Phantom Flyer Commission - Kyle Latino

Kyle Latino is a member of our group, and I’m not afraid to say one of our most talented friends. The reason I’m posting about it is because Kyle has just announced that he is now doing comics FULL TIME. Which is awesome. Our group mostly consists of professional artists and illustrators that happen to have other full time jobs. Kyle is now making comics his full time job and I am JEALOUS.

He is accepting commissions in addition to being active on several projects. Kyle has done coloring work for Johnny Recon #2 over at POPGUNPULP, and is currently working on a project called Black Cobra. And excuse the punny title for this post. It’s because Kyle is launching a new webcomic titled the Neptonian soon, which is obviously filled with underwater adventure, hence, diving in. Check out the previews here! So head on over to Kyle’s site and check out this guy’s work, which I greatly admire. While you’re there, order a commission!

I forgot to mention! You can also find some of Kyle’s artwork in our group’s new comic anthology: Welcome to Indiana. Available for sale right here!

-Lee Cherolis

Thank you Gary, for the attention to the book. I’ve added the link to our press section of the book. you can also read a piece Gary wrote for Metromix Indianapolis prior to the book’s release in which Gary and I discuss Webcomics in today’s internet culture.
You can read preview pages of the anthology and see the promo video featuring some of the contributing authors on our site, here. Spread the word!

-Lee Cherolis

UPDATE: Yup. Gary’s review was printed in the latest issue of NUVO released today.

You can see the video on his site, on youtube, or right here on the IWG website. Just click the menu above where it says IWG Anthology. The book can be purchased right here off our site, anywhere it says SUPPORT IWG Buy Now in the sidebar beneath a picture of the anthology cover.

$15 plus shipping will get you 148 pages from 19 different artists, spanning most genres from Slice of Life to Sci-fi and Noir. This is an self-published anthology, printed through Lulu.com, so you can count on the quality and workmanship associated with Lulu.

Here’s the video. We hope you enjoy it and decide to support independent comics.

Thanks for the heads up Gary!

A REMINDER: Don’t miss our show on Friday the 23rd. Welcome to Indiana: A Comic Anthology goes on sale, see artwork on display by 13 different local comic artists and participate in a live drawing event with models from the Creme De Les Femmes Burlesque Troupe, dressed up as super heroines. Then music starting at 10pm, The Dirty Thirty, Beta Male and Destination: Earth!

$6 at the door.

Comix Rock: Art & Music Showcase

It’s hard to sum up our art show happening April 23rd at Local’s Only Art and Music Pub. There’s so much going on at this event. We of the Indy Webcomics Group are releasing our anthology, a collection of comic art and short stories entitled: Welcome to Indiana. The show also launches our display of comics and art which will stay up at Local’s Only through the end of May.

Lady Lenore Evermore and The Creme De Les Femmes Burlesque troupe will be hosting a Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School event, anyone can participate in. The Femmes models will be dressed in super hero garb, and prizes will be given out, donated by Hero House Comics.

Three local bands will be performing after the Dr. Sketchy’s event: The Dirty Thirty, Beta Male and Destination: Earth!

The show will be $6 at the door. Free goody bags will be given to attendees courtesy of Hero House Comics.

This kind of event is a first for us but most likely not a last. There’s something in the mindset of local artists and local musicians that both groups share in common. They occupy overlapping circles of creative energy and interests. The combination of the two, with live art models and costumes and prizes is a no-brainer.

For more information, contact our group organizers.

-Lee Cherolis

A mockup of the new anthology's cover.

Here’s the blurb from the back cover:

“The Indy Webcomics Group was founded in 2007 as a vehicle to connect and promote Indiana’s independant comic scene. IWG is comprised of a diverse group of comic book artists and writers living and working in Indiana.

2010 sees IWG expanding with new blood and new goals, the first of which is this collection of comic art and short stories. Welcome to Indiana is an eclectic mix of styles and genres reflecting the authors’ many influences in today’s graphic media ranging from animation and Manga to the Golden Age of comics.”

We’ll be announcing on this blog as soon as the book is available to buy. And leading up to the book’s release we may post a sample page or two to tease and entice you.

PS. With this post we officially re-launch indywebcomics.com with an updated look and lots more new content on the way.

Hooray!

-Lee Cherolis
Editor, Indy Webcomics Group

NEWW Panel: Print Vs. Web Vs. A Bear from Lee Cherolis on Vimeo.

The Print Vs. Web Vs. A Bear video just made it up on the blog@ section of Newsarama.com

http://tinyurl.com/chtms2

Next videos on the list (coming soon to the B:DC Blog):

Webcomics Can Get You Into Trouble panel
Your Compelling and Profitable Webcomic panel
Awards Ceremony
A Webcomics Weekend – an overview video of the entire show from the panels to the Awards with
Interview questions from:
Jorge Cham
Randy Milholland
Danielle Corsetto
Jon Rosenberg
Meredith Gran
Steven Cloud
Rene Engström
Chris Hallbeck
KC Green
Ross Scott
T Campbell
Joel Watson

Just check out their guest list! With even more internet cartoonists in attendence. If this becomes a yearly thing, I’d reccommend it among the CAN’T MISS events each year.

Did I mention it’s free? Their FAQ vaguely mentions merch available from attending artists so conceivably there will be table space to sell from. I’ll have to confirm once we get there but free exhibiting table space would be a definite plus.

I’ll be recording much of the event for a video I plan to release on my blog Brainstormingcomics.com as well as on my Friday column at Newsarama.com.

Friday the only event is a Pub Crawl all over Northhampton Mass. Which we will miss unfortunately because we’ll be ass-deep in our road trip to get there.

Saturday and Sunday are packed with innovative and awesome events for geared towards the  webcomics creator as well as the fans, as well as your standard panel discussions and a game room.

This is a landmark event in Webcomics history. See you there.

This is our first workshop, but if this goes well we hope to be doing these on a semi-regular basis with IMCPL, and other libraries as word gets out. Check back here to find out how it went if you can’t make it out. Maybe you can catch the next one!

-Lee

See you all there!
~Lee