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Spotted in the wild: SPACE NEGRO: THE LAST NEGRO #4!!! This particularly awesome specimen was seen at @astrozombiesnm !!! Check your local comic shop and share your sightings of this amazing book!!! #indiecomics #comicbooks
Spotted in the wild: SPACE NEGRO: THE LAST NEGRO #4!!! This particularly awesome specimen was seen at @astrozombiesnm !!! Check your local comic shop and share your sightings of this amazing book!!! #indiecomics #comicbooks
CCR Ontario is open and good to go and so are we!!! Drop on by booth 407 and say hi! We’ll be here all weekend! #ccrontario #indycomics #comicbooks
CCR Ontario is open and good to go and so are we!!! Drop on by booth 407 and say hi! We’ll be here all weekend! #ccrontario #indycomics #comicbooks
We’re at the Palm Springs Entertainment Convention today, May 4th! May the 4th be with you and may you drop on by and buy a bunch of awesome comics from 1First! #indycomics #comicbooks #palmsprings #comicartist
We’re at the Palm Springs Entertainment Convention today, May 4th! May the 4th be with you and may you drop on by and buy a bunch of awesome comics from 1First! #indycomics #comicbooks #palmsprings #comicartist
C2E2 2024 was a blast! There were so many awesome creators, vendors, and fans. It was impossible to see everything. (Did you *see* the exhibit hall?) We can`t thank you enough. Here`s to the next one!
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C2E2 2024 was a blast! There were so many awesome creators, vendors, and fans. It was impossible to see everything. (Did you *see* the exhibit hall?) We can`t thank you enough. Here`s to the next one!
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What’s he grinning about? Drop on by booth A175 at Lvl Up Expo in Las Vegas this weekend to find out why Zen: Intergalactic Ninja co-creator Dan Cote is so chuffed!
SPOILERS: It’s because he’s got a bunch of awesome comics he created that are on sale right now!!! 😀👍
#indycomics #comicbooks #zenintergalacticninja
What’s he grinning about? Drop on by booth A175 at Lvl Up Expo in Las Vegas this weekend to find out why Zen: Intergalactic Ninja co-creator Dan Cote is so chuffed!
SPOILERS: It’s because he’s got a bunch of awesome comics he created that are on sale right now!!! 😀👍
#indycomics #comicbooks #zenintergalacticninja
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly… we’ll leave it up to you to figure which two outta three these hombres are! 😉
Stop by booth A175 at LvlUp Expo in Las Vegas this weekend! The Fillbach Brothers will be hanging out, selling art, signing books, shaking babies, and kissing hands from 2:00 until 5:00 today, Saturday, April 27!!!
#indycomics #comicbooks #lvlupexpo #lasvegas
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly… we’ll leave it up to you to figure which two outta three these hombres are! 😉
Stop by booth A175 at LvlUp Expo in Las Vegas this weekend! The Fillbach Brothers will be hanging out, selling art, signing books, shaking babies, and kissing hands from 2:00 until 5:00 today, Saturday, April 27!!!
#indycomics #comicbooks #lvlupexpo #lasvegas
Orlando Harding is in the house!!! LvlUp Expo in Vegas is a happenin’ place and it’s only getting better!
Drop on by booth A175 from 11:00-2:00 today and all day tomorrow and grab a copy of Orlando’s latest graphic novel (in HARDCOVER), Night Stalker!!! You’ll be glad you did! #indycomics #comicbooks #lvlupexpo #lasvegas
Orlando Harding is in the house!!! LvlUp Expo in Vegas is a happenin’ place and it’s only getting better!
