tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10873362945579205572024-03-13T16:08:22.702-05:00Cozy LummoxA design process blogEric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-59983678763323016682012-11-15T17:17:00.002-05:002012-11-15T17:17:41.365-05:00SUCKERS launches today!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From the department of "I'm lousy at self-promotion": my new webcomic series, <a href="http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/11/suckers-1/">SUCKERS</a>, with my friend and amazing talent Jorge Coehlo, launched today at <a href="http://welcometotripcity.com/">Trip City</a> and I pretty much neglected to mention it to anyone before today. Despite what that might imply, we're actually extremely proud of this series! Quick pitch: When Corey White was eight years old, his mother told him his father had
died and left them with nothing. When he was eighteen, his father told
him different. But then, his dad’s a con man, so who’s he supposed to
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It'll be serialized monthly at Trip City. Jorge and I are both in this for the long haul, we hope some of you will join us for the ride...<br />
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And hey, while you there, you should check out some of the other consistently excellent content up at Trip City, like Jennifer Hayden's <a href="http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/11/scrapbook/"><i>S'Crapbook</i></a>, or Seth Kushner & George Schall's new <i><a href="http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/11/schmuck-7-the-ex-factor/">Schmuck</a></i>, or Jef UK & Zee's <a href="http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/11/just-super-bibbins-bodega/"><i>Just Super</i></a>, or the sure-to-be-excellent (haven't had a chance to listen myself yet) new <a href="http://welcometotripcity.com/2012/11/podcast-21-sean-howe-bryan-lee-omalley/">Trip City Podcast</a> featuring Bryan Lee O'Malley and Sean Howe. Happy first anniversary, Trip City!<br />
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(Also, I just noticed my GLARING typo on the credits on that "cover" above... sigh. Hopefully I can get that fixed tonight...)Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-10613283653958018382012-04-27T11:41:00.001-05:002012-04-27T11:41:28.868-05:00MoCCA 2012<div style="text-align: left;">
Apparently it's been so long between updates here that blogger has a whole new back end interface. Huh.</div>
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Anyway, as anyone following me on Twitter just heard, <a href="http://moccany.org/content/mocca-festival">MoCCA</a> is this weekend. Here's the same information I just tweeted, but in the more long-winded format we blog-readering dinosaurs are accustomed to:</div>
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Personal obligations prevent me from attending on Saturday, but I'll be hanging out at the Top Shelf table on Sunday, giving away FREE minicomix by me and Connor Willumsen to promote the upcoming launch of EGG: Hard Boiled Stories as a "Top Shelf Digital Exclusive" series, which means it'll be available on on Comixology, iVerse, the Top Shelf iOS app, etc. Here's a look at the cover to the promo (which will probably be similar to the cover of the first issue):</div>
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(Full disclosure for any of the few fine human beings who've purchased any issues of EGG in it's original self-published print format: we will be re-publishing those stories, but we'll be shuffling things around so every digital issue will have some never-before-seen content, too.)</div>
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Also debuting at MoCCA is the Trip City Visitor's Guide, the first ever print publication from the fine folks at <a href="http://welcometotripcity.com/">Trip City</a>. Not only is it designed by me (blatantly ripping off <a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=89300">Massimo Vignelli</a>): </div>
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...it also includes a new story by me and Jorge Coelho that serves as a preview of our new series that should be launching very soon at Trip City. It's going to be called "SUCKERS," and it's the story of a father-son team of con artists. I'm really excited about this one--it's broken up into easily digestible, readable-on-their-own chunks, but the overall story has a larger scope than anything I've yet written, and I can't wait to see Jorge bring it to life. And Jorge's work on the pages I've seen so far is next level stuff: even if the story's lousy, it'll be gorgeous to look at. ;) </div>
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Plus, MoCCA is also an early opportunity to pick up your copy of Seth Kushner and Christopher Irving's <i><a href="http://www.powerhousebooks.com/site/?p=11646">Leaping Tall Buildings</a></i>, which I was proud to design. And of course Top Shelf should have some copies of <i><a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728">Liar's Kiss</a></i> for sale which I'll happily sign on Sunday, or if you're one of those future people who reads their comics on the computer machine, Top Shelf is doing a <a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/news/818">crazy digital sale</a> right now where you can get <i>Liar's Kiss</i> (and a bunch of other fantastic books) for only $4.99! Talk about value!</div>
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So... if you're in NYC, hope to see you at MoCCA on Sunday! If you're elsewhere, hope to see you on the interwebs in the near future!</div>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-456151202483897392012-01-01T11:57:00.011-05:002012-01-01T14:34:33.545-05:002011: Year in Review<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1v2C_r9mSNg/TwCwRmz6mEI/AAAAAAAACjs/rPJddlJB5nw/s1600/happy2012.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1v2C_r9mSNg/TwCwRmz6mEI/AAAAAAAACjs/rPJddlJB5nw/s400/happy2012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692743745518868546" style="cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Looks like I forgot to do one of these last year. Oops. Anyway, here's pretty much everything I designed, art directed, illustrated, or wrote in 2011 (apart from stuff that hasn't been announced yet.) In no particular order:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O5dh2UCtJP8/TwCfX6hWTfI/AAAAAAAACjI/OJsRL37oDtM/s1600/LiarsKiss_cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O5dh2UCtJP8/TwCfX6hWTfI/AAAAAAAACjI/OJsRL37oDtM/s400/LiarsKiss_cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692725162191244786" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Liar's Kiss</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> by me and Jhomar Soriano</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O5dh2UCtJP8/TwCfX6hWTfI/AAAAAAAACjI/OJsRL37oDtM/s1600/LiarsKiss_cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p-qaQRzkYUg/TwCdoqo1ftI/AAAAAAAACdo/EGMYpzycU8c/s1600/38_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p-qaQRzkYUg/TwCdoqo1ftI/AAAAAAAACdo/EGMYpzycU8c/s400/38_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723250962202322" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 270px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/shop_products/93-i-le-havre-i-poster"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Le Havre</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> / art direction by me, illustration by Manule Fior</span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3m_hcVkwAjM/TwCeu8fvCHI/AAAAAAAACg0/zjRTDFtgRnQ/s1600/596_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3m_hcVkwAjM/TwCeu8fvCHI/AAAAAAAACg0/zjRTDFtgRnQ/s400/596_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724458346711154" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27734-three-outlaw-samurai"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Three Outlaw Samurai</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> / art direction by me, illustration by Greg Ruth</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KVW8NLsvYUI/TwCeu4ew2eI/AAAAAAAAChI/zKBK2nNy4Uk/s1600/597_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVi9AAeIo1I/TwCeU6dLqiI/AAAAAAAACgg/w2USedqhk7I/s1600/594_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XVi9AAeIo1I/TwCeU6dLqiI/AAAAAAAACgg/w2USedqhk7I/s400/594_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724011122534946" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FcWLv42Ahhk/TwCeD5MnI4I/AAAAAAAACfU/lnIK6ETOWuo/s1600/577_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27755-godzilla"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Godzilla</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> / art direction by me, illustration by Bill Sienkiewicz</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMmCvLlflIA/TwCfIfAlJEI/AAAAAAAACiA/IlC43yg5D6Q/s400/laborrising.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724897108010050" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1797"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Labor Rising</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jo2_7Ah_5Gg/TwCeunuQvwI/AAAAAAAACgs/KXBBEM4rKmY/s1600/595_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FcWLv42Ahhk/TwCeD5MnI4I/AAAAAAAACfU/lnIK6ETOWuo/s1600/577_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FcWLv42Ahhk/TwCeD5MnI4I/AAAAAAAACfU/lnIK6ETOWuo/s400/577_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723718726820738" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27658-cul-de-sac"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cul-de-sac</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YyoaS3T_j-A/TwCd4qyupsI/AAAAAAAACek/V0DFj6cRxsY/s1600/562_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YyoaS3T_j-A/TwCd4qyupsI/AAAAAAAACek/V0DFj6cRxsY/s400/562_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723525881603778" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27561-blow-out"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blow Out</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mmBrUN24tZQ/TwCjIMLfYqI/AAAAAAAACjc/Mc_icmgVgUs/s1600/americanlibrarynoir.