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Backup strategies
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kevin Yong Jun 6, 2011.
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- Location:
- Southern California
- Gender
- Male
- Website:
- http://www.crosshatchery.com
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- My professional career includes comic book editing, writing, lettering & typography, as well as extensive work as a digital prepress production artist in the print industry. My educational background includes a focus on Christian apologetics and philosophy. My "fan" interests include Silver Age superhero comics, Japanese giant monster films, mythology & folklore, and the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
- My Testimony: (We encourage members to share briefly about how their faith in Christ has impacted their lives.)
- I was baptised into a Lutheran church as an infant, raised in a Quaker church. Began to take my faith more seriously as a teenager, spent my high school and college years attending a non-denominational Evangelical church. Participated in the certificate program of Christian apologetics at the former Simon Greenleaf University (now part of Trinity International). Later, while in college, attended a small Southern Baptist congregation where I met my future wife, and am currently attending a local congregational church. My spiritual journey has taken me in and out of various degrees of social activism, political conservatism, emotionalism, intellectualism, Arminianism, Calvinism -- but through it all, what matters is not what my own personal struggles or interests may be at any given moment, but the love and mercy of Jesus Christ at work in me.
- Dream Job: (If you could have your dream job in the comics industry, what would it be?)
- My ideal would be to have the time and resources to devote full-time as writer and self-publisher of my own various comic book series. If the question is about playing with someone else's toys, my dream job would be a scriptwriter for DC's "Legion of Super-Heroes".
- Favorite Comic Creators:
- The raw imagination of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The script pacing and interwoven subplots of Paul Levitz's Legion Of Superheroes. The characterization and worldbuilding of Kurt Busiek's "Astro City". Artwise, I like a wide range of styles; as a visual storyteller, I'm fond of the rock solid consistency of Curt Swan, the detailed draftsmanship of George Perez, and the panel layouts of John Byrne.
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Phoenix Comicon 2011 - Full Report
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:00pm 5 Comments 0 Likes
Well, it's taken me a week to sort through my thoughts, but here's a more detailed convention report on the Phoenix Comicon over Memorial Day weekend. (My apologies for the relative lack of pictures -- I'm very much an introvert when it comes to asking total strangers for the picture, despite how cool their costumes might…
Phoenix Comicon 2011 - CCAS interview
Posted on June 3, 2011 at 11:42am 0 Comments 0 Likes
More updates from last weekend's show... While we were wrapping up at the Con, a comic book news website asked to interview us about the CCAS and New Creation Now. Ralph handled the interview while Don and I continued to work the table (there was a surprising crowd of people visiting us right before the show closed.)
I find it amusing that we…
ContinuePhoenix Con 2011
Posted on May 30, 2011 at 11:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Well, I'm back from my very first visit to the Phoenix Comicon. I'll have to wait a couple days to collect my thoughts before I can post a full convention report -- four days of insufficient sleep have left my memories a little jumbled. But it was a fun convention, I had a wonderful time hosting the CCAS booth, and we had great opportunities for fellowship with the many other Christians in attendance at the show. (And if any of you are signing up for the CCAS social network as a…
ContinueMerry Christmas!
Posted on December 25, 2010 at 9:28am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Just a quick post to say "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."
May the grace of God be with you and yours this Christmas and throughout the coming new year.…
Thoughts on the Long Beach Comic-Con
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 9:47am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Sorry for the late report on this -- I had to dive back in to a particularly hectic week right after finishing the show.
This was only the second Long Beach Comic-Con, and the first time the CCAS has had a table there. I was able to get in for free as a "Pro", and I attended Saturday and Sunday. (I was working late on Friday, and had to miss the Friday panel about Crumb's Genesis book. My thanks to Buzz for posting a recording of it!)
My overall impressions: online… Continue
This was only the second Long Beach Comic-Con, and the first time the CCAS has had a table there. I was able to get in for free as a "Pro", and I attended Saturday and Sunday. (I was working late on Friday, and had to miss the Friday panel about Crumb's Genesis book. My thanks to Buzz for posting a recording of it!)
