TWO new page of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant.”

TWO new page of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant.”

At Activatecomix.com!

Two new pages which end Chapter II:

http://activatecomix.com/23-1-59.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Chapter 3 will resurface near the end January 2010.

Thanks for reading!

Tim

Adventures of the Floating Elephant

A new page of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
At Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-58.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

Adventures of the Floating Elephant

A new page of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
At Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-57.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

TOR.COM

I talk about nerdy reading recommendations at:

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58391

Adventures of the Floating Elephant

A new page of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
At Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-56.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

TOR.com

My newest post on TOR.com, People in my Neighborhood or, Strange Adventures part B, is up. If you have time, please give it a read.

Thanks,
Tim
http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58352

Adventures of The Floating Elephant

A new page of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
At Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-55.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

Strang Adventures

My new blog entry is up at TOR.com:

Stop by if you have time.
Thanks.

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58322

Day Dreaming, Night Dreaming

My second post on Tor.com is up.
If you have time, give it a read.

Thanks,
Tim


http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58297#more

Here’s page 54 of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
At Activatecomix.com!
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-54.comic

See it right here:

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

The Make Believe Empire

I'm blogging on Tor.com this month.

please check out my post on Tor.com when you get a chance via the link below:

http://www.tor.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=blog&id=58263


Thanks!

Adventures of the Floating Elephant

A week & a half of book touring and an unexpected job
caused me to miss last weeks posting.
Sorry.

Here’s page 53 of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
At Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-53.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

king Con

Please join ACT-I-VATE this weekend as we celebrate KING CON, Brooklyn's very first comic convention at the Brooklyn Lyceum. We will be making our NYC debut of THE ACT-I-VATE EXPERIENCE, and signing and selling copies of our new print anthology, THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER. Plus, we'll have other books and goodies at our table.

Here are some of the highlights and panels members from ACT-I-VATE are participating in:

FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 6TH 2009 - 8PM sharp

THE ACT-I-VATE EXPERIENCE - NYC DEBUT + PRE-PARTY SCREENING
The story of the preeminent webcomix collective. A documentary film directed by
Seth Kushner + Carlos Molina. Featuring interviews with Nick Bertozzi, Kevin Colden, Molly Crabapple, Simon Fraser, Mike Cavallaro, Dan Goldman, Tim Hamilton, Dean Haspiel, Josh Neufeld, and others as they discuss the genesis of ACT-I-VATE, its impact on the art and business of comics, and its future both online and on the printed page.

SATURDAY - NOVEMBER 7TH 2009

THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER: SATURDAY 12PM-12:50PM
Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma), Mike Cavallaro (Loviathan), Leland Purvis (Vulcan & Vishnu), Tim Hamilton (Adventures of the Floating Elephant), Simon Fraser (Lilly MacKenzie), Molly Crabapple (Backstage), Joe Infurnari [ULTRA-Lad!), Tim Hall (Uplift the Postivicals), and moderator, Jeff Newelt (SMITH Magazine comics editor), discuss the genesis of THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER, the premiere webcomix collective's first print anthology, and ACT-I-VATE'S impact on both the art, business, and future of comics.

SPOTLIGHT ON JONATHAN AMES & DEAN HASPIEL: SATURDAY 4PM-4:50PM
Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel elaborate on their multi-media collaborations, which include their graphic novel, "The Alcoholic," Ames' latest essay collection, "The Double Life Is Twice As Good," and the HBO show, "Bored To Death."

SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 8TH 2009

ZUDA: SUNDAY 3PM-3:50PM
Join Ron Perazza (ZUDA COMICS), Kwanza Johnson (ZUDA COMICS), Bobby Timony & Peter Timony (Minion Maze, THE NIGHT OWLS), David Gallaher (HIGH MOON, Box 13), Steve Ellis (HIGH MOON, Box 13), Kevin Colden (Fishtown, I RULE THE NIGHT), Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, STREET CODE) and others for an inclusive, roundtable discussion about the advantages, challenges, questions, solutions, costs and benefits of making webcomics for fun and profit. Topics include working with a publisher, self-publishing, promoting yourself, best practices, style and moving from web to print (or vice-versa)!

DIGITAL COMICS ROUNDTABLE: SUNDAY 4PM-4:50PM
MODERATOR: Mike Zagari
ZUDA, Ron Perazza & Kwanza Johnson
ACT-I-VATE, Mike Cavallaro
COMIXOLOGY, John Roberts & David Steinberger
SMITH MAGAZINE, Jeff Newelt
& more to come!

For more panel information, including spotlights on GRAPHIC NYC, Harvey Pekar and The Pekar Project, and Bob Fingerman, go to:

http://www.kingconbrooklyn.com/panels/

Adventures of the Floating Elephant

Page 52 of “Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
It’s up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-52.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

October 29th at Book Court!

Act-i-vate Primer review!

http://graphicnyc.blogspot.com/2009/10/graphically-speaking-act-i-vate-primer.html

Act-i-vate Primer!

