Got Some De La Love Today...

Got a De La Shoutout this morning... #legendary #hiphop #delasoul #floating #tweet

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JOIN JAMAR AT BALTIMORE COMIC-CON: SEPTEMBER 2-4

Come see Jamar at the Baltimore Comic-con!

He'll be at the KIDS LOVE COMICS island at table 26.

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A Bully Cometh...

"A Bully Cometh" sneak-peek from LEON: PROTECTOR OF THE PLAYGROUND #leon #leonismyhero #workinprogress #Drawturdays #creatorowned #diversecomics #finally #comingsoon #graphicnovel #behindthescenes

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Respect the #stack . . .

Interview with ARTBLOG has been uploaded

Podcast @jamarnicholas with Leon Protector of The Playground! https://t.co/gRkFV7I2cK pic.twitter.com/waZZDZBL0b

— theartblog.org (@theartblog) July 14, 2016

Keep Your Eyes Open for the Artblog Interview

Next week's podcasts!! @jamarnicholas @TionaMcClodden Pap Souleye Fall! pic.twitter.com/0VRX0LfG4Y

— theartblog.org (@theartblog) July 8, 2016

Studio Interviews Inside Tiny Houses

Had an amazing podcast interview by @phillyartblog in a tiny tiny house inside Moore College of Art today. Can't wait for you to hear it and will post when it's up. #cartoonist #creatorowned #blackexcellence #philly #doyou #beyourownboss

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ARTBLOG INTERVIEW WITH JAMAR NICHOLAS

Come and listen as the Artblog editor, Roberta Fallon sits down with Jamar Nicholas!

Happens TODAY from 11:45AM to 12:15PM

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Summer Studio Reading

Summer studio reading. Hank Ketcham is a masterclass in cartooning economy of line & inking. #cartoonist #cartooning #dennisthemenace #inking

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JOIN US AT WIZARD WORLD PHILLY: JUNE 2 - 5, 2016

Come on over and say hi! We'll be at booth C28 on all days this year!

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Join us this Friday as I host the 15th annual GLYPH COMICS AWARDS!

Honored and humbled to be able to host yet again!

DETECTIVE BOOGALOO NABS A GLYPH COMICS AWARD NOM!

Excited to see that my comic strip DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP HOP COP has been nominated in the Best Comic Strip or Webcomic category! Congrats to all the other nominees! 

Also many thanks to the team at STUDIO BLACKBOSS: E, Sandra, Yaya and Knick! Woo!

JAMAR @ BCBF: TOMORROW! JANUARY 16

Come see Jamar at the Black Comic Book Festival tomorrow!

At the Schomburg Center in Harlem, NY!

DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP-HOP COP DAILY | WHAT'S THE HAPS?

One thing that changed from the original strip to the new dailies was Boogaloo's 'voice' which originally was a font made out of my handwriting, became my handwriting--freehanded right on the digital strip.

Boogaloo is the only character in this universe with a different font for their dialogue--a small visual cue that he is different, so don't compare him to another.

Cuz' they can't hang! Word to the mother.

DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP-HOP COP DAILY | LET IT YO LET IT YO LET IT YO

One of my favorite sequences, where we get to play with some mood and play in the snow. E did a great job setting the tone in this arc of strips.

DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP-HOP COP DAILY | SHE WATCHES CHANNEL ZERO

One of my favorite strips - I really wanted to take a peek into BLING CITY from the perspective of a Man on the Street--What does a citizen of BLING CITY think about Ice Tre', or better yet, have you noticed how quickly some people want to jump in front of a camera? Fame comes any way you can get it sometimes.

Also, peep my man BRENT BROCKENSMITH, my favorite newsanchor, rocking the BLING CITY GLACIERS jersey. Ice Tre's reach is far-reaching.


COLOR NOTES FROM E:

I always got excited whenever there was snow in a strip because figuring out how to layer it was a really fun process. And this strip had so many textures in it! The camo jacket, the emergency lights in the background, the snow – it was really busy color-wise, which is the sort of challenge I really like dealing with. Especially the camo – I freehanded that pattern off a couple of different references and ended up kind of winging it. It’s also the only color in that panel that isn’t a variation of blue or red (or purple) – besides the gold ice cube tray on his hat, of course, which really helped center him as a focal point despite the chaos around him. I ended up doing a lot of red/blue color schemes throughout the strip.

DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP-HOP COP DAILY | BOOM BOOM BOOM LET'S BLOW UP THE ROOM

This is the first place we see a glimpse of ICE TRE's powers. E and I went back and forth over the third panel for the longest time. This was probably the most leaning I did when we got started on the project.


Color comments by color-aide, E:

From the beginning I was playing a pretty tricky balancing game between how I personally approach coloring and the vibe of the original Boogaloo strip. I wouldn’t say this one is the turning point – it’d take me a few weeks to really get the hang of what I was trying to communicate, personally – but it was, I think, a definite stepping stone. Mostly though I wanted to note that I did like almost 10 totally different variations of the BOOM sfx, which was silly but I was still a little nervous about the gig. Boom.

DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP-HOP COP DAILY | THE GRAVY MAKES THE SAUCE

DOSSIER NOTES
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DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP-HOP COP DAILY | IN THE BOOTH TRE SPEAKS TRUTH

DOSSIER NOTES:

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#boogalooboomboxselfie | Last METRO Ridealong w/ DETECTIVE BOOGALOO

memories from the METRO Newspaper run. Love it!

Here's some reader love from the last day of the paper. Will post more from the summer. Go see my dude Jesus Marquez' cartooning at his Tumblr.