contest winner and pokemon

Of the hundreds of you that entered the contest I would like to congratulate the winner: Rohan!  Late last night, Ken walked in after just having his brain blown by finishing Ender's Game for the first time, and drew Rohan's name from the hat.  Just to see what would happen, we put Rohan's name back in the hat and picked again. . .Ken drew Rohan's name a second time, so I guess it was meant to be!  Congratulations Rohan and thank you to all of you who entered this contest and made it a success.  

In other news, today is the first Friday Favorite!  This is a segment where either Alton or myself pick an artist or comic to showcase.  This Friday's artist is: Maré Odomo

Friday Favorite #1
Maré Odomo

Maré Odomo is an artist based in Seattle, Washington.  He earned his BFA in Visual Communication from Cornish College of the Arts. I was introduced to Maré Odomo's work through Dustin Harbin's jounral comic.  Maré Odomo had done a guest strip for Dustin's comic.   Dustin had posted a link to Maré Odomo's website and a link to a comic Maré Odomo did called Letters to an Absent Father. 

Letters to an Absent Father is probably one of my favorite comics on the web right now.  Growing up I never bought any Pokemon cards, never played any Pokemon games and never watched the show.   But there is something about Maré Odomo's comic that makes even people like myself who know nothing about Pokemon absolutely love it!  Apparently in the games and show Ash's father is never shown or talked about.  Maré Odomo doesn't try to answer what has happened to Ash's father, but he puts us in the shoes of a kid who just wants the love and respect of his father.  I don't think there is anyone who does not want that from their father, no matter how horrible they may seem.

Maré Odomo's art style in Letters to an Absent Father is simple and clean and goes perfectly with the narrative.  There are 12 parts to this mini-comic online.  You can buy Letters to an Absent Father for pretty cheap too!  There is a $5 and a $10 version.

And the refreshing thing about Maré Odomo is he isn't a one act show.  He does lots of things besides Pokemon comics.  Another of my favorite things he has done is a poster called GIRLS<PIZZA which is also up for sale.  If you haven't heard of Maré Odomo until now he is worth the time to check out!

He also seems to be a pretty nice guy.  I asked him what he thought of My Skinny Jeans are Red and he said, "I like these, dude! Your narration sounds really natural and has a good flow [. . .] I have a box of my ex's stuff too. I call it "my ex-box"(link).  He also gave me some great advice that I have been using on newer strips!  He didn't have to reply to me, but he took the time to look at my comic and respond.  That says something about the type of person he is.

Maré Odomo links:
website
Letters to an Absent Father
girls<pizza
Store (mini-comic and poster)
flickr
twitter

Let us know what you think of Friday Favorites and Maré Odomo in the comment section below!
--Aaron

don't forget about the contest

READ THIS! CONTEST INFO!  If you know the name of the webcomic that the above character comes from, and the name of the character email your answer to savingken@gmail.com and comment below saying what your favorite My Skinny Jeans are Red comic has been so far and why.  Next Thursday a random email/comment pair will be chosen from out of a hat. The winner will get a free black & white commission of whatever they'd like.  So hurry and email your answer and comment below!  Note: you can post a comment as anonymous just make sure to leave your name so we can pair emails with comments!

hint: If you can't find the answer on your own, there is a very helpful link somewhere on this page.

original contest post

--Aaron

OMGosh A CONTEST!!!

I promise there was going to be a regular update today!!!  These red skinny jeans don't lie!  But the story for today's strip ended up taking more than a page and I am trying something new with this comic.  Yesterday was a semi-color strip and today's (now tomorrow's) strip is likewise going to be something different.  So far it looks really cool on paper, so we'll see how well it scans. 

If you read my massive post yesterday you saw that I was working on a guest strip for one of my favorite webcomics.  Here is a preview, because I love you guys so much:

READ THIS! CONTEST INFO!  If you know the name of the webcomic that the above character comes from, and the name of the character email your answer to savingken@gmail.com and comment below saying what your favorite My Skinny Jeans are Red comic has been so far and why.  Next Thursday a random email/comment pair will be chosen from out of a hat. The winner will get a free black & white commission of whatever they'd like.  So hurry and email your answer and comment below!  Note: you can post a comment as anonymous just make sure to leave your name so we can pair emails with comments!

This weekend I will either finish up this guest strip or start working on the spirit pokemon comic.

In other news, tomorrow, here at My Skinny Jeans are Red, we are starting something new!  I like to call it Friday Favorites.  Either Alton or myself will pick our favorite artist or comic for the week and share the goodness with you guys.

--Aaron

**edit: I took the comic off of the prize list.  There is a chance I don't get one published for a while and I don't want the winner waiting around for the prize.