Monday, February 19, 2007

SUPER REAL NOTES - Pinups

I've accumulated a number of pinups since I started publishing Super Real, and I try to use them in the book, or as cover art when I can, but I simply get too many to publish with the book's format the way it is. So instead of cutting the poster/interview section, the editorial page, or the ad swaps I do with other publishers, I've decided to put together a Super Real pinup book.

With con season at hand, I'm putting the finishing touches on a book to have printed via Ka-Blam.com's print on demand service. Since there've been a number of artists who've mentioned doing a pinup, I shook some trees this past week, and wouldn't ya know, some swanky Super Real guest art pinups showed up!

So, here I am, to share them with you, before they're available in the pinup book... I'm thinking of calling it Super Real Friends, or Super Real Friends: Pinup art and sketches... something along those lines, as it's all friends of the book doing pinups an the like.
It's going to be about 24 pieces, with about 3 by me (2 of which have never before been published), in a comic book size, cardstock cover book, with 2 pages for each piece, one for the art, and the other with notes on the artist, their work, and what (if anything) they've done for Super Real. So, a little something extra, as always. It will be a wide variety of artists, ranging from established creators in the industry, to rising talent.
I'm thinking of selling them for $10 each.

I'll of course, let you know once they're available (unfortunately, barring a miracle, they won't be ready for Wondercon)!

The pinups included here, from top to bottom are:

1) Holly (aka Participant Number 1)
by HC Noel

2) Kityana (aka Participant Number 3)
by Jerry Gaylord

3) Shana (aka Participant Number 5)
by Dan Mendoza

STAY TUNED,
jason

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2 Comments:

Blogger joeldanford said...

That's cool, Jason!! I'll color that one I did for that contest you had a while back that didn't win and you're more than welcome to use it. May even do another one just for the hell of it.

Also, how is Ka-blam? Haven't used them yet. Seems like they should be giving ComiXpress some healthy competition. I will probably use both if Ka-blam turns out to be a viable thing.

Good luck at all the cons this year!!

10:45 AM  
Blogger Jason Martin said...

Yo man,

Sorry, meant to reply sooner...

You're always welcome to update that one to color or what not. I've still got to get a page on the website for all the pinpus!

As for Ka-blam, I used them last year for a preview book at SDCC, and they were great! They meet/beat their leadtime and the product is exactly the same as what you'd find via ComiXpress (who seem to keep struggling with things).
That's why I used them again on this project, and so far so good.

5:02 PM  

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