadlines with my full-time day job), I was honored to be a member of this crew, and I always felt like a valued contributor, thanks to Laura, Joe, Andy, Caleb, Chris, and all of the other staff members whom I’ve bothered over the past few years.
As a reader, ComicsAlliance provided me with information, insightful op-eds, and hours of entertaining content. As a contributor, ComicsAlliance gave me confidence, an outlet, and an entourage of coworkers whom I’m incredibly proud to call my friends. I am eternally grateful for ComicsAlliance for giving me a sense of belonging in a community and industry that often overlooks fans like me. And that’s why I’m still in utter shock and heartbroken over AOL’s decision to shut down ComicsAlliance.
Despite AOL’s decisions, I fully believe that the spirit of ComicsAlliance will live on in some incarnation, because if there’s anything we can count on in the comics industry, it’s the compulsion to reboot nice things. And if and when ComicsAlliance is properly retconned, my only request is that my coworkers and I get to work together once again (and that my redesign isn’t a hot mess).
Until then, thank you, ComicsAlliance. For everything.
Bethany’s cosplay coverage was one of many reasons I went back to Comics Alliance every day. It was a fantastic site, balancing news with well-thought out commentary and analysis, and with a strong commitment to progress and equality.
The sudden way it was shut down was a tragedy, and I can only hope the fantastic staff find a new home quickly.
Bethany: my lady-bro-homie forever, and an excellent writer-ambassador for cosplayers everywhere. I hope all these talented writers find a home soon. Long live Comics Alliance!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/62f2518593162613d85e0a4b738b3912/tumblr_mm3jmibjX91qahez5o1_500.jpg)
[Above: Caleb Goellner, Chris Sims, Andy Khouri, Your Humble Narrator, & Joe Hughes, at the ComicsAlliance HQ at San Diego Comic Con 2012]
Last Friday, AOL shut down a handful of subsidiaries, including ComicsAlliance (source: CBR). Ever since its debut in 2009, ComicsAlliance was my primary resource for comics and pop culture. I forget how exactly I discovered ComicsAlliance or Laura Hudson (though I do recall getting the premiere issue of Comic Foundry while I was tagging along with Kaiju Big Battel at MoCCA Fest 2007), but the tone and presentation of ComicsAlliance’s content greatly resonated with me and cemented itself as my homepage ever since. Over the years, ComicsAlliance’s staff has grown to include a rich variety of contributors who have written pieces that made me laugh, cry, think, critique, and most importantly, relate. These were people who I wanted to sit down and have long discussions about Batman, karaoke, and inequality (preferably over drinks). These were people who I could see myself being friends with.
Back in 2009, I had only just started implementing social media into my life beyond LiveJournal, with a Twitter account and the launch of Fashion Tips From Comic Strips. I dabbled in comics-blogging and convention coverage, but I was really just dicking around in the humble little space that I carved out with my web presence. I bugged and befriended some of my favorite comic creators and comics journalists on Twitter, and at some point, a childhood friend of mine connected me with Laura Hudson. After proper introductions and brainstorming over content, Laura granted me the opportunity to write for ComicsAlliance, starting with a series of Halloween costume tutorials. Since this was my first journalistic freelance gig (let alone, for a media outlet that I held in such high regard), I struggled with a rare case of insecurity (in my case, at least) and excessive self-criticism over the content I was producing. However, Laura and Andy repeatedly reassured me that I was over-thinking and over-complicating my writing process, and encouraged me to believe in my intuition and my voice. I’ve taken this advice to heart since, in both my freelance work and various other endeavors in my life.
In May 2011, I launched Best Cosplay Ever (This Week) on ComicsAlliance, a weekly feature where I showcased a gallery of exceptional cosplay. To this day, I’m still completely floored and humbled by the overwhelmingly positive response to Best Cosplay Ever. During my time with ComicsAlliance, I got to meet some of my favorite creators and cosplayers, ramble about Jem & the Holograms at great length, host a proper style critique of the DCnU redesigns with the staff, and more. Although I’ve continued to struggle with my own journalistic obstacles (along with balancing CA deadlines with my full-time day job), I was honored to be a member of this crew, and I always felt like a valued contributor, thanks to Laura, Joe, Andy, Caleb, Chris, and all of the other staff members whom I’ve bothered over the past few years.
As a reader, ComicsAlliance provided me with information, insightful op-eds, and hours of entertaining content. As a contributor, ComicsAlliance gave me confidence, an outlet, and an entourage of coworkers whom I’m incredibly proud to call my friends. I am eternally grateful for ComicsAlliance for giving me a sense of belonging in a community and industry that often overlooks fans like me. And that’s why I’m still in utter shock and heartbroken over AOL’s decision to shut down ComicsAlliance.
Despite AOL’s decisions, I fully believe that the spirit of ComicsAlliance will live on in some incarnation, because if there’s anything we can count on in the comics industry, it’s the compulsion to reboot nice things. And if and when ComicsAlliance is properly retconned, my only request is that my coworkers and I get to work together once again (and that my redesign isn’t a hot mess).