Bergen Street Comics is proud to celebrate the long awaited release of Act-i-vate's very first print anthology, The Act-i-vate Primer!

The book features 16 exclusive, never-before-seen stories by the acclaimed creators of "The Muppet Show Comic Book", "Freddie & Me", "The Salon", "Fahrenheit 451", "The Alcoholic", "Scarlett Takes Manhattan", "Nicolai Dante" and many more!

Featured guests will include Nick Bertozzi, Pedro Camargo, Mike Cavallaro, Ulises Farinas, Michel Fiffe, Maurice Fontenot, Simon Fraser, Dean Haspiel, Joe Infurnari, Leland Purvis and many more!

After your thoroughly primed by the refreshments, pick up your very own copy of the Primer and have it signed by your favorite comics creators! But that's not all! There's an after-party, too! The fun continues at:

The 4th Ave. Pub
76 4th Avenue (btwn Bergen St. and St. Mark's Pl)

Thank you for supporting Bergen Street Comics and The Act-i-vate Primer!

Adventures of the Floating Elephant

Page 51 of“Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
It’s up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-51.comic


Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

Baltimore comic con

The ACT-I-VATE PRIMER print anthology and the ACT-I-VATE EXPERIENCE documentary debuts this weekend at Baltimore Comicon!

Help us celebrate the debut of our new ACT-I-VATE PRIMER anthology, featuring 16 original stories by members of the premier webcomics collective and a foreword by Warren Ellis. In stores 10/14.

And, please come to our ACT-I-VATE panel on Sunday, October 11th at Baltimore Comicon.



2:00-3:30 The ACT-I-VATE Experience
Members from ACT-I-VATE, the premiere webcomix collective, featuring Dean Haspiel, Mike Cavallaro, Jennifer Hayden, Tim Hamilton, Joe Infurnari, Simon Fraser, Kat Roberts, Michel Fiffe, and Jim Dougan, will discuss their new print anthology, THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER (which debuts at the show), and will also debut, "The ACT-I-VATE Experience," a 45-minute documentary produced by Culture Pop Productions' Seth Kushner (Graphic NYC) and Carlos Molina.

Adventures of the Floating Elephant PAGE 50!

Page 50 of“Adventures of The Floating Elephant!”
It’s up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-50.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

mystery Art

Just did some artwork for a big event happening here in Brooklyn on November 7-8.

http://www.kingconbrooklyn.com/ (their website will be updated soon!)


As to what the above art is for exactly… well, you’ll just have to wait and see!

A new page of
“Adventures of The Floating Elephant”
is up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-49.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

Adventures of the Floating Elephant page 48

A new page of
“Adventures of The Floating Elephant”
is up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-48.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

Working

Working on proposals...

Adventures of the Floating Elephant page 47

See The latest page of “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” at :

http://activatecomix.com/23-1-47.comic

To read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start, head here:

http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks!



Thanks for your time.

Tim Hamilton

banana peel

Monkey...

Working on concept sketches.
This one is okay.
Could be a keeper...

Three new graphic novels continue to redefine comic book conventions

Three new graphic novels continue to redefine comic book conventions
Prime Examples
by John Edward Royall



Fahrenheit 451
By Tim Hamilton
Hill and Wang

A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
By Josh Neufeld
Pantheon

Asterios Polyp
By David Mazzucchelli
Pantheon
Latest in Books

Although the state of the publishing industry has looked dark and gloomy as of late, one consistently bright spot has been in the area of graphic novels. Figures from industry website ICv2 report that sales of graphic novels have increased at least 5 percent every year since 2001, while countless indie (American Splendor, Persepolis) and mainstream (Hellboy, Watchmen) movies are mining the genre left and right. Even television is reaching for its cut, as zombie comics fans recently learned that The Walking Dead will be a series on cable TV network AMC.

Read the rest here:

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/three-new-graphic-novels-continue-to-redefine-comic-book-conventions/Content?oid=1322791

Holy Hat & Cat

Holy Hat & Cat

Baltimore

Mysterious art

Some posts let the art do all the talking.
In this case, I’ll have to let the pieces below do just that
as this is all test art for a couple of projects that
may or may not see the light of day.

This one is not really what I wanted and may go into the trash:


This piece turned out more so how I wanted and will escape the garbage.

I’ll tell more about them when or if I can!

Adventures of the Floating Elephant page 46

A new page of
“Adventures of The Floating Elephant”
is up over at Activatecomix.com!

See it right here:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-46.comic

Read “Adventures of the Floating Elephant” from the start:
http://activatecomix.com/23-1-1.comic

Thanks for reading!

Tim

Getting ready for tomorrow

Just posting a favorite page from "Fahrenheit" as I get ready for tomorrow's event.
See many of you there I hope! For some reason, my jpeg turned a bit green here on my monitor. Hmmm.

