Archive for ‘Work’
9 items.
Guys, I am so completely stoked to announce that the site I built for work launches today.
This site is for Oh, Brother!, a new comic by Bob Weber, Jr. and Jay Stephens about a sibling duo. Lily is the responsible older sister; Bud is the mischievous younger brother. There’s also Bud’s best-friend-down-the-block, Bradford, and Bud and Lily’s dog, Buster.
It is freaking adorable and you should read it!
Also, the site has Flash games and a neat gallery where kids can post their own art (and where everyone can post photos of their pets)
 |
 |
Comment
So this is a bit delayed but last weekend I went to the NCS Reuben Weekend for the first time and it was kind of awesome. For the uninitiated, the Reubens are like the Oscars of comics, and pretty much the only comic event that people have to dress up for. It’s in a different city every year, and this year, it was in Jersey City, right across the Hudson!
 |
 |
|
The highlight of the weekend for me was really getting to meet all kinds of people whom I talk to on the phone every day for the first time! That was kind of amazing. I finally met Hilary Price, whom I have been working with on stuff for a year and a half now, and I was sitting next to her when she won her award for best comic panel! And I met dozens of other people who were all totally awesome (I am not listing out lots of folks for fear I might forget people) and had an amazing time. (By the way, King Features cartoonists swept Best Comic Panel, Best Comic Strip [Zits], and Cartoonist of the Year)
My friends Shaenon and Andrew came in from California and I got to see them for the first time in two years, and then they spent the week with me, which was pretty great!
Friday was a cocktail party which was mostly full of introductions and cookies! Then Saturday, Brendan, Rina, Alex, Alex’s boyfriend Duncan, Terri and I went into the city, had a nice walk around and went out for really amazing pizza.
Then we went back to the hotel, got all dolled up and went to the Reubens, which started off with an hilarious Godfather parody starring lots of famous cartoonists, and ended with drinks at the hotel bar and then the afterparty, where I mixed drinks and stayed up till a very embarrassingly late time of night, mostly hanging out with Jay and his girlfriend Kate, who were both super awesome.
Then Sunday, Rina, Brendan, Jay, Kate and I went for a nice walk along the Hudson, and went back in time for Rina to participate on the Six Chix panel. And then we went home!
All in all, it was a really cool weekend and I got to dress up and meet all kinds of awesome people and spend time with awesome friends!
 |
 |
More pics after the cut!
↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I completely forgot to post about this on my personal site!
Beetle Bailey is going to be 60 years old on September 4 of this year! Because of this, Beetle’s Website got a nice little facelift, courtesy yours truly.
There is also a contest running on the site where you can win an original Beetle Bailey strip, and a poll where you can pick the Beetle strips that will run in the two weeks while Mort Walker is on vacation. You should all go check it out!
Rina Piccolo & Velia, Dear
May 2nd, 2010 |Posted In: Blog Posts, About Comics, Blog Posts, Internet Stuff, Blog Posts, Media, Blog Posts, Work
So, the past few weeks, I’ve been helping my friend, Rina (who also happens to be married to my boss and thoroughly awesome) with her websites! Brendan helped her with the design and I did the code-monkeying on the back side.
Tomorrow is the “official” launch of “Velia, Dear,” Rina’s new webcomic. But the site is up today! And you can look around, there are preview comics up!
Her portfolio site, RinaPiccolo.com, is up TODAY.
Go look! Her art is adorable and funny and the websites are not too bad, either, if I do say so myself! You should all read it!
Look, everybody! I got business cards! Official ones from work!
