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Gen Con Writer’s Symposium: Comic Writing Track

Posted by Jim Zub on May 19, 2015 No comments

I’m proud to announce that I’ll be a part of the Gen Con Writer’s Symposium, a series of panels and discussions about writing craft and the creative business, as part of a new Comic Writing Track along with Bill Willingham (Fables), Chris Roberson (iZombie), Gene Ha (Top Ten), and Daryl Gregory (Legenderry).

If you’re attending Gen Con and are interested in learning about comic writing, I highly recommend you look at taking some of the great programming they’re putting together. Events are now open for registration and most of them are free as long as you have a Gen Con badge. Check it out.

Here’s a rundown of panels I’ll be on:

SEM1578866 Writing Comics: It’s a Lot Like a Marriage – Authors & Artists Thurs 1:00 PM 1 hr $0
SEM1578867 Writing Comics: Writing Women Friendly Comics Thurs 2:00 PM 1 hr $0
SEM1578875 Writing Comics: Web Comics VS Digital Comics VS Paper Comics Fri 1:00 PM 1 hr $0
SEM1578877 Writing Comics: When Only Batman Will Do Fri 3:00 PM 1 hr $0
SEM1578883 Writing Comics: Serial Killers—Writing Serialized Stories Sat 1:00 PM 1 hr $0
SEM1578885 Writing Comics: Write Until it Hurts Sat 3:00 PM 1 hr $0

SUNDAY: Free Comic Book Day at Escape Pod Comics

Posted by Jim Zub on May 1, 2015 No comments

On Sunday I’ll be appearing at Escape Pod Comics in New York as part of their Free Comic Book Day festivities! If you live in the area, please come on by and bring your friends.

Zub at the Calgary Expo 2015!

Posted by Jim Zub on April 14, 2015 No comments

Hard to believe that 2015 is the 10th anniversary of the incredible Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, but it is and, for my tenth year in a row, I’ll be there promoting my comics along with some of my dearest friends and collaborators. It’s one of my favorite shows each year and this special anniversary edition is looking to be the best one yet.

I’ll be set up at Artist Alley Table X20 beside Edwin Huang (Skullkickers) and Max Dunbar (Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur’s Gate).

I’ll have convention exclusives (including a limited number of copies of the Wayward Vol. 1 limited edition hardcover left over from ECCC), and a special Calgary Expo variant of Wayward #6 with art by Max Dunbar and Tamra Bonvillain.

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I have a new pin-up piece in the Calgary Expo Artbook this year:

In addition, the Skullkickers appear in a special 6 page short story created for this year’s Calgary Expo Program Guide. Rex and Rolf storm the convention in their search for a Baby Thool and chaos ensues. If you’re at the show make sure you check it out.

I’ll also be appearing on a couple panels over the weekend:

FRIDAY
Writing and Pitching Comics
Room: Palomino H
Time: 5:30PM – 6:15PM
Jim Zub of Skullkickers, Samurai Jack, and Pathfinder fame teaches the intricacies of bringing your original ideas to publishers the right way. Bring your own ideas to work with!

SATURDAY
World-Building
Room: Palomino H
Time: 11:30AM – 12:15PM
Ever wonder what it takes to create a world? Seasoned creator guests discuss how they turned their imaginations into worlds with societies and laws that both entertain and make you return to read more. Creator Guests: Conor McCreery, Camila d’Errico, Jim Zub, Ryan Ferrier

Get Published or Die Trying: Try Smarter
Room: Quarter Horse
Time: 3:30PM – 4:15PM
It’s never been easier to get published, but is it a route to a career? This Renegade Arts Entertainment panel features publisher Alexander Finbow and special guests discussing their experiences. Creator Guests: Alexander Finbow, Brett Monro, Jim Zub, Riley Rossmo

Zub Calgary Expo Pin-Up 2015 – Step by Step

Posted by Jim Zub on April 13, 2015 No comments

As part of the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo each year there’s a special artbook that includes pin-up illustrations from many of their guests. This is the show’s 10th anniversary and I’m proud to say I’ve attended each and every show and have a pin-up in every artbook they’ve produced so far.

Thankfully, this year is no exception.

