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escapists contest drawings [19 Nov 2009|04:05pm] ESCAPISTS CONTEST!! Hey! There's ONE WEEK left to enter my Escapists contest. If you missed it, you can check out the full details here: http://steverolston.livejournal.com/115838.html And now you get to see what exactly is up for grabs. Here are the drawings I'm giving to the lucky winners, fresh off my drafting table... Prize for Contest #1 (for taking a photo with the softcover): Prize for Contest #2 (for getting the original single issues): Good luck! post comment

listening to "The Sasquatch Song" on Blip [15 Nov 2009|09:33am] [ music | http://blip.fm/~gdwi3 ] "This big ol' sasquatch said he was top-notch at playin' hopscotch way up in a tree..." post comment

bkv interview [13 Nov 2009|10:13am] found via The Beat... Blog@Newsarama has an interview with Brian K. Vaughan, wherein he discusses The Escapists, leaving the TV show Lost, and his need to create new stories of his own: http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/11/12/brian-k-vaughan-on-the-escapists-and-leaving-lost/ “I think when you get to the last page of the story, it was kind of a mission statement for where I wanted to go from here,” Vaughan explained, “which is that it’s perfectly fine to love the characters that we grow up with, and that there’s nothing wrong with keeping them alive and breathing new life into them but the real adventure for any creator is to sort of let go of the past and force yourself to create something new. So in a weird way, it would almost feel like a betrayal of the story and of the characters to go back to that rather than sort of letting their story being their story and for me to I think press on and hopefully keep creating more new things.” -- Brian K. Vaughan There's a podcast available of the full interview but I haven't listened to it yet: http://comicrelated.com/news/3797/the-related-recap-161 post comment

escapists contest [10 Nov 2009|01:54pm] ESCAPISTS CONTEST!! So, I'm pretty sure that the softcover collection of THE ESCAPISTS will be hitting comic stores this Thursday, Nov 12th from Dark Horse Comics. To celebrate (and to not-so-slyly encourage people to pick up the book), I thought I'd run a little contest. What's up for grabs, you ask? An original sketch of Max, Case and Denny from The Escapists! Here's how it's gonna work: 1. Buy a copy of THE ESCAPISTS softcover collection at your local comic store or bookshop. 2. Take a photo of yourself holding your freshly-purchased comic with the exterior of the store in the background. 3. Email the photo to steve@steverolston.com or post it as a reply on this livejournal post. 4. On Thursday, Nov 26th, check my livejournal at 5:00pm Pacific Time to see if you're the randomly-chosen winner! I may post some or all of the entered photos online, as a way of celebrating both those stores respectable enough to stock our book and those of you smart enough to spend your hard-earned dollars on it. But, y'know what? I think I'll also run a SECOND CONTEST! See, I still have a whack of single issues of The Escapists. So I'm going to run an alternate contest for those of you who would rather buy the floppies from me. I'm offering you a pack of all six issues (shipping included) for $15 CAD to Canada or $18 USD to the United States. You can send payment via PayPal to steve@steverolston.com or Mail an international money order or well-concealed cash to: Steve Rolston Box 93570 Nelson Park RPO Vancouver, BC V6E 4L7 Canada While supplies last, of course. And let me know if you want your comics signed and/or personalized. Everyone who buys one of these packs from me will be entered into a separate draw for a different sketch of Max, Case and Denny! The results of this one will also be posted on Nov 26th. You can even enter both contests if you want! (hint: comics make good Christmas presents) Want a little more info on this fascinationg comic I'm talking about? Hit up the Escapists page on my website. EDIT (Nov 19) -- And here's a look at what exactly is up for grabs. These are the drawings I'm giving to the lucky winners, fresh off my drafting table... Prize for Contest #1 (for taking a photo with the softcover): Prize for Contest #2 (for getting the original single issues): Good luck! 2 comments|post comment

