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Headed to the Cincy Comicon this weekend? Find 4 Star Studios (Tim, Mike, Jenny and Sean) at tables 11 -15!

This will also be your first chance to pick up a copy of my new book “The Last Days of Danger”… DO IT!

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How to find Four Star Studios at C2E2!

Come see us this weekend!

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Put on your tux and get ready for action with my new Kickstarter!

Hello friends, I’m excited to announce my first Kickstarter project, “The Last Days of Danger” art book: A collection of 23 illustrations inspired by 23 spy films, containing reviews and supplemental drawings.

The Last Days of Danger is an 8”x10”, 56-page library-bound hardcover book on high-quality heavy stock paper, available at the $20 backer level shipping included. Containing 23 full-color illustrations, reviews of the 23 spy films they are inspired by, and notes on each film, it also includes bonus supplemental drawings just for the collection and a foreword by the people behind Nerdist podcast “James Bonding”. Originally created for the #decembond project and illustrated and written by me.

But wait, there’s more: in addition to the book, I’m going to have 8”x10” Giclée prints, available at the $35 reward level, using fade-resistant, archival inks on Somerset Velvet Fine Art Paper, that are ready to frame. Also, four-color limited edition 16”x20” screenprints available at the $50 reward level of Decembond 010, printed on 140-pound muscletone paper from the French Paper Company.

Find out more information at Kickstarter.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/1212692312/decembond-presents-the-last-days-of-danger

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How to find Four Star Studios at Emerald City Comic Con!

Come see us this weekend!

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That Lance They Call Free

What this week's Making Comics podcast lacks in scintilation, it makes up for in helping you with your taxes. The business secrets of comic book freelancers... revealed!

Have comments? Is there a particular topic you'd like us to talk about? Mail us at [email protected]!

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Revival "Trailer" from French Publisher Delcourt

The French know a good thing when they see it.

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Getting Schooled

This week on the Podcast, the crew discusses the relative merrit of college degrees to the comic artist, and what to do if you find yourself majoring in Radio/TV Production (hint: draw Batman).

Have comments? Is there a particular topic you'd like us to talk about? Mail us at [email protected]!

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Appleseed, Fort Wayne

Mike Norton and Joshua Emmons will be representing Four Star at tables C4 and C5 of the Appleseed Comics & Art Convention saturday. They'll have the new Revival shirts as well as plenty of Battlepug and Ex Sanguine, so come by and say hey!

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Pro Cons

After taking a week off for C2E2, the studio gets together to talk about how aspiring creators can get the most bang for their bucks at comic conventions.

Have comments? Is there a particular topic you'd like us to talk about? Mail us at [email protected]!

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C2E2 Sketches

Another exemplar con from the C2E2 folks! Here's some of what the Four Star guys were working on during the show:

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C2E2 Event Schedule

Here's what Four Star is doing in and around C2E2 this weekend:

Tim Seeley

Friday

6:30–7:30p BEER & COMICS PANEL W470a

Saturday

12–1p signing at CBLDF booth for Revival 09 CBLDF cover

5:15–6:15p Dark Horse Spring Fever Panel, W471

7–8p Comics From The Chicago Scene Panel, W470b

Sunday

12–1p Signing Ex Sanguine/The Occultist at Dark Horse booth #801

Mike Norton

Friday

1–2p Signing Battlepug/The Answer at Dark Horse Comics booth #801

Saturday

11:30–12:30p The Future of Graphic Novel panel, W370b

2–3p Signing at Marvel Comics booth

5:15–6:15p The Dark Horse Comics panel, W471

Sunday

1–2p Signing Battlepug/The Answer at Dark Horse Comics booth #801

Joshua Emmons

Sunday

12–1p Signing Ex Sanguine at Dark Horse Comics booth #801

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All your questions will be... Answered?

Mike Norton's The Answer #4 of 4 goes on sale tomorrow! Available from Dark Horse and in fine comic book stores everywhere.

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C2E2 and how to find us

Hey everyone! C2E2 is less then a week away. Here is a little map to aid you in finding us and some of our friends.

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Whither Digital?

Another week, another podcast! This time, the studio's artists discuss the pros and cons of drawing digitally, from increased output to missing out on that sweet, sweet original art payday.

Have comments? Is there a particular topic you'd like us to talk about? Mail us at [email protected]!

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Another Day at the Office…

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Writing Tools

Welcome to the innaugural episode of Makeing Comics the Four Star Way, our weekly podcast about the craft of comic making. This week's topic is about writing and the tools we use to make that happen. Some items mentioned:

Field Note brand Notebooks

Tim's goofy Moleskine pen

The ultra-simple iA Writer for Mac, iPhone, iPad, etc.

The ultra-complex (in a good way) Scrivener

Manga Studio, which you can write in if you're Mike Norton crazy.

Mindnode (for the kind of graphs Mike hates)

Have comments? Is there a particular topic you'd like us to talk about? Mail us at [email protected]!

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A New Website!

We've updated our website!​

Ok, it's not very​ different on the face of it. We essentially moved our old content and styles to Squarespace. But this brings three major improvements:

There are lots of tools at Squarespace that make the page easier for us to manage. So you'll be seeing more frequent updates to content here.

​This will let us syndicate our very own podcast!​ More news on that soon.

We can now significantly expand the size of our store.​ We were kind of handicapped by our old BigCartel account. Expect many new products making their debut after C2E2 this year.

Now for the downside. Our blog is moving off of tumblr. We're still pushing updates there, so if you follow us just for the art you should still get all that. But if you want to keep up to date with new book announcements, con appearances, and other general administrivia, make sure you're following our new blog at fourstarstudios.com/blog.

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