All from around 1986 – 89. The artwork was great, I have been able to find an empty sticker album on Ebay but none of the stickers. I do have a few of the comic strips though. Also does anyone know what happened to the Scare Bears creators Mike Gibas and Casper Williams? what did they go on to do after the Scare Bears?
I don’t remember what happened. I would also like to know.
I would like to have a major in art, but I would mainly like to focus on american and japanese style comics. Is there a specif type of class I would take for that?t
Sorry I spelled course wrong.
Some art schools may have a major in comic book art, but at most schools you will have to settle for majoring in fine art or an intigrated digital/traditional media major. The name of the major may be a bit different depending on the school.
If you don’t want to major in art, take some courses in drawing, figure drawing, and digital art, and creative writing as electives.
I know there are many types out there, I even know the discrepancies between most and the original print. I just need to know where to buy one. Preferably the 1983, 1988, or the Millennium edition.
you can buy action comics #1 reprint at http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref_%3Dsr%5Fnr%5Fi%5F0%26keywords%3DAction%2520comics%2520%25231%2520reprint%26qid%3D1279125788%26rh%3Dk%253AAction%2520Comics%2520%25231%2520reprint%252Ci%253Astripbooks&tag=shopping.center-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
Apart from notebook book doodles, I have no real drawing experience. I’d like to be begin developing some art skills and would like some recommendations of resources (hopefully online and free) of where to start.
Stylistically, I’m really into artists like Jamie McKelvie, Mike Allred, Cliff Chiang and Bryan Lee O’Malley, so I’d prefer resources for art like that.
Be specific. "Check your local library" is not helpful. At all.
Your local library has SHELVES full of art books and cartooning books, it’s all free to take out.
Then check online for tutorials. And browse the Barnes & Noble bookstores in their art section.
Mostly you just start drawing, practice a lot, use up a lot of scratch paper.
There are almost unlimited numbers of things to do when bored. However, there are those who might not realize that. So here is a short list of some ideas to do to combat boredom.
Sometimes you are stuck while waiting. You can’t go anywhere or risk not making the connection, so you need to entertain yourself on site. Online games are a good alternative. The variety is staggering, and there are a great many free options available. Puzzle games, shooters, role-playing games and many others. Simply use your preferred search engine to look for whatever types of games you like to play. I was surprised to learn there are even paper dolls available for play online. I submit that there is almost certainly something out there for everyone.
Naturally, reading is always a good option. A good book can be enjoyed more than once, and even the most devoted bookworm will have classics they’ve not yet gotten around to reading. Books can teach, illuminate, distract, entertain, inspire, enlighten, compare and contrast. You can discover things that go together you’d never have thought of, like the way New Orleans links Zombies and Pirates.
Another option for in-place boredom defenses is the radio. There is a variety of music and news available. You can simply veg out while listening to whatever music is out there, listen to the news and commentary channels for enlightenment or to find out what the other side is thinking, and you can find a show on some subject you care about like cooking, investing, car care or almost anything else.
There are puzzles available. For those who can’t keep a jigsaw puzzle handy, or a puzzle toy, there are books of logic puzzles, crossword puzzles and various similar tasks. There are classic puzzles from the past and contemporary puzzles steeped in pop culture.
One that is surprisingly addictive is writing. This can be fiction, or speeches you may or may not ever give or even technical writing about something you either understand or wish to understand. You can write letters to old friends that you intend to send or that you can’t. Another option is to write a letter to an historical figure, attempting to explain something and everything he or she would need to know to understand the topic. This is a fine way to discover whether you really understand something on which you have an opinion.
A similar idea is to do a contingency plan. This can be something like planning a vacation you intend to take later, or a plan to implement in an emergency, like what would I do if my car tire blew twenty miles away from anyone else? This is a fine habit to develop, as these plans seem to make the issues you are worrying about less likely to happen, and when something does occur, it isn’t unusual to have a plan ready that can be adapted.
Many people don’t like the drudgery of cleaning. Yet it is needed, and life can be pretty miserable if it isn’t done. When bored, you can use this as an opportunity to go clean something you’ve been putting off. This also applies to home improvements and maintenance.
