Alright, a few things for today. First, Disposable Parts! As Josh Mirman informed me, the book’s been discounted. Additionally, he tells me that a portion of the proceeds will go towards Hurricane Katrina relief.

Second, I’d like to take a moment to direct you to the relaunch of Brian Carroll’s Instant Classic site! He’s got a new web address, the front end has had some tweaks (many of the changes were largely to the back end), and there is some new, film-related content coming. Just a heads up - update your bookmarks, guys and gals!

I’m going to talk for a moment about Brian Carroll. This is a guy who aspires to be a storyteller before he is a visual artist or anything else. It’s obvious as soon as you load up the page - rather than one long comic strip, like Applegeeks or your run of the mill webcomic, his site is a collection of smaller, contained stories. He’s taken his love of film and turned his site into an exploration of it’s various concepts and themes. His comics are funny and entertaining, of course, but I really like knowing that he’s thinking hard behind the scenes as well. And of course, aspiring to be some sort of storyteller myself, I’ve got to admire the collection of work that he’s created thus far. For those of you who are regular readers of Instant Classic, there are some big things in store for the next part of Brothers Donathan. I’m fucking excited.

Also! A couple of news items about Katie Bair, the prolific and talented artist who had a wildly popular run on Ninja High School. First, she’s got a book coming out called Oasis Destiny, and it’s available for preorders! Secondly, she and Jodon Bellofatto are working on a project called Aesircorp, and I’m watching this one with great interest. Also, there is no L in her last name. PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF IT.

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