Red Light Properties by Dan Goldman
Like it does for most art forms, the internet offers a lot of opportunities to change the way we think of comics and graphic novels. Creators without the backing of major publishers are able to push their creations directly to the web at a fraction of the cost associated with print versions.
A new web comic from Dan Goldman called Red Light Properties offers a twist on the genre. Navigation is always a bit of a challenge for online comics–the flow of reading a panel-driven narrative can be a bit tricky digitally. But Goldman’s method–to reveal one panel at a time–gives a new feel to the process. He’s a trained filmmaker, so it’s natural that his comic should achieve a filmic feel. Here you take in the action frame-by-frame, and there’s no opportunity for your eyes to wander and spoil the action later down the page.
The full comic–which melds Ghost Busters with the mortgage meltdown and gives it all a sort of Leisure Suit Larry veneer–is available serially each Tuesday on Tor’s website. To get a better look at the process behind the product, check out this really nice Babelgum video.
They are the Magi
Here’s a little dose of holiday spirit for you, from Joel Priddy’s illustrated version of O. Henry’s The Gift of the Magi.
Fifty-Two Stories has the full short story.
See more of Joel’s amazing Magi work:
Joel Priddy’s official site
A Book Club for Picture People
On the heels of King Con Brooklyn comes the inaugural ComicArts Book Club meeting at Bergen Street Comics. YourItList loves graphic novels, book clubs and Scott McCloud, so we naturally love this.
See you at King Con Brooklyn
The yearly Comic Con extravaganzas in San Diego and Manhattan are a guaranteed great time for fanboys and girls. But sometimes all the Hollywood hoopla and over-crowded convention halls leave you pining for something a little more grassroots.
That’s where the inaugural King Con Brooklyn comes in. Some of the country’s best comic and graphic artists live in the borough, and excellent indie comic shops like Rocketship and Bergen Street Comics have helped spark a healthy demand for the genre. So why not celebrate the Brooklyn comic world with its own Con?
Diehard comic geeks will converge at Park Slope’s Brooklyn Lyceum this Saturday and Sunday (November 7th and 8th), and we’ll be there with our very own booth. Come say hello, pick up some swag–Cyanide & Happiness tote bags, Ralph Wiggum fans, Kat Von D posters–enter our free Kiss Kompendium raffle, buy some newly released books (Monster Book of Manga Boys, Lilli C
arré’s The Fir-Tree), and meet the nerds behind Your It List. Our author Alex Robinson will be signing his brand new stocking stuffer A Kidnapped Santa Clause on Sunday at 3 pm, and panels, raffles, contests and concessions will be ongoing throughout the two day event. Hope to see you there!