In this modern day and age, there are vast resources available at the touch of a button. You can look up something you’ve been curious about. Such as the world’s biggest ant bed or the tallest mountain in Antarctica. Much like children can enjoy browsing through an encyclopedia, the internet has free books, encyclopedias, magazines, comics and obsessive nerds who have no life, but who want to make their knowledge of their obsession available to anyone who reads it. We should take advantage of this wealth.
One of my friends knits, and insists that this is the perfect thing to do while bored, as it is both entertaining and productive. It requires dexterity and concentration, as it is annoying to find you’ve made a mistake that requires undoing a sleeve to repair, and yet, when you’ve completed a task, you have a physical result that you or someone else can use.
Another option is to simply give up and take a nap. Some of us simply don’t get enough sleep, and should take the opportunity when it is available. Sleep rarely does any harm, though you shouldn’t sleep so much that you knock your regular sleep schedule out of whack.
Finally, if you are having issues with lack of enough things to do, get out. Go somewhere and there are other alternatives available. Make a picnic, take a hike, go to the mall, or visit the beach. There are essentially unlimited possibilities out there, requiring only that you go in search of them.
Adrian Adams
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What can online casino offer to fans of slot machines? Well, practically everything, that real halls can, plus something more than that. But before we look into online slot machine halls, let’s give a meaning to several notions. “One-handed gangsters” have been divided into two categories called slots and video slots (meaning a slot of a coin-receiver). Classical slots represent three mechanic barrels with a possibility to play on 1-5 lines. Video slots are a video screen 3×5 with the game on 9-30 lines with rich additional bonus possibilities.
One can find both kinds of playing machine in an online casino. From the point of view of the games quantity and their functional possibilities online games do not yield (and to some degree they may exceed) to offline ones. The doubtless leader in the slots quantity and quality is the “Microgaming” software. The downloaded versions suggest up to 180 kinds of different slot machines, classic ones and video slots in about equal parts. The classic slots suggest a game from 1 to 5 lines. There can be up to 10 plays with progressive jackpots which average sums vary from 5 thousand to more than one million dollars. The first 9-line video slots appeared several years ago. The play “Tomb raider” (that is known thanks to the computer game and the film “Lara Croft, tomb plunder”) still holds much favour. Lara’s picture of 4 floors height can even be seen in the company “Microgaming” office. After that 20- and even 30-line video slots appeared. The video slots provide with an opportunity to win free of charge bonus rounds including prize multiplication, additional bonus games, the possibility to risk and double the win, jackpots of hundred thousand dollars. The maximum prize of such games is usually $40-200 thousand. There are of course “wild” and bonus symbols, animation that is all the variety of possibilities for what the players love video slots. Besides, the player can set the quantity of games and then games start will be conducted automatically.
The second place would be rather given to the casino with the soft of the company “Criptologic”. Recently they have concluded a treaty with a popular comics publisher – the company “Marvel” and have already created more than ten video slots with popular comics heroes (we know, for example, such personages as Hulk and Spiderman). All in all, the casino suggests more than 50 classical video slots, covering 9-20 lines with the abundance of possibilities. Another unique possibility, provided for payers of the British casino “William Hill” is the availability of English “fruity” slot-machines that function with an opportunity of “pushing” the drum in order to make it move for a little while giving a player the winning combination. At the moment when I’m writing these lines jackpot on the video slot “Millionaires’ Club” exceeds $3,5 ml., that is twice as much as the previous record for the on-line casino. When you receive a current issue of the journal, the jackpot will either reach the sum of $4 ml. or it will be hit and consequently it will constitute its original sum of $400 thousand.
Such producers of slots as “RTG” and “Playtech” yield a little as to the diversity of slots (but not as to their functionality). There are classical slots and video slots with diverse functions and jackpots including the ones at one million dollar. Only the “Boss Media” out of five provider leaders yields a little its competitors as to the quality of slots, but they too possess video slots, at least for nine lines and without a full abundance of possibilities.
