#Kelci Crawford

[vanitaandking]

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[anthrofiend]

Just opened up my copy of The Legend of Jamie Roberts Vol. 2! I loved the first installment of this queer fantasy adventure by Kelci D Crawford, and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next!

[thelegendofjamieroberts]

We're making a mirror blog for The Legend of Jamie Roberts here on Tumblr! (To get fully caught up on the story, read it on the official site).

The Legend is also now on Crowdfundr, raising funds to get Volume 2 to print! Back the campaign to get copies of volumes 1 and 2, as well as commissions and other exclusive rewards!

BACK VOLUME 2

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Jamie Roberts is neither a boy or a girl - they're a pirate! One day, on a raid with their best friends, Thomas and Daniel, the trio find an unfinished map to a land they have never seen. So they embark to seek treasure! Along the way they find dragons, spirits, magic, and an evil sealed away that's about to resurface once more…

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Sideline Store

Need some new gear???  Kelcie Legler Butcher post of July 8, 2024 *Link to Crawford Colts SIDELINE Store: https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/california/sandiego/crawford-high-school?ct=YTo1OntzOjY6InNvdXJjZSI7YToyOntpOjA7czo1OiJlbWFpbCI7aToxO2k6MTc5O31zOjU6ImVtYWlsIjtpOjE3OTtzOjQ6InN0YXQiO3M6MjI6IjY2OGMwZTc3YmZlZWIzMjA5MDU0NzgiO3M6NDoibGVhZCI7czo0OiIyOTI2IjtzOjc6ImNoYW5uZWwiO2E6MTp7czo1OiJlbWFpbCI7aToxNzk7fX0%3D&utm_source=Acquia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20240708_Advocate_June_Perf._Report&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR37hdEkkPjBgxSkBIJnzXkjM2yFpsoA_XSRg-QKv2VIN7u3excv4YWF59Q_aem_rtmXYksHGnTUjtI9WFJrnQ

[brendanhykes]

Tales of Tomorrow week 2!

Okay it’s been more than a full week but I’m calling this week 2. Would really love to get over the $600 mark by the end of the day! There’s some really amazing art in this book from Benny Hollman, Kelci Crawford, Lane Lloyd, areyoshi and Liz Mallette, don’t miss out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zeropress/tales-of-tomorrow-a-sci-fi-comic-book-anthology

[chronivore]

http://www.kelcidcrawford.com/

[dragonhide-studios]

FINALLY got our zine online! ‘F**K Yeah Comics!’ is our home-made little zine of reviews and recommendations, to find you new and different comics to read! Diversify your Palette! :D This first issue is The Queer Edition: We've got a big interview with Christian Beranek & Kelci Crawford, the duo behind Validation; the story of Ally, a wayward transgal who loves comics, blogging and dinosaurs, and her mostly normal day-to-day life. It also contains some excerpts from our interviews with Erika Moen & Aero Zero, and a whole host of reviews and recommendations of other titles. NSFW titles are labelled as such, and there is plenty that's good for all ages.

Please Spread the Word! It’s only £1!

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Live Chat Interview Thursday at 1pm EDT/10am PDT!

Hey everyone! I’m going to be doing a livestream interview/chat with Kelci D Crawford. We’ll be chatting about comics, cryptids, and more!

We’re doing it as a promotion for our Kickstarter for our cryptid anthology Less Than Secret. We’re fully funded, have hit our first two stretch goals, and we’re shooting for more! Please help us do more!

Support the Kickstarter here!

[comicsbeat]

Continuing with our wide-ranging survey of creators from every end of the business on what happened and what’s coming. You can check out the other parts of the survey here.

Katie Schenkel, writer

2019 Projects: 100 Light Years of Solitude, some unannounced projects

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? The phoenix-like transformation of Nancy as a voice for our time

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? DC Ink/Zoom totally making bank

  Andrew Farago, Cartoon Art Museum Curator, writer

2019 Projects: Voltron: The Ultimate Visual History from Insight Editions; Batman and Popeye projects; a full slate of exhibitions at the Cartoon Art Museum

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? More women, LGBTQ, and creators of color published major works and won major comic industry awards this year than we’d seen in some entire decades prior to the 2010s. The comics landscape is changing before our eyes, and that’s a great thing.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? Gina Gagliano’s lineup at Random House Graphic will bring even more young readers into comics. That and Raina Telgemeier’s how-to book Share Your Smile are going to lay the foundation for the biggest story in comics in 2024.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? It’s not an election year, so if I can go a week without any major political news or upheavals, that would be great.

