ULTRAIST STUDIOS

Here is a glimps of what’s currently on the drawing board:

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If you’ve never heard of Alex Jones, you should really check this out: He’s an investigative journalist and film maker based in Austin Texas, who is the modern day Paul Revere warning us against the globalist movement to enslave the population under a World Government. I’ve posted some of his documentary films in previous blog posts, and they’re well worth a watch.

I first encountered Alex Jones’ work while researching material for SPY GUY:Minis, where he directly influenced this comic strip and got me to research the Northwoods Document.

Today Eric Nordstrom has orchestrated a Ron Paul style MONEYBOMB to help fund the INFOWARS network. Every dollar donated is an arrow to be fired directly into the heart of the New World Order.

As I posted before, it seems to me that if all of us employed what little wealth and power we have towards shaping the world to embrace true freedom and liberty, then together we could make great strides in creating better life for all humanity.

You can listen to the Alex Jones live radio show by clicking here.

I’ve contributed my arrows. Have you?

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Here is a package that came in just a couple weeks ago from Effing Magnifier Productions.

Inside was CEREBUS READERS IN CRISIS #3 along with a letter from publisher Jeff Seiler, and a Center for Cartoon Studies booklet.

The main story this issue is by Elizabeth Ann Bardawill and is called Crisis (On Infinite London Ontarios). The back cover even contains a SPY GUY sketch that was drawn in CRIC #2.

To purchase a copy ($5.00 + S&H), contact Jeff Seiler.

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April 29th 2008

The man who heavily influenced the last Ultraist Comic SPUD & HARRY; G. Edward Griffin, appeared on the Alex Jones Show last tuesday, and is now available here for your viewing pleasure.

Also, G. Edward Griffin’s book “The Creature From Jekyll Island” is available for purchase in the Ultraist Studios Store.

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Wednesday. Lunch. I throw on my rollerblades and make my weekly pilgrimage to Silver Snail for “new comic day”. I was especially excited because I was expecting Glamourpuss, the newest from Dave Sim, to be out on the shelves this week. Unfortunately it turns out Silver Snail didn’t order any Glamourpuss because the guy Michael that makes the orders has a thing against Dave Sim. Which meant I had to throw on my rollerblades and continue west to 3^rd Quadrant. Fortunately 3^rd Quadrant DID order Glamourpuss, however unfortunately Glamourpuss wasn’t going to be out until NEXT Wednesday. Rats.

Well, I was already past Bathurst, and I already had my rollerblades on, so I figure “what the heck, why not skate up to Beguiling”.

Now, Beguiling is always interesting. They are the alternative comic’s mecca in Toronto. I told myself “I came all this way, I am not going to leave empty handed”.

The problem is, Beguiling has so much “stuff” that you become overwhelmed by choice. See TED lecture below.

And because so much of the stuff is weird and esoteric and obscure, it’s hard to make a choice and decide what to get. More often than not, I become so overwhelmed by choice that I leave empty handed. Well not today. I decided I was going to get something, it wasn’t going to be mainstream, and I would just see what would pique my interest.

What I got was “THREE VERY SMALL COMICS VOLUME II” by Tom Gauld. Chris Butcher seemed to think it was a very good selection. Inside the clever little package was a long panoramic fold out about a bunch of robots (which I didn’t “get”), a full page poster comic of “Alphabetical Terrors” which was very amusing, and an actual micro comic called “Invasion” which was brilliant.

It’s interesting to make an impulse purchase like this, and for one; to see if it was worth it, and two; to deconstruct the reasons WHY out of everything that was on display, did your pick stand out from the others.

In this case, the package intrigued me. I wanted to know what was in it. And since the envelope was open, I could check. And once I was engaged into the comic, it held my interest. Also, when a comic is created in a unique format, that is executed well, I appreciate it. VOLUME III of the same series was also available, however it had bright neon colours, and the comics were all sideways. That didn’t appeal to me. However VOLUME II were nice rich earthy tones that gave a more authentic “artistic” vibe.

I’m very curious if Tom printed these comics himself, or if they were professionally printed. I notice the print run is 2000. Perhaps I should inquire.

If you’re interested in checking out Tom Gauld’s work, you can find him on the web here at www.cabanonpress.com

This ends my Wednesday report.

This is Mike Kitchen, signing off.

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While reading Daniel Estulin’s book “The True Story Of The Bilderberg Group” I came across this passage quoted from Will Banyan:

“David’s strategy also reveals something fundamental about wealth and power: it does not matter how much money one has; unless it is employed to capture and control those organisations which produce the ideas and the policies that guide governments and the people who eventually serve in them, the real power of a great fortune will never be realised.”

Will Banyan, “Rockefeller Internationalism” Nexus, volume 11, number 1

It seems to me that if all of us employed what little wealth and power we have towards shaping the world to embrace true freedom and liberty, then together we could make great strides in creating better life for all humanity.

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Last October when Hawley Anderson contacted us on behalf of Dimension Films for comics, product, and signage to use in the upcoming feature film called SUPER HERO, I got the idea to create a life sized cut-out of SPY GUY.

The following documents the “creative process”.

Originally I was going to use existing artwork (due to time constraints) however there wasn’t anything in existence that matched what I envisioned in my head - so it was back to the drawing board. In a last minute rush, I hacked out this sharpie sketch.

I’ve started using sharpie markers to force myself to commit to a gesture rather than endlessly chicken scratching with pencil.

Next I used the Dave Sim tracing paper method to pull an actual drawing out of my sharpie sketch. I find that drawing on the mirror image helps to quickly tighten up the drawing, and then enables an easy transfer to the S-172 Bainbridge.

Once the pencils are transfered, the inking process begins, using primarily a Hunt 102 nib and a Windsor Newton #2 (not to mention some form of white out).

At this point I scan the artwork into the computer, and in this case I realized that I had drawn SPY GUY’s head too small. D’oh! For a moment I thought about redrawing the whole thing, however instead opted to just scale the thing in Photoshop.

Then I added some colour (doing my best to ape the Anime cell animation style) and voila! I had a final image.

This was then sent off to the fine folks at The Lot to be turned into a life sized cut out. Here is the final product!

Look for it in the background of the SUPER HERO movie coming soon to a theater near you!

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Here is the film we went to Hollywood for.
It’s called Superhero.

Click above to view or click here for the official site.

Special thanks to Ultraist Agent Thai Nguyen for providing this intel.

What was it like being an extra?
I think Karl Pilkington described it best:

part 1.

part 2.

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