Atomic Bear Press

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-08

Artist Sam Hitti has started posting his new comic online, Death-Day: http://www.samhiti.com/ Very interesting stuff. # Halloween comes and goes like the phantom it is. Lots of things to do. # Listen to: Louis Armstrong - Disney Songs the Satchmo Way - http://tinyurl.com/y9aw4hr # Working on illustrations for Winter Cartoon Bootcamp 2009. 20 ...

12/26-30/09 Winter Cartoon Boot Camp: Drawings Mythical Beasts

Date: December 26-30, 2009 Where: Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco CA Subject: Drawing Mythical Beasts Time: 12-2 everyday Age: Intermediate Artist ages 10-14 (see my definition of intermediate below) This five-day session runs from Saturday, December 26th through Wednesday, December 30th, from 12 noon to 2:00 pm each day at the Cartoon Art Museum. Students will ...

Pictureless Comic Challenge entry

Doc Pop has issued a new comic challenge, a challenge to make a comic with no pictures. Find out more about it here. Below is my fast attempt. click for a bigger image on Flickr: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="307" caption="Wordless Comic Challeng entry"][/caption]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01

Maybe I could sprinkle glitter on myself and go as a twilight vampire for Halloween, but then I would get laughed at by real vampires. # Road the J line with Trina and Steve. Always fun to chat with such creative people. # Perfectionsim is not a virtue unless you are Mary ...

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! I made a small comic and made a very simple motion comic from it. See it below and have a safe and sane evening.

Nov 29, 2009 (Sunday) Cartoon Holiday Boutique at the Cartoon Art Museum

I will be part of the CCSF's Cartoon Holiday Boutique at the Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore. Date: 11-29-09 Place: Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore (Lobby) Cost: Free Time: 11:30am to 5:00pm Details: Looking for a one-of-a-kind Holiday Gift? On Sunday November 29, 2009 artists will be on hand at San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum Bookstore for ...

Illustrations for the ILRCSF

I have been working with the ILRCSF (Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco) doing numerous illustrations last couple years. These are most recent ones: (click for a bigger image) [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="386" caption="ILRCSF illustrations by Brian Kolm"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="386" caption="ILRCSF Illustrations by Brian Kolm"][/caption] artwork ©2009 ILRCSF

Oscar the Grouch is Canadian!

Here is a fun interview with Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street, who is a spokes...er...creature for Recycling in Canada. Really fun and 'revealing' as he reveals that his parents were Canadian. Take a watch.... Great improve from the 70+ years old Carroll Spinny.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-25

This was one of the first APE's where I was more a customer. Bought some cool stuff and got feedback on my 24 comic. Sold my 24hcbdc comic 2 # Gre # Working on drawings for client and thinking about revised website coming later this week. # Cool Stop Motion titles: http://www.vimeo.com/5816586 # Getting ...

read Rooting Tooting Pinoccho – part 2

This is the Second part of a comic I created in August 2009 at the Cartoon Art Museum during a comic jam (CAM JAM 2 on 8/16/09) and at the San Francisco Zine Fest (8-22/23-09). READ PART 1 HERE The challenge: draw a mini comic that I could experiment and play ...

Kid Beowulf postcards with coloring by yours trully.

Lookie, the art I digitally colored for the covers of Kid Beowulf as postcards. Thanks Lex.

2D animation found on the web

I love animation Pencil Tests and here is a new one from Bill Plimpton for his new film project Cheaten'. Here is a beautiful new film, the Pups of Liberty. Plus Michael Sporn has pencil tests and concept art at his website as well. One of the pencils tests is by ...

Comic Projects: Mini Comic with pre-printed panels

This project was created and used at a class I recently taught for the YMCA StonesTown. The goal was to create a mini-comic book with out the teacher (me) having to spend lots of extra time outside of the classroom. It is far from perfect, but might be a good ...

12-21-09 Winter Drawing Classes at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA

Date: December 21, 2009Time: coming soonLOCATION: Schulz Museum, Santa Rosa CACLASSES: 2 classes - info coming soon

Check out the website’s NEW look!

Thanks to my webmaster, Peggy I have a new look for my site. Everything has been more streamlined with easier to find information and a clean style. - The blog now features a random link to the work of many artist and dreamers every time you reload the page. - when you go ...

Ideas on displaying art and comics from APE 2009.

This was the first APE in a very long time that I was not exhibiting at my own table and could walk around. I took some pictures of how other artist where showing off their merchandise and art. There were lots of amazing artist at the convention and these photos ...

APE 2009 shwag!

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Stuff from APE 2009 - click for bigger image"][/caption] Today was the last day of APE, the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco (October 17-18, 2009. I got lots of cool stuff from the convention over the weekend. Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Pierre Alary sketchbook from Stuart ...

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-10-18

"It's never too late to be what you might have been. -George Elliot" # Just waiting for the damn person in the bathroom to get out so I can get my soap I left in there, then I can go check out. # Well, my last trip post. In an hour I ...

24HCBD 2009 wrap-up

NOTE: This post is a work in progress and will be edited over time, I will do my best to note when it was updated or changed to the best of my ability. This is the first draft where I just tried to get all my ideas out and on ...

The Princess and the Frog – 5 Min Clip

I am really looking forward to seeing this movie, it looks and sounds great. This clip really sets up the characters really well. So far everything is pretty amazing: voice, color, animation. I watched the clip with a friend who knows New Orleans and they were impressed with how much ...