My
name is Jason Pultz. I live in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
I've been making Comic Strip since September 2001.
I started making comics because I love making people laugh. Being
funny isn't always easy but what keeps me going is the emails I get from readers that
say my comics have made them laugh out loud. I'm not curing
cancer here or anything but hopefully I can make people smile a bit.
When
I'm not making comics, I'm rocking out. I play drums
and guitar. My last band was a surf-rock band called The
Pauls. I'm currently looking for a female singer for my
new band.
In
my life, I've done everything between working at Kinko's to
making music for adult films. Some of my favourite jobs: Being a nationally syndicated cartoonist, (this comic!)
making animated educational websites for kids, editing/compositing
stop motion animated TV commercials and making visual effects
for computer games.
I also like doing spot illustrations. For my artwork portfolio
you can check out my personal site JasonPultz.com I am available for hire.
I'm trying to subsidize my comic making with my new store site, mediocredesign.com.
You can find all my Comic Strip merchandise there aswell as
a few personal designs. Support Comic Strip by buying something
fun from the shop! (and no... it isn't really mediocre..
that's just a funny name.)
Still curious? You can see some of my photos or check out my myspace page.
Send
me a email! Getting letters is what keeps me going!
I
start by drawing the characters by hand with mechanical pencils
or col-erase blue pencils.
I ink the drawings using regular tracing paper and black pilot ink pens. the artwork is scanned in at 600dpi as a black and white bitmap file. (I use a pc and I have a pretty
cheap scanner.) I then use Adobe Streamline 4.0 to convert my
drawing into a vector image. I save my image as an .AI file then
import it into Illustrator 9.
In Illustrator, I can color the character how I'd like and add
it to my library of characters. Now I can copy and paste the characters into the panels.
Then I open the AI file in Photoshop and export it as a gif and post it online. I use Matthew Carter's Verdana bold for all my speech bubble text and Jonas Petersson's ROTORkeffbold
for my title. I've written a bit about this process on the messageboard.
Where
do you get your merch made?
Monster
Press does most of my shirts, Busy
Beaver Buttons is great for buttons and Contagious
Graphics does a great job on my stickers. (If you make an
order with them, tell them Jason Pultz at scarybear.org sent you
and we both get FREE stuff!)
Can
I sell your stuff in my store?
Yes.
I'll give you a deal on my products if you buy in bulk. Send me
a email.
How
do I get CS via Email or RSS?
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Click here for high resolution images of the artist as well as printable
comics. Please email me if you have any questions or would like
to conduct an interview.