Drop on by booth A175 from 11:00-2:00 today and all day tomorrow and grab a copy of Orlando’s latest graphic novel (in HARDCOVER), Night Stalker!!! You’ll be glad you did! #indycomics #comicbooks #lvlupexpo #lasvegas
Emerald City Comic Con! Party time! Excellent!!! Day Four is about to start, so if you haven’t dropped by booth 20604 for some truly amazing comics, here’s your chance!!! 😀👍 #eccc #cosplay #partyongarth #partyonwayne #comicbooks #indycomics
Emerald City Comic Con! Party time! Excellent!!! Day Four is about to start, so if you haven’t dropped by booth 20604 for some truly amazing comics, here’s your chance!!! 😀👍 #eccc #cosplay #partyongarth #partyonwayne #comicbooks #indycomics
Awesome cosplay at ECCC!!! Saturday is rockin’!!!! #eccc #cosplay
Emerald City Comic Con Day One is a wrap! On to Day Two! #eccc #comicbooks #comics #indycomics #letsleepingdogslie
Emerald City Comic Con Day One is a wrap! On to Day Two! #eccc #comicbooks #comics #indycomics #letsleepingdogslie
It was a heckuva conference! 1First Comics would like to thank all the amazing folks at ComicsPro, all the wonderful retailers who attended, and all of our fellow industry professionals who make comics such a great field to be in! We had a wonderful time, but as the old saying goes, Kowalski knows when to call it a day and go home!
And if it’s not an old saying, it should be.😉😄 See y’all next year!
It was a heckuva conference! 1First Comics would like to thank all the amazing folks at ComicsPro, all the wonderful retailers who attended, and all of our fellow industry professionals who make comics such a great field to be in! We had a wonderful time, but as the old saying goes, Kowalski knows when to call it a day and go home!
And if it’s not an old saying, it should be.😉😄 See y’all next year!
ComicsPro 2024 has been a huge hit and a helluva lot of fun! Felicity (Dir. of Retailer Outreach) and Jared (creator Space Negro: The Last Negro) are setting up for some round table discussions and having a blast! Thanks to all the awesome retailers who attended this year!!! #comicspro #comicbooks #indycomics #pittsburgh
ComicsPro 2024 has been a huge hit and a helluva lot of fun! Felicity (Dir. of Retailer Outreach) and Jared (creator Space Negro: The Last Negro) are setting up for some round table discussions and having a blast! Thanks to all the awesome retailers who attended this year!!! #comicspro #comicbooks #indycomics #pittsburgh
Writer/artist/creator Jared Sams will be attending this year’s ComicsPro retailers’ conference in Pittsburg! The man behind the super awesome Space Negro: The Last Negro, Jared is the latest, greatest addition to the 1First Comics family! If you’re attending ComicsPro this year, make sure to chat him up about what’s going on with 1First! #indycomics #comicbooks #comicartist #comicwriter
Writer/artist/creator Jared Sams will be attending this year’s ComicsPro retailers’ conference in Pittsburg! The man behind the super awesome Space Negro: The Last Negro, Jared is the latest, greatest addition to the 1First Comics family! If you’re attending ComicsPro this year, make sure to chat him up about what’s going on with 1First! #indycomics #comicbooks #comicartist #comicwriter
1First Comics’ Director of Retailer Outreach Felicity Helfand will be attending this year’s ComicsPro retailers’ conference! If you’re attending as a retailer or industry professional and have any questions or suggestions for 1First Comics, make sure to let her know! #comicspro #indycomics #comicbooks
1First Comics’ Director of Retailer Outreach Felicity Helfand will be attending this year’s ComicsPro retailers’ conference! If you’re attending as a retailer or industry professional and have any questions or suggestions for 1First Comics, make sure to let her know! #comicspro #indycomics #comicbooks
Publisher and Founder Ken F. Levin will be attending this year’s ComicsPRO Retailers Conference in Pittsburgh! If you’re a retailer or industry professional attending this conference, make sure to say hi! #comicspro #comics #pittsburgh #indycomics
Publisher and Founder Ken F. Levin will be attending this year’s ComicsPRO Retailers Conference in Pittsburgh! If you’re a retailer or industry professional attending this conference, make sure to say hi! #comicspro #comics #pittsburgh #indycomics
