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ALA Day II

by Colleen Doran on June 26th, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Colleen's Work, Shows/Exhibits

I haven’t been near the convention center, nor have I picked up my badge. I’ve been in my hotel room, good freelancer that I am.

Had tea today with Barry Lyga, and went over many details on the new book. I am delighted with his reaction to my prelims. The prelims for the book are complete, though there’s a handful I will redo for my own good. This book is not only going to be very entertaining for the reader, it is very entertaining for me. It’s such a great pleasure to work on. Not to devalue any other projects I am doing, but this one is not so research intensive as my last couple of projects. And I am not inventing a new style or drawing technique, as I often do.

I felt pretty good about the work before I got here, and feel even better now. There were important stylistic matters to pin down before I can go to final art. And that’s done, so all good.

I ate like a piglet at tea, so took a long walk around the Capitol and to the National Gardens. About two hours. Had killer migraine this morning, but I sweated it out in the 100 degree weather. I hoped to run into a nice lemonade stand, but no luck. I don’t know where the vendors were this evening, but I didn’t see a single one on Constitution Ave.

Our presentation is tomorrow morning, and we have an editorial meeting as well. I’m not staying for much after that except to shake a few hands. I want to get right back to work.

Here is the report from the farm, emailed by my beloveds who are watching my plant babies for me:

Flowers in front watered
Flowers in back watered – Thanx to Dad
Plants in hothouse watered – Thanx to Dad
Veggies watered
Potted plants on front porch watered
Front acreage mowed – Thanx to He and Me

Snap bean yield 1 pound, 14 ounces
Sugar pea yield, 8 peas – and they don’t taste so great, not to mention looking pretty ratty – but then so do I right now
4 cucumbers
Tomatoes looking very promising – Can hardly wait for that first BLT
Purple cabbage really looking good and heading up nicely – No worms, but some home-grown escargot
New beans are up-and-coming
Onions look really good – One in heavy bud
Squash beautiful

And back to Washington: I’m going to wash off the 100 degree weather, and then I will spend a quiet evening drawing.

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Barry Lyga and moi to preview new GN at ALA

by Colleen Doran on June 23rd, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Colleen's Work, Culture, Comics, Colleen's Work, Shows/Exhibits

Sunday, June 27:

11:00 am – 11:30 am – Authors On the Pavilion. Barry Lyga with Colleen Doran: A Sneak Preview to His First Graphic Novel.
Barry Lyga’s first two novels, The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, and Boy Toy both received excellent reviews and have established him as a rising force in the world of young adult literature. Now, his with his first graphic novel, published by Houghton Mifflin on the way, Barry and his creative partner on the project, Colleen Doran will be here to give a sneak peek at the book and to talk about the process of collaboration on a graphic novel.

American Library Association Meeting to feature major graphic novel programming. Clink linky for complete info.

Complete idiot Colleen schedules prepaid hotel reservations for wrong dates. Will be in DC way before she needs to be. Will probably hole up in hotel room and get even more work done than at home. No distractions.

I love room service and Pay Per View.

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Wondercon

by Colleen Doran on April 4th, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Culture, Comics, Colleen's Work, Shows/Exhibits

Hi all,

Still at Wondercon, and would have posted sooner except I couldn’t remember my own password.

As usual, I was certain this show would be full of angst, trial, trauma, and convention crud, but I am happy to report it has turned out to be one of the most pleasant and rewarding conventions in recent memory.

Not only have the fans been uniformly pleasant and fun, but the pros have also been a delight.

Phil Foglio was kind enough to give me some valuable advice on webcomics publishing.

Amanda Conner was slightly bowed by a cold, but ever the trouper, stepped in to complete two charming drawings for the CBLDF Live Art Jam. Sergio Aragonez provided fortifying hugs and kisses, and Gail Simone was dazzingly pretty with her red hair and glowing complexion. Trina Robbins was also sporting a new, short red do. She looked wonderful.

The staff is supreme, organized, attentive and supportive. I can’t think of a single thing that hasn’t gone right, except for a minor snafu with security. They kept stopping guests with exhibitor badges for some reason. Whatever, all was straightened out.

I’ve truly enjoyed everything about this show, including the location, which is in the center of a pleasant shopping district, with great places to eat and hang out.

