Andy Schmidt, director of Comics Experience, Senior Editor at IDW Publishing and author of The Insider’s Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels has announced the beginning of his 2010 lineup with industry pros such as Chris Sotomayer and Mark Guggenheim.

Check it out!

–Mona

by editor, writer, teacher, Andy Schmidt

Stop by and wish Chuck Lukacs a Happy Day at his new Fantasy Genesis blog, where he talks about childhood inspiration and his upcoming IMPACT book, Fantasy Genesis, coming soon…

Found these ohsocute zodiac characters via Lindsay Cibos’s blog and DeviantArt page–be sure to check out her DeviantArt page to find out about her latest contest centering around her December 09 IMPACT book, Draw Furries. Enjoy!

Known for his nearly obsessive attention to detail, Wes Anderson has a penchant for including zany, oddly appropriate paintings in his film sets. (Think of the “Aggressively Mediocre/Mentally Challenged/Fantasy Island (circle one)” paintings by Miguel Calderon in Eli’s apartment in The Royal Tenenbaums). Pretty awesome.

With this in mind, I couldn’t wait to see what Anderson would do in the upcoming Fantastic Mr. Fox.  Check out some pics here (note the badger painting in the second image down). Also, don’t forget to watch the official trailer. It looks, well, fantastic!

Have a great weekend!

Andy Schmidt, Senior Editor at IDW, founder of www.comicsexperience.com and author The Insider’s Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels was interviewed by iFanboy.com in a special edition of Talksplode. You can listen to Andy’s interview here.

Learn more about Andy’s book, The Insider’s Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels.

Working at IMPACT is fun. The books are incredible, the art and artists are awe-inspiring, the team of editors and designers are intelligent and cultured. So it goes without saying that the forwarded emails from teammates are always worth taking the time to open.

This interesting telephone sheep art from flickr crossed my desk in the form of a forwarded email, and we agreed it should be shared with all the IMPACT followers. It reminds us that no object should be thrown out, but rather creatively converted into something new.

Next time you find something unusual in your inbox, post it as a reply here and we can all be inspired!

After spending the entire day speaking with students Halloween Eve at Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, Scape Martinez recalls one of his favorite student questions of the day: What’s crucial for aspiring artists?

Check out Scape’s blog to get his answer.

How would you answer the question?

Click here to check out Scape’s book, GRAFF: The Art & Technique of Graffiti.

Where does creativity come from?

Next stop on the Scape Martinez GRAFF creativity tour…Roosevelt Community Center. Stay tuned for dates!