Tumblr (3.0; @jtorrescomics)http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/““Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.””<br/><br/> - <em>Stephen King</em>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53239793452http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53239793452Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:12:13 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/768de2cb79e12567e829a6b58b6f5f21/tumblr_moerxhsCtC1qlcib9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://archiecomics.tumblr.com/post/53118373114/happy-fathers-day-whos-your-favorite-riverdale" class="tumblr_blog">archiecomics</a>:</p> <blockquote><h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft='{"type":1,"tn":"K"}'><span class="messageBody" data-ft='{"type":3}'><span class="userContent">HAPPY FATHERS’ DAY! Who’s your favorite Riverdale dad?</span></span></h5></blockquote> <p></p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53170515422http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53170515422Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:14:59 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/20e840d2a17c043c74a9e8fc2f7bbc04/tumblr_mohhu6IGTQ1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good morning! Happy Father’s Day!</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53106005737http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53106005737Sun, 16 Jun 2013 07:42:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed38bf994a2257dfc4ce60927b303d88/tumblr_mogfkmS1nS1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In five minutes, one will be crying, two will be fighting, and the little one will poop his pants… but this moment, when they were a team of superheroes, was perfect!</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53053100121http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/53053100121Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:55:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6844b676e551c2b6d8f5d2ca1572c4a6/tumblr_moezu1wso71r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ermagerd! YA graphic nervels!</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52995936185http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52995936185Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:18:01 -0400fridayreadsgraphicnovelscomicbookscomicsyayoungadult<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7f61c535134a84e25176ff501013ed27/tumblr_mnaxb4bgjU1qec05ko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0edfb17691ad07002151c419a3f3801f/tumblr_mnaxb4bgjU1qec05ko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5d1d4a5fc2dfcd953d7178b2d71bb169/tumblr_mnaxb4bgjU1qec05ko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b519deccf222bf6367b7d5419a323013/tumblr_mnaxb4bgjU1qec05ko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3882b856ff595696d5f27c72a3427846/tumblr_mnaxb4bgjU1qec05ko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://kellysue.tumblr.com/post/52899564634/chiloconcarne-shadowise-a-lonely-god-a" class="tumblr_blog">kellysue</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chiloconcarne.tumblr.com/post/51651932235/shadowise-a-lonely-god-a-series-of-slightly">chiloconcarne</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://shadowise.tumblr.com/post/51219596257/a-lonely-god-a-series-of-slightly-sad-superhero">shadowise</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>A Lonely God - a series of slightly sad superhero posters.</p> <p><a href="http://www.behance.net/gallery/A-lonely-god/8359621">Source</a></p> </blockquote> <p>I’m in love with this</p> </blockquote> <p>I was just talking to an artist yesterday about the tendency to crop things really close and tight in order to enhance drama.  If it’s overdone — which happens frequently with YOUNG* artists—you start to feel like you’re watching a movie through a hole in a sheet.  </p> <p>Pull the camera out.  Be brave enough to let the reader orient. </p> <p>Occasionally, in the right moment, pull the camera way, way out even. How does that effect the emotional beat? </p> <p>* EDITED because I dropped a word. A really important word. Because I am a dumbass. </p></blockquote>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52950476159http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52950476159Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:25:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d4e716bf859b8c4aad859b6f67997b9d/tumblr_modbokgceE1qckpvgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cheeks-74.tumblr.com/post/52928372466/b7-bastions7-kickstarter-comingsoon-wip" class="tumblr_blog">cheeks-74</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>#b7 #bastions7 #kickstarter #comingsoon #wip #superheroes #fantasy #creatorowned #tabletaffy #comicbook #artbook #designs</p></blockquote> <p>Kickstarting soon…</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52950339456http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52950339456Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:23:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/34951b27883ba1d0b7785fb3b8ec26cc/tumblr_moe1dzlBHX1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Adding to our @jeremytankboy collection!</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52948816898http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52948816898Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:53:59 -0400jeremytankardpicturebookskidlitillustrators<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6ced5cdca36f0f4b87913907cf23bf1f/tumblr_moceqa4xWo1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jinx in a Box</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52879928939http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52879928939Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:46:58 -0400archiecomicsarchiecomicsjinxjinxarchieliljinx<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0aa36ce0cce093ba718a02bd123cc49b/tumblr_moc9ejbKI51r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Gisele is probably my favourite @ArchieComics artist right now.