And since this is a comics oriented show, I am amongst my people, and lo, it was good.

Excellent response to the Creator Rights panel with Mark Evanier and Mike Lovitz. My heart swells with pride. A young lady approached me today saying she has been inspired to pursue IP law.

If I can get home without getting convention crud, this will be the Compleat Convention, both Perfekt and Pleasant in All Glorious Ways.

I brought my work with me, and shut down a half hour early to get to my room, order dinner, and get back to drawing.

I’ll be home Tuesday.

PS: One bit of bad news: analog art supplies were not to be found. I made sure to run to the bank for cash to buy pens, paper, ink, etc. but not a single dealer had the goods. Bummer.

Plenty of people selling software and computer equipment. The shape of things already here, I guess.

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Wondercon and C2E2

by Colleen Doran on March 27th, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Colleen's Work, Colleen's Work, Shows/Exhibits

I’ll be at Wondercon this coming weekend and C2E2 two weeks later.

I am not bringing loads to sell. Only one box of books per show, and whatever art will fit in the suitcase.

I am also not taking commissions. I am sorry, but my commitments to my current long-suffering commissioners and clients must be honored.

I really expected to be about three weeks further along on my work than this, but them’s the breaks. Too much volunteerism, not enough drawing. The sacrifices I make for my fellow creators! Excuse me a moment while I crawl down off my cross…

I will be working on my assignments while at the show, so will have no trouble taking the time to talk to you, do free doodles, and draw my assignments right there in front of your eyes. And I will only have the most generic, non-spoiler pages in front of you while I work, so I won’t give any plot points away. This will make my editors happy.

Here is my event schedule at Wondercon:

Spotlight on Colleen Doran
Friday, APRIL 2
3:30-4:30pm  
ROOM 236/238
Moderator: Derek McCulloch, author of Gone to Amerikay, my current art obsession.
 
Creator Rights
Saturday, APRIL 3
12:00-1:00pm  
ROOM 232/234

Also, there is a Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Live Art Jam on Saturday, which I believe is at 1 PM.

UPDATE:

1:30-3:00 CBLDF Live Art Jam— Witness live art created before your eyes by comics masters, and bid on the chance to carry an original piece home! Watch as WonderCon special guests Darwyn Cooke, Amanda Conner, Colleen Doran, and Darick Robertson give you a glimpse behind the scenes of their artistic processes. The Live Art Jam is a treat for fans and students alike. All art will be auctioned to benefit the First Amendment legal work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. You will need a bidder number to bid on art at this event, which will be distributed at the start of the event. Winning bidders will be able to claim their art from the CBLDF’s booth 725. Room 220
Categories: Art & Illustration | Comic Books | Special Guest Spotlights & Appearances

I don’t know if my Marvel Girl Comics piece will be out by the show, but I know some of you have those copies of Amazing Spider-Man #600. Happy to sign them for you. I may be able to bring one Absolute Sandman or one Absolute Death, but I dunno. I’m sure dealers will have some, too.

Please forgive me for not being able to make more of a splash and have more goodies for you. I will be available at my table to talk all you want, and I apologize to everyone who asked for commissions. I just don’t have the time right now.

All in all, I just hope this pimple on my nose goes away before next week.

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Colleen on Blog Talk Radio with The One Ring.net

by Colleen Doran on March 14th, 2010
Posted In: Blog, Colleen's Work, Culture, Literature, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings, Colleen's Work, Shows/Exhibits

POST BUMP.

Also, check out the Lord of the Rings sketches and illustrations newly added at ColleenDoran.com.

Author and acclaimed artist Colleen Doran on TheOneRing.net Radio Show Sunday March 14th at 2PM ET.

Colleen’s published works number in the hundreds with clients such as The Walt Disney Company, Marvel Entertainment, DC Comics, Image Comics, Lucasfilm, Dark Horse Comics, Harper Collins, Houghton Mifflin, Sony, and Scholastic.

