Sorry for late post- it was a busy June for Members at Detroit Tradecraft- we had our June Meeting on June 11, 2011 and it was packed full of assignments- that are still forth coming. We had a visit from Comic waste-dump (see http://comicwastedump.com ) owner Brian Sousa- he reviewed the possibilities of putting Detroit Tradecraft comics on the site and offer individuals with comics a place their printed comics online for a web comic (page tuner feel). He offered a great deal for members at 2 comics for $80. set up including a character and creators bio pages included with the comic. The group thought this was a cool idea to review. Our overall meeting discussed the following:
Door- book2- current team are Mike Dudley- creative director and inker, Marco Evans and layout and Pencils, Gerald walker as clean up pencils. Michael Marcus will help out with timing.- colorist -needed
Background Story- writer Heather Spraga, Marco Evans- initial layout, creative director Mike Dudley- colorist- needed
Kick starter project for door book two- some initial artwork has come to Michael Marcus for the Door Book2- starting June 26-outstanding images needed for the presentation- are a cover image, storyboard for presentation, and a theme- Pat jackson review that end date for all materials needs to be in and presentation dome by August 1, 2011. pat jackson, Michael Marcus, Heather Spraga, and Oz wilson will need to set up meetings and materials deadline for July. Pat jackson to set up bank account before july 4th week ( tbd).
************************************************************June 26 events
Michael Marcus at Warriors comics in Wayne- showed gaming prowess.
Michael Marcus was at the comic Shop in Wayne Michigan on Saturday June 26 from 9am- 9pm showing off his own game- Sudoku Tactics (ST)at the signer during games day at Warriors Comics on Michigan Avenue- He was autographing IFX comics as well as promoting his own games ST. It was well received. Michael urged Pat Jackson to talk to the Owner of the store and suggested a Detroit Tradecraft signing day- perhaps in August once we get The Door Book 2 completed. Great work Michael....
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Gerald Walker and Marco Evans at Black AGE comics day in Detroit - Detroit tradecraft represented.
Teon and Marco represented Detroit Tradecraft at the Nsorama Academy School in Detroit. The Convention was a small intimate setting even that boasted comics, hip hop, and African based vendor products such as DVD's, apparel, and jewelry. The organizers expressed several times how gratedful they were for Detroit tradecraft for coming out and representing as they did. Teon and Marco presented their Filmworks promo magazine to the crowd- and I will give credit again to Michael Marcus- I could see a bit of his salesmanship in Teons and Marco's presentation to the crowd.- they sold a lot of copies of Filmworks, the Door book 1 and some FX mulrooneys......