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mmBrUN24tZQ/TwCjIMLfYqI/AAAAAAAACjc/Mc_icmgVgUs/s400/americanlibrarynoir.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692729290100007586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/American-Noir-Classic-Library-America/dp/1598531530"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">American Noir</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div><div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OzDgwv92s9o/TwCdnhF2MtI/AAAAAAAACc8/wUeO7MvbWWk/s1600/7_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OzDgwv92s9o/TwCdnhF2MtI/AAAAAAAACc8/wUeO7MvbWWk/s400/7_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723231219659474" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/521-a-night-to-remember"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">A Night to Remember</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Gregory Manchess</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ydKlAI0Kvtg/TwCfXXWp15I/AAAAAAAACik/h5Nx56KFpvk/s1600/onintersectionality.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ydKlAI0Kvtg/TwCfXXWp15I/AAAAAAAACik/h5Nx56KFpvk/s400/onintersectionality.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692725152751146898" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1845">On Intersectionality</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ajd8XiIG3Zg/TwCeDqLH2xI/AAAAAAAACfM/4qIiTkSg5yk/s1600/575_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ajd8XiIG3Zg/TwCeDqLH2xI/AAAAAAAACfM/4qIiTkSg5yk/s400/575_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723714694044434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27751-the-killing"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The Killing</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Connor Willumsen</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xk88RP9uBYQ/TwCd4cDUwmI/AAAAAAAACec/C94V7QCHGTM/s1600/556_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xk88RP9uBYQ/TwCd4cDUwmI/AAAAAAAACec/C94V7QCHGTM/s400/556_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723521924678242" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://ericskillman.blogspot.com/2011/03/senso.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Senso</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Glen Orbik, type design by F. Ron Miller</span></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mt9Dft8SHZI/TwCeve451wI/AAAAAAAAChQ/okZLtgL_w04/s1600/602_BD_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Mt9Dft8SHZI/TwCeve451wI/AAAAAAAAChQ/okZLtgL_w04/s400/602_BD_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724467579082498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/28029-the-war-room"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The War Room</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qtUba1f6JjM/TwCfXRnXGBI/AAAAAAAACis/gI9mMTMamRw/s1600/postcard_front_putneyswope.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qtUba1f6JjM/TwCfXRnXGBI/AAAAAAAACis/gI9mMTMamRw/s400/postcard_front_putneyswope.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692725151210608658" style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://ericskillman.blogspot.com/2011/09/atp-2011.html">ATP 2011 postcards</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bsLgN7BbHdM/TwCeUl0fQ8I/AAAAAAAACgU/RjJhK6Q7q8E/s1600/591_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bsLgN7BbHdM/TwCeUl0fQ8I/AAAAAAAACgU/RjJhK6Q7q8E/s400/591_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724005583143874" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27871-12-angry-men"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">12 Angry Men</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Sean Phillips</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BDcEdceQUU4/TwCdoE1PVtI/AAAAAAAACdU/4AIL_mBPXyI/s1600/19_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BDcEdceQUU4/TwCdoE1PVtI/AAAAAAAACdU/4AIL_mBPXyI/s400/19_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723240813680338" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/534-shock-corridor"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Shock Corridor</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Daniel Clowes</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BDcEdceQUU4/TwCdoE1PVtI/AAAAAAAACdU/4AIL_mBPXyI/s1600/19_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A-BeFLbXqpM/TwCdn2KVsII/AAAAAAAACdI/Gc2KlVUax70/s400/18_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723236875645058" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/533-the-naked-kiss"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The Naked Kiss</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Daniel Clowes</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zK8qrLO1K7E/TwCevtm6JnI/AAAAAAAAChc/HAG3pDuG1wI/s1600/A-Tale-of-Sand.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zK8qrLO1K7E/TwCevtm6JnI/AAAAAAAAChc/HAG3pDuG1wI/s400/A-Tale-of-Sand.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724471530137202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jim-Hensons-Tale-Sand-Henson/dp/1936393093/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325439844&sr=1-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Jim Henson's Tale of Sand</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / design by me, illustration by Ramón K. Pérez</span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KIFK7mSt6io/TwCeEMlOwlI/AAAAAAAACfk/iwazCLCPpDw/s1600/579_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KIFK7mSt6io/TwCeEMlOwlI/AAAAAAAACfk/iwazCLCPpDw/s400/579_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723723930354258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27630-the-phantom-carriage"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The Phantom Carriage</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, design & illustration by Christopher King</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XcLvj4Bnbd8/TwCeTwgUpCI/AAAAAAAACfw/lkImYWtXFwM/s1600/583_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XcLvj4Bnbd8/TwCeTwgUpCI/AAAAAAAACfw/lkImYWtXFwM/s400/583_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723991271482402" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27555-the-four-feathers"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Four Feathers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Gregory Manchess</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://ericskillman.blogspot.com/2011/02/broadcast-news.html">Broadcast News</a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><br /></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div><div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfpeII5pK1w/TwCdoQk_94I/AAAAAAAACdg/uIGq6_MwvIk/s1600/35_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CfpeII5pK1w/TwCdoQk_94I/AAAAAAAACdg/uIGq6_MwvIk/s400/35_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723243966789506" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/575-diabolique"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Diabolique</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, design & illustration by Dave Plunkert</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3w3LLnHgpnE/TwCfI-eBz2I/AAAAAAAACiU/SQ12xORg4-s/s1600/musesgotoschool.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3w3LLnHgpnE/TwCfI-eBz2I/AAAAAAAACiU/SQ12xORg4-s/s400/musesgotoschool.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724905553022818" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><a href="http://thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1802">The Muses Go To School</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cu__cLX-5uc/TwCeDXPAF1I/AAAAAAAACe0/cBiB3MQVKtE/s1600/558_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cu__cLX-5uc/TwCeDXPAF1I/AAAAAAAACe0/cBiB3MQVKtE/s400/558_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723709610039122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27550-topsy-turvy"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Topsy-Turvy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Yuko Shimizo, type design by F. Ron Miller</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ld3zHEjgzyA/TwCeDaDw__I/AAAAAAAACe8/kCFEahgsOkw/s400/559_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692723710368219122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27551-the-mikado"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The Mikado</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, illustration by Yuko Shimizo, type design by F. Ron Miller</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xy-oqtgNPyI/TwCeUZXK-DI/AAAAAAAACgI/WeFQ_F3GlkU/s1600/586_box_348x490.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xy-oqtgNPyI/TwCeUZXK-DI/AAAAAAAACgI/WeFQ_F3GlkU/s400/586_box_348x490.