Her credits include Amazing Spiderman, Sandman, Captain America, Wonder Woman, The Legion of Superheroes, The Teen Titans, Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Anne Rice’s The Master of Rampling Gate, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, Clive Barker’s Nightbreed, A Distant Soil, The Silver Surfer, Lucifer, and many others. (Visit http://www.colleendoran.com)

Callers are welcome to join the conversation during the show by calling (646) 721-9952. The live, Internet talk-radio show will stream from the host page at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theoneringnet.

An archive will be available at the same link immediately following the show or listeners can subscribe to the archives via the RSS feed located on the host page. Read more about the show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theoneringnet.

In addition to calling in, you can join the live chat on BlogTalkRadio (with a video feed), join in the discussion on TheOneRing.net Message Boards <a (http://newboards.theonering.net/) or Chatroom (http://www.theonering.net/torwp/java-chat/), and finally you can text us your questions to (514) 947-5221.

About Colleen Doran

A cartoonist, illustrator and film conceptual artist, she has illustrated the works of Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Warren Ellis, Anne Rice and J Michael Straczynski.

Her latest work is for DC Comic’s Vertigo division, with Derek McCulloch, a collaboration the original graphic novel Gone to Amerikay. She is also illustrating Stealth Tribes for Vertigo. Written by best-selling author Warren Ellis, known for his breakthrough works Transmetropolitan and Global Frequency, Stealth Tribes is a cutting edge, cyberpunk, science fiction tale. Colleen Doran and Barry Lyga are teamed to produce another original work to be announced from Houghton Mifflin in 2011.

A Distant Soil, Colleen’s epic science fiction/fantasy tale from Image Comics, is a complex space opera, among the first of its kind in the USA, and is ongoing as a webcomic and graphic novel series.

Colleen was one of the first American artists to discover the lure of Japanese comics, and later went on to work for various Japanese publishers as a consultant, teaching the American market to manga industry executives.

She won a grant from the Delphi Institute to study American popular culture, and was chosen to represent the United States at the Japan/America manga/comics seminar in Tokyo, Japan along with Eisner award-winning cartoonist Jeff Smith, Pulitzer Prize and Oscar award-winning creator Jules Ffeiffer, Denys Cowan, and Nicole Hollander. She also lectured at the Singapore Writers Festival in 2005, and was Artist in Residence at the Smithsonian. She has exhibited her work at shows and galleries in Milan, Vienna, New York, San Francisco, and Tokyo.

Well known in Lord of the Rings fandom, she is often a guest at shows and exhibits. She appears in the film Ringers, a documentary about the Lord of the Rings fan phenomenon, and has done officially licensed illustrations, as well as for Mallorn, the literary journal of the Tolkien Society and The Silver Leaves Journal.

Colleen has also been profiled in the films Sex, Lies and Superheroes by Constantine Valhouli, and Mainstream Raw: Scenes From the Small Press by Rich Henn. Henn followed up with a solo film of Colleen and her work called Scenes From The Small Press: Colleen Doran. She also appeared in The Cartoonist, a documentary about Bone creator Jeff Smith, which has aired on PBS.

As a core member of the comic book industry’s self publishing movement, she and other creators changed the face of the industry by bypassing the publishing and distribution system to create and publish their works in new ways. She was profiled in the book Comic Book Rebels.

Colleen lives quietly on a family farm in rural Appalachia. She works on her art every single day, and enjoys gardening and hiking.

About “TheOneRing.net on BlogTalkRadio”

“TheOneRing.net on BlogTalkRadio” is an interactive, live Internet talk-radio show that focuses on the Sci-Fi and Fantasy genre in all mediums. Host Michael Regina explores the Books, Films, Television Shows and Video Games showcasing this exciting and ever growing genre. Callers are encouraged to call (646) 721-9952 to listen or ask questions. The stream and archives are available at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theoneringnet. The show is live every other Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. Eastern. The show is hosted on BlogTalkRadio.

About BlogTalkRadio

BlogTalkRadio is a free, web-based platform which allows any user with a phone and a computer to host
a live, interactive Internet broadcast. Hosts call into the service by phone, managing callers on the webbased host dashboard. Shows stream live directly from the host’s BlogTalkRadio web page with archives available for all past shows. BlogTalkRadio has been featured on ABC News, The Washington Post, Portfolio, Talkers Magazine, and TheStreet.com. The citizen broadcasting network can be found at http://www.blogtalkradio.com.

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