While evaluating slots online, it is necessary to consider such a burning question as the percentage of payment. Unfortunately, in spite of the numerous players’ requests the absolute majority of casinos do not show the laid into the game percentage of payment. However, one can try to estimate it. For example, the casinos with the software from “Microgaming” and “Criptologic” publish monthly common payment percentages, notarized by auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers. So the average payment percentage of all the slots usually varies in the range of 94-96 %.
As a conclusion, I want to mention that an online casino represents a very wide choice of different kinds of playing machines that do not yield with their functional characteristics to those ones you can see in playing rooms. The pluses of the online playing are more comfort conditions, wide range of stakes, the presence of bonuses that can double your means for playing. Besides, some casinos give the information about payments in pawn and the honesty guarantee that is difficult to see in real world. So, if someone decides to play slots in an online casino (s)he won’t regret it.
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Knowing that you need to better empathise this topic I recommend that you take Five minutes to read what we have to say. For people there are many different forms of reading material. These meter reading materials can be thought of as non-fictional and fictional forms of reading matter. In the invented form comic books like Batman comics are a firm staple for people of unlike ages.
Batman was first introduced to the public by Investigator Comic in their book number 27. The character of Batman was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. As the up-to-date crime fighter Batman was a huge success. For this grounds District of Columbia comics released the Batman comics as a separate funny book title in 1940. Since that period Batman comics have remained a favorite.
While the Batman comics have earned this crime fighter a place in the annals of fiction super heroes there have been many occasions where the character of Batman has been changed or revamped to fit in with the current trends and ideas. An example of this can be seen during the early years of the Batman comics.
As many of the comics of during the 1939 to 1949 period were pictured as pulp fiction the Batman of that period was presumption many of the traits that for that time. To make the character more naturalistic Batman Comics showed Batman armed combat his enemies as a vigilante Using only his battle skills, his strength and his intellect.
Dissimilar the other super heroes Batman was not presumption any super powers or special abilities. He was portrayed as a man who was driven to fight law-breaking in his way but one who still respects the laws of his home city of Gotham. In many of the Batman comics Batman is shown as a understood and grim crime fighter who battles his enemies by himself.
To make batman’s character seem more human the creators of the serial publication subsequently added other characters to the Batman comics. For most of the history of Batman his buddy Robin is shown armed combat alongside of Batman.
Later additions to the cast of the Batman comics are Batgirl who is shown as POLICE Commissioner Gordon’s girl Barbara, and Batwoman. The versatile villains who appear in the Batman comics are also well known.The names of the Penguin, the Riddler, Catwoman and even the Joker are ones that we recognize.
While many changes have been brought to the Dark Knight Batman comics are still comics that are read by many people. The versatile Batman movies that many of us have seen are a testament to the popularity of this superhero and the ever growth legion of Batman fans.
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Michael Malega
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In a campaign that began online in July 10, Subaru is promoting the 2008 Impreza WRX by exuding the history, heritage and popular culture of its home country, Japan. With an estimated budget of $10 million, the campaign features aspects of Japanese anime films and manga comics; movies like “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Blade Runner”; and television series like “Heroes.”
A tale of a man from a futuristic city “in a land of forbidden secrets” —a line from the teaser trailer on the site — who is destined to become the master of a powerful jungle creature, the WRX, will be told on three commercials that made their debut on the Subaru Web site (subaru.com/legend). Also, consumers will be able to watch the spots on cell phones and television.
The headline of a print advertisement showing a dragon perched atop a mountain reads “Somewhere in the jungle, the legend is reborn”. The intro of the text runs: “From the East it comes, conceived in thunder, born in lightning”.
A story told in comic-book panels and dialogue balloons about a man named Hiro, whose food at a noodle shop is disturbed by the arrival of a WRX, is shown on other print ads. The ads have the line “Prepare to meet your destiny”.
Timothy J. Mahoney, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Subaru of America in Cherry Hill, N.J., a division of Fuji Heavy Industries, said that the men whose ages are from 20 to 34 are the intended audience for the WRX — which has features like all-wheel drive and a turbocharged engine. As such, they group of audience like what is coming from Asia and the ads epitomizes that.
