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MoCCA Festival 2012

Apr. 24th, 2012 | 08:07 pm
music: rain - the world at war
posted by: [info]pinguin_auf_ice in [info]act_i_vate

The MoCCA Fest 2012 in NYC is coming up April 28 & 29th. Like in many years before, I'm excited to have a table and present my work. I will have the new book Make Guano Not War, greeting cards and originals for sale. - I hope to see you there!!!

MoCCA Fest is held in Manhattan at:

The 69th Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Avenue
between E 25th & E 26th st.
New York, NY 10010-1830

Hours:
Saturday April 28th 11 AM to 6 PM
Sunday April 29th 11 AM to 6 PM

You will find me at table K16 1/2A, that will be at the south side of the Armory. There will be also an official after-party Saturday night, where the indie webcomix collective ACT-I-VATE will celebrate its 6th Anniversary. For mor infos just click on the links.

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Feb. 20th, 2012 | 09:11 pm
music: Lungfish
posted by: [info]pinguin_auf_ice in [info]act_i_vate

 Make Guano Not War
MAKE GUANO NOT WAR A POLE Collection by Thomas Baehr
- 60 Pages
- more than 100 strips
- introduction by Jennifer Hayden
- full color cover with b/w interior
- 9.0 wide x 7.0 tall
- US $10.95
- buy it online here
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“This is Thomas’s great achievement: he doesn’t turn his penguins into people; he turns us into penguins. Thomas lets his handsome, tuxedoed, adult birds, and fuzzy, adorable juveniles, speak to us, sometimes with humor, sometimes with sadness, about the seriousness of global warming. Because if we don’t see it yet, they do. “And they know what to say about it, if only we will swim with them a little way, and try to understand. So flop onto your belly, slide over the ice, and dive into this collection of strips from Thomas’s ongoing webcomic, “Pole-The Comic Strip with Penguins”. It will melt your heart.” (From Jennifer Hayden’s Introduction)
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Thomas Baehr created the strip POLE in 2005. In the same year the New York Press published it for the first time. Since then, the penguins appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, and the internet in the USA and in Europe. “Make Guano Not War” is the first collection.

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The Cartoonist Studio Cartoon Contest 2012

Feb. 6th, 2012 | 05:58 pm
music: NPR
posted by: [info]pinguin_auf_ice in [info]act_i_vate

I participate with my strip POLE in this years Cartoon Contest of The Cartoonist Studio. The winner will get to run their comic on the GoComics.com website. Yes, I’m aware of Scott Kurtz’ and Brad Guigar’s opinion about this contest. But I took part in the contest anyway. Hey, you never know, right!?!

I hope you will find one minute to support me and vote for POLE.

I am Contestant 184 and voting started February 6th 2012. Everybody is allowed to vote, but there will also be a jury. To vote please go to http://www.thecartooniststudio.com/vote or click here. Unfortunately, you have first to sign in and become a Cartoonist Studio member. But it is free and easy to do, and you’re aloud to vote every six hours. To find the right strip, just type POLE into the search bar.

The contest will be a 10 week marathon where you will get a different POLE strip every week – as long as I will receive enough votes to move on to the next round. Thank you so much. Your vote/s is/are highly appreciated!!!

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SAM & LILAH updated today!

Jan. 16th, 2012 | 12:45 pm
posted by: [info]chatterbox_dc in [info]act_i_vate

Six new pages of SAM & LILAH today, folks! Please give it a look, it features Hyeondo Park at his dream-like best.

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http://activatecomix.com/42-4-1.comic

Need to catch up first? Start here:

Chapter 1: http://www.activatecomix.com/42-1-1.comic

Chapter 2: http://www.activatecomix.com/42-2-1.comic

Chapter 3: http://www.activatecomix.com/42-3-1.comic

We'll be back with more in February...

In the meantime, here's where to go for all the OTHER great comix at ACT-I-VATE:

http://www.activatecomix.com

If you haven't already, why not pick up a copy of the ACT-I-VATE PRIMER? Diamond Order Code: AUG090968 | ISBN 978-1-60010-528-9

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Adventures of the Floating Elephant

Jun. 6th, 2011 | 12:48 am
posted by: [info]iconotrast in [info]act_i_vate

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June!