SPACE NEGRO number one is available for preorder now! Use Diamond Previews Code DEC231475 to reserve your copy of creator/writer/artist Jared Sams’ comic about the adventures of Supernova Watkins, the last black man in the universe! Find out what happens and what it all means as he finds out that even a million years in the future a brutha still can’t catch a break! #comics #comicbooks #indiecomics #blackcreators #blackartist #spacenegro
SPACE NEGRO number one is available for preorder now! Use Diamond Previews Code DEC231475 to reserve your copy of creator/writer/artist Jared Sams’ comic about the adventures of Supernova Watkins, the last black man in the universe! Find out what happens and what it all means as he finds out that even a million years in the future a brutha still can’t catch a break! #comics #comicbooks #indiecomics #blackcreators #blackartist #spacenegro
If there is one universal truth, it is this: Space. Is. Black! Available for preorder, SPACE NEGRO number one (Diamond Previews code DEC231475) tells the adventures of Supernova Watkins, the last black man in the universe. It’s Buck Rogers meets Blazing Saddles in a no holds barred look at how even a million years in the future a brutha still can’t catch a break! From creator/writer/artist Jared Sams comes a space epic you won’t want to miss! #comicbooks #indiecomics #comics #blackartist #blackcreator #spaceisblack
If there is one universal truth, it is this: Space. Is. Black! Available for preorder, SPACE NEGRO number one (Diamond Previews code DEC231475) tells the adventures of Supernova Watkins, the last black man in the universe. It’s Buck Rogers meets Blazing Saddles in a no holds barred look at how even a million years in the future a brutha still can’t catch a break! From creator/writer/artist Jared Sams comes a space epic you won’t want to miss! #comicbooks #indiecomics #comics #blackartist #blackcreator #spaceisblack
Available for preorder in Diamond Comics Previews! SPACE NEGRO number one, from the brilliant, demented mind of writer/artist Jared Sam’s! In the far flung reaches of the 1000th millennium, Supernova Watkins is the last black man in the universe! And despite being the universe’s chosen protector and champion, Supernova soon discovers that even a million years in the future a brutha still can’t catch a break! Check out Previews and then order your copy today! Code DEC231475! #blackartist #blackcreator #comics #comicbooks #indiecomics #spacenegro
Available for preorder in Diamond Comics Previews! SPACE NEGRO number one, from the brilliant, demented mind of writer/artist Jared Sam’s! In the far flung reaches of the 1000th millennium, Supernova Watkins is the last black man in the universe! And despite being the universe’s chosen protector and champion, Supernova soon discovers that even a million years in the future a brutha still can’t catch a break! Check out Previews and then order your copy today! Code DEC231475! #blackartist #blackcreator #comics #comicbooks #indiecomics #spacenegro
We're going to be at San Diego Comic Con next week (Booth #2001) and we've got a pretty awesome new book to share! LOVE TOWN: THE LONG TAKE, by The Yuan Twins, is quite possibly the longest interior splash page in comic book history! Twenty-seven pages of one continuous image, a cinematic tracking shot in comic book form! Better still, the book has been printed accordion style, allowing the reader to read it like a regular comic or to unfurl it and take in the roughly FIFTEEN FEET of comic art all in one go!
This book will be available at your local comic shop in October, but we will have a limited number of preview copies available at SDCC! And if you're not exactly certain about what we're talking about, check out the two videos below! They'll set ya on the right track!
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SDCC is around the corner and 1First Comics will be there! Stop on by Booth #2001 and say hello to Ken F. Levin (co-founder and president of 1First Comics, executive producer THE BOYS, PREACHER). Orlando Harding (writer/creator of RRH, Night Stalker), Jared Sams (writer/artist/creator of Space Negro: The Last Negro), The Fillbach Brothers (writer/artists of Illuminati Transport, Captain Freebird), Steve Stern (writer/co-creator Zen: Intergalactic Ninja), Bill & Kat Maus (creative team Nira X), and The Yuan Twins (Deputy Publishers of 1First Comics, writer/artist/creators of Love Town, Inspector Oh, Serving Supes)! And make sure to say hi, peruse the new comics we have available, and hear all about all the cool stuff 1First Comics has planned for the near future!!!
