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turhansbeycompany: They look just a little too happy about...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:21:45 -0400

turhansbeycompany:

They look just a little too happy about that.

Pretty! Shiny! Goes BOOM! monkeysplustypewriters: P.I. Jane has...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:35:11 -0400

Pretty! Shiny! Goes BOOM!

monkeysplustypewriters:

P.I. Jane has returned!

My new favorite thing! doctorpuppet: I went to Grand Central...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:36:53 -0400

My new favorite thing!

doctorpuppet:

I went to Grand Central Terminal today. I was really taken back by the ceiling, and I’m fairly certain I could see Gallifrey up there. I almost missed my train but caught it in the nick of time. I’m traveling North along the Hudson River. The view is lovely, and I think I’m actually getting used to traveling the “slow” way.

fuckyeahmaximoffs: by katsh

laurenandjohngoplaces — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:19:07 -0400

fuckyeahmaximoffs:

by katsh

Awww, yeah! brain-confetti: gardenfaithful replied to your photo: Aw yeah, look! I’m in the new PI...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:11:45 -0400

Awww, yeah!

brain-confetti:

gardenfaithful replied to your photo: Aw yeah, look! I’m in the new PI Jane book!

I don’t really know what PI Jane is, but that’s awesome! Haha.

Oh yeah, I should’ve put a link on that. It’s this awesome webcomic by my new friends Lauren and Greg and Tony!

I drew it for a specific Pie Vs Cake spin-off book but they put it in the collection of their main story’s comics, which is so nice.

Double Page Spread: Double Page Spread #8

laurenandjohngoplaces — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:25:46 -0400

Double Page Spread: Double Page Spread #8:

Listen to me ramble, ya’ll.

doublepgspread:

This episode is a special C2E2 wrapup with 2 of my favorite comic book ladies, Lauren Burke of “PI Jane” and IDW’s Womanthology, and Megan Byrd photographer and blogger of ”Comic Book Candy”.

We talk about the plight of all ages books in the direct market, Marvel and their fill in artists,…

Pie Vs. Pie

laurenandjohngoplaces — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:59:18 -0400

Pie Vs. Pie:

brain-confetti:

I’m the guest artist on P.I. Jane today! YEAH!

I have mentally checked out of work. And I am ready to go to...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:15:22 -0400

I have mentally checked out of work. And I am ready to go to SPACE.

Have we talked about how Gladstone’s is my favorite...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:09:51 -0400

Have we talked about how Gladstone’s is my favorite all-ages book right now? And these colors…awesomesauce.

manxome:

…

art by armand villavert

megthebrennan: new business card image and what the back and...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:11:59 -0400

megthebrennan:

new business card image and what the back and front will look like (barring more tiny changes I’ll make later)…………..

It’s the same basic idea as my current card because I am ~~creatively bankrupt~~ ~~a hack~~ pressed for time, except this time the top and bottom SHOULD line up and also this time my corpse is rolling around on the floor.

mikemaihack: Aaaaand more Adventure Time art! Here’s Princess...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:20:37 -0400

mikemaihack:

Aaaaand more Adventure Time art! Here’s Princess Bubblegum, seemingly okay about losing her hair.

The cover of our new book! You can pick up a copy at booth 692...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:38:56 -0400

The cover of our new book! You can pick up a copy at booth 692 tomorrow at c2e2!

megthebrennan: I would be way more shocked if I saw a...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:49:31 -0400

megthebrennan:

I would be way more shocked if I saw a superhero, but OK!

I’ve been off Tumblr for too long! Check out Meg with our...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:29:00 -0400

I’ve been off Tumblr for too long! Check out Meg with our story!!!

megthebrennan:

My copy arrived!!!!!!

You should be able to pick up a copy at your local comic store tomorrow! It hits regular book stores in a few weeks, I believe. I’m blown away by this thing!

Pretty weird that this is coming out just as I am working on more OmniGirl stuff with Lauren! it’s fate!

thehappysorceress: Minimalist Batgirl by Eric Pato

laurenandjohngoplaces — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:26:58 -0400

thehappysorceress:

Minimalist Batgirl by Eric Pato

Bandthology Cover

laurenandjohngoplaces — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:39:07 -0500

doublepgspread:

Here is the cover for the very first anthology I’ve helped to assemble.

It’s called Bandthology and it’s a collection of musicians making comics about rock and roll. You can still help us reach our printing goal here.

Cover by the incredible Ryan Kelly (Northlanders, New York Five)

Check out the cover for Bandthology! So awesome! I’m a huge fan of Ryan Kelly, and I’m super excited for his upcoming book with Paul Cornell.

I’ve written a story for Bandthology with my usual collaborators—Mr. Greg Sorkin and Tony Maldonado. If you’d like to see it, check out our ChipIn and order yourself a copy! Only $3 for a digital copy! $6 for a hard copy!

Awesome.

laurenandjohngoplaces — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:13:03 -0500

Awesome.

