Posts Tagged ‘tales to suffice’

Kenny Keil: A Process of Awesomeness

December 4th, 2008 by Hilden


I put up a review of a hilarious comic entitled Tales to Suffice the other day. What I had thought to be the work of many writers and illustrators, to my surprise and admiration, was actually crafted by one man. His name is Kenny Keil and he has a blog with one of the best names I’ve ever heard. It’s called AWESOMENOMICON and you should all go check it out, for a couple of reasons.

Number one, is that he’s been kind enough to link to our review of his comic. Which is cool because, well, who the hell would have thought that would happen? When a comic book creator deems you worthy of mention…shit yeah, we appreciate that.

Number two, and the far more worthy reason, is to check out an article that Mr. Keil has posted regarding his process in creating the awesome cover for Tales to Suffice. I’m a big fan of the inner workings of artists and craftsman. I don’t care if we’re talking game designers making levels, animated specials being created, how special sci fi movie effects work or seeing some poor college drop-out draw the latest poster at Starbucks. I’m all about seeing the creative process in action and I find it inspiring.

Kenny shows the step by step methods and programs he used to bring that bad ass “robot destroying a city” cover to life. It’s worth a look to see how that beauty came to pass. After checking that out, I start regretting that we only pay in chicken sandwiches around here. I’m betting Mr. Keil could make a couple of BAD ASS visual editions to the Robot Panic.

So, go buy the comic and then show some love to Mr. Kenny Keil and check out his site!

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Tales To Suffice

December 2nd, 2008 by Hilden

Tales to Astonish, Tales of Suspence and the like point to a particular Silver Age era of comics. They are mostly known for being the starting point for a variety of great superhero books, such as Iron Man, Daredevil, The Incredible Hulk, S.H.I.E.L.D, and others. Each issue was different and the stories collected inside could vary widely from month to month. So it is that Tales to Suffice, a new humor book from SLG Publishing, takes it’s cue from these books.

You can probably see why I would have been drawn to this comic right away. Hell, the cover could be the new banner for Robot Panic. But it’s more than the art or retro look that drew me to this particular comic. I’ve been a big fan of these “humor” style comics for a long, long time. In that monumental moment when I found my uncle’s Silver Age comic stash, I discovered a collection of issues from a Marvel series entitled “Not Brand Echh”. The comics were parodies of super-heroes, both Marvel and DC, and featured great art from the Marvel giants. It’s a topic for a different RP post, but let’s just say the zany humor, cartoon inspired art, willingness to poke fun and incredible use of satire made “Not Brand Echh” a great fit for me.

So, Tales to Suffice is definitely in this genre and does it better than most. It’s a rare thing when a comic book can get me to laugh out loud, but Tales to Suffice certainly did. And not just for it’s stories either. (more…)

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