Who inspired you in 2018? Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Spider-Man’s co-creators couldn’t have taken more divergent paths if they’d tried, but each seemed to be more than content with his lot in life. There are lessons to be learned from both.

Alison Wilgus, Cartoonist

2019 Projects: I just turned in the second and final volume of my graphic novel series, Chronin, which I’ve been working on since 2007. BOTH volumes will debut from Tor in 2019, which is absolutely wild — Volume 1 in February and Volume 2 in September. I’ll also be continuing to put out the Graphic Novel TK podcast with my friend and co-producer, Gina Gagliano!

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? Gina Gagliano starting her new graphic novel imprint at PRH. And I’m not just saying this because Gina’s a friend — Random House Graphic was announced in the Spring, and it’s already transforming the landscape of kids’ graphic novel publishing from where I sit. If you’re a cartoonist who wants the resources and reach of a major print publisher, you can count your options on one hand. We hardly ever get major new players like this, and I can’t wait to see how everything shakes out over the next couple of years.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? God who knows.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? I feel no guilt for my pleasures anymore, we all gotta cling to what joy we can on this bitch of an earth. Who inspired you in 2018? My editor, Diana Pho. As I’ve taken on more editorial work of my own this past year, as well as interviewing a ton of industry professionals for GNTK, I have a much better understanding of JUST HOW INSANELY GOOD AT HER JOB SHE IS, as well as being an exceptionally generous and kind member of the larger community.

Rob Clough, Critic

2019 Projects: Continuing to write for The Comics Journal, Comics MNT, Publisher’s Weekly, Your Chicken Enemy, WowCool.com, and whoever else will have me. My own High-Low blog just hit its tenth anniversary, and I plan to keep at that as well as write for my patrons at my Patreon. This is the year I also hope to work on my first couple of books. I will also continue my position as co- programmer of SPX.

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? The continuing, massive culture shift in terms of who is making comics and for whom. There are more women, more people of color, and more queer folk than ever in comics, and that number is growing exponentially. Trans creators in particular made a huge impact in 2018. The blowback from the usual quarters was as predictable as it was irrelevant.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? The continued struggle to solve the distribution problem for small-press cartoonists is the big one. There is an explosion of new cartoonists thanks to greater access to comics education, but creating a sustainable market for them all is going to be a real challenge. The festival circuit should be seen as a supplement and marketing tool, not a solution.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? Going to an NXT show in Durham.

Who inspired you in 2018? All of the other members of #defendthe11, but especially Whit Taylor.

Vita Ayala, writer

2019 Projects: Age Of X-Man: Prisoner X and more Livewire! Also some unannounced things, so stay tuned…

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? Spider-Man: Into The Spider-verse

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? Too many amazing stories I am looking forward to reading to choose!

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? Danny Lore, Matt Rosenberg, Che Grayson, Regine Sawyer.

Madeleine Holly-Rosing,  Writer

2019 Projects: The new Boston Metaphysical Society one-shot, The Spirit of Rebellion (below) and more novels!

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? Marvel original line of digital comics

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? The growth of independent titles.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? Reading more.

Ted Rall, Cartoonist and writer

2019 Projects: THE STRINGER, a graphic novel where “Wag the Dog” meets “Breaking Bad”, drawn by Pablo Callejo and written by Ted Rall. WHAT’S LEFT: THE FIGHT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY by Ted Rall, about the clash between progressives and corporate liberals. A paperback reissue of THE YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY, drawn by Pablo Callejo and written by Ted Rall. And an as yet untitled novel.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? Watching American democracy continue to implode. Who inspired you in 2018? Social media, negatively. The stupidity level finally rose to the level where it became impossible to care what trolls might think. This forced me to think for myself and rely on my own instincts.

Raina Telgemeier, Cartoonist

2019 Projects: Share Your Smile, a how-to comics guide for young creators, comes out April 30th. And my next full-length graphic novel, Guts, will be out on September 17th! It’s a prequel to Smile and Sisters. I’m pretty excited about it.

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? When Stan Lee passed away, the rest of the world, all the regular people I know, were talking about it. His influence went so far beyond the industry.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? I can tell you something I’m looking forward to! Jen Wang’s new graphic novel, STARGAZING. I got to read an advance copy, and I’m so glad it’ll be out in the world next year.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? I have four events lined up in Texas next year, so I’m looking forward to tacos. All of the tacos.

Who inspired you in 2018? Jarrett J. Krosoczka’s Hey, Kiddo is one of the bravest graphic memoirs ever written. It allows kids who suffer from family addiction in silence to feel seen. I’m so proud of and inspired by Jarrett!

