NIEBELUNGEN ILLUSTRATONS!

German travel magazine Merian just published an article on the Niebelungen Saga with comic-style illustrations by myself...

NEW BOOK COVERS!

i had the pleasure to create two covers for acclaimed fiction author Matt Carrell. having been a fan of his books already it was great to come up with ideas to enhance his vision and hopefully help him get his great new novels recognized. The first was for a short story called "A friend in Need".

The other is for Matt's new novel "Blood Brothers...Thai Style".

Both books will be available shortly from Amazon. You can check out Matt Carrell's books at his Amazon page. Next I will start to redesign his older covers starting with "Thai Kiss"...

NEUE COMIC-SCHULE!

Geschichten mittels Comics zu erzählen macht Spass und beansprucht alle Aspekte der künstlerischen Palette. Bei David Bollers Virtual Comic School wird die Kreation einer Comic-Geschichte auf intensive Art von der Idee bis zum fertigen Comicbuch beleuchtet. Angefangen mit dem Erfinden einer Geschichte und deren Aufbau bis zum Reinzeichnen mit professionellen Zeichenmaterialien werden alle Arbeitsschritte im Detail unter die Lupe genommen. Einen guten Comic herzustellen muss kein Zufall sein, sondern kann mit dem nötigen fachmännischen Wissen und Fingerspitzengefühl eine kreativ befriedigende Erfahrung sein. David Bollers Virtual Comic School ist die einzige online Comic-Schule, die zeigt, wie man einen Comic von der Idee zum fertigen Produkt erschafft. Die Kurse werden mit Hilfe von PDF-Lektionen und Webinaren durchgeführt. VCS hilft also, die Arbeiten der Teilnehmer zu publizieren und oder eine Veröffentlichung bei einem Verlag zu finden. Es ist also nicht nur eine Schule, sondern auch ein kreativer Ratgeber, der weit über die reine Zeichenarbeit hinaus geht. Gründer und Comiczeichner David Boller erklärt: „Ich habe zahlreiche Workshops überall auf der Welt geleitet und es ist mein Ziel, mein erarbeitetes Wissen an neue Talente weiterzugeben. Eine Online-Schule ist nicht nur modern, sondern ermöglicht es auch Schülern, die nicht in der unmittelbaren Gegend wohnhaft sind, mittels Webinaren an den Kursen teilzunehmen.” Mehr Info gibt es hier>>>

CROWDFUNDING FOR WILLIAM TELL COMIC!

 Yesterday started the crowdfunding campaign for my new graphic novel project "The Legend of William Tell". I decided to do this over the Swiss website wemakeit.com.

Here is the intro video in German:

Die Legende von Wilhelm Tell from David Boller on Vimeo.

The campaign is set up in German and French. We got some pretty nice rewards that are not available for purchase anywhere. You can check it out here: William Tell campaign

TV APPEARANCE!

Yesterday I had my second appearance at the local TV-station TVO. This time it was shot at a large trade fair in Saint Gallen. There was a short interview at the beginning followed by three interspersed segments as well the ending sequence.
I'm pretty happy with it but it was hard work. Not sure how actors are doing this every day on set. Please note: The program is in Swiss German!

Enjoy

http://www.tvo-online.ch/mediasicht/30905

TELL ENHANCED APP FROM VISIONBOOKS!

Everyone is always looking for the next hot thing in today's media landscape. In my little world it is an enhanced app of my TELL comic book series. Created by Visionbooks in California this app features and enhanced reading experience with the addition of light animation and Hollywood-style FX. Here is a preview from Youtube.

 

The first issue will be available next Wednesday and the Preview is already out. It can be downloaded as part of the Visionbooks app or also as standalone apps.

Having seen the entire book already I can say that it looks pretty nice. So check it out...

COMIC FESTIVAL IN ANGOULEME!

The last week in January can only mean one thing. The gigantic comic festival in Angoulême is taking place again. Located 2 hours by TGV south of Paris this is the biggest comic-related event in Europe.

As expected, this year's festival was under the star of the horrible events in Paris a few weeks previously. Several memorial ceremonies were planned and security was at an all time high. Luckily I can report that everything went over peacefully and no incidents occurred. The German publisher JNK even printed a tribute magazine in French as a give away. I also contributed one page.

I was present with a booth, for the the first time in the "Bulle Nouveau Monde". It was nice to meet all the readers and make new contacts. Below are a few impressions for your enjoyment...