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starting to update my twitter.

Jay Ju — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:02:36 +0000

decided to finally start using twitter. so if for some reason you want to keep up with my public ramblings in 140 characters or less.

then follow at your own risk:

Jay Ju/Bots & Babes Twitter

Snow and the Samurai

Jay Ju — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:56:00 +0000

My new comic project Snow and the Samurai goes live this Holiday Weekend Christmas 2011.

It will be an exclusively online webcomic that will be updated every week until the story is complete.

Snow and the Samurai is a supernatural revenge story that takes place in a fantasy realm with magic and samurai.

While the title character is named Snow, like Snow White, you’ll soon discover that my story is not exactly based on the Snow White fairy tale. It’s kind of an anti-fairy tale.

This has been a story I’ve been wanting to do for many years. Originally I wrote it as a film treatment that I registered with the WGA in 2002 as The Legend of Snow White. Finally, I can share it with everyone in comicbook form. I haven’t done comics in years since working on Iron Wings and David and Goliath both published by Image Comics. So it’s actually lots of fun to be writing and illustrating comics again.

Releasing it in this online format is new to me and is an exciting experiment so that everyone can have a chance to enjoy it. I hope you will read it, follow it and share it with everyone you know. You can read it from the beginning here: Snow and the Samurai: Chapter One Thanks!

a quick digital sketch.

Jay Ju — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:39:22 +0000

a quick digital sketch by jay ju.

Embarrassing Superhero Origin

Jay Ju — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:05:56 +0000

He’s no Michelangelo… poor thing did the best he could…

new art: Assassins at the Ball

Jay Ju — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:26:51 +0000

Two undercover Assassins attend a Masquerade Ball and only one will leave alive.

I just thought Venetian masks would be a perfect fit if the worlds of James Bond met Spy Vs Spy met Sin City.

Black and white with no color, because I wanted to humbly pay tribute to some of my favorite artists that have used black and white masterfully, like Alex Toth, Will Eisner, Mike Mignola and Frank Miller to name a few.

trouble focusing

Jay Ju — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:27:34 +0000

lots of inspiration around, so many notes for this and that, just need to focus, pick something to do and get down and do some serious work.

oscar night 2010

Jay Ju — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:38:46 +0000

Rooting for:

Best Picture:
1)The Hurt Locker
2)Inglourious Basterds
3)Avatar (won’t be surprised if it wins)

Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow (come on, doooo iiit!!!)

Best Original Screenplay:
Quentin Tarantino

Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges

Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz

Best Actress:
Meryl Streep

Best Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique

Best Animated:
Up

Dan Black Feat. Kid Cudi – Symphonies Remix Music Video

Jay Ju — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:30:05 +0000

digging this song. big cudi fan. and i love the visuals of the video. awesome.

kick-ass comic final issue #8 out on wednesday

Jay Ju — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:55:17 +0000

i rarely read comics anymore, i find it hard to keep up with all the crazy crossovers, continuity and forever ongoing story lines, but kick-ass is a great, self-contained series. only seven issues to date, but finally the last issue is scheduled to come out 1/27 on wednesday.

hitgirl and kickass

this book is surprisingly graphic and violent considering it is drawn by john romita jr., one of my favorite artists, whose work i grew up on in spider-man, daredevil, iron man and x-men. i guess he did do punisher for a while, which is more violent. but kick-ass is a refreshingly original take on the tired super-hero genre and believe me, that’s hard to do. and jr jr. is a classic, master storyteller and focuses more on storytelling than flashy pin-up style artwork which is rare these days among the younger comic artists. mike millar’s writing is smart, funny and walks that fine line of cool and outrageous. the plot is solid and certainly holds my interest.

congrats to mike millar and john romita jr. for a quality series.

i hope the new film coming out in the spring based on their comic does it justice and is a hit at the box office. i’m just curious if they are going to keep it as graphically violent as the comic.

the hurt locker

Jay Ju — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:38:02 +0000

I love this film. so suspenseful! everyone must watch this. best film about modern warfare in the middle east. all the other ones like jarhead are forgettable. but this is going to be a classic. new found respect for director kathryn bigelow.