David Macho, Jack of all trades

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? The batwedding

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? Publishers drop Diamond, change distribution, avoid impending death! 😛

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? War of the Realms

Todd Allen, Talking Head

2019 Projects:

A little more supernatural detective work:

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? Taken as a whole, the various launch and relaunch attempts… and there were plenty.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? How the 2018 launches/relaunches play out and the next wave. It sure feels like it’s taking more and more effort to tread water and this will have a trickle down effect one way or the other. I just hope a Barnes & Noble contraction doesn’t factor into that.

Jordan B. Gorfinkel, Producer, Writer, Cartoonist

2019 Projects: www.jewishcartoon.com/passover

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018? Pretty much every Mark Waid and Chris Samnee collaboration. Their batting average is off the charts.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? Please God, not Bruce Wayne’s penis.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? Catching up on all the Marvel movies while house-sitting for a friend with a huge TV.

Atom! Freeman, Sales and Marketing Maven

2019 Projects: Building Prana: Direct Market Solutions. Creating more resources for retailers and publishers. Building ComicHub into a resource for all in comics.

What was the biggest story in comics in 2018 There were SO MANY! Seriously, do you remember a weirder year in the comics industry or was it just me? Valiant, Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, IDW… everyone has been affected by this weirdo year.

What will be the biggest story in comics in 2019? TKO, maybe? ComicHub? Prana? I’m optimistic that 2019 becomes the year of decentralizing power that grows the industry for everyone.

What guilty pleasure (of any kind) are you looking forward to in 2019? Watching TKO and the publishers who follow suit break the distribution model and build the entire industry in the process.

Who inspired you in 2018? Dinesh Shamdasani. Forced out of the company he’s devoted his life to and even though he has more money than I will ever see, he is seeing the movies he set out to make through to the end and gathering speed to go after the next thing.

      The Beat's Annual Creator Survey Part 2: What will 2019 hold for comics? Creators give thei guesses. Continuing with our wide-ranging survey of creators from every end of the business on what happened and what's coming.

[vanitaandking]

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To get the next update sooner, get on the email newsletter. (It’s free.) – Don’t forget about the Spring Cleaning Sale! Now you can get your hands on the original comic pages of The Case of the Wendigo, and get the final run copies of Charlie & Clow AND Charlie & Clow: The Bonus Arc – while supplies last, yo. Once sold, they’re gone forever. For everything else in the sale, you have UNTIL MAY 6…

[willowthefair]

This artist does one of my favorite Web comics, Validation! It's about a nerdy transgirl! This is a project she worked on last month and is working on making it a book! I don't have the money, but I can sure help spread the word!

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Artist Spotlight: Kelci Crawford, why aren’t there more GLBT dinosaurs?

Welcome to the Laugh It Forward Kickstarter Artist Spotlight! Every day you'll meet new cool artists doing amazing things, so check her out!

Today I'd like to introduce you to Kelci Crawford!

Kelci Crawford is a comic artist and illustrator making all-ages stories with LGBTQ protagonists (and sometimes magic), including Johnson & Sir, Charlie & Clow, The Case of the Wendigo, and Thoughtful Dinosaur. Kelci also collaborates with Christian Beranek on the webcomic Validation, about a transgender girl named Ally, doing her best to live a fulfilling day-to-day life. When not making comics, Kelci plays tabletop games and dances even when people are watching.

Sam: I used to make the mistake most artists make when asked about my work, and get into the details like characters, plot and story elements. Those are important in telling stories, but I learned they don't really draw people in. So I'm going to ask you to tell us a short story about the more important question:

why do you create your art?

Kelci: Often I'll be reading a book or a comic, or watching a movie, etc, and something in the work makes me think, "Man, that could have been done better." That makes me think, "Well, how would I do that?" That's how the ideas get started, and after that it's a matter of sitting down and writing and drawing out as many things around that idea as possible.

Sam: Ha! So you're motivated mostly by one-upmanship... I'm sorry, that was wrong. I meant one-up-womanship. :P

But I get it, certainly there's plenty of low-haning fruit out there in the world. I find it hard to imagine the person who watched a sequel to Jaws and didn't think "you know, this is so ludicrous, they just move away from the beach!... you know what this movie needs is a tornado!"

My second question is who or what has most inspired your work? If I compared you to someone, what names would you be most flattered to hear?

Kelci: Jeff Smith, creator of Bone. I had the great pleasure of meeting him once at SPACE in Columbus. He's a good dude (and I'm not just saying that because he said he liked my work). His comic Bone has influenced me the most, and I'll still pick it up to read it for the crisp line art and the endearing characters.