The theme for 2015 was “Time”, as appropriate for an anniversary celebration, so I put together a piece using a time traveller with a nod to the H.G. Wells classic story “The Time Machine”. Here’s a walkthrough of the digital process for my piece:

STEP 1: Rough – After trying a few different thumbnail compositions I settled on this gesture drawing. It’s pretty loose but set up the key staging of the characters and the proportion of the dinosaur versus our happy time travelling protagonist.

STEP 2: Work-Up – Working digitally, it was easy to separate each part onto its own layer so I could focus on construction and expression, tightening up details while trying to keep the energy of the original gesture.

STEP 3: Line Art – A third pass nails down the line art, including fine details on the time machine and thick to thin lines to help visually separate forms.

STEP 4: Color – I wanted to keep the rendering animated-looking and simple across the board so I stuck with mostly flat colors and a simple light source. Some of the line art was also colored/lightened to help blend it in more with the rest of the scene.

Here’s a close-up of the time traveller and his machine. I had a lot of fun getting his expression down and building the golden-tubed time machine at the proper angle. I can’t wait to see the piece in print.

Here’s a series of links to all my previous pin-ups for the Calgary Expo artbooks. Collect ’em all 🙂

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Wayward and Weird Japan Video Now Online

Posted by Jim Zub on April 2, 2015 No comments

At Emerald City Comicon Zack Davisson (professional translator and mythology expert) and I talked about Japanese myths, spirits, and the strange, along with how I evolved some of those for my creator-owned series Wayward.

Jenna, one of our fans, recorded most of the panel and has posted it online. Thanks, Jenna!

Convention Horror Stories Panel Audio Now Online

Posted by Jim Zub on April 2, 2015 No comments

Jamie Coville recorded audio from this year’s infamous Convention Horror Stories panel from Emerald City Comicon that Katie Cook (My Little Pony) and I were on. If you’ve always wondered about what it’s like to meet people at more than a dozen conventions a year and what kind of trouble we can get ourselves into, this one’s for you. Please keep in mind that this audio is most definitely not safe for work and includes quite a bit of swearing.

For a rundown of other panels Jamie recorded at the show, click HERE.

Zub at Emerald City Comicon This Weekend!

Posted by Jim Zub on March 24, 2015 No comments

This weekend convention season 2015 kicks into overdrive with the wondrous Emerald City Comicon in Seattle, Washington! It’s one of my favorite shows every year and this time it’s going to be extra-special as I’ll be there celebrating the release of WAYWARD Vol. 1 and the arrival of WAYWARD #6 and SKULLKICKERS #31!

Here is where you can find some of my artistic collaborators and I at the show:

JIM ZUB – Table HH-11
ANDY SURIANO (Samurai Jack artist) – Table HH-12
EDWIN HUANG (Skullkickers artist) – Booth 1702
MAX DUNBAR (D&D: Legends of Baldur’s Gate artist) – Table HH-10
ZACK DAVISSON (Wayward essays) – Table F-14

Image and Emerald City Comicon teamed up to create a limited hardcover edition of Wayward Vol. 1: String Theory for the show. It’s limited to only 250 copies and I’ll be selling them at the table for $30 each as long as they last.

I’ll also have a selection of issues, sketch covers, trade paperbacks, and variants from my other series there as well: Skullkickers, Samurai Jack, D&D: Legends of Baldur’s Gate, Conan-Red Sonja, Munchkin, Wayward, and more!

Here’s a list of signings and panels I’ll be on over the weekend:

FRIDAY MARCH 27th
Writers Unite: Pitching and Writing Comic Stories
11:30AM – 12:20PM in Hall F (TCC 304)
Comics are everywhere and publishers are looking for fresh ideas from a new generation of talent. Listen closely as creators Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine, Letter 44), Kieron Gillen (Young Avengers, Wicked + the Divine), and moderator Jim Zub (Samurai Jack, Wayward) discuss pitching story concepts and offer advice on climbing to the top of the treacherous submission mountain, along with writing techniques and amusing anecdotes.