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724002238953522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27861-island-of-lost-souls"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Island of Lost Souls</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "> / art direction by me, design & illustration by Aesthetic Apparatus</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-haiV8d1OtbQ/TwCfIAYstEI/AAAAAAAACh0/YQBW9X0Yv-E/s1600/EGG3_cover1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-haiV8d1OtbQ/TwCfIAYstEI/AAAAAAAACh0/YQBW9X0Yv-E/s400/EGG3_cover1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692724888887669826" style="cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px; " /></span></a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ericskillman.blogspot.com/2011/12/brooklyn-comics-and-graphics-festival.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EGG # 3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> / stories written by me and drawn by Jorge Coelho, Robert Goodin, and (kind of) Leonard Starr. Cover by me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here's to a great 2012!!</span></div>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-32104296829010409952011-12-12T09:59:00.000-05:002011-12-12T15:49:54.806-05:00Branded to Kill / Tokyo Drifter<div>I believe these hit stores tomorrow, so now seems like a good time for a process post on these two Seijun Suzuki classics! </div><div><br /></div>The backstory of these films is that Suzuki was working as a “director for hire” for Nikkatsu in the ‘60s, cranking out genre picture after genre picture, getting progressively more and more stylized and “out there,” until culminating with his masterpiece, <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.criterion.com/films/576-branded-to-kill">Branded to Kill,</a> which was so shocking to the suits at Nikkatsu that he got fired and subsequently blacklisted. I had been told that before watching the films and thought, “oh, those provincial businessmen! How shocking can it be?” But I think you’ll agree after watching it, that if you were expecting a simple noir picture and got that, you’d be pretty shocked, too.<br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.criterion.com/films/577-tokyo-drifter">Tokyo Drifter</a> is the best (or one of the best, at least) of Suzuki’s genre pictures: a noir story executed in the most stylish way possible. <span style="font-style: italic;">Branded to Kill</span>, by contrast, takes the bare bones of a genre film and builds something completely new and different. Both totally fantastic films, but <i>Branded</i> in particular is in a class all its own. HIGHLY recommended if you haven't seen it before.<br /><br />In our previous editions (before my time) we had treated them very much as a matched pair, but this time around we wanted to emphasize the differences. We toyed with the idea of giving the two projects to two different designers, but ultimately decided that they should go to the same designer, more to avoid unintentional overlap than anything else.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">(We actually first went to an outside designer, who did some fine work that unfortunately just didn't click with how we were hoping to present the films. So we then brought them in house and the project fell to me to design. If that previous designer would like to share his own comps, he's more than welcome to, I just didn't want to presume on his behalf.)<br /></span><br />So, taking the films separately, starting with <span style="font-style: italic;">Tokyo Drifter</span>: this one doesn't need to be too overly deep. The movie is slick and just plain cool, so that’s really the main thing we wanted to get across in the design. The way the film uses color and composition is certainly bold and striking, and we definitely wanted to capture something of that feel. There’s also something interesting about the way it encorporates city signage and advertisting (that hair dryer!). Producer Jason Altman really loved the scene early in the film where star Tetsuya Watari is spotlighted against a black background in his bright yellow suit, so we soon narrowed in on that scene and it really became a question of how best to execute it:<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f6Hw_90M6G0/ToXZ0WIeIyI/AAAAAAAACZI/1aQAXkWlsxs/s1600/tokyodrifter_ES1A.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f6Hw_90M6G0/ToXZ0WIeIyI/AAAAAAAACZI/1aQAXkWlsxs/s200/tokyodrifter_ES1A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168000178430754" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HesQTgWfTLY/ToXZ0utjTnI/AAAAAAAACZQ/E3opS-WmPh0/s1600/tokyodrifter_ES2.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HesQTgWfTLY/ToXZ0utjTnI/AAAAAAAACZQ/E3opS-WmPh0/s200/tokyodrifter_ES2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168006776409714" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-deHgakxeOTU/ToXZ05e-ZTI/AAAAAAAACZY/9WFh6hGpfJg/s1600/tokyodrifter_ES3.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-deHgakxeOTU/ToXZ05e-ZTI/AAAAAAAACZY/9WFh6hGpfJg/s200/tokyodrifter_ES3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168009668060466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The first one was a early favorite, and Bob's your uncle.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R-95r8cneRY/ToXaGh-T3ZI/AAAAAAAACag/Nm71w9wJcU0/s1600/tokyodrifter_ES1A.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R-95r8cneRY/ToXaGh-T3ZI/AAAAAAAACag/Nm71w9wJcU0/s400/tokyodrifter_ES1A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168312594685330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />For <span style="font-style: italic;">Branded to Kill</span>, we came up with the idea of starting with a base of something relatively straightforward: the kind of thing that could be the cover to the film Nikkatsu might have imagined they were getting, simple genre stuff. Then we take that image and violate it with some seemingly incongruous element, probably the butterflies in the film. Some kind of strong transgressive action in what would otherwise be a very simple cover.<br /><br />The butterflies are a perfect encapsulation of this idea, because their function in the plot (a butterfly--representing Joe Shishito's growing obsession with the mysterious woman--lands on the barrel of his rifle, upsetting his aim), mirrors their function formally (the butterfly motif keeps recurring, getting <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i0-JjhbNEQ">more and more abstracted and disruptive</a>), which in turn mirrors what Suzuki is achieving with this film: the ultimate triumph of style over "substance," his own vision as a filmmaker making the otherwise cookie-cutter noir plot almost irrelevant. I was VERY pleased with this idea… I just needed to find a way to execute it!<br /><br />My first attempt was pretty close, though I probably let myself get carried away with the patterning and such… the rain, in particular, makes the whole thing look a bit like Eurythmics album cover…<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kf8s4uNSFHg/ToXZ05vKIaI/AAAAAAAACZg/FQ0HuVxm5m4/s1600/branded_ES1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kf8s4uNSFHg/ToXZ05vKIaI/AAAAAAAACZg/FQ0HuVxm5m4/s200/branded_ES1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168009735938466" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FDwlIx51urA/ToXZ1B_VYxI/AAAAAAAACZo/v2zCVLrsbFo/s1600/branded_ES2.jpg"> </a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6PAZmZq5IY/ToXZ9Wxkb9I/AAAAAAAACZw/4O03KcybZbE/s1600/branded_ES3.jpg"> </a><br /><br />I had the idea of including Japanese type on the "underlayer" to suggest a complete Japanese poster that was then being "violated" by the butterfly… but the overall effect was maybe a bit too simple:<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FDwlIx51urA/ToXZ1B_VYxI/AAAAAAAACZo/v2zCVLrsbFo/s1600/branded_ES2.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FDwlIx51urA/ToXZ1B_VYxI/AAAAAAAACZo/v2zCVLrsbFo/s200/branded_ES2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168011951268626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />A few more variations on those themes…<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6PAZmZq5IY/ToXZ9Wxkb9I/AAAAAAAACZw/4O03KcybZbE/s1600/branded_ES3.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-I6PAZmZq5IY/ToXZ9Wxkb9I/AAAAAAAACZw/4O03KcybZbE/s200/branded_ES3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168154969632722" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AnzqxQ3jJlI/ToXZ9rFoNkI/AAAAAAAACZ4/ZdYJwRqbBjU/s1600/branded_ES4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AnzqxQ3jJlI/ToXZ9rFoNkI/AAAAAAAACZ4/ZdYJwRqbBjU/s200/branded_ES4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168160422475330" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GV6utdHFqV4/ToXZ-NWW13I/AAAAAAAACaQ/pfrBYDezcSM/s1600/branded_ES7.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GV6utdHFqV4/ToXZ-NWW13I/AAAAAAAACaQ/pfrBYDezcSM/s200/branded_ES7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168169619445618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />…but the choice was obviously between the first two. The first was definitely my favorite, but was seen as a bit too "out there," so I tried some tweaks:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g854mX3GQrU/ToXZ9kE86sI/AAAAAAAACaA/j18tsS33FNY/s1600/branded_ES5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g854mX3GQrU/ToXZ9kE86sI/AAAAAAAACaA/j18tsS33FNY/s200/branded_ES5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168158540589762" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XQQUpaoiIRU/ToXZ95yriWI/AAAAAAAACaI/lMANdZhF9uU/s1600/branded_ES6.