BLOGGING BROTHERS AND SISTERS

One Blog that you MUST see, another that you HAVE to read.

KAKO's Le Monsu Flaneur

Kicking the system's ass with PAM NOLES

MO CHANG AGAINST THE SEA

Hey MO CHANG fans!
Hear This: his new Mini-Comic published by TERRA MAJOR, called IT DREAM TO ME is avaiable at KHEPRI.COM and at COMIX PRESS. Buy one so MO can save money to build a Anti-Tsunami wall in Iceland!

JOHNNY REPEAT REVIEWS

Once more Citizen Press Book catch the attention of reviewers.
Congrats to Jason James once more.

COMIC PANTS

NEWSARAMA

MTV on COMICS

This month on the MTV Magazine Brazil there's an article about Comic Book Artists that work abroad. I'm one of this guys, along with my friends Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Clayton Jr. and other great Brazilian artists. The basic questions where: What the f@#$ do we do, How the f@#$ do we started and what the f@#$ we think about the comic book business in Brazil. There is a very interesting overview of what happens with artists and publishers down here. The good thing is that ,with internet and small printer companies, anyone can put their work out there, no matter what the market says.

LOVE WALL

This is something I did with a help of some friends.
An intervention in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, filled with love and sorrow.

LADY BUG

LADY ARTIST at YOUTUBE



Finally something to show...

CREPAX Jr.

Yesterday I've received a friend's email saying:"Tomorrow I'm having lunch with CATERINA CREPAX, daughter of GUIDO CREPAX, the creator of VALENTINA , will you join us?" What do you say to that? YES, OF COURSE, I'll PAY... Whatever my answer was, I went there and met her and her lovely friends. She is a very sweet and talented person. Like her father she's an architect, and like her father, her greatest work is not on the that field. It's on fashion working as a stylist. Great work, as you can see on the picture attached. The best part was when she talked that as a child, she would be drawing very quietly beside him, while he would stay the whole day, even on Christmas, drawing and listening to jazz... Nice memories I believe, that makes me think that I shouldn't be here writing on this blog, I should be at my desk, drawing.

Thanks Caterina!

RUSSIAN HORROR MOVIE

The Girl with the Unisnaptic Brain

Graziela Mantoanelli first Russian Horror Movie. A true YELLOJELLO art.

IS THIS LOVE?

PAGE 1 -

P.1 - TITLE: "The invisible man is blind"
P.2 - CAPTION: The invisible man was not born blind
P.3 - CAPTION: He was a normal kid
P.4 - CAPTION: That sadly decided to became invisible
P.5 - CAPTION: He chose to grow up like this
P.6 - CAPTION: With an invisible existance



PAGE 2 -

P.1 - CAPTION: To be unseen
P.2 - CAPTION: And cursed not to see
P.3 - CAPTION: Because his eyes, being invisible, could not reflect the light
P.4 - CAPTION: His days were dark days
P.5 - CAPTION: So, he wonders blindly...
P.6 - CAPTION: In a world with not much to see



PAGE 3 -

P.1 - CAPTION: Untill one day
P.2 - CAPTION: Light came through
P.3 - CAPTION: And then he finally saw
P.4 - CAPTION: Somethig out of the ordinary
P.5 - CAPTION: And then he finally felt
P.6 - CAPTION: And then he finally knew...



PAGE 4 -

P.1 - CAPTION: He was safe

WHAT"S COOKING?

Last week me and my wife served TAI food for some friends. It was a sucess. I like to think of my self as a good cook, not a real real cook, but a good cook. Everyone that eats my food, enjoys it. But one day it hit me, since I'd never ever followed any recipes exactly and always have created something of my own, I'd never get to do the same exact dish twice, it's always a new experience, and people always enjoyed it.

The point is, I do comics the same way, always something different than before, always a new recipe and some new ingredients... I just hope that people that reads it, just like my guests, enjoy this different, but creative menu.

Anyway, I'll keep on cooking till the dawn of times...

SAMURAI STORY

Kakzuo Koike, the great master, and writer to LONE WOLF AND CUB, attended the SDCC 2006, invited by his publisher at DARK HORSE. He had to sign some books at the Convetion for one hour, but five minutes to the end, he got very exhausted from all the action, and traveling and had to leave the booth for a moment. Some people that where in line were kindly attended by the Dark Horse people to see if the wanted their book sign by Kazuo Sama while he was resting, they only had to give the book and wait. Everyone agreed. But, Kazuo Sama, knowing that he had agreed to something to this people, would only do it properly. He came back, sat down and signed one by one, with the Japanese stamp and everything for the five minutes he owe them. That's was the most strong and beautiful scene that I have ever seen. That was filled with servitude and commitment. That's when you give the best of you, no matter what.

