Archive for October, 2008
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
I write comics on the side for fun mostly - I used to draw manga pretty well, but life got in the way and I can't draw anymore. I'd love to see some of my stories illustrated or develop a web comic or something - but all the comic artists I seem to meet already have their own ideas that they are drawing. Where can a person go to meet uninspired artists? There has to be some decent artists out there who want to draw something but have no stories/ideas… Even if to only build portfolio pieces… Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
I also know that the genre of comics/manga themselves is to WRITE and DRAW - but I can only do one half 
I know the big comic labels have writers on staff that they pair up with artists - that's sort of what I'm looking for, just don't know how to go about doing it!
Thanks for the replies - but online was my first avenue. I tried numerous times with no success, including placing ads on craigslist, etc. I stumbled upon one comic/writer networking site - but the authors that founded it only allow their own work. I've also tried DeviantArt to no avail - I just wanted to see if anyone knew of something new out there I could try.
Network. Make lots of friends that are in the industry (or aspiring to be in the industry), and sooner or later you will not only find someone who will want to collaborate with you, but you will already be friends with them, making the relationship and collaboration easier.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Has anyone sold comedy to BBC / individuals etc.
If so, what is the best way to go about it?
Hi there. Go to BBC website and find Writersroom, they are asking for comedy material RIGHT NOW!
Cheers, Steve.
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Robert Downey Jr.(Tony Stark/Iron Man), Gwyneth Paltrow (Virginia ‘Pepper’ potts) Terrence Howard (Jim Rhodes), Jon Favreau (director), and STAN “THE MAN” LEE. talk the new IRON MAN movie by Paramount and face some Q&A time from the fans at comic-con 2007
Duration : 0:24:22
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Technorati Tags: Comic-Con, Downey, Favreau, Gwyneth, Howard, IRON, Jon, Jr., MAN, Paltrow, robert, Terrence
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
The cast of the blue collar comedy tour come together with Drew Carey to make this hillarious piece about big decks.
Duration : 0:4:30
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Technorati Tags: Big, blue, Carey, collar, comedy, Deck, Drew, Foxworthy, Jeff, tour
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
I am a talented artist interested in being a comic book artist, but I don't know where to start.
actually, that's what i'm starting to do right now. i'm drawing for this guy my friend met at an anime store. and now we have a whole team of artists and writers trying to start our own story. we also network with the people who does Forgive Me Father, Ravenous/Animation and The Sins of a Gun. so i guess it all comes down to the networking.
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
My wife and I are going to Las Vegas and would like to watch a comedy show that is not nasty and filled with foul language. Anyone know of any? Must be a funny show.
George Wallace at the Flamingo is the best. I went to the comedy club at Harrahs once and the language wa disgusting and not funny.
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
HP Comic Relief parody of the Harry Potter film, which includes Jeremy Irons as Snape and Jennifer Saunders as J.K.
Really funny!
Duration : 0:17:6
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Technorati Tags: comic, harry, irons, jeremy, parody, Potter, Relief, snape
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
def comedy jam stand up
Duration : 0:7:2
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Technorati Tags: chapelle, comedy, dave, def, jam, stand, up
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
I am reading Henry IV, Part 1 Acts II & III. I am having a bit of trouble answering the question: What comic exaggeration does Falstaff use to explain why he lost the loot?
Anyone have any insight? Hopefully only those who have read this will answer. Thank you!
He claims he was set upon by a gang of ruffians, and spins a tale of how he tried to fight them off bravely until he was forced to bow to the weight of numbers. Actually, Hal had set up a mock ambush and Falstaff ran like a scared rabbit.
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
I was flipping through my complete works of Shakespeare book and saw that The Tempest was labeled a romance. I read the play and although it seems to have similar characteristics to a comedy (a love story with a planned marraige in act 5) it seems somehow different. I can't quite put my finger on it though, any information would be greatly appreciated.
You are right. Shakespeare's plays that were classified as romance, were also classified as tragi-comedies. They contained enough tragic elements (e.g., near deaths and serious themes like betrayal ), which kept them from being considered a full comedy, yet also contained enough comic elements (e.g, a love intrigue and a happy ending) to keep them from being considered a full tragedy. Debora B. Schwartz basically summed it up with the following statement:
"While tragedy emphasizes evil, and comedy minimizes it, romance acknowledges evil — the reality of human suffering."
Dr. Debora B. Schwartz, who is in the English Department at California Polytechnic State University, also gave the following explanation:
"Romance" was not a generic classification in Shakespeare's time. The modern term "romance" refers to a new kind of play, a hybrid of comic and tragic elements, developed and popularized by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher between 1607 and 1613 (their Philaster, 1609, is typical of the genre). At the end of his theatrical career, Shakespeare wrote four such plays which are now commonly grouped together as the Romances:
— Pericles (1607-1608); not included with SH's works until F3 (1664)
— Cymbeline (1609-1610); published in F1 as one of the Tragedies
— The Winter's Tale (1610-1611); published in F1 as one of the Comedies
— The Tempest (1611); published in F1 as one of the Comedies
Presumably, Condell and Heminges grouped Cymbeline with the tragedies and The Winter's Tale and The Tempest with the comedies because they felt that tragic elements predominated in the former and comic elements in the latter.
Because romances combine both tragic and comic elements, Fletcher called them "tragi-comedies" (a term which he coined in the preface to The Faithful Shepherdess, 1608; see As You Like It background materials for the influence of this play on pastoral comedy). According to Fletcher, a tragi-comedy "wants deaths, which is enough to make it no tragedy, yet brings some near it, which is enough to make it no comedy." Like comedy, romance includes a love-intrigue and culminates in a happy ending. Like tragedy, romance has a serious plot-line (betrayals, tyrants, usurpers of thrones) and treats serious themes; it is darker in tone (more serious) than comedy.
You might want to visit the URL to Dr. Schwartz's Document below for more details on The Tempest and its Romance categorization.
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