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| A dramatic A* archive art sale! | Jul 31, 2019 10:19 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Let's do a rare Wednesday A* original art archive sale! This is where I pick out a remaining piece of original A* artwork from the past that I think is one of my best efforts, and put it up for auction for one week starting at a special sale price—$16.99, instead of its usual art archive sale price of $50.
This time the special sale is of the 16" x 6.75" watercolor illustration I made for A* episode 34, page 36, in which Selenis wakes up suddenly in a darkened cell on the space station Helos. I layered on loads of intensely saturated watercolor to make it as dark as I could! And it's got dramatic lighting and a sheet and hair flaring, and really what more could anyone ask for? : )
This one-of-a-kind original artwork is up for auction for one week over here on eBay, starting at its special low price. The auction listing has high-res images; here's a tiny preview photo taken while the painting was fresh on my drawing table:
Thanks for checking it out! You can also always find the latest week's worth of brand new A* original art—the actual paintings behind the very latest A* pages—up for sale over there, all under my eBay listings. : )
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| Sales pitches were different back then : o | Jul 30, 2019 10:06 PM PDT | url |
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Added 2 new A* pages:
Ad for Mechanix Illustrated magazine, from Master Comics #22, January 1942.
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| Episode 37 ends, to be continued--tomorrow! | Jul 29, 2019 10:10 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:That's the final page of episode 37! But don't go anywhere, episode 38 starts right back here on this ledge tomorrow! : o
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| Bangs R Cool | Jul 27, 2019 10:00 AM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Here's an ink sketch I got to send to a reader for supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign : ) :
You can help me make this comic with support through Patreon starting at just $1 a month—and at higher support levels I can even send you monthly rewards, like that ink sketch. Thanks everyone for helping make this comic possible! : D
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| A moonlit drive with your cheetah | Jul 25, 2019 10:59 PM PDT | url |
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From "The Terror" starring Zoro in Master Comics #12, March 1941. Art by Mac Raboy.
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| Least dramatic villain ever | Jul 24, 2019 9:52 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:
From "The Evil of Illyria" featuring Minute Man in Master Comics #12, March 1941. Art by Charles Sultan.
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| But what's her conditioner? | Jul 23, 2019 10:41 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Here's an ink sketch I got to send to a reader for supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign : ) :
Thanks everyone for your support!!
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| He had an internet handle way before most | Jul 22, 2019 9:08 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:
Blueberry by Jean Giraud aka Moebius (source)
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| Overcoats are for slouching | Jul 19, 2019 10:17 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Thanks to everyone helping me make the comic with your support through my Patreon campaign! : D Here's a sketch I got to mail to a reader for their support:
Your support makes a huge difference! Thanks again! : D
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| Directly from Television! | Jul 18, 2019 8:56 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:
Ad from Whiz Comics #131, March 1951.
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| Hats for science | Jul 17, 2019 10:06 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Here's a sketch I got to send to a reader for supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign : ) :
Thank you very much! Your support helps make this comic possible! : D
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| 20% inspiration, 80% erasing | Jul 17, 2019 12:44 AM PDT | url |
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| The best laid plans of clones and robo-birds | Jul 16, 2019 12:42 AM PDT | url |
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From “Swap Your Partner” in Whiz Comics #124, August 1950. Art by Frank Bolle, script by Frank Little.
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| Let's work those neck muscles | Jul 12, 2019 10:28 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Thanks to all the wonderful readers making this comic possible with their support, starting at $1 a month, through my Patreon campaign. : )
Here's a sketch I got to send to a reader for their support:
Thank you! And thanks to everyone for reading this little comic. ^_^
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| Be sure your rocket trailer is aerodynamic | Jul 11, 2019 11:35 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:
From “Rockets to the Moon” in Whiz Comics #120, April 1950. Art by Kurt Schaffenberger.
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| Let's just vogue a little | Jul 10, 2019 9:27 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Here's a sketch I got to send to a reader for supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign : D :
Thank you very much for your support! ^_^
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| Black holes just get faster and faster | Jul 09, 2019 9:44 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:NASA just linked a poetically titled Chandra article, X-rays Spot Spinning Black Holes Across Cosmic Sea, talking about conclusions researchers have been able to reach by studying active, distant supermassive black holes, whose X-ray emissions they've been able to see—multiplied several times, kaleidoscope-like—thanks to gravitational lensing.
"The researchers then used the property that a spinning black hole is dragging space around with it and allows matter to orbit closer to the black hole than is possible for a non-spinning black hole. Therefore, a smaller emitting region corresponding to a tight orbit generally implies a more rapidly spinning black hole."
The X-rays from one of the black holes they observed had such a small cross section that the researchers calculated that the hole's event horizon is spinning at or very near the maximum speed: the speed of light.
"The researchers think that these supermassive black holes likely grew by accumulating most of their material over billions of years from an accretion disk spinning with a similar orientation and direction of spin, rather than from random directions. Like a merry-go-round that keeps getting pushed in the same direction, the black holes kept picking up speed." |
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| Rich in Dextrose | Jul 08, 2019 9:16 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:
Ad from Whiz Comics #103, Nov 1948
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| Hospital Gown Chic | Jul 05, 2019 9:02 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:If you enjoy A* and would like to help support the comic, one dandy way to do that is through the A* Patreon campaign. Here's a sketch I got to send to a reader for their support:
Thank you! : D Let's do more A* next week!
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| Hootin' Zoots! | Jul 03, 2019 9:10 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:I'm out for Independence Day tomorrow; back Friday! I leave you with the following inspiring message from our affiliate:
Panel from a full page Tootsie Fudge ad, “Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado,” in Whiz Comics #99, July 1948
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| Those who do not remember... | Jul 02, 2019 8:23 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:Here's an ink sketch I got to send to a reader for supporting the comic through my Patreon campaign : ) :
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Thanks everyone for your support! : D
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| What font do you give your robo-bird | Jul 01, 2019 10:06 PM PDT | url |
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Added 1 new A* page:The font I'm using for the robo-bird is Euphorigenic by @typodermic; it's free for personal and most commercial uses.
It's got a lot of personality, hopefully also while still being pretty legible. : )
I've added a section on the comic's now four main fonts, in the grey box about two-thirds of the way down the about page.
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