Wayward and Weird Japan
2:50PM – 3:40PM in Hall E (TCC 303)
Dive into the weird world of the hit series Wayward from Image Comics. Series writer Jim Zub and back matter writer and Japanese folklore expert Zack Davisson take you on a tour of the mystical menagerie of Japan’s Yōkai.

4:00PM – 4:50PM Gail Simone and Jim Zub sign at the Dark Horse booth (BOOTH 802)

SATURDAY MARCH 28th
Convention Horror Stories
1:50PM – 2:40PM in Hall E (TCC 303)
Join Katie Cook (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic) and Jim Zub (Samurai Jack) for their fan-favorite con horror stories panel! What’s it like working as a pro in the business on the convention ‘circuit’? Ridiculous, embarrassing, always entertaining. Some stories will make you laugh out loud, some will make you cringe! This panel is recommended for those 18+

This Weekend: Toronto Comicon!

Posted by Jim Zub on March 17, 2015 No comments

This weekend, March 20-22, I’ll be a guest of the Toronto Comicon, set up for the show at ARTIST ALLEY TABLE P-22. It’s my first comic convention of the year and I’m excited to be kicking the 2015 season off with a hometown show.

I have a limited number of advance copies of WAYWARD Vol. 1: String Theory, WAYWARD #6, and SKULLKICKERS #31, so make sure you swing by to grab a copy before the regular release date. I’ll also have trades, comics, and sketch covers for a bunch of my other series, including Samurai Jack, Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur’s Gate, Conan-Red Sonja, and more!

If you’re in the Greater Toronto Area and can make it out to the show I hope to see you there!

(PS: I might be late on Friday as I have to head right from my teaching day job down to the convention centre, so between crazy Toronto traffic and set-up I might be delayed.)

Totoro-Inspired Wayward Variant Cover

Posted by Jim Zub on February 19, 2015 1 comment

Our pals at Third Eye Comics in Annapolis, Maryland are putting together a special event to celebrate International Tabletop Day on April 11th and I’ll be there signing and sketching up a storm. To help commemorate the event they’re also putting together a store-specific variant cover of WAYWARD #6 you can only get at their shop.

When Steve at Third Eye contacted me about the event and variant, he had a specific concept in mind – Since Wayward is focused on Japan, let’s do a playful riff on a Studio Ghibli image using Wayward. As soon as he suggested it, I knew what we should do.

The original My Neighbor Totoro poster is beautiful, iconic, and wonderfully cute. I asked Steve Cummings and Tamra Bonvillain to do up a version with Ayane and a giant cat waiting at a bus stop in the city and here’s the amazing result:

The Japanese on our cover loosely reads “My Neighbour Wayward”.

If you live anywhere near Annapolis, Maryland make sure you mark Tabletop Day on your calendar and come out for the big event. You can get this Ghibli-inspired special cover, meet me, and try out board games and card games aplenty. A day full of games, comics, and tons of fun!

And, if you’re unable to attend the event in person, you can pre-Order WAYWARD Vol. 1 from Third Eye Comics and get their Totoro variant cover for FREE!
http://www.thirdeyecomics.com/product/wayward-vol-1-string-theory-tp/

Zub at NYCC 2014

Posted by Jim Zub on October 6, 2014 No comments

Another incredible convention season wraps up with the annual New York Comic Con. I’ll be there from Thursday through Saturday (I’m heading home Sunday before the show opens to spend Canadian Thanksgiving with my family) and, if you’re there, I hope you get a chance to come by and visit!

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Wayward, Skullkickers, Samurai Jack, Pathfinder, Figment… lots of different books you can bring by to get signed.

In addition, IDW will have special advance copies of Dungeons & Dragons: Legends of Baldur’s Gate, with a space hamster-tastic convention-only cover, there for Max Dunbar and I to sign.

Beyond the table set up, here’s where you’ll be able to find me for signings/panels:

THURSDAY
06:15-07:00pm Hasbro/IDW Panel – Room 1A14

FRIDAY
11:00-12:00pm IDW Signing – Booth 1844
01:00-01:50pm Dark Horse Signing – Booth 1636
04:15-05:00pm IDW Panel – Room 1A14

SATURDAY
02:00-03:00pm Image Comics Signing – Booth 1544

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