Daily Archives: 01/22/2009

In the Press: Drew Hussey’s Super ambition

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Graphic artist aims to turn longtime hobby into a career

Source: The Brantford Expositor

Drew Hussey has spent more than two decades with a throng of superheroes who are now taking on what might be their fiercest battle of all — breaking into the business of graphic art.

In his home office, surrounded by dozens of action figures and posters of the Marvel characters that helped shaped his youth — Spider-Man, the Hulk, Batman, Wolverine — Hussey labours over his work. The 31-year-old Brantford artist says he has created “hundreds upon hundreds” of comic characters since he first put pencil to paper as a child, inspired by copious doses of Saturday morning cartoons.

The result is a vast collection of artwork stored in portfolios, cardboard boxes and, now, a computer hard drive, just waiting for the opportunity to take on the world.

“I love storytelling. I love to create concepts and characters. They are stories trapped inside and I just want to get them out. If it’s not published and in people’s hands, it will be lost in the world.”

While Hussey seeks recognition closer to home, a collection of his work is currently on display at a museum in London, England. He is one of seven graphic artists, including cartoonists, illustrators, students and designers taking part in an exhibition called Drawn! at London’s Brent Museum.

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Drew’s online portfolio.

And if you happen to be in the UK…

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Museum Exhibition at the Brent Museum – Willesden Green Library Centre (London, England):
Drawn! A graphic art exhibition

Open daily until Sunday 8th February 2009.

Cartoonists, illustrators, students and designers have expressed and interpreted themselves and their view of ‘graphic art’ in Brent Museum’s latest exhibition Drawn! Test your own understanding of the term and be prepared to draw your own conclusions!

Featuring finished work – comics and large print illustrations, sketchbooks and biographies from…

* Marc Ellerby
* Antonia Hazlerigg
* Drew Hussey
* Jenika Ioffreda
* Meiko Kikuta
* Elena Sainz
* Adrian Stapleton
* …and a couple of little-known Hergé illustrations

For more information please visit The Brent Museum

UDON Adds Final Fight to its Capcom Comic Licenses

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Street Fighter II Turbo #6 & #7 CoversPress Release courtesy of UDON Entertainment:

Over the years the Street Fighter® franchise has become intertwined with several other Capcom® game properties, but the strongest of those connections has always been with the classic arcade street brawler Final Fight. The series’ unique characters like pro wrestler-turned-politician Haggar, the strangely seductive Poison, and heroic (though sometimes jailbird) Cody are personal favorites of many a gamer. Now UDON has officially added Final Fight to the publisher’s list of Capcom comic licenses.

Considered by many as the finest example of the ‘beat-em-up’ side-scroller genre, Final Fight and its sequels tore up arcades in both Japan and North American during the 1990s. The series was concretely connected to Street Fighter when Final Fight cast members Guy and Sodom appeared as playable characters in the game Street Fighter® Alpha. Many other characters would make the jump between games in future Street Fighter and Final Fight instalments, interweaving the two series’ continuities into a single universe.

Final Fight cast members will be joining the Street Fighter Tournament in the Street Fighter® II Turbo comic series starting with issue #5’s Japanese qualifying round. Then in issues #6 & #7, the tournament heads to Final Fight’s own Metro City for the American leg of the competition. In addition to joining in on the main Street Fighter storyline, Turbo issues #6 & #7 will also each feature a bonus Final Fight backup story.

For those keeping track, the full Turbo backup story schedule now includes:
Turbo #2 – Street Fighter® IV – Abel
Turbo #3 – Street Fighter® IV – El Fuerte
Turbo #4 – Street Fighter® IV – Rufus
Turbo #5 – Street Fighter® IV – Crimson Viper
Turbo #6 – Final Fight
Turbo #7 – Final Fight
Turbo #8 – Street Fighter® III
Turbo #9 – Street Fighter® III
Turbo #10 – Street Fighter® III

If reaction is positive to the guest appearances and backups, a full Final Fight mini-series could be just around the corner! For now, Street Fighter II Turbo #6 and #7 arrive in April and June 2009. For more info all of UDON’s Capcom titles head to www.capcomcomics.com.

‘The Human Torch’ and ‘Superman’ join the cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

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It was reported earlier this week that Chris Evans (Fantastic Four) and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) have joined the cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. This comes after last week’s announcement that Kieran Culkin and Aubrey Plaza joining Michael Cera and Mary Elizabeth Winstead for the cast of the film based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s hit graphic novel series, Scott Pilgrim.

Evans is said to be playing evil ex-boyfriend No. 2, Lucas Lee. Routh is said to be playing evil ex-boyfriend No. 3, Todd Ingram.

Also joining the cast:
Brie Larson as Envy Adams
Ellen Wong as Knives Chau
Mae Whitman as evil-ex No. 4, Roxy Richter
Anna Kendrick as Stacey Pilgrim
Alison Pill as Kim Pine
Mark Webber as Stephen Stills
Johnny Simmons as Young Neil
Satya Bhabha as Matthew Patel

(Source: Cinematical)