The Heap Origin

Reference Links

http://consequentialart.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/page-scene-fight/

http://pdsh.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Comic_Book_Characters

A very good resource for going digital

It’s Not Rocket Science by George Peter Gatsis – Going Digital For Less Than $200

Some really great info is in this.

Page is coming along.

They have really made the design of a page easy on here. I should be getting new graphics up in the next few days and finishing my bio and commission price list. Finished today's Strange Encounter pages except for the word balloons, and will have them posted sometime around lunch time, and starting the coloring of Thursday's pages after that. This week will have three uploads of 3 pages to the webcomic (Tue, Thur, and Sat) as I missed Thursday last week due to personal reasons. Busy, busy, busy.

Current Webcomics

Strange Encounters the webcomic

Gallery Show in Febuary

So as it currently stands this is my listing for my gallery show at MVCC...

Monday, Feb. 27

ART LECTURE/EXHIBIT: John Collins
2:00 p.m., Excellus Room 225, Information Technology Building (Lecture)
Exhibit/Reception in the Small Works Gallery following the lecture at 3:00 pm
Show open from Feb. 27 – April 5

Gallery hours are Tuesday – Friday, 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.


http://www.mvcc.edu/MarComm/directions-maps-1/directions-maps

Some fan art I've done for friends properties

This is Pete Hernandez's character, Company Man. His stories can be found here. http://www.companyman.goofeesnax.com/

 This is Danny Kelly's character King Dog.

This is Vince White's character Will Power.

http://willpowercomic.com/

Meet Thomas Gates

Thomas Gates is based on two characters I created when I was in high school named Namorian Gates and Paradox/Grail. I decided to merge them and create a stronger character. He is a sorcerer who is reluctant to use his powers in the modern world. He is joined in his adventures by Raoul his ferret familiar. Designed for a modern Urban Fantasy/Horror setting, I hope to have a short webcomic story for him in the fall. 

Meet Surefire

Coming this spring, Surefire is a character I created about 15 years ago when I was at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh studying animation. She was the star of a 1 minute traditional animation intro I drew, though sadly I lost the footage a few years back. You will be seeing more of her in the next few months as I start getting more of her comic done. I'm aiming for a late April to early May launch for her first adventure.

Reworks and updates

Well, I haven't used my blog in about a year and that's getting ready to change. Starting January 1st I will be trying for at least weekly updates on projects I'm working on including sneak peeks at art and my creating process. I will be changing the look of the page in the next few weeks too.

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The year in review and things to come.

Well, with the year almost over, I feel it is safe to say that 2010 has been a really good year for me.

The Strange Encounters webcomic is doing very well, with a steadily growing audience each month. I will be transferring everything over to www.strange-encounters.com over the next week or so, which will be the new home of the comic. The page is under construction at this time but will be operational by the 1st of January. This page will be the new home for the webcomic, while this blog becomes more blog like and tells you of things going on and things to come. Also, you can join the Strange Encounters fan page on facebook,which will have tons of updates on the webcomic as well as monthly prize drawings including original art.

I have two more webcomics I will be starting this year, more realistic in style, starting with the short story of Surefire: Eclipse, a tale of an intergalactic police officer tracking a rouge vessel on the fringes of the galaxy.

In 2011 I also hope to make some headway getting a toy line for RagBoy and Hands McGee, new tshirts and more, finish work on the 1st Strange Encounters digital children's book, finish a Strange Encounters short animation, and hopefully a Strange Encounters children's learning game. I will also be attending a few comic cons this year on the east Coast to promote my projects and network with fellow creators.

I just want to say thank you to everyone who has supported me over this year and years past. All of this would not mean nearly as much without you encouraging me along the way and enjoying the stories I tell.

I look foward to everything that 2011 will bring.

John

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Happy Holidays!!!

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