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Dan DiDio Joins The Kubert School

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Dan DiDio Kubert School

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art have announced that former DC publisher Dan DiDio is joining as a member of the faculty.

DiDio will be teaching a new online course called “From Concept to Sale”. In the course, he will show students how to develop and present their ideas for a character, book, or series, to publishers or other media outlets. During these weekly sessions, students will discuss and work towards constructing a series bible and a story concept pitch that will generate opportunities in a crowded marketplace.

“From Concept to Sale” is only one new online course that will be coming Oct. 1. There will also be “Storyboards” taught by animation director, Abe Audish (Cartoon Network/Nickelodeon); “Basic Drawing” taught by artist Emma Kubert (Ink Blot from Image Comics); “Basic Drawing II” taught by David Williams (Batman The Animated Series, X-Force) and “Narrative Art” taught by comic book creator Moritat (All Star Western, The Spirit); with additional new classes to be announced.

They will join returning instructors such as Fernando Ruiz, Amy Chu, and Sergio Carriello just to name a few from The Kubert School’s incredible list of instructors.
The Kubert School Online Studies fall courses will be available for registration starting Tuesday, September 22nd.

The Inkwell Awards announces the Dave Simons Scholarship Award Winner

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Dave Simons Scholarship

The Kubert School had its annual scholarship awards event earlier in May via a virtual scholarship ceremony through Google Meet, due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. The Inkwell Awards’ 11th Dave Simons Inkwell Memorial Scholarship Award of $1000 was presented to second-year student Ryusei Sawada.

Sawada is an aspiring artist originally from Tokyo, Japan, whose ultimate goal is to work for publishers like Marvel, DC, and Image as an inker/artist. He entered the Kubert School right out of high school.

Normally, according to The Inkwell Awards’ founder/director Bob Almond, the non-profit would send a representative to the Dover, NJ institution to attend the live ceremony and personally congratulate the winning student. But due to shelter-in-place orders, they were unable to, and school director Carol Thomas informed him that the school had already set up remote learning, which will remain in place until the end of the year. 

The Inkwells created the scholarship award on behalf of their ink artist friend and committee member, Dave Simons, shortly after his passing in 2009, with the approval of his sister, Bette Simons. 

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Sweet Tooth

While the comic news and releases have slowed down, it doesn’t mean the news has! We’ve got some news and reviews for you in our morning roundup.

CBLDF – Resources For Comics Creators and Employees Impacted By Coronavirus – Some helpful information.

The Beat – A Year of Free Comics: The many zines of Sarah Mirk – Free comics!

Comicbook – Netflix Orders Robert Downey Jr’s Sweet Tooth to Series, Based on Jeff Lemire Comic – Is there any comic not being turned into a tv show or movie?

Newsarama – Kubert School Waiving Application Fees For 2020-2021 School Year If You Apply This Month – Live your dream and apply!

Deadline – ‘Superman & Lois’: Emmanuelle Chriqui To Play Lana Lang In the CW Series Based On DC Characters – Kind of forgot this series was coming.

Deadline – ‘Superman & Lois’: Erik Valdez To Play Lana Lang’s Husband In the CW Series Based On DC Characters – Yeah, still forgot this was coming.

Newsarama – Disney+ Surpasses 50 Million Subscribers Globally – That’s a lot of subscribers.

Review

Newsarama – Quarter Killer Vol. 1

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Hellions #1

It’s a new week and we’ve got lots coming including some debuts of things we’ve wanted to do for a while. While you await that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Newsarama – Kubert School Opens To Students Worldwide with New Online Program – This is very cool news. Take advantage!

CBR – GameStop Tells Employees to Wrap Hands in Bags and Get Back to Work – Stop supporting this chain.

Reviews

CBR – Bog Bodies
But Why Tho Podcast – Bog Bodies
Nerds and Beyond – Eat and Love Yourself
Talking Comics – Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler
AIPT – Hellions #1
The Beat – Once & Future Vol. 1
But Why Tho Podcast – Transformers: Galaxies #6

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Just Beyond: The Scare School

The weekend is almost here! What geeky things will you all be doing? Sound off in the comments below! While you wait for the weekday to end and weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Newsarama – Kubert School To Offer Classes During Five Fan Expo Conventions This Year – This is a great idea.

Newsarama – Kickstarter Launches Bluestockings Comics Festival to Showcase Queer and Trans Creators – Will Kickstarter’s issues with unionization impact this?

Reviews

The Beat – Just Beyond: The Scare School
ICv2 – Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Vol. 1
Comic Attack – Quantum and Woody #1

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Punk Mambo #5

It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d you all get? What’d you enjoy? What’d you dislike? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Newsarama – Kubert School Enlists Erica Schultz – Congrats and a great addition!

The Beat – A Year of Free Comics: Breaks is the kind of long-running queer romance we need – Free comics!

Review

Comics Bulletin – Urusei Yatsura Vol. 1