Wednesday, September 03, 2008

1st Look at "Seaweed and the Devil's Cookbook"

The conclusion to
  • Seaweed and the Cure for Mildew
    • is fully drawn and ready to be inked and colored. I can't say for sure yet how long this will take but I thought I'd show one of the blue line pages just for fun.



    I've gotten some amazing reviews for "The Cure for Mildew" including this one by Jerry Beck on Cartoon Brew:

  • Cartoon Brew


    • And this one by Moriarty on Ain't it Cool News:

  • Ain't it Cool News
    • at

    33 comments:

    1. Matt1:07 AM

      It's praise well deserved!! The book is amazing...we desperately need more. Please keep inspiring us. Cheers.

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    2. Larry Levine8:42 AM

      Ben, Your pencil art is truly awesome, with strong emphasis on the 'awe'--for which I am. It's incredible!!!

      Did you draw this with a Col-Erase 20044?

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    3. Mathieu Beaulieu4:01 PM

      Looks great! very dynamic!

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    4. Randall Sly6:48 PM

      Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Just simply AMAZING!

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    5. Mukpuddy7:45 PM

      Looks freakin awesome dude! My copy of the first book turned up and it's bloody glorious mate!!! (thats kiwi slang for radical)

      Thanks for the comment on our sea cow episode bro!!

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    6. AlanS4:59 AM

      Hey Ben

      This Stuff is clear and fun to look at!

      I'm a fan!

      Alan

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    7. Nils6:01 AM

      Wow ! I just discover your blog, and your art is awesome ! Congratulations !

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    8. Tapan Gandhi10:59 AM

      i've been poring over your book for as long as i've had it! i cannot WAIT for the conclusion!

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    9. Tony DiStefano2:45 PM

      The blue pencils are really great!
      Hope some of these get into the book.
      Thanks for stopping by my blog.

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    10. Bill Ferguson5:24 PM

      Thank you so much for the comment. You are the Ninja Master of the Universe. Your art is amazing and I appreciate that you are sharing it with everyone!

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    11. Unknown12:49 PM

      I can't wait for the second book! Unapuss 4 president!

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    12. Dustin Foust10:05 AM

      Your stuff is amazing! Sorry about Mr. Favre. :)

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    13. Matt Jones12:30 PM

      Congrats on the Emmy & the book Ben!

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    14. James E. Daniels6:32 AM

      Awesome artwork! Can't wait to order the finished product!

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    15. Unknown9:51 PM

      CONGRATULATION!! The book is beautiful!!

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    16. damon10:39 PM

      ha

      that is some amazing artwork

      very funny

      love it

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    17. J.H. Jordan1:41 AM

      Flipping sweet, Ben!

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    18. EL GRANDE7:58 PM

      Ben,
      Congrats on the Emmy brother. You sure deserve it. Killer reviews on Seaweed too. We wish you continued success.

      Ciao,
      Joe y Elio

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    19. Unknown8:18 AM

      Dude that's some sweet drawings. And I love red dragons so it makes it even better.

      Kudos to you on it, hopefully i can scrounge some cash and get the book. :)

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    20. Gabe Fullilove8:19 AM

      Thanks for sharing, it looks great! by the way you were also just BoingBoing'd.

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    21. Albert Sorrentino Jr.11:16 AM

      always amazing looking!! congrads on the EMMY! ;)

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    22. Ken Roskos10:31 AM

      Fantastic! Plus it's great to see characters with real vices again.

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    23. Marco Bucci6:58 PM

      great! I love seeing rough line art. That drawing on the bottom left is fantastic.

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    24. Anonymous2:18 PM

      This is my favorite book! Cant wait for more!!!

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    25. Wayne-Michael Lee9:09 PM

      Great stuff. Your work is always very inspiring to me.

      Congrats on the Emmy.

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    26. Unknown3:35 PM

      so sek! i loved seeing your work at school yesterday!

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    27. Carlos León Sancha3:28 PM

      Your Blog is ART.

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    28. Jeff Merritt3:53 PM

      REALLY COOL WORK, CONGRATS ON THE EMMY :)

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    29. jcgonzalez3:15 PM

      AWESOME! I love your work!

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    30. Torsten Adair4:18 PM

      Just a bit of advice... when giving an interview, either try to sneak the website in, or ask if they'll add it to the article at the end. I tried searching, and found it by accident. (CBR's title didn't hit.)

      Gonna order a copy, because I love when animators draw comics! (Jeff Smith, Bruce Timm, Stephanie Gladden, Doug TenNapel, Walt Kelly...)

      Oh, and your technique of using two boards per page? Carl Barks might have invented that. The other secret technique from Disney comics? All sentences end in "?" or "!" That stems from the olden days, when printers would mistake periods for burrs and scrape them off the printing plates! It makes the story more dynamic, too! (See?)

      Can't wait to read it!

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    31. Sabrina A.11:17 AM

      I just got the book this morning and it's a million times better than I even expected it to be.
      The book is beautiful, congrats again...!

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    32. Elliott5:52 PM

      these drawings are gorgeous. killer work.

      elliott

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    33. Federico Milella4:31 AM

      pretty impressive!!!!

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