/// MONOLITH | Home of Rapid City, A Super-Hero Comic Book http://monolithllc.com Rapid City, My Monthly Superhero Comic Book Mon, 27 May 2013 05:17:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Appetite for Discussion http://monolithllc.com/2013/05/appetite-for-discussion/ http://monolithllc.com/2013/05/appetite-for-discussion/#comments Sun, 26 May 2013 18:49:46 +0000 joshdahl http://monolithllc.com/?p=4877 Last night, I went down to the offices of Dig Boston and was interviewed by Ashley Amber Bottoms on her Unregular Radio show Bottoms Up: Appetite for Discussion.
AAB and Josh
She asked me all about Rapid City and how it came to be.
It was super fun.
But one of the most exciting parts (for me) was near the end when we got a call from a guy who could not get the show to play on his computer and was trying to work out why.
The caller and I talked about the comics that he likes for a few minutes before I realized who it was. It was Kav!

He and I have only worked online and have never actually talked before! So, that was our first auditory meeting!

On the way home, it occurred to me that there is an episode of DECOMPRESSED that Kav and I really like where Keiron Gillen talks to the creative team of Hawkeye. Hawkeye is a book that Kav and I really like. And on that episode… Matt Fraction and David Aja actually speak for the first time.

How cool is that?

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I got issue #4.
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It is beautiful, and I love it!

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Sold some books, talked to some people, but best of all just saw all the people determined to come out and have a good time.
It seems that people have been circulating from mini-con to mini-con. That was so cool!
Met Tamsin Silver.
Traded books with Neil Gibson, and Eric Hutchison. Talked to David Mack. And refused pop-corn from RaShawn.

All told, a lot of fun.
And, rumors are around that there might be more stuff tomorrow.

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But, everyone here was real excited about it, and lots of folks have already come from far away. And, mostly, there’s no way those bad guys are going stop us from having fun.

The League of Ordinary Gentleman Podcast Afterparty is still going on.
McGreevy’s pub, Saturday night.

At Larry’s comics in Lowell,
The Show Must Go On.

Somewhere in downtown Boston
FINE!Con

UPDATE

Comicopia is having sales all weekend and hosting Image artist Nate Bellegarde on Saturday.

At Comicazi here in Somerville,
THE-NOT-THE-BOSTON-COMIC-CON-GET-TOGETHER

Jason David Frank is announcing a few different meet-n-greets.

Nerd Rage Toys is having a 25% sale all weekend.

And maybe more to come.

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Stop by table AA409 to see the pages and to bid.

Take a look at the pages here: http://monolithllc.com/gallery/pages-gallery/#jp-carousel-4824

And, please share this (not just LIKE, but actually SHARE! Thanks.)

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It should be in my hands on Thursday.

In plenty of time for The Boston Comic Con on Saturday.

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If you want some books, get in touch with me before then.
Issue 1– 3 bucks
Issue 2– 3 bucks
Issue 3– 3 bucks

Shipping and Handling– Whatever you feel like paying.

Paypal is easiest for me, but you can also send me cash or checks.

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Kav has posted this sketch for the cover of Rapid City #5

Kav's first sketch for #5's cover

Kav’s first sketch for #5′s cover

I like it.
The line next to kinetic, is that just a guide for you, or are you seeing that on the actual page?
If on the page, I don’t think we need a divider like that between back and front.
Or, if we do, just to divide the fron t from the back, we could wrap a line pretty tightly around Kinetic. The way Walt Simonson would.
Also, the fight is looking pretty good, but I think it will be more dramatic if Max has his head rocked back a bit so that we can see the rage on his face… Or, if not rage then just cruelty and malice.
-Josh

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It is in the Marvel Style, so I guess it isn’t really done until it goes off to the printer.

I realized, though that I had been over-writing it. I was going into too much detail when I didn’t need to.

Hopefully, Kav will like and be able to do lots of cool stuff with it.
If, and when, he does, I will be sure to post some of it here.

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