Shop School of World!!

laurenandjohngoplaces — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:37:29 -0500

megthebrennan:

schoolofworld:

We realized you guys might not know what’s available in our store besides a copy of our book! If you have some money burning a hole in your pocket, we’ve got a bunch of low-priced items featuring our lovely cast!

just you know….passing this along.

SuperValleyGirl #3! Can’t believe it took me so long to...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:43:21 -0400

SuperValleyGirl #3! Can’t believe it took me so long to post this.

gregsorkin:

Here’s the new strip (debuting here, apparently) for Lauren Burke’s The Totally Awesome Adventures of Super Valley Girl (and her BFF Zatanna). I think this one came out just ducky.

(I should probably mention I’m seeing if I can bring ‘ducky’ back)

Ohh, I have a fairy tale story...

laurenandjohngoplaces — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:56:56 -0400

Ohh, I have a fairy tale story too…

radicaljojo:

dongsparty:

HEY GUYS IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN

TIME TO BE IN A FUCKING BOOK

“Once Upon a Time…” is our second Anthology, and you guessed right, it’s going to be a folk/Fairy Tale themed anthology.
If you participated in the Ghost Tales anthology, be aware that things are going to be slightly different this time round, so don’t assume anything at the moment.

The Theme:
The theme for “Once upon a time…” is obviously Fairy and Folk Tales. We chose this because when we did a public poll and it was one of the ones people voted most that they wanted to participate in, after ghost stories.

Here is the challenge though, we are all familiar with the mainstream typical stories such as Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding hood, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the other popular classics. They have been done over and over again and unless you have some masterfully twisted version of the very well known stories, there is no point in doing them again.

We want you to dig into lesser known or culturally relevant folk stories from various cultures from all over the world. We want folk stories from many different countries all in one book so people can see how different cultures influence the different types of story telling. You can tell a classic if you like, but you’d better tell it in a mind blowing way noone would ever predict or it’s not getting in this book.

Please be careful of copyright infringement and be sure you are taking the essence of the story and telling it in your own words. Also make sure the story is free from copyright (over 100 years old, public domain or author-less). Because these stories are often published, and re-told and published and re-published you need to make sure you are taking it from it’s original version and not someones adaption/publication.
Example, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is very different from the original story, if you used Disneys telling as your reference point, you are going to get yourself in legal trouble and us along with you. You will be required to sign a contract stating that you have researched this point and you will take sole responsibility for any infringements.

Specifications:
We are accepting 5-20 page completed short comics with the following specifications:
-Black and White (Greyscales/*Screentones[see note below])
-Your files must conform with the template (Download template)/Final page size should be have a 4.5″x7″ Live area and the trim should be 5″x7.5″ with the total page size being 5.5″X7.75″
- PNG or TIFF (LZW compresssions, IBM compatible)
-Pages must be fully lettered and ready to print, we wont be editing your artwork
- Rating will vary (G-18+), while we don’t want blatent pornography, we do know that fairy tales were originally targetted to adults and we do not intend to make this graphic novel safe for children. So we will be accepting stories that have the original contents (ie cannibalism, pregnancy, sexual references and violence) and references from the first editions. We aren’t looking for a pile of “Happily ever after” stories, but they are welcome as well.
Having said that, we will judge each story on a case by case basis, we will expect them to be tastefully or artfully done without making it pornography.

The finished graphic novel will have a final size of 5.5″X7.75″, this is commonly referred to as “Manga” sized books.

*Screentones are alright as long as you understand screentones in print and how they differ from the screen

Compensation:
As a participating artists you will be given 2 free copies of the completed book and will be offered future issues at wholesale for re-sale or gifting.
As this anthology is more a collaborative artist project, artists do not receive a share of profits sold by other artists or Gurukitty studios sales. If you wish to gain some financial benefits for yourself you need to sell your own copies of the book and you will keep 100% of the profits of your own sales. However, Gurukitty Studios will promote the locations where artists are selling this anthology as well as artists online shops. Gurukitty Studios will cover all costs and labor for preparing the book for publication apart for individual comic submissions which need to be submitted in compliance to the technical specifications.

Additional notes:
This anthology is going to be 5.5″X7.75″, perfect bound, in black and white with a full colour cover.
Teams or partnerships are welcome.
You may submit as many comics as you like but only be featured once.

Because we require you to sign a contract, you must be either over 18 years old, or have a legal guardian sign the contract if your submission is accepted.

Submitting:
Deadline for Submissions is March 30, 2012
To submit to this anthology please send a JPG preview of all pages in a ZIP folder to submissions@gurukitty.com

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE EVERYONE; IM GONNA BE REBLOGGING THE FUCK OUT OF THIS. So many GREAT people showed interest in the last one and didn’t do anything. DO A THING; These books are HI-QUAL GREATNESS.

Comic anthology about fairy tales! I want in on this! Any of my writer friends wanna collaborate by putting together a script for me to draw?