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XQQUpaoiIRU/ToXZ95yriWI/AAAAAAAACaI/lMANdZhF9uU/s200/branded_ES6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168164369533282" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GV6utdHFqV4/ToXZ-NWW13I/AAAAAAAACaQ/pfrBYDezcSM/s1600/branded_ES7.jpg"> </a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GV6utdHFqV4/ToXZ-NWW13I/AAAAAAAACaQ/pfrBYDezcSM/s1600/branded_ES7.jpg"> </a><br /><br />Thankfully, everyone agreed those were too tame, and after a little more tweaking, wound up here:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMIJTvTzhDQ/ToXaGsIArQI/AAAAAAAACaY/V4qqzkNVhzo/s1600/branded_ES1C-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMIJTvTzhDQ/ToXaGsIArQI/AAAAAAAACaY/V4qqzkNVhzo/s400/branded_ES1C-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658168315319725314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Which I was thrilled with! Definitely my favorite cover (of mine) in a while!Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-78296482228839827652011-12-03T09:47:00.003-05:002011-12-03T09:55:10.132-05:00Best of 2011?!Hey wow! Critic Nathan Wilson at Graphic Novel Reporter just selected Liar's Kiss as one of the <a href="http://graphicnovelreporter.com/content/best-2011-other">Best Graphic Novels of 2011</a>! (You have to scroll down a bit in that link.) He also says the book "combines all the flavors of a classic Bogart film with the soulless debauchery of a Jim Thompson novel," which might be my favorite pull-quote yet. Thanks, Nathan!<br /><br />(P.S. Hope to see any NYC-based folks at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival in a couple hours!)Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-5461720174795508442011-12-01T11:28:00.004-05:002011-12-01T12:12:27.997-05:00Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival 2011<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GI5fklcea6U/Tte0cbF0gdI/AAAAAAAACcw/YcqmU_ChpDs/s1600/egg3_cover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GI5fklcea6U/Tte0cbF0gdI/AAAAAAAACcw/YcqmU_ChpDs/s400/egg3_cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681207855352676818" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>This Saturday is the <a href="http://www.comicsandgraphicsfest.com/">Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival,</a> at which I'll be set up with a table, selling the usual comics and prints, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703">Liar's Kiss</a> and a hot-off-the-presses new issue of EGG! (That's the cover above.) The Festival looks to be expanding exponentially this year, with TONS of great artists in what I imagine will be a tightly-packed room. New Yorkers, elbow your way in and say hi!<div><br /></div><div>The Festival is in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at 275 North 8th street. As you can see on <a href="http://www.comicsandgraphicsfest.com/demo/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ExhibitorsMap.pdf">this (PDF) map,</a> I'll be upstairs toward the back, table 27. It runs from noon to 9 PM, hope to see you there! </div>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-23450900996894649572011-11-15T12:06:00.004-05:002011-11-15T12:21:19.754-05:00Miami International Book Fair!For what it's worth, this blog isn't *quite* dead, just a bit fallow lately... I have a couple of posts in the queue that I'll get up here soon(ish)...<br /><br />In the meantime, anyone in the Miami area is invited to come check me out this weekend at the <a href="http://www.miamibookfair.com/events/eric_skillman_on_emliars_kissem_robert_v.aspx">Miami International Book Fair</a>! The fine people at the Book Fair have very generously invited me out there to participate in <a href="http://www.miamibookfair.com/events/eric_skillman_on_emliars_kissem_robert_v.aspx">a panel</a> and talk about <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span>, which I am both excited and frankly a little nervous about. Should be a fantastic event, though! In addition to the talented folks sharing the stage with me at our panel (Rob Venditti, Philip Gelatt, and Tyler Crook), the HUGE festival includes appearances from people like Kate Beaton, Dan Clowes, Jeffrey Eugenides, Jennifer Hayden, Michael Ondaatje, Chuck Palahniuk, Seth, Adrian Tomine, Colson Whitehead, etc, etc, etc...<br /><br />Our panel is 11 AM on Saturday, so if you're planning on being at the book fair, please do come by!<br /><br />Also, just in case I forget to mention it later, I'll also be appearing at the <a href="http://www.comicsandgraphicsfest.com/">Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival</a> on December 3rd in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. And if all goes to plan I should have some new comics in one form or another to debut there.Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-61008364991819947472011-10-13T17:33:00.003-05:002011-10-13T17:53:30.335-05:00NYCC 2011Hey, remember how I have this blog? Yeah, me neither. Anyway.<br /><br />In case anyone was wondering, yes, I will be at New York Comic Con this weekend. Mostly hanging out at the Top Shelf table, signing copies of the not-really-a-'new-release-anymore-but-still-worth-your-time <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297287471&sr=8-1">Liar's Kiss</a> and just generally being personable. Stop by, say hi!Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-47867208391816146832011-09-30T10:59:00.006-05:002011-09-30T11:26:06.028-05:00ATP 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--L9Cza_xtI8/ToXqgcg8sjI/AAAAAAAACao/JEQsnKacImc/s1600/postcard_front_zerodeconduit.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--L9Cza_xtI8/ToXqgcg8sjI/AAAAAAAACao/JEQsnKacImc/s400/postcard_front_zerodeconduit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186349991998002" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HpIeOqwL8-Q/ToXqtETCqvI/AAAAAAAACbY/Zd383FexQZE/s1600/postcard_front_blowout.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HpIeOqwL8-Q/ToXqtETCqvI/AAAAAAAACbY/Zd383FexQZE/s400/postcard_front_blowout.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186566829517554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EqBO07oNv-4/ToXrRn8TFVI/AAAAAAAACb4/jLqs5G1Oy_k/s1600/postcard_front_sweetsmellofsuccess.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EqBO07oNv-4/ToXrRn8TFVI/AAAAAAAACb4/jLqs5G1Oy_k/s400/postcard_front_sweetsmellofsuccess.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658187194873091410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-767_9LXfRyk/ToXqtJZUbXI/AAAAAAAACbg/FPMPzzirkkM/s1600/postcard_front_islandoflostsouls.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-767_9LXfRyk/ToXqtJZUbXI/AAAAAAAACbg/FPMPzzirkkM/s400/postcard_front_islandoflostsouls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186568198024562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MUg_ugh4v2M/ToXrRtZdjnI/AAAAAAAACcA/xAdMqqwV1Jk/s1600/postcard_front_quadrophenia.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MUg_ugh4v2M/ToXrRtZdjnI/AAAAAAAACcA/xAdMqqwV1Jk/s400/postcard_front_quadrophenia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658187196337589874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rlYJeskyIB0/ToXqhPsKinI/AAAAAAAACbI/B2P-h3sIFQk/s1600/postcard_front_beingjohnmalkovich.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rlYJeskyIB0/ToXqhPsKinI/AAAAAAAACbI/B2P-h3sIFQk/s400/postcard_front_beingjohnmalkovich.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186363729250930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xjvtSiKkQcw/ToXqtesU9bI/AAAAAAAACbw/IbeI-FJwmt4/s1600/postcard_front_putneyswope.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xjvtSiKkQcw/ToXqtesU9bI/AAAAAAAACbw/IbeI-FJwmt4/s400/postcard_front_putneyswope.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186573914895794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OfXsCWYTA4/ToXr3QQCePI/AAAAAAAACcg/i8wGd-9igOA/s1600/postcard_front_timesofharveymilk.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2OfXsCWYTA4/ToXr3QQCePI/AAAAAAAACcg/i8wGd-9igOA/s400/postcard_front_timesofharveymilk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658187841348466930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jTczEWhYs3Y/ToXrSHf7U1I/AAAAAAAACcQ/QHMcN059cfY/s1600/postcard_front_therock.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jTczEWhYs3Y/ToXrSHf7U1I/AAAAAAAACcQ/QHMcN059cfY/s400/postcard_front_therock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658187203344028498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXTki9GFAkU/ToXqtWFnrZI/AAAAAAAACbo/223eJUgWtMw/s1600/postcard_front_phantomcarraige.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXTki9GFAkU/ToXqtWFnrZI/AAAAAAAACbo/223eJUgWtMw/s400/postcard_front_phantomcarraige.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186571605061010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-is2--Jrb_wA/ToXqgaYl_AI/AAAAAAAACaw/9Fm9vMFEh5I/s1600/postcard_front_fearandloathing.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-is2--Jrb_wA/ToXqgaYl_AI/AAAAAAAACaw/9Fm9vMFEh5I/s400/postcard_front_fearandloathing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186349420084226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-spdJzcp7JUI/ToXqgoN_oKI/AAAAAAAACa4/1gTV8s8uNs0/s1600/postcard_front_deconstructingdad.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-spdJzcp7JUI/ToXqgoN_oKI/AAAAAAAACa4/1gTV8s8uNs0/s400/postcard_front_deconstructingdad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186353133723810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x7mUN_KS7IA/ToXrSJxcnBI/AAAAAAAACcY/_3PiXENiKCY/s1600/postcard_front_rushmore.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x7mUN_KS7IA/ToXrSJxcnBI/AAAAAAAACcY/_3PiXENiKCY/s400/postcard_front_rushmore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658187203954383890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DHt4aALREJE/ToXrRx9XjTI/AAAAAAAACcI/eFrr-L-5d10/s1600/postcard_front_thekilling.