Life or death.

Kazuo Koike a real Samurai.

YELLO GATE

If you're in San Francisco, or driving by the city, try to find this YJ card and I'll give you a prize. Well, everyone will want to see a picture of you there.
The way to this place is worth the efford,even more if it is a sunny day.

TEN LITTLE FRENCH BREADS

Well, there are some people in my life that I'm very proud to be friends with.
One, or two of this people are Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. This two brothers that I've met some 15 years ago in a comic book class along with another great artist, now movie director, PEOV. They work harder than anyone I know and desirve every cent that they earn with their craft. To go as the third triplet to SDCC is one hell of an experience. I've been going to San Diego for 8 years, but of course I had to skip a couple because of money, day job or lack of projects to show, but this two have been going for more than 10 years, non-stop. Their faithfullness to the art, talent and will to suceed is some of the reasons why such great things are happening to them. As we speak Bá must be finishing his CASANOVA series, preparing his great apperance on the new DARK HORSE series UMBRELLA ACADEMY, and Fabio is either writing on his blog, drawing a ULTRA-SECRET project or thinking about his master plan to conquer the planet. Well, I could stay here talking on and on about the TWINZ, but I rather send you to their well writen and always updated Blog (both in english and portuguese) 10 PAEZINHOS

You go and buy their books, and I'll keep following them close by to keep them on track.

JOHNNY REPEAT IS HERE

Jason James, the writer of JR, just showed me one of the first copies of the book. It looks great, all the artists, the actions sequences, etc... I'm very proud to be in this book and I really recomend you to get a copy.
If you don't beleive me, check what this guys wrote about it:

THE FOURTH RAIL

PREVIEWS

JOHNNY REPEAT is a 104-page black and white graphic novel with a cover price of $12.95 USD. Available for pre-order in the July edition of Previews out now (Page 248, JUL063025), the book will arrive in stores September 2006.
Or check CITIZEN PRESS

... AND OFF TO CALIFORNIA

ROJO JELLO

YJ just got posted at ROJO MAGAZINE BLOG, one of the best publications about graphic art in the world... I feel very proud, in it's third day this site and the works on it is already making a difference...

DRESS CODE YELLOW

Hey, I just received today Pam's first impressions on YELLOJELLO T-SHIRTS
This is what she wrote:
"...the YelloJello Jr. Ringer T-shirt... arrived in the mail today. It's not one of the American Apparel shirts, but it is far more solid than the Bella shirts and the screening on it is burned deep and looks as if it will last. Happily, it is a nice, muted shade of yellow, as opposed to a shade Far More Bright And Alarming. It's comfy! (Ladies, order one size up from what you think you wear, and I suspect this shirt is wash cold, hang dry.)"

I'm glad Cafepress did a nice job. See for you selves:

SDCC 2006

This year at the San Diego Comic Con I'll be showcasing three projects:

1. JOHNNY REPEAT, released by Citizen Press, written by Jason James. This is a collaborations between artists on one big story. I did 12 pages, and I had a lot of fun doing it...

2. IT DREAM TO ME is actually Mo Chang's work. He draw all 32 pages in one whole Saturday, I could never do that. I suggest that you take a look at his web site... MO CHANG

3. AUTUMN. Well, this is tricky. Flavia Sakai, the creator of this piece, is a very talented paper craftwoman, graphic designer and samurai. She invited me to do a collaboration about the Haiku poet Basho. We did a "one page" story , folded as a ancient Japanese letter that comes with a beautifull note book to write your own haikus. It has been printed, hand painted, stamped and folded one by one. There is only 44 copies and I'll bring 10 with me to San Diego. probably it will cost something like US$40 dollars... I hope people buy it. Here's a image of the 2006 Organizer/diary made by her.

YELLO JELLO REDUX

As usual I create stuff and don't know what to do with it. The YELLO JELLO site stayed for at least three years with nothing but a sign saying "under construction", as most of all designers and artists websites. After this three years I produced some short stories and had been published under TERRA MAJOR's banner, so it was time to put something up. By the same time I met Douglas Kawazu, the webwiz that created all versions of YELLO JELLO and helps it every time with something new. This version that you have is supposed to be a little bit more friendly than it's predecessors, that's why you are reading this blog after all, what better way to communicate than communicating? By the way, I'm Brazilian and speak Portuguese, but since most of my audience are Americans or English speaking creatures I will start this blog by writing in English. Remember, I still don't know what to do with it.

So, enjoy the stories, check out the new stuff and buy the books.

See' ya

BD
YJ