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The Weekly Wrap-Up

July 30th, 2010 | by THEWesMolebash
Posted In: Blog, Weekly Wrap Up

- Blogs O’ The Week – Apparently, the theme this week is “Fatherhood and Comics”:

7 Ways I Try To Be A Better Dad

Reframing “The Creativity Crisis”

Are Webcomics Dead?

2 Things Not To Do When Submitting To A Syndicate

Your Six Year Old Will Not Remember Your Problems . . .

- Comic O’ The Week -

Poké Battle Gone Too Far – Pokémon jokes still make me chuckle.

- Tweet O’ The Week – My favorite Tweet this week comes from Blaine Hogan who had this to say:

Will say the following in my talk #echo10: “My biggest frustration is that most Christian art feels more like propaganda than truth.”

If you’re on Twitter you can follow Blaine at blainehogan.  While you’re at it, why not follow me at THEWesMolebash?

- Song O’ The Week – I absolutely fell in love with this jam by Andrew Peterson:

- Weekly Nugget O’ Inspiration -  Awesome 2d animation from Michael Jantze:

- Wes

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Tweet-Ups And Such . . .

July 27th, 2010 | by THEWesMolebash
Posted In: Blog, Randomness

Have any of you ever gone to a Tweet-Up or a Facebook Meet-Up?  What do you do?  Is it organized?  Is there a speaker?  Or do you just hang out and talk?

Would any of you be interested in a Max vs. Max Tweet-Up?

- Wes

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I Need Some Drawing Tool Advice

July 26th, 2010 | by THEWesMolebash
Posted In: Blog, Creativity, Randomness

I use a Pentel Pocket Brush to ink my comics.  I love this brush.  It’s essentially a refillable cartridge pen with a synthetic-brush tip.  It feels great in the hand and gives me great lines.  The one thing I don’t like about the pen, however, is that the ink bleeds slightly.  I’ve talked to several cartoonists about this issue, and they’ve all said it’s one of two problems:  it could be a problem with the ink or a problem with the paper.  At this point, I’m inclined to believe that it is a problem with the ink.  The Pocket Brush is my primary inking instrument, but I do, however, use a few technical pens and a bottle of Higgins Black Magic ink for odds and ends stuff.   These inks do not bleed like the ink for the Pocket Brush.

So here’s what I’m thinking I’ll do:  Back in January I bought a bottle of Sumi ink.  I’ve been told this is the “good stuff”.  When the current cartridge of ink runs dry, I’ll remove it and fill it with some of this Sumi ink.  If things go well, I’ll be using my Pentel Pocket Brush with some higher-quality ink.  I figure only four things could possibly go wrong:

A.  The Sumi ink will be too thick and clog up the chamber.

B.  The Sumi ink will be too thick and gum up the synthetic brush tip.t.

C.  I’ll create a huge mess.

D.  All of the above.

So what do you guys think?  Is it worth a shot?  Does it have any hope of working?  Any inking tips or advice you’d care to pass on to me in the comments section?

- Wes

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