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DHt4aALREJE/ToXrRx9XjTI/AAAAAAAACcI/eFrr-L-5d10/s400/postcard_front_thekilling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658187197561933106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QHq_8wqtGLo/ToXqs4BC-qI/AAAAAAAACbQ/qvYaeia2Evc/s1600/postcard_front_belledejour.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QHq_8wqtGLo/ToXqs4BC-qI/AAAAAAAACbQ/qvYaeia2Evc/s400/postcard_front_belledejour.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186563532815010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h2soDinKrSU/ToXqgwx5e2I/AAAAAAAACbA/DQccTWLJ4xY/s1600/postcard_front_12angrymen.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h2soDinKrSU/ToXqgwx5e2I/AAAAAAAACbA/DQccTWLJ4xY/s400/postcard_front_12angrymen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658186355431799650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7yEeABXntQw/ToXsUho8TqI/AAAAAAAACco/dS0uPum8LuU/s1600/postcard_back_criterion.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7yEeABXntQw/ToXsUho8TqI/AAAAAAAACco/dS0uPum8LuU/s400/postcard_back_criterion.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658188344232529570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This year's <a href="http://www.atpfestival.com/events/ibymasburypark.php">ATP</a> posters... or, post<span style="font-style: italic;">cards,</span> actually. Collect 'em all! Trade with friends!<br /><br />More info on the film schedule for this weekend <a href="http://www.atpfestival.com/assets/film11/films.html">here</a>.Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-83931970627320234262011-07-20T17:07:00.004-05:002011-07-20T17:16:14.018-05:00TR!CKSTER / San Diego<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RpFGYALxna4/TidSQ14rXSI/AAAAAAAACWg/aTDNZ5Uwy6w/s1600/kurosawa-trickster_logo1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 113px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RpFGYALxna4/TidSQ14rXSI/AAAAAAAACWg/aTDNZ5Uwy6w/s400/kurosawa-trickster_logo1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631560308346281250" border="0" /></a><br />In case you haven't already heard the news, I'm curating a small gallery show in San Diego this weekend. Criterion is partnering with the <a href="http://trickstertrickster.com/about/">TR!CKSTER</a> crew to present this <a href="http://trickstertrickster.com/2011/06/trckster-and-the-criterion-collection-present-a-tribute-to-the-films-of-akira-kurosawa/">one-night-only show</a> at the TR!CKSTER space. I think you'll agree it's a pretty stellar pool of talent: Mike Allred, Scott C., Josh Cochran, Francesco Francavilla, Robert Goodin, Victor Kerlow, Ted Mathot, Scott Morse, Sho Murase, Bill Presing, Jim Rugg, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Connor Willumsen have all generously donated their time and talent to pay tribute to the films of Akira Kurosawa. The show starts at 7:00 PM this Friday night and runs until 1:00 AM. It's free to enter, but proceeds from the sale of the artworks will go to benefit the <a href="http://www.japansociety.org/earthquake">Japan Society Earthquake Relief Fund.</a><br /><br />There's also going to be Criterion DVD and swag available at TR!CKSTER throughout the weekend, and Kent Williams may be stopping by at some point to sign <span style="font-style: italic;">Rashomon</span> posters. For those not already on the bandwagon, TR!CKSTER is the spot across the street from Comic-con where all the "cool kids" are going to be hanging out all week. With talks and "symposia" and rock shows and specialty cocktails, not to mention lots of cool exclusive stuff to buy, TR!CKSTER is the place to be in San Diego. And when I say "across the street"…<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Q9gSsF6PoE/TidSRLBEo2I/AAAAAAAACWo/p7S2LChxJrY/s1600/trickster1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Q9gSsF6PoE/TidSRLBEo2I/AAAAAAAACWo/p7S2LChxJrY/s400/trickster1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631560314018636642" border="0" /></a><br /><br />…I really mean it!<br /><br />So if you're one of the 125,000 people descending on that city for Comic-con, hop across the street Friday night for what should be one hell of a great show--and hopefully a pretty good party, too!<br /><br />(Below: a sneak preview of Josh Cochran's <span style="font-style: italic;">Throne of Blood</span> piece and Victor Kerlow's <span style="font-style: italic;">I Live in Fear</span>.)<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m3s5yfOImKU/TidSRVBJD8I/AAAAAAAACWw/rNIDhtcsAHg/s1600/joshcochran-hiddenfortress.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m3s5yfOImKU/TidSRVBJD8I/AAAAAAAACWw/rNIDhtcsAHg/s400/joshcochran-hiddenfortress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631560316703281090" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4cWDz47wowk/TidSRVX5k8I/AAAAAAAACW4/VAvA8cWzvKs/s1600/victorkerlow_iliveinfear.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4cWDz47wowk/TidSRVX5k8I/AAAAAAAACW4/VAvA8cWzvKs/s400/victorkerlow_iliveinfear.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631560316798735298" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Also: just a reminder that I'll be in San Diego myself this Friday and Saturday, splitting my time between TR!CKSTER and the Top Shelf table at SDCC proper, hawking <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297287471&sr=8-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span></a>. I'll try to update the <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/EricSkillman">tweetymachine</a> with my location at any given moment if you want to try to track me down. Hope to see you there!Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-26689796478676167252011-06-20T15:20:00.004-05:002011-06-20T15:36:32.059-05:00San DiegoJust booked my flights: I'm officially headed to the <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/cci/">San Diego Comic Con</a> this year. I'm busy enough this summer that I can't justify the full 5 days, so I'm only going to be there Friday and Saturday (July 22-23). (Limited engagement! Catch me while you can!) I'll be promoting <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span> with the Top Shelf folks, plus I'm also involved with another fun event that should be of interest to readers of this blog. I shouldn't talk about that yet but it'll be announced next week. (Here and elsewhere.)<br /><br />This'll be the farthest I've yet travelled on my "book tour," and my first time at the (in?)famous SDCC... I'm mildly intimidated, but also psyched! Hope to see you there!Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-8721042088577515512011-06-17T10:18:00.004-05:002011-06-17T10:26:36.357-05:00Tweet, tweetTwo (?) years behind the curve as usual, I gave in and signed up for the Twitter. I don't promise to have all that much to say, and anyone who follows this blog will know that limiting myself to 160 characters is going to be difficult, to say the least. But if you're interested: @EricSkillman.<br /><br />Lots of irons in the fire at the moment, but I've got a couple of good design process posts cooking. I hope to find the time to write them up properly soon. (<a href="http://www.criterion.com/films/27658-cul-de-sac"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cul-de-sac</span></a> should be first on deck, I think...)Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-84204441997954138022011-06-01T10:20:00.002-05:002011-06-01T10:47:48.197-05:00Heroes Con this weekend!If you're anywhere near the Charlotte, NC area this weekend, come on out to <a href="http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/">Heroes Con</a> at the Charlotte Convention Center! I'll be set up somewhere in the "Indie Island" area, I believe adjacent to the Top Shelf table. Prints, comics, and copies of <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297287471&sr=8-1">Liar's Kiss</a> will all be available for sale.<br /><br />And for those who only check this blog for the design talk, I'll be participating in a panel discussion on design in comics on Saturday at 1:30, room 203A. Here's a description of the panel from moderator <a href="http://www.richbarrett.com/2011/05/31/designing-comics-at-heroescon/">Rich Barrett:</a><br /><blockquote> "What is it that draws your wandering eye to one particular book on a shelf that is brimming with loud, look-at-me, multi-colored covers? It is the design of the book that makes that first impression count. Join cartoonist <strong>Rich Barrett</strong> (<em>Nathan Sorry</em>) as he dissects the art and function of Design with some of the most important and innovative names in the business: <a href="http://www.pronea.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Jonathan Hickman</strong> (<em>FF, The Nightly News</em>)</a>, <a href="http://www.adhousebooks.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Chris Pitzer </strong>(<em>all things Adhouse</em>)</a> <a href="http://mattkindt.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Matt Kindt </strong>(<em>Superspy</em></a>) <a href="http://www.drewweing.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Drew Weing</strong> (<em>Set to Sea</em>)</a>, <a href="http://ericskillman.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Eric Skillman</strong> (<em>Liar’s Kiss</em>)</a> and <a href="http://www.ifanboy.com/content/articles/Afrodisiac_Wins_AIGA_Design_Award" target="_blank"><strong>Jim Rugg</strong> (<em>Afrodisiac</em>)"</a></blockquote><p></p>That's a pretty fun line-up, I'm sure you'll agree. Hopefully I won't embarrass myself too badly speaking in public!Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-79869693307029463092011-05-27T16:34:00.003-05:002011-05-27T16:36:59.088-05:00Solaris by Sam Smith<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RhGj_4fhewc/TeAZVAlOFLI/AAAAAAAACWU/Jks4fKjMMg8/s1600/5660783906_b776119a3d_z.