escapists softcover [04 Nov 2009|11:35am] HEY! The softcover collection of THE ESCAPISTS hits comic stores today! [ EDIT - The shipping list wasn't entirely accurate. Looks like The Escapists will be shipping NEXT week. This may be true for Criminal as well, at least in some areas. Sorry! ] Inspired by Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, this is writer Brian K. Vaughan’s love letter to his chosen medium, a story about what it takes to start out with nothing in Cleveland, Ohio, and end up with a comic so hot a major corporation wants to steal it from you! Brilliantly interweaving the lives of the creators with the world of their creation, artists Steve Rolston and Philip Bond bring the comic-booking trio Maxwell Roth, Case Weaver, and Denny Jones to life, while the inimitable Jason Shawn Alexander and Eduardo Barreto illustrate the thrilling trials and exciting extrications of the new -- and old -- Escapist! http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/16-339/The-Escapists-TPB I'm quite proud to have worked on this book as I thought Brian crafted a touching story that made beautiful use of the medium. I'm thrilled that it's back in print and now more people will be able to enjoy it. ========== Some other very notable comics in stores today: STUMPTOWN #1 by Greg Rucka and Matthew Southworth This is Greg's first creator-owned series since the Eisner Award-winning QUEEN & COUNTRY! Dex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she's less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. Her recent streak has left her beyond broke—she's into the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast for 18 large. But maybe Dex's luck is about to change. Sue-Lynne, head of the Wind Coast's casino operation, will clear Dex' debt if she can locate Sue-Lynne's missing granddaughter. But is this job Dex's way out of the hole or a shove down one much much deeper? http://www.gregrucka.com http://www.onipress.com/display.php?type=bk&id=397 CRIMINAL: THE DELUXE EDITION By Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips My favourite ongoing comic. I have all the issues but I'm still pondering dropping the $50 US for all 400 pages dressed up in this sharp package. A fantastically-designed and printed book showcasing the Eisner and Harvey Award-Winning crime comics from the creators of Sleeper and Incognito, this oversized, deluxe hardback edition features Criminal books 1 thru 3 - Cowards, Lawless, and The Dead and the Dying. Also features many extras, including a Criminal short story and the never-before-printed five page "movie trailer in comics form" that Brubaker and Phillips created to announce the series online, plus illustrations, selected articles, behind-the-scenes glimpses, painted covers, and much more! http://criminalcomic.blogspot.com/ 5 comments|post comment

random [01 Nov 2009|09:55pm] Sneaking in an update to my Sketchblog so it's not entirely empty for October... [I know it says Nov 1 on my livejournal. For whatever reason it didn't re-post properly on the 30th. Damn that Internet, making me looking like a dope!] Just some randomness from a couple different comic jams. posted at SRS 1 comment|post comment

victoria comic convention [30 Oct 2009|11:49am] Quick note to say I'll be at the VICTORIA COMIC CONVENTION this Saturday and Sunday: http://www.victoriacomicconvention.com http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52386488687&v=info Other comic guests will include Dave McCaig, Robin Thompson, Colin Upton, Steve Sprayson, Chris Bolton, Kyle Bolton, Nelson Dewey and Astra Crompton. Not to mention Media guests such as Margot Kidder, Richard Hatch, Chase Masterson, Robert Picardo, Ethan Philips, Erin Gray and Lloyd Kaufman. ================= In other news, if anyone in Vancouver is looking to buy a Wacom tablet, a buddy of mine is selling a couple of his on Craigslist: 12"x12" Intuos 1 for $80 -- http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/sys/1443399803.html 9"x12" Intuos 3 for $250 -- http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/sys/1443419292.html post comment

every day i'm rolston, double-so on halloween [29 Oct 2009|05:37pm] Some friends have been threatening to make t-shirts with this image. I thought I'd go one better. And creeeepier... This silliness is dedicated to Dirty Bird, Selfish Dolphin and the BrandoMarleyianStokoez crew. 9 comments|post comment

long time, running shoe [28 Oct 2009|10:52pm] Man, I can't believe it's been almost a year and no more feet have washed up on our shores... oh, wait, there's one... http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/10/28/bc-foot-found-running-shoe-richmond.html The RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the remains of a right foot found inside a running shoe Tuesday on a beach in the city of Richmond, south of Vancouver. Prior to this most recent discovery, authorities have been involved in the investigations of six feet in running shoes discovered along the B.C. coastline, police said. This first was identified and associated to a deceased male. The two female feet found in Richmond were matched in December 2008. The two male feet found on Valdez Island and Westham Island were matched in July 2008, and the male right foot found on Gabriola Island in August 2007 remains unidentified, according to the RCMP release. And don't forget about the male right foot found just south, along the Washington coast. For my own benefit, and those new to this phenomenon, here are my posts about the previously found feet (including one that turned out to be a hoax): http://steverolston.livejournal.com/92334.html http://steverolston.livejournal.com/82654.html http://steverolston.livejournal.com/80060.html http://steverolston.livejournal.com/79803.html http://steverolston.livejournal.com/79280.html http://steverolston.livejournal.com/75754.html http://steverolston.livejournal.com/68756.html 4 comments|post comment

ghost projekt [27 Oct 2009|01:38pm] I've been kind of slacking on sharing artwork lately. Most of my drawing energies have been going into GHOST PROJEKT so here are a couple panels I drew last week for it. For those wondering, it looks like we'll be launching the book in March. Five issues. Full-colour. Awesome. Click'er for bigger, if you're into that kind of thing. 5 comments|post comment

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