My overall impressions: online… Continue
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Paul Allan Frederick left a comment for Kevin Yong"Hello Kevin, I just noticed the note on the side of the last page concerning the APAzine and the shortage of contributors. I am not sure if that is an old notice or not, but I would be highly interested and motivated to be considered. I…"
Annual Pilgrimage to San Diego! at San Diego Convention Center
July 20, 2011 at 5pm to July 24, 2011 at 5pm
Once again, an annual rite of passage for fans of all things pop-culture related is upon us....Comic Con International, in San Diego.After a two-year absense (which was basically due to forces beyond my control) I'll once again be on hand in the Small Press Pavillion (table Q-16) with plenty of copies of all four books in the award-winning Eye Witness series (and also the Limited Edition signed & numbered slipcase collection for you completests out there). You'll also be able to see what…See More
Phoenix Comicon 2011 - Full Report
Well, it's taken me a week to sort through my thoughts, but here's a more detailed convention report on the Phoenix Comicon over Memorial Day weekend. (My apologies for the relative lack of pictures -- I'm very much an introvert when it comes to asking total strangers for the picture, despite how cool their costumes might be.)To…See More
Phoenix Comicon 2011 - CCAS interview
More updates from last weekend's show... While we were wrapping up at the Con, a comic book news website asked to interview us about the CCAS and New Creation Now. Ralph handled the interview while Don and I continued to work the table (there was a surprising crowd of people visiting us right before the show closed.) I find it amusing that we were interviewed at the Phoenix Comicon by someone dressed as "Phoenix".See More
Backup strategies
Hi all. I've been trying to get into a routine of backing up my computer data on a consistent basis, and I'm wondering what methods my fellow creative-types use. I know there are services like Carbonite that automatically back up a computer over the internet, but it doesn't really work for folks like me who routinely create multi-gigabyte Photoshop art or video editing files that are too massive for an online backup service to handle. For now, I've been alternating between a couple external…See More
Phoenix Con 2011
Well, I'm back from my very first visit to the Phoenix Comicon. I'll have to wait a couple days to collect my thoughts before I can post a full convention report -- four days of insufficient sleep have left my memories a little jumbled. But it was a fun convention, I had a wonderful time hosting the CCAS booth, and we had great opportunities for fellowship with the many other Christians in attendance at the show. (And if any of you are signing up for the CCAS social network as a result of…See More
Tips for organizing digital art files?
Hi everyone. I'm struggling to work on one of my New Years Resolutions, which was to streamline my digital workflow. (I've found that when my project files are nested twenty subfolders deep, I'm overcomplicating things.) So I'm asking around to the different online communities I'm a part of for examples and suggestions on how other people organize their project files. In addition to a webcomic (still just a "hobby" at magicalspacepony.com), I usually juggle a half dozen freelance comic book…See More
CCAS at Comic-Con
The 'Spirituality in Comics' Panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2011
In comics, movies, and even Broadway musicals like “The Book Of Mormon”, spiritual themed work seems to be unexpectedly coming from the least religious of sources.
Panelists including SERGIO CARIELLO (The Action Bible), RUSSELL DALTON (Marvelous Myths: Marvel Superheroes and Everyday Faith), BUZZ DIXON (Serenity/Hits & Misses), and MIKE SHIELDS (Blue Blazes) discuss how a new generation of comics and pop culture are exploring timeless truths and also address the question “Is Mass Media Our New Church?”
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Hello Kevin,
Thanks for the reply. That's great that there's a volume #2 in the works. I'm not sure how far long you guys are, or when you plan on setting a production schedule, but let me know if you guys are taking other contributors. I would be interested in collaborating with someone on a short story script.
Take care and have a blessed day!
Hello Kevin,
I just read the first chapter of Ragged Capes, and I'm already hooked! I really like the focus on the characters and their humanity, and the overall concept behind the book. I want another volume, lol...I was reading about your presence in the Con, and I found that the New Vision anthology is ready, could u please send me a copy? So thanks.
Happy Thanksgiving! I didn't want to leave you out, soooo.... I'm Scott A. Shuford, one of the new Board members. I wanted to stop in and say thanks for being involved with CCAS! If you have any input or would like to be involved with anything in particular, please let me and Eric Jansen (Membership Coordinator for CCAS) know by contacting us both through the site. We'll be making several announcements in the coming weeks, so stay tuned. To see a bit more about me, check out my profile here on the site. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better. :)
We watched Gammera last night. Thanks!
At Your Service,
Scott A. Shuford
www.frontgatemedia.com
CCAS Board Member 2008-2010
Consider the words of C.S. Lewis:
"If there lurks in most modern minds the notion that to desire our own good and to earnestly hope for the enjoyment of it is a bad thing, I suggest that this notion has crept in from Kant and the Stoics and is no part of the Christian faith. Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased."
I'm so excited what the Lord is doing in our lives!
Talk to you soon
Clint
Kind regards,
Alec Stevens
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