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RhGj_4fhewc/TeAZVAlOFLI/AAAAAAAACWU/Jks4fKjMMg8/s400/5660783906_b776119a3d_z.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611512984427697330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />You guys all have Sam Smith's blog bookmarked by now, right? So you don't need me to tell you about his awesome process posts, like <a href="http://samsmyth.blogspot.com/2011/05/process-solaris.html">this one</a> for <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.criterion.com/films/553-solaris">Solaris</a>? I didn't think so.Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-59783128692705647962011-05-16T22:14:00.004-05:002011-05-16T22:25:17.863-05:00Liar's Kiss hits stores this week!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7X5UTsAJM0/Tcwa-Knw4kI/AAAAAAAACV8/d3fs52_LkRQ/s1600/LK_3dbook.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7X5UTsAJM0/Tcwa-Knw4kI/AAAAAAAACV8/d3fs52_LkRQ/s1600/LK_3dbook.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Just a quick post to bump this info back to the top of the page, given it's timeliness: <a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728"><span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span></a> hits stores this Wednesday! Obviously if you're any kind of regular reader here, I've talked this thing to death, but for those who want a little preview, the first few pages are here, and you can browse through a selection of my favorite panels if you scroll through the blog archives.<br /><br />And anyone in the New York area should consider themselves invited to the Release Party on Thursday, May 19th, at <a href="http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/">Desert Island</a> in Williamsburg, Brookyn, 7-9 PM. Free beer! [Not free] books and hand-pulled silkscreens! Hope to see you there!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-edbK7avh9Io/TdHoiUphXCI/AAAAAAAACWM/-exHUZCDkKw/s1600/LK_releasepartyposters.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-edbK7avh9Io/TdHoiUphXCI/AAAAAAAACWM/-exHUZCDkKw/s400/LK_releasepartyposters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607518687409036322" border="0" /></a>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-15318031564286065412011-05-12T12:26:00.000-05:002011-09-30T10:17:18.384-05:00Liar's Kiss Design ProcessMost exciting design process post yet? Maybe! (For me, anyway. Your mileage may vary.)<br /><br />This, obviously, was a big one for me: <a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728">my own book!</a> (Or, mine and <a href="http://jhomarsoriano.blogspot.com/">Jhomar Soriano</a>'s, more correctly.) I've talked in the past about my half-baked theory where "art" communicates your own ideas and "design" communicates someone else's… but this time there'd be no client to blame things on if the cover doesn't come out right. This had better be a damn sexy cover, or I won't be able to show my face at the weekly graphic designers meeting again. (Note: there is no such meeting. Or, if there is, I've never been invited.)<br /><br />Naturally Jhomar had to draw it—his art is probably the best thing about the book, and it'd be crazy not to advertise it on the cover. But at the same time I wanted it to feel "design-y," something more than just another page from the story. And, selfishly, I wanted to put my own visual stamp on it, too, if possible.<br /><br />My initial, not-that-inspired idea was something like the following sketch (cobbled together from Jhomar's interior art):<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wkBPOm88rgM/TcwYrjYRR7I/AAAAAAAACT8/yY1jTRICmBU/s1600/presentation_idea.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wkBPOm88rgM/TcwYrjYRR7I/AAAAAAAACT8/yY1jTRICmBU/s320/presentation_idea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605882772679903154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I liked the idea of cropping the top of Abbey (the woman)'s face, to emphasize her lips (playing off the "kiss" in the title) and keep her intentions a bit mysterious, and Nick kind of hovering around in the background seemed appropriate, if not particularly motivated. I explained the idea to Jhomar, who turned it into this lovely drawing:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vX2kDJvagcc/TcwYsAb3mnI/AAAAAAAACUE/WpMJbj9uDRg/s1600/LK-jhomarcover1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vX2kDJvagcc/TcwYsAb3mnI/AAAAAAAACUE/WpMJbj9uDRg/s320/LK-jhomarcover1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605882780479625842" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Which I proceeded to color and add type to:<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zLNAzwt8nHY/TcwYso0IYLI/AAAAAAAACUM/Mh7nuhprJ6U/s1600/LK-promo1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zLNAzwt8nHY/TcwYso0IYLI/AAAAAAAACUM/Mh7nuhprJ6U/s320/LK-promo1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605882791318806706" border="0" /></a><br /><br />(I should mention that at this point in the book's development we were still planning on printing the whole thing in color, though we (okay: I, really) ultimately decided that wasn't getting the mood we wanted as well as the stark b&w did, so we dropped it. The colors here reflect the basic look of what we were doing inside.)<br /><br />So, anyway, even before we get to the half-assed type design… it's just not quite there. It's a fine drawing, fits the story, but doesn't elevate anything. Not enough "wow" factor.<br /><br />The story was intended to be the quintessential noir, so it was important to communicate that classic noir vibe… but at the same time I wanted to find a new tweak on the usual visual language. I love what <a href="http://www.hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi">Hard Case Crime</a> does, for example, with their totally classic pulp style, but that kind of painted look isn't really Jhomar's style, and besides it's kind of done to death in a comic book context.<br /><br />So I tried to think of what I liked best about Jhomar's art—the gorgeous thin lines, for example. I tried to get back to the roots of crime imagery, what makes that work? Shadows and angles, sure, but also: seedy locales and flickering neon. What about running the lifework without any spotted blacks at all, to evoke neon signs in the night? I did a quick (EXTREMELY quick) sketch as proof of concept and sent this note to Jhomar:<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XP0j0PyDAe8/TcwYtDygSHI/AAAAAAAACUU/A2HexGBmxAg/s1600/liarskiss_coversketch1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XP0j0PyDAe8/TcwYtDygSHI/AAAAAAAACUU/A2HexGBmxAg/s320/liarskiss_coversketch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605882798559742066" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YW4DvTOjl8s/TcwYtQPlUfI/AAAAAAAACUc/7Ab_-Rar7I4/s1600/liarskiss_coversketch2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YW4DvTOjl8s/TcwYtQPlUfI/AAAAAAAACUc/7Ab_-Rar7I4/s320/liarskiss_coversketch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605882801902932466" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote>…anyway, here's my idea: Abbey, naked and wrapped in sheets, sprawled out on the bed in Nick's office, playing with Nick's gun. The room is totally dark, except for light pouring in from the open door, where we can see the shadow of Nick in his fedora and coat. Then wrapping all the way around to the back cover, just show all the clutter and mess of Nick's office, with whatever noir-ish details you can fit in there... photos on his desk, etc. I'm attaching a rough sketch of what I'm thinking of, hopefully that helps give you an idea.<br /><br />And here's the most important part: I think the whole drawing should be OUTLINES ONLY: NO shadows or blacks of any kind. The outlines should be as detailed as possible, but all consistent thin lines, no big areas of shadow. So you give me something like the black and white sketch attached, and I'll reverse parts of it to make something like the color version. Does that make sense?<br /><br />And please feel free to pose Abbey in different ways... I kind of like the legs in my sketch, but I can't quite figure out an interesting way for her arms to hold the gun. I'm sure you can figure something out there. Maybe sketch out a couple different poses and we can pick the best one? We probably shouldn't see her face, but other than that whatever you want to do is fine.</blockquote><br />Jhomar liked the idea, and quickly sent a few sketches:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s6oRwbFPnTU/TcwZXa14zJI/AAAAAAAACUk/HcBHLa4pnk0/s1600/cover%2Bsketch1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s6oRwbFPnTU/TcwZXa14zJI/AAAAAAAACUk/HcBHLa4pnk0/s200/cover%2Bsketch1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605883526302452882" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uXm-ehvPO1c/TcwZXRI9gII/AAAAAAAACUs/chrP_8kAO54/s1600/cover%2Bsketch2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uXm-ehvPO1c/TcwZXRI9gII/AAAAAAAACUs/chrP_8kAO54/s200/cover%2Bsketch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605883523698098306" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6eHARM8B8yI/TcwZXpQm-CI/AAAAAAAACU0/OLDTnWqO0Ng/s1600/cover%2Bsketch3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6eHARM8B8yI/TcwZXpQm-CI/AAAAAAAACU0/OLDTnWqO0Ng/s200/cover%2Bsketch3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605883530172626978" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09dX69MSqfQ/TcwZXyGNwJI/AAAAAAAACU8/wOnQqbGz1FY/s1600/cover%2Bsketch4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-09dX69MSqfQ/TcwZXyGNwJI/AAAAAAAACU8/wOnQqbGz1FY/s200/cover%2Bsketch4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605883532544950418" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I liked the first, and set it into my layout, which quickly showed that the angles needed to change just a bit to fill the space properly.