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DOWNLOAD -> BOONDOCK SAINTS : THE COMIC SERIES #1 - FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME

Download the first issue in the Boondock Saints comic series produced by M2 Co-founder, Eben Matthews for FREE for a limited time...

The rest of the series is on sale also for just .99 each!

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The Blurppy Reveal

EXCLUSIVE! M2 Reveals Their Next 15th Anniversary Print For Troy Duffy’s “Boondock Saints” By Brian Luong

M2 is the brainchild of writer/director duo Adam Martin and Eben Matthews.  They have partnered with “Boondock Saints” creator, writer, director, Troy Duffy to release a fantastic set of tribute prints celebrating the 15th anniversary of the cult-classic film.  The Poster Series was conceived by M2 Creative Director and “Boondock Saints : The Comic” Series Producer, Eben Matthews as a way to artfully celebrate the film. Each print is crafted by a different artist who is invited to interpret the source material and expand the ideas and characters from the film in new artistic directions.

More awesomeness in the rest of the article...

Check out more info on this new edition and on the full series here.

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Andrew Robinson's Boondock Saints 15th Anniversary Print is PRINTING!

4 of 9 colors completed from the Variant edition of #2 in our series of 15th Anniversary Boondock Saints Prints.  Gorgeous work printed by Modern Multiples.

Details:

Headed towards the finished print which will look like THIS!

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Andrew C. Robinson's Boondock Saints / M2 15th Anniversary Print #2 is NOW #PRINTING at Modern Multiples - 4 of 9 colors down! #detail #process #video See more and Get Yours at www.M2Action.com/posters

https://vimeo.com/107021828

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Digital Boondock Saints Comics : Free and On Sale!

This long weekend - Get your #boondocksaints #comics fix! Issue #1 is Free with the rest of the series only 0.99!

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Boondock Saints: The Secret History of Il Duce #1 - DOWNLOAD FREE FOR A LIMITED TIME!

Expanding on the sequel to the hit cult film, “THE BOONDOCK SAINTS: “IN NOMINE PATRIS” weaves a brand new tale that fits into the film (THE BOONDOCK SAINTS II: ALL SAINTS DAY) like a special deleted and extended sequence from the new movie. Written by the films’ Mastermind/Writer/Director, Troy Duffy and Comic Scribe, J.B. Love, this series is proudly “in Cannon” and launches “The Saints” into this new medium….and it’s just the beginning.

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#NOW www.M2Action.com/posters

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The #BoondockSaints 15th Anniversary #poster Series Continues - #2 is ON SALE NOW!

“Always Open for Business”

Produced by @m2action + @m2eben and Illustrated by Eisner Award Winning “The Fifth Beatle” Artist, @spacejunkees

• Hand Pulled #Silkscreen #Art #Prints. • Regular Edition of 250 and Variant Edition of 50. • Hand Numbered and #Signed by Boondock Saints Writer/Director/Creator Troy Duffy and the Artist

You’re stil here? www.M2Action.com/posters

#silkscreen #printing #print @bigbaldhead

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18 tips for comics artists by Moebius "brief manual for cartoonist "

My 8house collaborator and impressive dude, Xurxo g Penalta translated this Spanish Moebius list of advice for artists. I thought would be cool to post. (Thanks Xurxo)

http://www.jornada.unam.mx/1996/08/18/sem-moebius.html

1. when you draw you must clean yourself of deep feelings (hate, happiness, ambition, etc)

2 it's important to educate the hand, attain obedience, to full fill ideas. but careful with perfection, to much, as well as too much speed, as well as their opposites are dangerous. to much looseness, instant drawings,aside from mistakes, there's no will of the spirit, only the bodies.

3. perspective is of sum importance, it;s a law of manipulation in the good sense, to hypnotise the reader. it;s good to work in real spaces, more that with photos, to exercise our reading of perspective.

4.another thing to learn with affection is the study of the human body, the positions, the types, the expressions, the arquitecture of bodies, the difference between people. the drawing is very different when it come to a male or a female, because in the male you can change a little the lines, it supports to have some impressions. but with the female precision must be perfect, if not she may turn ugly or upset. then no one buys our book! so for the reader believes the story, the characters must have life and personality of their own, gestures that come from character, from their diseases; the body transforms with life and there's a message in the structure, in the distribution of fat, in every muscle, in every fold of the face and body. it;s a study of life.

5. when you make a story you can start with out knowing everything, but making notes (in the actual story) about the particular world of that story. that way the reader recognizes and becomes interested. when a character dies in a story, and that character has no story drawn in his face in his body, in his dress, the reader does not care, there's no emotion. and then the editors say: "your story is worthless, there's only one dead guys and I need 2) or 30 dead guys for it to work" but that is not true, if the dead guy, or wounded guy or sick guys or whomever is in trouble has a real personality that comes from study, from the artists capacity for observation, emotion will emerge (empathy). In the study you develop an attention for others, a compassion, and a love for humanity.

it's very important for the development of an artist, if he wants to be a mirror, it must contain inside it;s consciousness the whole world, a mirror that sees everything.