He continued that such audience group was the kids who grew up playing video games and many of which were, of course, sold by Japanese companies such as Nintendo and Sony.
Subaru joins a list (that is continuously growing) of advertisers who are capitalizing on the rising interest in Japan among younger American consumers.
The three WRX commercials, each utilizing 30 seconds, are to become available online in three stages. The first two was in July 10 and July 17 while the third stage will be available on July 31.
The commercials are set to start running on television next month, during programs that will include coverage of the X Games on ESPN, wherein the WRX is the car sponsor of the games.
Though not affirmed by the manufacturer, we expect the Impreza WRX is equipped with more improved Subaru catalytic converter.
Jason Moore
http://www.articlesbase.com/automotive-articles/the-subaru-campaign-184019.html
Chicago, Arlington House, Sunday October 23,2005, 6:30 am
After thoroughly exploring the Pullman Historic District, we decided to check out Chinatown, one of the many ethnic neighbourhoods that Chicago has to offer. The weather had turned from cool and grey with the occasional peek of sunshine to dark, rainy and cold, so rather than walking around we decided to have an early dinner at a Chinatown restaurant called the Lobster King.
Both my friend Linda and I had ordered vegetarian dishes, but after taking our order the waiter returned and informed us that he was going to charge us $2 extra for each dish since vegetables are much more expensive during the winter months. I decided to have a look at their takeout menu and saw that the same low price was listed on the takeout menu as on the main menu. As a result I put forward an argument that if both the dine-in and the take-out menu are stating the same low price for both dishes, I would not agree with being charged an extra $2 for each dish based on a verbal announcement. Either change the menu to include the higher price or charge the prices that are shown on both menus. I am not usually a difficult, picky guest in any hospitality establishment, but to try to charge $2 more for a dish that is listed at a lower price on both menus did not seem a proper business practice to me.
The waiter / manager finally agreed to charge us the prices listed on the menu, and the food was indeed delicious. After exploring the Chicago Cultural Center and the Historic Pullman District we had gotten quite hungry and we really enjoyed our early dinner.
After reviving ourselves we hopped on the subway because we wanted to check out Little Italy. So we got on the Blue Line and were told to exit at the UIC (University of Illinois) Campus and walk southwards. By that time it was raining and it was a rather inhospitable clammy day. We actually never ended up finding Little Italy, but walked around for about 40 minutes in the rain and after this exercise of futility we decided to pursue our evening plans: to attend a live performance at Second City, Chicago’s famous comedy venue.
So we took the subway back downtown to Jackson and we waited for the Purple Line until we realized that this line only runs during rush hour on weekdays. So we inquired which line we had to take and we found out that the Brown Line (to Kimball) would take us to Second City. At that point we realized that we had also been waiting on the wrong side of the platform. I guess in the Loop el-trains only run in one direction and we had already been wondering why we had seen 3 brown line trains go by on the other side of the platform, but none of them had arrived on our side.
I’d say we spent a good 45 minutes waiting on the wrong side of the platform until we finally had enough and went downstairs to ask a CTA employee who directed us onto the correct platform. In the rainy clammy weather this wasn’t the most exciting part of our trip, but we managed to entertain ourselves with lots of insider jokes in our original Austrian dialects.
Finally we caught a brown line train and made our way up to North Wells Street, into the Old Town Neighbourhood, home of the Second City Comedy Club. Since 1959 Second City has established itself as a Chicago landmark and a national treasure. This theatre has launched the careers of such comic geniuses as John Belushi, Mike Myers, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, and others more. It offers nightly comedy shows, as well as a variety of other programs and services.
The theatre has two main stages, both of which were sold out yesterday, so we headed up onto the 4th floor of the building which houses Donny’s Skybox Studio Theatre which is affiliated with Second City. This theatre features an eclectic mix of student productions as well as other alternative shows and at $10.00 per person, the tickets were a steal.