</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52872944769http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52872944769Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:51:55 -0400archiecomicsarchiecomicsartists<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2c7e9b6e4a1b59eb9a72becc83f07b1/tumblr_moa71qFo3X1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First look at @fearless_fred and crew’s Bluenoser for @truepatriotcmx</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52786695543http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52786695543Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:05:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4fe486ceb18170a967a481fcec3f944d/tumblr_mo5fu76s5A1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>More new Mickey Mouse shorts debuting on Disney Channel (US) on June 28th! (CC @wolfboy74)</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52582860831http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52582860831Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:27:42 -0400mickeymousedisneychanneldisneycartoonsanimationdisneyjunior<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c12c98e22050dbce509302737f47cca8/tumblr_mo34rfqXZY1qckpvgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://cheeks-74.tumblr.com/post/52473344214/bastions7-b7-kickstarter-tabletaffy" class="tumblr_blog">cheeks-74</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>#bastions7 #b7 #kickstarter #tabletaffy #comingsoon #comicbook #comicpage #cheekspeek #artbook #wip #superheroes</p></blockquote> <p>Kickstarting soon!</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52493879783http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52493879783Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:32:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4f659138da02c10cc57d3a3ab908a2ae/tumblr_mnjxovl8jG1qapz3uo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/69b53ae0d0d90bea7b68be342811e281/tumblr_mnjxovl8jG1qapz3uo3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0c79172b404d880e7a1472c6b04b94b/tumblr_mnjxovl8jG1qapz3uo4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.kungfugrippe.com/post/52230599414/geektrooper-coolest-kid-ever-100-cool">merlin</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://geektrooper.tumblr.com/post/52150411118/coolest-kid-ever">geektrooper</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Coolest kid ever.</p> </blockquote> <p>100% cool. The scooter is <em>amazing</em>!</p> <p>This kid rules.</p> </blockquote> <p>Can I adopt her?</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52493571042http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52493571042Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:28:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b9f12f31b4683da829ceace6a2014416/tumblr_mnukfblxzj1qarjq8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mikemaihack.tumblr.com/post/52148814262/final-for-now-commission-for-two-characters-ive" class="tumblr_blog">mikemaihack</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Final (for now) commission for two characters I’ve been wanting to draw for a while- Damian Wayne and Stephanie Brown (as Batgirl).</p> <p>Apparently I also seem to enjoy drawing characters annoyed with things atop of their head. Somebody’s about to lose a limb.</p></blockquote>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52181036130http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/52181036130Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:41:51 -0400“After about two years I remember Baker & Taylor (major library book distributor) calling us and saying “We want to carry your book,” and well, why? Because for two years we’ve been banging on your door and they said, well, librarians are demanding it. I joke that it took me so long to do Bone that my readers grew up, got married and had kids and the kids were reading it, so it was the school librarians who were really insisting that Bone be available through the library distribution system. And that was probably ‘97 or so? That was a watershed moment and then quickly after that it all started rolling in the right direction.”<br/><br/> - <em>Jeff Smith on the importance of the support of librarians. From the <a href="http://boingboing.net/2013/05/07/tell-me-something-i-dont-kno-7.html">Tell Me Something I Don’t Know podcast.</a> (via <a href="http://faitherinhicks.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">faitherinhicks</a>) <p>I’ve been saying for a while now that librarians and teachers kept comic book readers from becoming extinct…</p></em>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51927826163http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51927826163Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:12:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/da6f3147cd00787909110a9f1d5bd373/tumblr_mnqqejN7Dt1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It was a Darth and Stormtrooper night…</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51926432726http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51926432726Sat, 01 Jun 2013 20:51:55 -0400vaderandsonstarwarscomicskidlit<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3e222f7884b175aebd5b18dae92d263a/tumblr_mnqah57s3E1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Book signing done. Book of Mormon next. (at Princess Of Wales Theatre)</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51902266505http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51902266505Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:07:52 -0400bookofmormonprincessofwalestheatretoronto<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5e3f22157f39c53befc160bbc162df56/tumblr_mnpszhOrry1r473l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today! Little Island Comics! 10:30-1:00! I promise not to put you in a headlock!</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51878300551http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51878300551Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:50:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c86f2b1fa94e71849ad086c039da163/tumblr_mno2hvHESI1qarjq8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mikemaihack.tumblr.com/post/51804225992/commission-for-captain-marvel-of-the-carol" class="tumblr_blog">mikemaihack</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Commission for Captain Marvel- of the Carol Danvers variety.</p></blockquote> <p>Marvellous!</p>http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51822880108http://jtorrescomics.tumblr.com/post/51822880108Fri, 31 May 2013 15:50:53 -0400