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...but caricatures? You bet. take a gander, won't you?

http://thrdgll.tripod.com/ashleyholt.htm

(Soon to be AshleyHolt.com)[/url]

lcachola wrote:Great! Glad to see we're in agreement! Now buy my book.

Quiet you!
Ash

Yes, yes, yes! You've hit on it exactly! Everyone should be encouraged to PRODUCE creatively, even if it's just quilting or building model ships, rather than simply sit and consume the work of others. Particularly if that work is the typical mainstream sludge.

Ashley

One of my big mistakes in the past was trying to ink everything with the same tool, a brush. I thought if I wanted to truly master brush inking, I had to do everything with it (except lettering). The end result was total disgust. I don't use the brush at all these days. Anyway, don't get stuck on on...

Obviously, what's unique about the process of web comics is the self-imposed schedule. Even those self-publishing in print have to acknowledge the expectations of retail distribution schedules. But, outside of basic readership considerations (ie - will they stay interested in my comics if they don't...

Rip, Rip, Rip.... You're not really buying this "enemies of freedom" crap, are you? These are conclusions that might make us feel cozy and comfortable that we understand something complex on such simplistic terms, but let's not forget that under every missile, beside every suicide bomber, is someone...

If you're sending a gif or jpeg file, just use your best judgement. I always adjust the dpi a bit before putting it on the site. If want to send an original piece, just email me for details: thrdgll@hotmail.com Everything in the Atlas monster section thusfar was scanned from original art, all of whi...

Hey guys, I've added a new "wing" to my website called "ZZZT!", devoted to my geekier, oldschool super hero comic book leanings. It's all rocketships and secret formulas and such. Anyway, there's a section there featuring artwork from many different talented cartoonists called Our Bullets are Useles...

Chris, Very enlightening perspective you have there. Thanks for being the sane intermediary between my anti-corporate ravings and the McCloudian optimism for all things digital seemingly held by most posters. For the record, my vendetta is not against computers or those who champion the future of te...

What "won people over" to CD's was the sudden and complete absence of vinyl records, players and needles in the market. Watch carefully what happens with the DVD Revolution, it will be as quick and merciless as the CD transistion. Store owners will be penalized finacially for continuing to stock VHS...

I think the message behind that cartoon is the pointlessness of having to filter the information through a computer in the first place. It hardly seems a celebration of the computer age to me. We've beaten this horse to death, but I still get the sense that those heavily involved in internet usage a...

I'm using an upgraded Tripod site, myself. I had a lot of trouble uploading files to Geocities and found Tripod a lot friendlier all around. They have free webspace to start and about ten times the storage space for about $5 a month (this gets rid of the ads, too).

www.tripod.com

Ashley

What we artists don't want to accept is that creativity requires outside stimulation, a balance between intake and output. We are inspired creatively by our dull day jobs simply because we are engaged in some other activity. Personally, I find the "inspiration" induced from 12 hours of sitting at an...

Ah yes, thanks for reminding me about the Simpsons. I feel a little better about the state of modern cultural satire now.

Ashley

I disagree. Our culture is so dominated by corporate media messages that honest communication is largely unrecognized. Mad, though not originally aimed at children per se, has always been most popular with pre-adolescents, who are entering a period in their lives where they are most vulnerable to ma...

Being the computer illiterate that I am, and having always linked and logged in through McCloud's site, I'm embarrassed to admit I've just NOW discovered the actual ZWOL comic strip. Please forgive my ignorance. This is a damn fine strip! I laughed! I cried! I'm going back to read some more! Apologi...

Unfortunately, the Buffy people would consider the parody a plug, which says a lot about how effective this once-subversive "satirical" magazine really is. But don't get me started... Ashley PS- I remember those phony ads. Remember the "apologetic" editorial that accompanied them? No such apology wh...

Yeah well, don't get me started on the current version of "Ad" magazine. I wish they would just give Mad a mercy killing rather than continue with the heretical publication on stands today. Mad used to be a kid's only source of information about "The Big Lie". You can't lampoon the consumer market a...

Thanks for the tip, Chris. I'll see about fixing that index page. As for Sandy's question, very little of my work is digital, but that's slowly changing. A handful of the pieces on my site are obviously created in a basic paint program with some Photoshop gimmicks here and there, but most of this st...

Hey Gang,

Just an invite here to check out my new website featuring my illustration, caricature and comic strip work. Please be kind, you web-savvy souls. The world of websites is brand new to this old man:

http://thrdgll.tripod.com/index.html
thanks!

Ashley

Greg, Well, when I say "freedom", I'm including the freedom to contribute to the content, which, as you point out, is the primary difference in the mediums. Theoretically, television could've adapted (and still can) computer technologies - links, message boards, etc - and would by now be a very diff...

[ The internet is first and foremost a communication medium (as this forum is an example of) and any attempts to cast it as an entertainment medium are very 20th century. It's not about the one-to-many model that TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and film represent, but a many-to-many model that req...

.... This is a real problem for me in accepting the concept of online comics being our future. I really feel uncomfortable sitting in front of a computer for long amounts of time. Does anyone else feel this way? Lots of people feel this way, myself included, which is why I'm surprised there hasn't ...

In spite of well-worn themes (teen angst, lesbians and Smiths references), this is excellent work. This seems like the work of an artist who will only improve, too.

But...I gotta say it: I wish it were in a book!

Ashley