The Outreach & Diversity Program produces two to three original shows each year that are performed at Second City’s studio theatre, Donny’s Skybox, on the fourth floor of Piper’s Alley. At least one of these productions is an original revue written and performed by the Outreach & Diversity ensemble, a group of African American, Latino or Asian actors cast through annual auditions.
We bought tickets for the 9 pm show: “Six Degrees of Reparation”, a hip comedy revue featuring improv, original material and Second City classic scenes with an urban multicultural twist which was put on by 6 young comedians which included 5 black and 1 oriental performers.
The show offered a lot of physical comedy and a variety of different sketches. One of the funniest ones was a sketch entitled “Osama bin Laden could be anywhere”, where one of the female comedians donned a big black beard and kept popping up in different everyday situations. The “superior Asian girl” sketch played with A, B, C (Asian, Black, Caucasian) stereotypes and demonstrated how we all have pre-conceived notions of one another. In the “Black Black Awards” sketch the troupe made fun of famous celebrities such as Whitney Houston, Maya Angelou and even Martha Stewart.
One of the most poignant sketches was set in an imaginary Office Depot store, where the black and Asian store employees were giving very shoddy and unfriendly service to a variety of customers. At the end, the young black shopkeeper explained that with a wage of $6.50 an hour, after all her costs (food, rent, bus passes, doing her nails, etc.), she was $189 in the hole, and at that price a smile would not be included in the service.
We both enjoyed the live performance of these gifted comedians immensely as we both love live theatre and comedy performances. As far as culture is concerned, Chicago has something to offer to everyone.
Well, today is our last day here in Chicago, and the weather is forecast to be quite cold with a 60% chance of rain. Fortunately Chicago has many indoor venues to choose from so I am sure we won’t get bored.
Susanne Pacher
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With Japan rated as the third largest coffee consumer in the world, it comes as no surprise that coffee shops (kissatens) abound, with Tokyo alone home to over ten thousand. Shops come in all sizes and styles, but the smaller versions usually include only a counter and a few tables that are often sole proprietorships run by a husband and wife team who are helped by a part time waitress. These establishments also often double as a small restaurant which offer sandwiches or a light meal during lunchtime. For breakfast a “morning set” is often available which usually consists of juice, coffee, eggs and toast. These mom and pop businesses are gradually being replaced by the bigger chain shops such as Detour, Tully’s, and Starbucks, which offer over the counter coffee, more spacious seating arrangements, and in the case of Starbucks a no smoking environment. This has proven to be a big selling point in a nation that currently has very few restrictions in regard to smoking in public restaurants and bars.
Others have striven to develop a unique theme to distinguish themselves from the competition. Music coffee shops for example featuring jazz, classical, or rock, have always been a favorite hangout for the younger crowd since their inception in the early 1960’s. Less mainstream but proving to be quite popular are the manga (comic book) coffee shops that have sprung up in recent years in Tokyo. Coffee is served gratuitously, and the customer pays only for the duration of time spent reading the thousands of manga provided on library type shelves lining the room. On a similar theme, “Maid Kissa” coffee shops feature beautiful young waitresses donned in maid costumes that resemble characters from famous Japanese comics. As the customer enters the premise he or she is greeted by an alluring “welcome home my master”. In addition to the verbal role play offered, maids pour coffee and tea for patrons, or engage in a game of cards upon request. Many of these coffee shops are decorated in the style of an English Mansion to simulate feelings of truly being “master of the house”. Some shops are subtly veering from the coffee shop image by referring to their place of business as cafes, often reflecting the owners personal taste in interior design and music, and emphasizing a European atmosphere where home style food and a great cup of coffee can still be enjoyed.
Despite the various themes employed by owners to attract customers, the main feature of the menu is still coffee. For purists looking for an exotic blend or a special roasting method, a growing number of shops are now offering patrons fresh ground coffee using in house percolating techniques they hope will lure customers away from the instant coffee shop franchises that have come to dominate the market in recent years. Whether you’re searching for a temporary sanctuary from the clamor of the city, or a quick pick me up first thing in the morning, coffee shops in Japan have something for everyone.
James Sherard
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