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Monday, September 01, 2008
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3:15 PM - In Remembrance:Randy Cordry
A guy I worked with almost every day for 3 years passed away from cancer this last friday.
Goodbye Randy Cordry.
You were a nascar lovin' sumbitch, and this jewish asshole thinks that the world will be a little less interesting knowing you're not in it anymore. And now you'll never get to know that you are in a comic book.
You bugged me for years to put you in one... and I did. Just didn't get around to showing you.
Here's hoping Jesus loves Dale Sr., and lets you race him at least once so you can lie about it and say you won.
-mellon
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Saturday, August 30, 2008
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11:08 PM - Mellon On Gawker Artists
Gawker Artists have been kind enough to give me a page on their site. I've been a Gawker fan since my days living in New Jersey, and being a wannabe New Yorker at heart all my life. I consider it an honour that they decided to make me a part of their empire, as little of a part as it may be. So go visit their site Gawker Aritists and make sure you tell them how much you love me.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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Sunday, August 24, 2008
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
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7:10 PM - The kid makes sense every now and then :)
The "Lar" in AiT/PlanetLar reminds us all what really matters in this little write-up which I have stolen most of to repost here.
"I don't know why creators pay attention to reviews at all. Critics aren't writing for the artistes, they're writing for the audience. As a publisher, I have to read them, so as a creator I long ago came to an understanding of the role of perceived 'bad' reviews in the conversation between creator and audience (which I assume is what Scott is talking about). As a creator, you just do your thing, and hope it connects with the people who like that sort of thing and don't worry about the folks who don't like that sort of thing. Getting mad at a reviewer who doesn't respond to your work is like getting mad at someone for not liking anchovies on their pizza.
"Besides, if you believe every review that says you're a genius, you have to believe every review that says you're a schmuck. Best to let the work just be the work and have people figure it out on their own. I once famously told Greg Burgas that I don't care if you like my stuff or not; I just care that you read it and give it your attentions. Anyone who's in comics to be loved is in comics for the wrong reason.
"This is why my long-discussed fake autobiography is going to be called THANKS FOR YOUR THIRTEEN DOLLARS because that's all I really have to say about that. Sorry you didn't like this one; thanks for your thirteen dollars. Maybe the next one will be more to your liking. You miss the bus, another will be along in the next PREVIEWS. It's not like we've been publishing ten years of one sort of book. Little something for everyone here, while we're Making Comics Better."
Preach on, brother-man.
-mellon
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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11:58 PM - the price...
"...eternal vigilance..."
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Monday, August 18, 2008
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3:42 PM - Suicide Sisters
Concept I'm developing in my spare spare spare spare time.
-mellon
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
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10:09 AM - Oh, reviews....
Antoine Sharp vol2 1 review from Comic Pants
Antoine Sharp: The Atheist Volume 2 1
Writer: Phil Hester
Artist: Kevin Mellon
Company: Desperado Publishing
While the first series of The Atheist took forever to finish up, all said, it was still an excellent story laced with great suspense, neat ideas, great characters and fantastic art provided by John McCrea. This first issue of the second volume delivers most of those things well. Hester cooks up a fun series of events, one of the highlights being a bomb that's been strapped to the Mayor of Maryland, for main character and all around awesome dude Antoine Sharp to deal with. He also fleshes that same character out a bit more, giving readers a better understanding of where he's coming from and what has happened in his life that's made him who he is today. All of those things are great pros for this book. There are a couple of cons however, the biggest one being the art. Kevin Mellon, who recently worked with Hester on the book Thirteen Steps, turns in some mediocre work. There are some specific scenes that turned out well, the sketchiness of the lines amping up some of the tension, but for the most part it looks rushed, which is distracting. Really though, Hester's story is interesting enough to outshine the art and make me want to come back to see what happens next.
and for shits and giggles comic pants review of Gearhead 1 from february 2007:
Gearhead 1
Writer: Dennis Hopeless
Artist: Kevin Mellon
Company: Arcana Studio
Weird book. Starts out showcasing a tough, street racer chick in a part grungy, part sanitized future recovering from a World War III scenario. Racer girl's a badass, knows it, and can't utter a single profanity-laden line without reminding us of it. Maybe we're supposed to just like her 'cause she wears a tight tank top with lots of cleavage, but there sure doesn't seem to be any other reason. Where the book really made me go "hunh?" was when it revealed that the big war was caused by a superhero clash. And if the sudden jolt of superhero backstory into a grim future wasn't weird enough, it turns out our lead's father was a superhero - and now his legacy is bringing her a world of trouble. Bizarre, and not in a good way. The slightly above average art and coloring aren't enough to make it worth picking up.
hehe. I've gone from being "slightly above average" to being "mediocre."
Oh comic books, I lurv you.
-mellon
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
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