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nn0pqNHJpek/TcwZ6rFhqII/AAAAAAAACVE/Vi9lgp8nH3w/s1600/liarskiss_coversketch_0.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nn0pqNHJpek/TcwZ6rFhqII/AAAAAAAACVE/Vi9lgp8nH3w/s320/liarskiss_coversketch_0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605884131958433922" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jhomar tightened the sketch up a bit...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--S3g3oyxqyI/TcwZ7fT8fCI/AAAAAAAACVc/saOU3PkyXS0/s1600/coversketch2a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--S3g3oyxqyI/TcwZ7fT8fCI/AAAAAAAACVc/saOU3PkyXS0/s320/coversketch2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605884145977556002" border="0" /></a><br /><br />...and we had a working sketch. I liked my new title treatment, but had a little trouble at first figuring out just how to get our names, etc, on there. This, for example, was a terrible idea:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--AWDUnAARyo/TcwZ67tCcrI/AAAAAAAACVM/n39enxFyUtc/s1600/liarskiss_coversketch3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--AWDUnAARyo/TcwZ67tCcrI/AAAAAAAACVM/n39enxFyUtc/s320/liarskiss_coversketch3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605884136419127986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ultimately I went for a much simpler approach to the names, as you'll see in the final, below. I was getting sick of the red, though… it had always been kind of a placeholder color. Black, white, and red always works… but is used so often that there's almost always another color that could work BETTER. So going back to the whole "neon" concept, I figured just brighten it up to a super-hot neon pink. I thought fluorescent pantone at first, but the Top Shelf guys weren't crazy about that idea, so I settled on a more magenta-ish (but still pretty bold) pink on the final cover. Anyway, once the sketch was approved by the fine folks at Top Shelf, Jhomar completed the final (and gorgeous!) drawing:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wlgUgH4U1jw/Tcwa9VpsWWI/AAAAAAAACVk/QF9mpGfPvGg/s1600/liarskiss-coverdrawing.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wlgUgH4U1jw/Tcwa9VpsWWI/AAAAAAAACVk/QF9mpGfPvGg/s400/liarskiss-coverdrawing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605885277255784802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And here's the shadow he made, which is kind of cool by itself:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MjA7yP-91S0/Tcwa9kSLsWI/AAAAAAAACVs/HInlCYY8PsU/s1600/liarskiss-covershadow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MjA7yP-91S0/Tcwa9kSLsWI/AAAAAAAACVs/HInlCYY8PsU/s400/liarskiss-covershadow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605885281183707490" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I combined the elements and assembled the final cover, seen here in all its glory:<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gBatAEEp3xg/TcwehL1xRbI/AAAAAAAACWE/Rmde4qMOO_o/s1600/liarskiss_cover_mech2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gBatAEEp3xg/TcwehL1xRbI/AAAAAAAACWE/Rmde4qMOO_o/s400/liarskiss_cover_mech2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605889191632258482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We did talk briefly about putting a spot varnish on the pink lines, to give it even more "pop," but the printer felt that the lines were a bit too thin for them to guarantee the varnish could register correctly, so we decided against it. Anyway, having held the sexy little hardcover in my hands, I can say with certainty that I'm extremely happy with how it came together; hopefully the world at large will agree next week!<br /><br />Just in case there's anyone out there who ISN'T sick of me shilling this book yet, I'll mention again that it'll be for sale in <a href="http://www.comicshoplocator.com/">comic shops</a> across the country this coming Wednesday, May 18. (And presumably book stores around the same time, though I think they tend to be a little less release-date oriented than comic shops.) Or there's always <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297287471&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>.<br /><br />And anyone in the NYC area can come on out to <a href="http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/">Desert Island</a> in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Thursday May 19th from 7-9 to pick up a copy of the book and maybe an exclusive hand-pulled <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DSLz5staGAE/TaxuDBQVNcI/AAAAAAAACTs/L-5O1SllLs8/s1600/LK_releasepartyposter1.jpg">silkscreen</a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0KADMHTuXTw/TaxuDM6RG8I/AAAAAAAACT0/bkkuFTAk3sE/s1600/LK_releasepartyposter2.jpg">poster</a>, have a beer, say "hi." (I'm friendly, I promise!)<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7X5UTsAJM0/Tcwa-Knw4kI/AAAAAAAACV8/d3fs52_LkRQ/s1600/LK_3dbook.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 276px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7X5UTsAJM0/Tcwa-Knw4kI/AAAAAAAACV8/d3fs52_LkRQ/s400/LK_3dbook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605885291474772546" border="0" /></a>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-10139687849683043552011-05-10T12:36:00.003-05:002011-05-10T12:42:30.376-05:00TCAF postgame / what's nextI'm a little swamped at the moment so I shouldn't write too much, but it's worth a quick update to mention what a great time I had at TCAF… Couldn't have asked for a better experience for my first outside-of-NYC show. Thrilled to meet (or reconnect with) plenty of fantastic people, like Connor Willumsen, Darwyn Cooke, Michael Cho, Becky Cloonan, Scott Campbell, Top Shelf table-mates Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Jess Fink, the Immonens, and especially roomies Nate Powell and Leigh Walton. And plenty more than that, too, but that's probably enough name-dropping for one post. Also very happy to meet blog-readers in a new setting--who knew this little blog had such an international audience?<br /><br />Next on the agenda is the official <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span> release party at Desert Island in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on May 19th. (The book itself should hit comic shops--and presumably bookstores and Amazon queues--on the 18th.) Come on by to pick up a copy, have a beer, and maybe even grab yourself one of the exclusive hand-pulled silkscreen promo posters that decorate this post.<br /><br />Hope to see you there!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, May 19th, 7-9 PM</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/">Desert Island,</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DSLz5staGAE/TaxuDBQVNcI/AAAAAAAACTs/L-5O1SllLs8/s1600/LK_releasepartyposter1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DSLz5staGAE/TaxuDBQVNcI/AAAAAAAACTs/L-5O1SllLs8/s400/LK_releasepartyposter1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596969435070281154" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0KADMHTuXTw/TaxuDM6RG8I/AAAAAAAACT0/bkkuFTAk3sE/s1600/LK_releasepartyposter2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0KADMHTuXTw/TaxuDM6RG8I/AAAAAAAACT0/bkkuFTAk3sE/s400/LK_releasepartyposter2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596969438198963138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br />(For the record, those are just jpegs of the art; the actual posters are a bit large for my scanner at home, but have a bit more of a "handmade" look--also a brighter, more flourescent pink.)</span>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-49915672720668308352011-05-02T15:12:00.003-05:002011-05-02T15:24:25.924-05:00In Toronto this weekendCome by and see me at the <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">Toronto Comic Arts Festival</a> this Saturday and Sunday. This will actually be my very first convention outside of NYC, and I hear it's a good one. Free to the public, too, so if you're in the Toronto area you've got no excuse! I'll be at the Top Shelf table all weekend, along with a <a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/news/685">killer line-up</a> that includes Jeff Lemire, Kathryn & Stuart Immonen, Nate Powell, Ludovic Debeurme, and Jess Fink. You'd be forgiven for noting (correctly) that I'm the least exciting thing going on at that table, but come on by and say hi anyway.<br /><br />In related news, here's a <a href="http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/05/02/toronto-comic-arts-festival-2011-questionnaire-eric-skillman/">Q&A with me</a> on the National Post website.Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-41229422013356152772011-04-18T11:25:00.004-05:002011-04-18T12:04:01.640-05:00Liar's Kiss Release Party: May 19th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DSLz5staGAE/TaxuDBQVNcI/AAAAAAAACTs/L-5O1SllLs8/s1600/LK_releasepartyposter1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DSLz5staGAE/TaxuDBQVNcI/AAAAAAAACTs/L-5O1SllLs8/s400/LK_releasepartyposter1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596969435070281154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I'll post more about this as it gets closer, but just wanted to mention that we've scheduled the official <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span> Release Party for next month at Williamsburg's favorite comic shop:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, May 19th, 7-9 PM</span><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/">Desert Island,</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn</span><br /><br />Sadly, it looks like Jhomar will not be able to make it out from the Philippines, but I'll be there, happy to scribble whatever you like into your very own copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">LK</span>. So if you're in the NYC area, mark your calendars now, hope to see you there...