The Comic Critic Review "Slumdog Millionaire"

Slumdog Millionaire does a fantastic job of giving its audience a glimpse of what it’s like to grow up in an Indian slum. Other movies have tried, but this one is truly appealing in that we are pulled into the characters’ lives by multiple levels of curiosity. And for once, we’re given an ending that doesn’t make us want to take a razor to our wrists and end this travesty called life. It’s fairly upbeat for an Indian Slum movie.

The Return of Stickman #1232

I'm not sure how hatchets became this week's theme. But this last strip seemed appropriate for Black Friday.

Happy Thanksgiving from The Return of Stickman #1231

Thanks to comments from yesterday's The Return of Stickman, I know know how to say, "Oh my god! There's an axe in my head" in several languages. Today I'm thankful that I do not have an axe in my head.

The Return of Stickman #1230

I spend half an hour typing up a huge rant on the quality of journalism. I erased it and decided that maybe I should stick to drawing hatchet buried in heads. It’s more gratifying.

The Return of Stickman #1229

Yes, this strip was inspire in part on a true story, but only an tiny bit. The news story was about a man who owned an exotic deer and because accidents happen, was gored/trampled to death in the animal's enclosure.

I had great fun at The Portland Comic Book Show and I plan on having a table there next year as well. You can check out the photos I took on my Flickr feed in the right hand column. I've also updated the blog so that you can now share this posting on Facebook and other social networks..

Copyright, Having vs. Filing - As Told by Zombies

Monica Gaudio, upon discovering that one of her articles was published without her consent by "Cooks Source" magazine, contacted the publisher. The publisher’s blatant disregard of Monica Gaudio's rights to her own work so outraged Monica Gaudio that she wrote about it on the Internet. It touched a very sore nerve amongst creative professionals who are daily finding their work pilfered and infringed via the Internet. The response was huge! A call went out that on Friday everyone should blog about copyright. This post is my participation in that call.

The following comic I drew during this years 24 Hour Comic Challenge, wherein cartoonists and comic book artists, write, sketch, and ink a 24 page comic in 24 hours. I thought the theme of a Zombie Apocalypse, where the dead eat the living and the living fight back, was a suitable gore-dripping backdrop for discussing the otherwise dry topic of copyright. Enjoy.

























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"How to Get Paid What You're Worth" presentation is Saturday, November 13th

Is your career floundering? As a creative professional, do you find that you’re barely able to cover your bills from month to month or feel that you might have to leave the world of art because you need a “real job?” Then you’ll want to invest a few hours of your time to hear Mark Monlux tell you how to get paid what you are worth.

Mark Monlux is an award-winning illustrator and cartoonist. Featured by the Graphic Artists Guild, ...he is nationally known as an authority on copyright, contracts, and ethical business practices through his “Ask Mark” column. Attend this presentation and you’ll receive crucial survival tips, a strategy for planning your career, and the basic principles which any creative professional—writer, photographer, painter, illustrator, or cartoonist—needs to apply to build a solid career.

“How to Get Paid What You’re Worth”
This presentation by Mark Monlux, sponsored by Tacoma Art Supply, is part of Tacoma’s Art at Work Month.
1 – 3 PM, Saturday, November 13, 2010
UW Tacoma Campus, Dougan Building, Room 160, 1721 S Jefferson, Tacoma, WA 98402 – In the cul-de-sac across the street from Tacoma Art Supply, 1552 Commerce Ave.

$10 at the door
$5 for Students with valid ID
$5 for CLAW members wearing their fezzes
Call Warren Caves at (253) 444-2341 to register via phone, or pay in person at Tacoma Art Supply, 1552 Commerce Ave, Suite 101, Tacoma, WA 98402