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empire's 30th anniversary art & fraggle interview on CBR!

hey all!

just a reminder that INK & STEIN is at a new location tomorrow! i posted about it earlier this week. 

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comic book resources just did a GREAT article on the upcoming fraggle comic. i'm quoted... a lot! neat!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24988

read it! 

(also, you have no idea the fan girl feeling i'm getting from being in the same book as ANYTHING jeffery brown. i LOOOOOVE his work!!!)

have you ordered your copy of fraggle rock #1 yet? the diamond order code is FEB100672

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next up, starwars.com just announced the OTHER thing that will be taking up my time yesterday... an empire strikes back 30th anniversary ART PRINT for starwarsshop.com/acme archives!!!!

lucasfilm has asked 12 artists (including me!) to create a piece that will be turned into a limited edition (giclée on watercolor paper) art print (100 prints of each) depicting a scene from empire strikes back... telling the story in chronological order from start to finish. (there will also be a portfolio available to order that all the prints will fit into if you want to collect the whole set!)

the artists involved are:

• Tom Hodges
• Chris Trevas
• Nathan Hamill
• Cat Staggs
• JAKe
• Russell Walks
• Katie Cook (hey! that's me!!)
• Jamie Snell
• Amy Beth Christensen
• Michael Fleming
• Alex Pardee
• Paul Ballard

read the full article here!

http://starwars.com/vault/collecting/news20100225.html

katie's base card art for the TOPPS star wars galaxy 5 set

i did 2 base cards!

yeah!

i already showed the artwork for my wampa room card (as it appeared in star wars insider magazine!)

 it has this quote on the back as to why i chose to do this scene:

"I'm a huge fan of the creatures of Star Wars and the Wampa is right at the top of my list of favorite SW critters. In a deleted scene from Empire,  Han wants to take a shortcut through a room in Empire and Leia tells him 'that's where they keep those creatures'. C-3P0 does something totally out of character and takes the warning sign down, hoping to trick the troopers into going in there. I've ALWAYS wanted to see the scene where the stormtroopers are being attacked by the wampas trapped in this room. I imagine it to be a furry, frantic battle where, of course, the wampas win."

and now my OTHER base card... my cantina scene! yaay!

 and it has the following quote on the back:

"What's more fun than the most wretched hive of scum and villainy on Tatooine? This place is full of characters that have some really elaborate background stories courtesy of the extended universe, every creature in there is worthy of a deeper look. Wuher, the bartender himself, has a tragic story and big dreams to leave Tatooine one day. He's described as a genius when it comes to mixology and is using that skill to win fame and fortune from Jabba the Hutt. Plus, who wouldn't want that gruff face to serve them a tall glass of blue milk or a Sarlacc Kicker?"

i loved drawing these. i hope you enjoy lookin' at 'em!

also, i'm almost done with my fraggle rock story! i'm so excited! i've been having SO MUCH FUN drawing it!!

ypsi ink & stein... NEW LOCATION!

 

Ink & Stein... In STYLE!

ink and stein has been a HUGE success, more successful than any of us have imagined it would be. each month, 15-20+ people come out to draw, chat and have fun with us. it's amazing. 

because of this success, we've got to move our location from the corner brewery to somewhere new. the corner brewery, though ideal in theory, just has not been willing to accommodate our group. they won't reserve us space, they've been rude and overall we're getting feeling that they hate comic book nerds that sit there for hours and drink all their beer and spend lots of money. you'd think an independent brewery would embrace this? well, they don't. 

so we're trying some place new! we've been scouring the ypsi area for another location ... and, you won't believe this, i think we've found a new home at the MARRIOTT. yes. 

a hotel bar. 

man, you'd think i was kidding. i'm not. thinking back to the many conventions where people meet up to casually talk and draw, it seems like a natural fit.... so we're going to try it out!

so... STARTING THIS MONTH. YPSI INK & STEIN IS MEETING AT THE MARRIOTT YPSILANTI AT EAGLE CREST. 

the view lounge at:

1275 S. HURON STREET

YPSILANTI, MI 48197

(http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dtwys-ann-arbor-marriott-ypsilanti-at-eagle-crest/)

 

i've personally gone over and looked at the space and it's open, full of tables, couches, and lots of space to spread out and draw. instead of a few tables pushed together in a crowded bar, it's all the artists sitting at couches with plenty of space to move around and talk to one another. also, we'll finally be able to hear each other and it'll be bright enough that we can actually see what we're drawing. 

the one drawback... the bar closes at 11 instead of midnight ;P

plus side. cocktails. i also hear that some cougars hang out here every once in a while. maybe they find drawing comics attractive? you'll never know until you come. 

SO. 

for now, i think ink & stein has found a new home. 

 SPREAD THE WORD. 

so please, come out and join us on the LAST SATURDAY of every month... now at the MARRIOTT EAGLE CREST YPSILANTI. 

it goes from 7-11. we can hang out later than that, the bar may be closed, but if you want to hang out next to a fireplace with what's left of your cosmopolitan while you ink a panel, you're welcome to it. 

thanks so much, 

katie