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Now this really made my morning. That is excellent , good job Mr Radiator. I want that on a T-shirt !

The new Thing prequel is storyboarded by one Rob McCallum, who drew Shimura with me many moons ago. He assures me that it's pretty good. The '84 original is a damed good movie, but not perfect by any means. There's a bunch of dumb scripting tying all that viscera together .

The golden age of the leading man was just after the 2nd world war. All those guys had seen things and done stuff that would make your hair curl. You could see it in Lee Marvin's eyes, in the way that Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster walked . They didn't have to prove a damned thing.

[Nikolai Dante: Too Cool to Kill]

Here's a sneaky preview of the cover fot the American Edition of the first book of Dante. Subtly entitled - Nikolai Dante: Too Cool to Kill

http://draw-bridge.blogspot.com/2011/03/howler-monkey-reading-nikolai-dante-too.html

So there's another 2000AD themed doodle on http://draw-bridge.blogspot.com/2011/02/kevin-oneils-krazy-kat.html today
Where I do Krazy Kat & try copying Kevin O'Neil's Nemesis style.

Have a nice day!

Simon.

As some of you are no doubt aware, I'm part of the DrawBridge Blog where each day we nominate a topic and then do a quick ( or not quick ) drawing and post it to the blog. There is a huge amount of material on it already.
Todays topic was 'Tintin' which I have reinterpreted as a 2000AD character.
Apologies to Pat Mills and Hergé.

http://draw-bridge.blogspot.com/

We like it when people comment, it's encouraging.

Thanks for your time.

Simon Fraser.

RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!!!

...actually no, I like Jon's cover and it is a deserving winner. So no hard feelings.

Si.

PJ pretty much covered the basics of submissions. Just remember that you are not just trying to win Tharg over with the quality of your work , but also with your professional attitude. While an Editor loves to publish great work they HATE getting stiffed by an amateur newbie who hasn't got their ducks in a row yet. So there is a great deal of caution when it comes to hiring untried talent.

As people have already suggested here, it's not one submission that gets you in the door, it's a campaign of submissions, fanzine art, convention meetings. Persistence and reliability will win you a great deal of favour. Also if you are willing to put this much effort into the chase, even if your work isn't up to scratch, Tharg and his minions will be aware of you and will pay attention as you improve.

A positive and professional attitude helps too. People like to hire people they like. That may seem obvious, but it's surprising how many guys come in with a chip on their shoulder or a sense of entitlement and it's very off-putting. Don't give them a reason to ignore you.

There are lots of good people here on this forum , so you shouldn't have trouble getting good advice.

Best of luck.

Simon.

Thanks for all the great comments that you've all made over the year. I do appreciate you taking the time to do that. Here's to the new year!

Simon F.

If I may bother you fine folks again with some more Lilly news. The complete 'Lilly Mackenzie & the Mines of Charybdis' has gone back online at Activatecomix.com.  This is the newly revised and expanded version from the Megazine run, with a fine new lettering job by Simon Bowland. So those of you who missed the Megazine run , or if you get an iPad for Xmas, can read the whole story at your leisure , for free.

http://act-i-vate.com/9-1.comic



"Lilly Mackenzie & the Treasure of Paros" will be updated again tomorrow ( wednesday). Thanks for your attention.
http://act-i-vate.com/117.comic

Simon.

[Lilly Mackenzie's]

Hi Folks/

I've just posted the first chunk of Lilly Mackenzie's next adventure to the ACT-I-VATE.com website where Lilly Mackenzie & the Mines of Charybdis debuted almost 4 years ago.
The new story will be serialised on a weekly basis , every Wednesday, until I've done about 100pages. There are also plans afoot to bring it to print in a Megazine near and dear to us all. I'll keep you posted on that. In the mean time enjoy...

http://act-i-vate.com/117-1-1.comic

The old man in the bed is indeed Lilly's father. He features in the 12 page Lilly story "When Lilly Met Cosmo" in the ACT-I-VATE Primer. His story will a major part of 'Lilly Mackenzie & the Treasure of Paros" which will start appearing on ACT-I-VATE.com next Wednesday.

Simon.

Folks the bidding page is here
http://store.comicfusion.net/wonder-woman-day.html
There is 24 hours left!
There's some prime stuff here going for cheap.

Simon.

I'm planning on doing exactly as before, making Lilly a page a week as I do other jobs, then collecting it all in some form at the end.

Thank you all for your support so far.

Simon.

[Lilly Mackenzie & the Treasure of Paros]

Once The Mines of Charybdis finishes in the Megazine, in a few short months, then you can continue to follow Lilly and Cosmo in their all new adventure on www.activatecomix.com , snappily titled Lilly Mackenzie & the Treasure of Paros

Also check out www.lillymackenzie.com for further news etc.

Thanks for your indulgence.

Simon Fraser