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In this month's Diamond Comics Previews: LOVE TOWN: OLD FRIENDS. Captain Hiram "Subs" Moore is Love Town's toughest cop - he pulls no punches, takes no prisoners, and knows where all the bodies are buried.
But when those bodies come back to get revenge on him and his squad, what's he to do against killers, con men, and mobsters who are already dead?
From creators John and Matt Yuan, LOVE TOWN: OLD FRIENDS is currently available for preorder in the July copy of Diamond Comics Previews.
Diamond Previews Code: JUL241655
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In this month's Previews: NIGHT STALKER! Presented in a beautiful hard cover format, Night Stalker tells the story of Dyana, an infernal bounty hunter tasked with hunting down and recapturing those souls who have escaped from Hell. If you like action, adventure, and plenty of both, you'll love Night Stalker! Available for preorder now through your local comics shop! Diamond Previews Code JUN241692
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Dyana, the Night Stalker, is the Dark Lord's bounty hunter and this leather-clad death demon is a new kind of hellraiser! With no soul, but a nasty attitude, Dyana fears nothing and no one and will st...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Coming soon from 1First Comics! Well, the one on the left... we mean the other left. We mean SERVING SUPES VOLUME 2! Collecting issues #5-8 with a special back-up story available only in the trade, SERVING SUPES VOL. 2 finally explores the very important issues of why double dates are such a bad idea, what to do when chased by feral kids, and how do ninjas influence the world of professional boxing?
And yes, that cover was inspired and pays homage to one of the best Punisher issues in history, illustrated by Erik Larsen (pencils) and Scott Williams (inker) and written by Mike Baron (of Badger and Nexus fame). SERVING SUPES VOL. 2 is available for preorder in the May issue of Diamond Comics Previews, code MAY241601
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1First Comics will be at CCR Ontario this weekend, May 18-19! Drop on by booth #407 and say hi! We've got some new books out and a bunch of swell creators to sign them!
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WHY "A.I." ISN'T ART
The current ongoing debate between prompters and real artists about "what is art" often devolves into the prompters saying, "It's here, this is the future, get used to it." Real artists obviously disagree and with good reason. However, pushing past all of the rhetoric, why are prompters not real artists?
In our opinion, it's because a real artist will be more than happy to tell you - sometimes at length (you artists out there know what we're talking about 😉👍) - what tools they use and how they use them. Heck, there have been debates over types of brushes, varieties of ink, and differences in various types of paper while a prompter will NEVER tell you what prompts they use to achieve their results.
Think about it: ask any artist what pencil or pen they use and nine times out of ten they'll tell you. Ask any artist what ink they use and if they know, they will tell you. Ask any artist what graphics program they use or what computer or tablet they're using, and more often than not they will tell you.
Why? Because a real artist knows that it's not the tools that make the art. It is the talent, education, and experience that matter and those items cannot be stolen.
Now let's take a look at AI prompters. If you ask them what prompts they used, nine-point-nine times out of ten they will not tell you and point-one time out of ten they will lie... because they know that there is nothing unique about what they've done. Oh, they'll boast about their "secret sauce" or crow about their supposed talent, but their prompts are not unique. They are not unique.
Give someone the exact same type of pencil that John Byrne or George Perez used and chances are you will not get a John Byrne Wolverine or a George Perez Wonder Woman, but give someone the exact same collection of prompts and they will get the same results as KingArtistAI1097 or PwningThePencil398 (not real users to our knowledge, but indicative of how these prompters view themselves).
AI prompters are not real artists. They're kids who played Mad Libs and called themselves authors.
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C2E2 2024 was a blast! There were so many awesome creators, vendors, and fans. It was impossible to see everything. (Did you *see* the exhibit hall?) We can't thank you enough. Here's to the next one!
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