Saturday, August 29, 2009
7:00pm - close

Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
bergenstreetcomics.com
twitter.com/bergenstcomics
718-230-5600

Early Fahrenheit sketches

I don’t know if I’m one of those people who can do a blog
post everyday of the week.

Some can and I don’t know how they do it. It can be very
time consuming unless you have an intern who’s willing to
show up at 6am and make the coffee.

At any rate, today’s post will be…brief.
Above are a few VERY early sketches for the “Fahrenheit”
graphic novel. I was still thinking about how I was going
to illustrate the book and how impressionistic I could
possibly get with the art and especially the colors.

Again, see more of my sketches and original art at the
Bergen Street signing this weekend if you can come by.
Details below:


Saturday, August 29, 2009
7:00pm - close
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
bergenstreetcomics.com
twitter.com/bergenstcomics
718-230-5600


Thanks for reading.

Projects That Never Were

Way back before I even knew
I’d be working on Fahrenheit 451, there
was talk of me adapting a Vampire book. No, it
wasn’t “Twilight” or “True Blood” or any of those!
Just a quiet little vampire novella. This and some other
sketches I did of the characters are all that remain of it.
I was doing these sketches when I got the call about 451
getting the "green light" so to speak. This loose look is
something I’d like to Use in a Graphic novel at some
point when it fits the project.

Joann Sfar draws like this all the time and I never
Tire of his work.
If you haven’t read Klezmer, by the way I recommend it!
(I’m not getting paid to say that!)
http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/klezmer.html




This second image is a bit darker and probably
the way the book would have ultimately looked.
The plot involved junkies and drugs. Vampires
on the down and outs.

On that thought,
good day!

Extra art

Not a warm up sketch this morning, but a sample of what you will see if you come by my signing at Bergen Street comics this coming Saturday the 29th of August.

I put together thumbnails and unused art that went into the making of Fahrenheit 451 the Graphic Novel. The below art is just a sample. That, and original art will be on display at the store. People will probably be a bit disappointed with the Black and white art from 451 as I used color and photo shop to produce the finished product. The line work looks so …empty to me.

Having said that, I look forward to seeing some of you there!

Warming up

As the name implies, I created this blog for art related posts.
Some days I will post warm up sketches that are nonsense, and other times
I may have something more…interesting to put up here involving work.

As for today: Nonsense images I make in the morning to get my hand going.
I had a red marker, some blue Doc Martin dyes and ink nearby.

A Bird? A Cyclops terrorizing a captive woman? I don’t know what the third panel is.

Brooklyn Launch Party

Saturday, August 29, 2009
7:00pm - close

Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
bergenstreetcomics.com
twitter.com/bergenstcomics
718-230-5600

Brooklyn Launch Party for the graphic adaptation of Fahrenheit 451 with Tim Hamilton
Saturday, August 29, 2009
7:00pm - close
Bergen Street Comics
470 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
bergenstreetcomics.com
twitter.com/bergenstcomics
718-230-5600

The Activate Primer

An amazing anthology I am a part of along with Many other artists!
IN Previews TODAY!

Ray talks...

About his graphic novel I illustrated:

Kirkus Review

Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation
Tim Hamilton
Hill and Wang/Farrar, Straus and Giroux / August / 9780809051007 / $30.00
For the first time, readers will experience the visual spectacle of Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel, boldly illustrated by
Tim Hamilton (Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel, 2005, etc.). With a stamp of approval from Bradbury, who wrote
the introduction, Hamilton creates an eerie adaptation with a dramatic use of color that makes flames leap off the page.
“I’ve loved Bradbury since I first read A Sound of Thunder in seventh grade,” says Hamilton. “I wanted to adapt
Fahrenheit 451 as a modern-day fable, so I avoided using that ‘hyper-real’ look that’s popular in comics today. The story
takes place in an unnamed city and an unknown time period, so I wanted the art to reflect that ambiguity.” While
Hamilton is justifiably proud of his achievement, he also hopes the book will bring readers full-circle to Bradbury’s
body of work. “For all the hoopla about this book, I can’t improve on Ray’s story,” he says. “This is a different
animal. I hope that if younger people read this book as their first taste of Bradbury, they will seek out his other works
too. I hope they’ll take away what art and literature, in all its forms, have to offer.”

Hot Summer Reads for Teens

Hot Summer Reads for Teens

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Why this?

People seem to be leaving Livejournal for Face book and Twitter where you can only post what you’re watching, having for dinner and in my case, Breakfast.

I’ve noticed that the slow and steady internet standby is …blogger. A place, unlike twitter and Face Book where I can post art and type as much B.S. as I see fit.

My fist post is just a place holder and general “yay, I have an art blog!” post.
I’ll simply remind anyone reading, that a preview of my adaptation of “Fahrenheit 451” will be featured in the June issue of Playboy.
It'll hit the stands around June 15th so I am told.

In the future…I’ll have more to say.


Fahrenheit 451 Graphic Novel adaptation cover:

buring the midnight oil