Jen Wang is another influence, but a more recent one. Her books Koko Be Good and The Prince and the Dressmaker are not only wonderfully drawn, but tell wildly different stories, while still having charming characters. I've never met her in person, but someday I hope to!

Other inspirations are Akira Toriyama and Hiromu Arakawa. They have such distinctive art styles in the manga world and their characters are beyond memorable.

Sam: I have to admit, Bone is the only one that rings a bell for me personally, and to be honest, I've never actually read any of Smith's work. I'll have to pick one up. You'd think with a double entendre in the title like that, I'd have boned up on it a long time ago! I mean, I'd have gone down on... down to my comic shop and checked it out... I'd have bought one. :P

Last question. What have you learned from your work, and what's your advice for younger creators?

Kelci: Done is better than good. The most important thing you can do is finish a freakin' story and move on to the next one. You will learn something new from each story you finish. Take those lessons to the next one. Don't get hung up on making something "perfect." "Perfect" means you'll never finish it. The world does not need another unfinished manuscript.

Sam: Yeah, that seems to be a theme in these interviews. I was mentioning in one just yesterday that Jake Parker, who started Inktober has a mantra: Finished Not Perfect. And it's very true -- you're never going to look at your own work and say "THERE ARE NO FLAWS HERE!" Well, okay, I take that back, a few people do, but I'm not sure Trump should be our model. :P You just have to learn to accept the flaws and move forward.

Any final thoughts?

Kelci: You. Are. Awesome.

Sam: Thanks for taking the time for this interview, Kelci, it's been a pleasure.

To see more of Kelci's awesome work, check out her website. You can also find her on Facebook, Patreon, and most importantly, if you enjoy her work, share this interview, and sign-up for her email newsletter!

p.s. If you are also an artist and are planning a Kickstarter, you might find my Six Tips to Kickstarter Success helpful, plus links to other helpful resources. Also thanks to Andrea Demonakos who's handling the bulk of our rewards fulfillment to help our Laugh It Forward project go smoothly!

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Coaches will be provided your contact information and will be able to provide important information about practices and tryouts!

*Reposted from Kelcie Butcher on COLTS.ORG, June 18, 2024

[brendanhykes]

Dunno if I still have any followers here that aren't porn bots but I'm running a kickstarter right now for and awesome collection of short sci-fi comics with a killer slate of artists, including Kelci D Crawford, Lane Lloyd, areyoshi, Benny Hollman, and Liz Mallette. I'd really appreciate if you'd check it out, back it if you can, and share it around

[ivandimarcofotografo]

Capturing the cry for change: photographers on the BLM protests

Since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis a huge uproar of protests against racism and police brutality has swept through more than 750 cities and towns all across America. Four photographers write about their experiences covering the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and what the protests mean to them.

A couple dance at a memorial site for George Floyd.

Top left: a Somali woman joins a demonstration. Top right: protesters sit down to block a street. Above: a protester is silhouetted against flames from a burning building

Mourners carry George Floyd’s casket into the memorial service

‘I Can’t Breathe’ on a flag at a protest in Washington Square Park

Top left: a protester and a police officer by the Manhattan bridge. Top right: marchers cross the Brooklyn bridge. Above: an elderly man watches protesters before joining them in Harlem

A demonstrator addresses protesters in Harlem

Protests in downtown Brooklyn near the courthouse

Hundreds march during the the sixth consecutive day of protests

Top: Kelci Norton,18, is comforted by a fellow protester. “Right now I’m very hurt and distraught because there are so many instances where they’re not held accountable,” she said. “Your silence is compliance and we can’t have that.” Above left: Two protesters listen to a speaker. Above right: Brandon Crawford raises his fist in solidarity, “I’m here because I’m black, and black lives matter.”

Residents watch from their homes as protesters march through southwest Detroit

Hundreds march to protest the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others

On the first night of protests, Louisville Metro officers don riot gear and create a line between protesters and the Hall of Justice.

Police officers attempt to quell protest tensions by engaging with the community, in Jefferson Square park

A local Black Lives Matter organiser leads the march toward the heavily kitted police line

Teenage protesters displays their home made-signs to officers at a blockade at the City Hall

A protester raises her fist during the nightly demonstration in the Highlands neighbourhood

Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/12/capturing-the-cry-for-change-photographers-on-the-blm-protests

[dragonhide-studios]

It's ON like COMIC CON! Revving up the printer and optomising settings for a BIG A3 print run! Gorgeous Art coming soon to Birmingham MCM Comic Con, and Leamington Comic Con this month! Art from Validation by Kelci Crawford & Christian Beranek