Sorry I skipped a month. Four new pages of,
“Adventures of The Floating Elephant”
are up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-93.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start of chapter 3:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-62.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the VERY start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

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ACT-I-VATE’s SAM & LILAH MOVES TO MTV GEEK, GIVES AWAY FREE STUFF

May. 20th, 2011 | 05:20 pm
posted by: [info]chatterbox_dc in [info]act_i_vate



Gentle readers, friends, family, and acquaintances:

We are pleased to announce that, as part of the continuing relationship between webcomics collective ACT-I-VATE (http:www.activatecomix.com) and MTV GEEK, Jim Dougan and Hyeondo Park’s SAM & LILAH will be part of growing new comics lineup at the MTV site.

The first three chapters of S&L that have previously appeared on ACT-I-VATE will now also appear on MTV GEEK, with future installments to follow, likewise, on both sites.

You can read more about it, and even see video of Jim being interviewed at this year’s MoCCA Festival, here:

http://geek-news.mtv.com/2011/05/19/star-crossed-lovers-read-act-i-vates-sam-and-lilah-now-on-mtv-geek/

And read (or re-read, as the case may be) the first installment of SAM & LILAH here:

http://www.mtv.com/geek/comic/issue/1111/sam-and-lilah-1-pt-1.jhtml

SO WHAT ABOUT THAT FREE STUFF?

Here’s the deal: each week we will be asking a question, or asking you to tell us a story relevant to that week’s Sam & Lilah update. The best response will get the writer our Weekly Prize: a signed print of a page from that week! Then, for each Chapter, we’ll pick a winner to receive the Chapter Prize: a signed copy of the ACT-I-VATE PRIMER from IDW Publishing, which contains an exclusive Sam & Lilah story that will not appear on MTV Geek (or on ACT-I-VATE). Finally, we’ll choose from among all the responses over 11 weeks to receive the Grand Prize of a page (our choice) of Hyeondo Park’s original art!

How do I reply: you can post on Tumblr, on LiveJournal, on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/samandlilah), Tweet us @samandlilah, link to a blog post, or e-mail us at samnlilah AT gmail DOT com. Extra points for audio/visual responses!

Week 1’s question is here:

http://samandlilah.tumblr.com/post/5642511600/weekly-contest-question-week-1

We look forward to hearing from you!

NOTE: To be eligible for a Weekly Prize, you need to have responded during the first week the update appeared. To be eligible for the Chapter Prize, you only need to have provided a response that we like to any of the questions during the time the Chapter first appeared (winners of the Weekly Prizes will be automatically included). Finally, to be eligible for the Grand Prize, you only need to have provided a response that we like to any of the questions during the time that all three Chapters appeared (winners of the Weekly and Chapter Prizes will be automatically included, though, so if you’re a latecomer it better be good!.)
So in summary: 11 free prints, 3 signed books, 1 page of original art, and an unlimited amount of Jim and Hyeondo’s good will and appreciation. Good luck!

Thanks again for your time and interest!

Sincerely,

Jim Dougan and Hyeondo Park
www.facebook.com/samandlilah
www.twitter.com/samandlilah
samandlilah.tumblr.com
samnlilah AT gmail DOT com

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MTV GEEK: http://www.mtv.geek.com

ACT-I-VATE: http://www.activatecomix.com

Jim Dougan: http://chatterbox-dc.livejournal.com

Hyeondo Park: http://www.hanaroda.net

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Romance. Adventure. Curses. Cupcakes.

SAM & LILAH.

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Farseeker at MTV Geek

Apr. 21st, 2011 | 04:09 pm
posted by: [info]len0grady in [info]act_i_vate

Farseeker Chapter One launches today at MTV Geek- http://tinyurl.com/farseeker

Straight after this run, we're happy to say we'll be going straight into Chapter Two.


 

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Adventures of the Floating Elephant

Apr. 4th, 2011 | 12:43 am
posted by: [info]iconotrast in [info]act_i_vate

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April!

My April four pages of
“Adventures of The Floating Elephant”
are up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-89.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start of chapter 3:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-62.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the VERY start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

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Mugwhumpery Awaits

Feb. 22nd, 2011 | 06:07 am
posted by: [info]hotelfred in [info]act_i_vate

Mugwhump


Mugwhump the Great is back! And in colour! And due to my technological ineptitude, it's not on the front page for some reason! Anyway, we're off and running for that final chapter.



Read today's episode here... get up to speed with the current chapter here... or start again from the very beginning here.

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Adventures of the Floating Elephant

Feb. 20th, 2011 | 11:15 pm
posted by: [info]iconotrast in [info]act_i_vate

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Sorry to miss a month after the holidays but I got a
Surprise Doctor Who story to illustrate and…Well…

My February four pages of
“Adventures of The Floating Elephant”
are up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-85.comic

If you forgot what was happening last time here’s the last page from December:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-84.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start of chapter 3:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-62.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the VERY start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

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