6. jodorwosky says I don't like drawing dead horses. it;s very difficult. it's very difficult to draw a body that sleeps, that's abandoned, because in comics you're always studying action. it;s easier to draw people fighting thats way Americans always draw superheroes. it;s more difficult to draw people talking, because there are a series of movements, very small, but that have a significance, and that accounts for more, because it need love, attention to the other, to the little things that speak of personality, of life. the superheores have no personality, all of them have the same gestures and movements (pantomimes ferocity, running and fighting)

7. equally important is the clothing of the characters, the state they;re in, the materials, the textures are a vision of their experiences, of their lives, their situation in the adventure, that can say a lot with out words. In a drew there's a million folds, you must chose 2 or 3, but the good ones.

8. the style, the stylistically continuity of an artist is symbolical, it can be read like the tarot. I chose as a joke the name Moebius, when I was 22, but in truth there's a meaning to that. if you bring a t shirt with Don Quixote, that speaks to me of who you are. in my case, I give importance to a drawing of relative simplicity, that way subtle indications can be made.

9. when an artist, a drawing artist goes out on the street, he does not see the same things other people see. what he sees is documentation about a way of life, about people.

10. another important element is composition. the composition on our stories must be studied, because a page, or a painting, is a face that looks towards (faces) the reader and that speaks to him. it's not a succession of panels with out meaning. there's panels that are full and some that are empty, others that have a vertical dynamic or a horizontal one, and on that there is intention. the vertical excites (cheers), the horizontal calms, an oblique to the right , for us westerners, represents the action heads towards the future, and oblique to the left directs action toward the past. points (points of attention) represent a dispersion of energy. something places in the middle focalises energy and attention, it concentrates.

these are basic symbols for reading, that exercise a fascination, a hypnosis. you must have a consciousness about rhythm, set traps for the reader to fall on to, and if he falls, and gets lost and may move inside them with pleasure because there's life. you must study the great painters, the ones that speak with their paintings, of any school or period, that does not matter, and they must be seen with that preoccupation for physical composition, but also emotional. in what way the combination of lines on that artist touches us directly in the heart.

11. narration must harmonize with the drawing. there must be a visual rhythm from the placement of words, plot must correctly maneuver cadence, to compress or expand time. must weary of the election and direction of characters. use them as a film director and study all different takes.

12. careful with the devastating influence of north american comics in mexico, they only study a little anatomy, dynamic composition, the monsters, the fights, the screaming and teeth (grin). I like them as well, but there are many other possibilities that must be explored.

13. there's a connection between music and drawing. but that depends also on the personality and the moment. for perhaps 10 years I've been working in silence, and for me the music is rhythm of the lines (the music he listens to).

to draw is sometimes to hunt for findings, an exact (fair, just) line is an orgasm!

14. color is a language that the artist (drawing artist) uses to manipulate the readers attention and to create beauty. there's objective and subjective color, the emotional states of the character influence the coloring and lighting can change from one panel to the next, depending on the space represented and the time of the day. the language of color must be studied with attention.

15. especially at the beginning of a career, one should work on short stories but of a very high quality. there's a better chance to finish them successfully and place them on a book or with editors.

16. there are times when we are headed to failure knowingly, we choose a theme, an existence, a technique that does not suit (convene) us. you must not complain afterwards.

17. when new pages are sent to editors and see rejection, we should ask for the reasons. we must study the reasons for failure and learn. it's not about struggle with our limitations or with public or the publishers. it's more about treating it like in aikido; the strength (power) of the attack is used to defeat him with the same effort.

18. now it is possible to find reader in any part of the planet. we must have this present. to begin with, drawing is a way of personal communication, but this does not imply that the artist must envelop himself in a bubble; it' communication with the beings near us, with oneself, but also with unknown people. Drawing is a medium to communicate with the great family we have not met, the public, the world.

august 18th 1996 compiled by Perez Ruiz

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#boondocksaints 15th Anniversary Poster Series - ON SALE NOW - www.M2Action.com/Posters

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The #boondocksaints 15th anniversary poster series goes on sale tomorrow at 12PM PST. Check www.twitter.com/boondocksaints or www.facebook.com/boondocksaintsfans for the exact minute they go on sale.

This is the #variant edition of 50. Quantities are limited and will sell out quickly. See more about the series and subscription options at www.M2Action.com/bdsposters.

Art by Boondock Saints Comic Series Producer @m2eben.

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Hunger Games Adventures :15 Game Trailer from M2 on Vimeo.

Hunger Games Adventures :15 Game Trailer

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Hunger Games Adventures :35 Game Trailer from M2 on Vimeo.

Hunger Games Adventures :35 game trailer

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Hellboy and his drinking buddies! Celebrating an amazing body of work. A true legacy. 

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I’ve posted some of these before, maybe, but I don’t think I’ve posted all (except one) of them. Here is Alex Toth’s Conan.

From Bill Peckmann via Michael Sporn’s Animation Blog.

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Rebel Future Teaser from Rebel Future on Vimeo.

The Rebel Future; a galaxy torn by the clashing wills of the Imperium, Ro8o Corp, Rebels, and Space Pirates. Experience these exciting stories told episodically through games, cartoons, and 3D comics.

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We've been rockin' out in the Rebel Future!