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Spot the differences: Erasing a car from Maranatha through the magic of Photoshop.

Spot the differences: Erasing a car from Maranatha through the magic of Photoshop.

Testing out the Content-​​​​Aware Fill in Photoshop CS5 on a little section of an image from Heathen City 3 by Alectorfencer.
AMAZING.
See how many differences you can discern!
Also, testing out a new blogging app for iPad, so pardon any awkward formatting or obnoxiousness
– Alex F. Vance

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Sex, Guns and Storytelling

Sex and violence, like romance and suspense, are just ingredients. Not every meal requires every ingredient you enjoy, and some are actually damaged quite severely by the introduction of ingredients that have no place there. Mrs. Cropley’s famous peanut butter & anchovis sandwiches are an example. On the other hand, sometimes strange combinations work amazingly well […]

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HC2 Day — Spot the artists and take photos, people">HC2 Day — Spot the artists and take photos, people

Today’s the day, vainglorious bastards.
Hundreds of copies of Heathen City Vol. 2 “Paved With Bad Intentions” are on their way to Pittsburgh for release at Anthrocon via treacherous and circuitous routes. The brave boys of FurPlanet charge through the wilderness of the Mexican/​​Canadian Neutral Zone toward the Pit of Burghs or whatever.
Since the Powers […]

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Hear Alex, Krahnos, Vahn and Blue_​Panther on Knotcast this week

Folks,
Krahnos, Vahn, Blue_​​Panther and I got together with Fuzzwolf from Knotcast over Skype to record an open-​​​​heart roundtable about the production of Heathen City #2. Artistic insights, puerile joking, and some serious philosophizing ensued for an hour and a half. Check it out here:
http://​www​.foxstuffers​.com/​N​e​w​s​_​f​i​l​e​s​/​f​2​1​3​5​d​c​9​5​d​4​3​b​a​0​c​3​3​e​8​a​2​b​9​c​f​d​2​b​7​e​2​-​8​4​.​h​tml
Or on iTunes, search for “Knotcast”!
Regrettably, Charha, ZooshWolf […]

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Announcing Heathen City Vol. 2: Paved with Bad Intentions

Announcing Heathen City Vol. 2: Paved with Bad Intentions

Heathen City Volume 2: Paved with Bad Intentions (2009)

It’s time. By Gosh, by Golly, it’s finally time. A year in the making. A gaggle of artistic titans. ZooshWolf, Krahnos, Vahnfox, Blue_​​Panther illustrate four scintillating stories, with Fel and Charha’s impeccable skills rounding out the art team. And a gorgeous cover by Kaji.
The hotly-​​​​anticipated second volume […]

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Heathen City #1 has won a motherfucking Ursa Major Award.

http://​ursamajorawards​.org/​U​M​A​_​2​0​0​8​.​htm
The hell, people. We effing won!
A big thank you to those of you who voted, a bigger thank you for those of you who voted for, y’know, me, and significant kudos to the artists and laborers who made Heathen City #1 possible.
Kamui, cover artist: http://​www​.furaffinity​.net/​u​s​e​r​/​k​a​m​ui/Ayato, interior artist: http://​www​.furaffinity​.net/​u​s​e​r​/​a​y​a​to/Distasty, primary colorist: http://​www​.furaffinity​.net/​u​s​e​r​/​d​i​s​t​a​s​ty/Krahnos, colorist: http://​www​.furaffinity​.net/​u​s​e​r​/​k​r​a​h​n​os/Fel, colorist: http://​www​.furaffinity​.net/​u​s​e​r​/​f​el/Charha, […]

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Nominated for Ursa Major Awards! Fuck yeah!

Nominated for Ursa Major Awards! Fuck yeah!

Ladies and gentlemen,

I’m surprisingly proud to announce that Heathen City has been nominated for the Ursa Major Awards, in the category Best Comic Book. While the Ursa Majors aren’t in the same league as the Huga or Nebula in sci-​​​​fi or the Eisners and Angoulêmes for comics — it’s still pretty fucking cool.

Not […]

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Can’t stop the signal

So, you know how international distribution is this complex process of haggling and negotiation?
Apparently not when you’re swinging a big juicy book like Heathen City around. I contacted United Publications in the UK to ask whether they’d be interested in distributing Heathen City on their isles, and what I expected to be a long-​​​​drawn-​​​​out period […]

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Heathen City available for preorder

Heathen City available for preorder

Heathen City is now available for pre-​​​​order from FurPlanet.
The first volume of this ambitious, 46-​​​​page, full-​​​​color graphic novel will debut on June 26 at Anthrocon ’08. Pre-​​​​orders and sales at the con are discounted from the normal $24.95 to $19.95.
The goal of Heathen City is nothing short of redefining the meaning of the word ‘furry […]

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Fan Art!

Fan Art!

Time to boast, time to gloat!
Heathen City has proven to be quite popular, despite, you know, not actually being available yet.
The sublime ArtDecade has decided to show his enthusiasm for the project by setting his ink brush on fire and producing this:
 I dig his stuff immensely. He has two comics available at FurPlanet, two […]

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