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0KADMHTuXTw/TaxuDM6RG8I/AAAAAAAACT0/bkkuFTAk3sE/s1600/LK_releasepartyposter2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0KADMHTuXTw/TaxuDM6RG8I/AAAAAAAACT0/bkkuFTAk3sE/s400/LK_releasepartyposter2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596969438198963138" border="0" /></a>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-73621369488011219572011-04-11T12:24:00.004-05:002011-04-12T23:07:43.904-05:00MoCCA Postgame 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O5Bu3T5htMI/TaM8RYePtrI/AAAAAAAACTk/fsqcmOQbtq8/s1600/LK_sig.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-O5Bu3T5htMI/TaM8RYePtrI/AAAAAAAACTk/fsqcmOQbtq8/s320/LK_sig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594381431449040562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fantastic experience at MoCCA this year! <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span> sold out mid-day Sunday—sorry to anyone who wasn't able to get a copy!<br /><br />And as always, great to get to catch up with some folks I hadn't seen in a while, put some faces to names I hadn't met before, and of course pick up some great new comics. I haven't quite made my way through all my swag yet, but early favorites include new <a href="http://www.wiegle.com/">Matt Wiegle</a> comics (<span style="font-style: italic;">Wiegle for Tarzan,</span> and, even better, his story in <a href="http://tugboatpress.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Papercutter</span></a> #13), finally getting a chance to read Benjamin Marra's <a href="http://benjaminmarra.blogspot.com/2008/03/night-business-preview.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Night Business</span></a> (which is just as balls-to-the-wall awesome as everyone keeps saying), Jason Viola's fantastic <a href="http://www.manateepower.com/comics/amyamoeba/amoeba2/">Who is Amy Amoeba?</a> (which seems to be available to read online at that link--recommended!), Brecht Evans' gorgeous <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/night-animals/649">Night Animals</a> (<span style="font-style: italic;">The Wrong Place</span> is next on my list), and <a href="http://choppedintwo.blogspot.com/">Victor Kerlow</a>'s genius high-concept sketchbook, "People From Yesterday."<br /><br />Very curious to hear people's reactions to <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span> now that it's out in the world... if you're one of the lucky folks who picked one up, I'd love to hear from you! Drop me a line or leave a note in the comments, and hopefully I'll see some of you (and new people besides) at <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a> in Toronto or <a href="http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/">Heroes Con</a> in Charlotte…<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">[Blog housekeeping note: I think I'm going to pause the LK preview panels for a bit... if I keep putting them up at this pace I'll have posted the whole book soon! (out of order, but still.) But I'll try to keep the design process posts coming as best I can.]</span>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-64263422302994086302011-04-10T07:55:00.003-05:002011-04-10T08:05:20.866-05:00MoCCA updateThanks to everyone who came out yesterday! I know I missed a few people who came by my table while I was over at the Top Shelf table, or vice versa, but hopefully I wasn't TOO hard to track down. I know we've only got a few copies of <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss</span> left, so if you were planning to pick one up today, I recommend coming by the Top Shelf table early...Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-57170309209566404132011-04-09T00:00:00.001-05:002011-04-09T00:00:07.918-05:00LK34<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yxzBaPkfHdI/TTz5Vmu6pmI/AAAAAAAACMs/JjcyeWI-O-g/s1600/LK00.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yxzBaPkfHdI/TTz5Vmu6pmI/AAAAAAAACMs/JjcyeWI-O-g/s400/LK00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565597389092988514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728">Liar's Kiss,</a> by Eric Skillman and <a href="http://scruffyronin.deviantart.com/">Jhomar Soriano</a>, available for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295836059&sr=8-1">pre-order</a> now.Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-1887617796189015492011-04-08T00:00:00.002-05:002011-04-08T00:00:03.491-05:00LK33<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yxzBaPkfHdI/TTz5IVlHBYI/AAAAAAAACMk/JzjoJIutRLI/s1600/LK33.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 192px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yxzBaPkfHdI/TTz5IVlHBYI/AAAAAAAACMk/JzjoJIutRLI/s400/LK33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565597161150154114" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728">Liar's Kiss,</a> by Eric Skillman and <a href="http://scruffyronin.deviantart.com/">Jhomar Soriano</a>, available for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295836059&sr=8-1">pre-order</a> now.Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-58319099648289956902011-04-06T10:35:00.005-05:002011-04-06T10:56:39.040-05:00MoCCA 2011<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U-Zlts5Bftc/TZyIYgEt_pI/AAAAAAAACTc/HAAhyzamf-k/s1600/Mocca_Poster72.preview.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U-Zlts5Bftc/TZyIYgEt_pI/AAAAAAAACTc/HAAhyzamf-k/s400/Mocca_Poster72.preview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592494791795277458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In case I haven't mentioned it enough, I'm going to be at the MoCCA Festival this coming weekend, selling the usual assortment of comics, prints, (yes, I should have more <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yxzBaPkfHdI/SrkwswHdxFI/AAAAAAAABjE/Y_Nwva-m4is/s1600-h/troublingofgolfish_lores.jpg">goldfish</a> prints), etc… and of course, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">world-premiere debut of <a href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728"><span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss!</span></a></span><br /><br />The MoCCA folks seem to have included my name on the list of "special guests" in the <a href="http://www.moccany.org/content/mocca-festival">press release,</a> which you might think would indicate they're running low on the "special"… but actually the line-up this year looks pretty great, including Criterion vets <a href="http://www.adrian-tomine.com/">Adrian Tomine,</a> <a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com/">Kate Beaton,</a> <a href="http://choppedintwo.blogspot.com/2010/09/post-number-157.html">Victor Kerlow,</a> <a href="http://www.pyramidcar.com/easy-rider-poster/">Scott C.,</a> and plenty more great artists besides. And that's not even factoring in the best part of MoCCA, which is discovering some new book or artist that you would otherwise never have heard of. I highly recommend the whole MoCCA experience.<br /><br />You can find me at either my own table (E17--in the back, toward the middle) or periodically at the Top Shelf table (J5/K5--in the front, on your left as you enter). Come on by and become one of the first people <span style="font-style: italic;">in the world</span> to purchase your very own copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">Liar's Kiss!</span> Come early enough on Saturday and you could be <span style="font-style: italic;">the very first!</span> I will happily note your copy as such, if it is the case. OooOOooh...<br /><br />Also: for those not in the NYC area, I'm also currently planning on being <a href="http://torontocomics.com/">TCAF</a> in Toronto May 7th-8, and <a href="http://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/">Heroes Con</a> in Charlotte June 3rd-5th, as part of my international book tour! (What? Canada counts!) For those not in any of the above places, there's always <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295836059&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>...<br /><br />Hope to see you this weekend!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above: Peter Kuper's poster for MoCCA.)</span>Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087336294557920557.post-81399713378473634452011-04-06T00:00:00.000-05:002011-04-06T00:00:00.693-05:00LK32<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yxzBaPkfHdI/TTz4ihMWy7I/AAAAAAAACMU/NB82NAjnC8A/s1600/LK31.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 379px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yxzBaPkfHdI/TTz4ihMWy7I/AAAAAAAACMU/NB82NAjnC8A/s400/LK31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565596511432526770" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/liars-kiss/728">Liar's Kiss,</a> by Eric Skillman and <a href="http://scruffyronin.deviantart.com/">Jhomar Soriano</a>, available for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Liars-Kiss-Eric-Skillman/dp/1603090703/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295836059&sr=8-1">pre-order</a> now.Eric Skillmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06457581438691667177noreply@blogger.com0