Until then, thank you, ComicsAlliance. For everything.
Bethany’s cosplay coverage was one of many reasons I went back to Comics Alliance every day. It was a fantastic site, balancing news with well-thought out commentary and analysis, and with a strong commitment to progress and equality.
The sudden way it was shut down was a tragedy, and I can only hope the fantastic staff find a new home quickly.
Bethany: my lady-bro-homie forever, and an excellent writer-ambassador for cosplayers everywhere. I hope all these talented writers find a home soon. Long live Comics Alliance!
Boston Comic Con 2013 has been rescheduled and relocated! I’ll be there with ROLLER GIRL AND THE FLYING SIDE KICK #1 (still on sale at my online store) and maybe some other things! If you got tickets to the April event, they’ll still be good for this show, and more tickets are stil on sale!
Hope to see you there!
What? 2ND DAN RANDALL is evolving!
Leveling up in all areas of my life right now. Feels good, man :) And I can only assume that as a 3rd degree black belt, I’ll gain the ability to fly. If not, what is the point of learning martial arts??
Black Belt Testing 2013
Saturday, May 4
8 am - 2 pm
FREE
Alumnae Hall at Brown University
200 Meeting St.
Providence, RI 02912
From my facebook:
Not only is my first comic completed, published, and on sale - I’m testing for my third degree black belt in Taekwondo under Master Park! For those in the Boston/Providence area, the test is totally open to the public and I invite you to come check me out!
It’s five/six hours long and incredibly rigorous. You can come and go as you please (God, don’t subject yourself to sitting there that long!) or you can just come for the end, when I am dead tired and will be forced to kick and punch through boards and concrete blocks.
Roller Girl and The Flying Side Kick #1
I wasn’t able to debut it at Boston Comic Con as originally planned, but my first solo comic is NOW ON SALE in my online store! Click the link above!
The lives of Deborah Baum, the city’s finest roller derby player, and martial arts master Han Kit Lau change when the mysterious Ai brings a chaotic alien war to the shores of Port Side City.
Superhero/Sci-Fi/All-Ages
Release: April 2013
Self-published (printed through Ka-Blam Digital Printing)
Black and White
32 pages w/ full color front and back covers
$8.00
Please reblog! If you like it, please recommend it or pass it along!
Official statement from the folks at Boston Comic Con:
So here’s where we stand. First off, Boston Comic Con apologizes profusely to all the attendees, vendors, and guests who were inconvenienced by the postponement. We held out as long as we could and had the suspect been caught and the lockdown lifted just a few hours earlier we could have pulled it off. Unfortunately the Hynes was forced to pull the plug and the situation was out of our hands. No one could have anticipated this unprecedented shutdown of a major metropolitan area.
Secondly, we are looking at new dates for this year. We are working diligently on trying to reschedule sometime this summer subject to the convention center’s availability. We will announce the new date as soon as we book it and invite all of the guests back.
Any admission tickets purchased online will be honored at the rescheduled show. Once we announce the new show date, if for any reason, you can not come to the show on that date, we will refund your ticket at that time. Simply submit a refund request through Eventbrite.
Finally we want to extend our most heartfelt gratitude to all the shops who opened their doors this weekend and the artists who so generously gave their time to the fans. We spoke to many attendees who had driven long distances from the likes of Canada, Florida, and Missouri to be here and were so happy to have the opportunity to still meet some of the guests. And to all of you who have been so supportive in this trying time and sent very kind words of sympathy and support. There are several comic book events coming up in the next few weeks and we encourage locals to check them out and keep the comic community going.
As far as I’m concerned- yes, Boston Comic Con was a big deal to me personally considering that it was going to be the con where my first solo comic project debuted. Yes, it would have been loads of fun setting up my table next to awesome friends like Emmy, Lindsay, Alex, Ming, Neil, Joe, and Maris.
But in this past week, my city has gone through a lot, and all of the above listed tablemates/friends were within a couple neighborhoods of some serious danger (Lindsay and Alex were down the street from a full-on firefight, and the National Guard parked their tanks on their street)!
As far as my comic goes, ROLLER GIRL AND THE FLYING SIDE KICK, CHAPTER ONE is finished and printed. I made my April 20th publishing deadline. 32 pages of self-written, self-illustrated, self-published DIY glory. I’m proud of myself for taking the plunge and finishing something on my own. Whether or not it gets a single sale (it already has a few) is bonus for me at this point.
I’m just glad my friends are safe and that we can sit down and eat some pizza together.
Reposting this cutout ink drawing I did back in 2010 of my hometown. Because of recent events, I wanted to make something new, but then I remembered this very personal drawing I made that includes areas of my city that played important roles in my life. The Copley/Boston Public Library area is near the center of the drawing.
I love you, Boston.
2013 National Collegiate Taekwondo Champions: Brown University. 3rd year in a row! The joy I see on the faces of my friends/students/former classmates in this picture will stay with me for a very long time… #taekwondo #3peat
