Early Access Old Timey!
Yo Patrons, get one early! Enjoy the giggles.
Mark
2020-02-13 02:18:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Classic Game Room posts
It's Monday, have a SOUP-STACHE!
The world is miserable. Mondays are miserable. But you don't to be miserable because I'm finishing up Old Timey Pictures with Silly Captions Volume 3 and that means more soup and absinthe jokes! 2020-02-11 04:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Blizzurricane & Narwhals: New Art For You!
New art for you Patreons! Here's a look at a concept piece for a project in my head called Blizzurricane (which you may remember is the clothing brand that Ethel the Cyborg Ninja wears.... no relat...
2020-02-05 23:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access - The Horrible Octopus drawings for How To Draw...
Early access first look (I just did these today) at three The Horrible Octopus drawings that I created for my next drawing book titled "How to Draw Narwhals by Mark Bussler."
It's fun to have...
2020-01-29 00:37:42 +0000 UTC View PostMagnum Skywolf with Kuretake and iPad
Nerd alert - I'm super excited about this video.
I've been pounding out backg...
2020-01-24 23:30:35 +0000 UTC View PostKuretake No. 50 Fountain Brush
Early access-
I'm working on some better black and white brush stroke style backgrounds for my newer books like Magnum Skywolf and Omega Ronin, going for that classic 70s look. Most of the wo...
2020-01-20 03:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostEarly access - The Horrible Octopus #20!
Indeed, running out of coffee is horrible! Don't let it happen to you.
The design is evolving as I experiment with different proportions here and there, but overall this strip has been a lot ...
2020-01-18 20:25:47 +0000 UTC View PostEarly access - Magnum Skywolf Haylee Davenworth sketch
Early access to a drawing video for Turbo Volcano, this is a Haylee Davenworth sketch with the superb Pentel GraphGear 1000 .9mm pencil which is huge, it's a great pencil.
1st look, Robot Kitten Factory final cover!
Robot Kitten Factory Issue #1 is complete. Spent all day in QA, revising, cleaning up, and tightening the cover art. Heavily inspired by classic manga and monster movies. That's what I went for wit...
2020-01-10 23:05:48 +0000 UTC View PostEverything must go! Price drop on remaining studio items.
Greetings! We just dropped the price on most of the remaining big-ticket items in the CGRempre Ebay store. https://www.ebay.co...
2020-01-07 15:35:57 +0000 UTC View PostFrom rough sketch to final comic
Dear patrons, enjoy a look at the process from rough sketch to a completed Horrible Octopus cartoon.
The site will take shape through January. Until then, you can also enjoy these single pane...
2020-01-03 04:14:22 +0000 UTC View PostHave a Horrible New Year!
Have a Horrible New Year with The Horrible Octopus!
(Actually, I hope you have a happy new year but he doesn’t. He’s horrible.)
Happy 2020, see you soon - Mark
2019-12-31 17:04:40 +0000 UTC View PostMeet The Horrible Octopus!
Sneak preview for Patrons! Coming soon to the Internet and Webtoons near year, it's The Horrible Octopus!
One things leads to another and during my "antique style art" experi...
2019-12-30 19:17:36 +0000 UTC View PostLike a Space Ninja, we on to the next decade!
I could write a volume about what I experienced professionally over the past decade but the fact is I really don't want to. It was fun, it's over. I'm excited about the next decade. No time to refl...
2019-12-23 01:52:19 +0000 UTC View PostPre-Release Robot Kitten Artwork
Here's a look at a nearly complete Robot Kitten Factory page pre-dialog and final shading. Note the looser pen strokes and shading effects created within Procreate.
I'll be posting some...
2019-12-13 18:16:36 +0000 UTC View PostEarly Access - Kitty Mk II design for Robot Kitten Factory
Here's the preliminary sketch of Kitty Mk II from Robot Kitten Factory who makes their debut in issue 1. The second Robot Kitten has different powers which may help to defeat the alien laser monste...
2019-12-11 03:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostUpdates, Revisions, New Stuff
Greetings everyone and welcome to December 2019. We have all outlived the original Blade Runner!
Though you may not have noticed it, with 80sComics.com (the videos) I have ...
2019-12-03 02:29:07 +0000 UTC View PostHave a Heyzoos!
I was learning some new tools to add color to some of my upcoming projects and made a retro Heyzoos!
Created in Procreate on iPad.
Mark
2019-11-19 02:37:32 +0000 UTC View PostAtari Force (1984 series) #1
Sneak peek at the 80sComics.com review of Atari Force (1984 series) #1! Enjoy :) This is such as bad-ass book.
2019-11-18 03:23:26 +0000 UTC View PostRobot Kitten Factory page layout
Here's a fun sneak peek at rough inks and a page layout for my upcoming Robot Kitten Factory. Heavy lifting done in Procreate, and I'll be doing finishing work in Photoshop. Probably December relea...
2019-11-15 02:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post13 Years in the Making! A Good Time....
Trailer for A Good Time at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
My newest film is DONE! ...
2019-11-12 03:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostCGR 20TH Launch Day!
CGR 20TH is live! We just spent all day shipping packages and oof, I'm exhausted. Anyway, enjoy the new trailer and hopefully you'll get a chance to check it out in physical release form or digital...
2019-11-04 22:22:57 +0000 UTC View PostHow am I celebrating CGR 20TH Anniversary?
Right around now is the 20th anniversary of Classic Game Room! The oldest, longest-running Internet video game review show in the universe turns 20. I don't remember the exact date since things wer...
2019-11-01 16:45:12 +0000 UTC View Post1939 New York World's Fair Book Launch
My newest book, 1939 New York World's Fair: A Century of Progress in Photographs launched on Amazon.com yesterday. 266 pages of photographs and commentary about this remarkable historic event that ...
2019-10-31 12:26:36 +0000 UTC View PostGrowing again! Early look at Transformers review.
For the first time in two years the CGR Publishing YouTube channel gained subscribers over the past month, which is a dramatic change of events after losing several thousands. It's been fun and als...
2019-10-22 17:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostLet's have some fun!!
Yoooo Patreon!
It's your friend Mark here and I've been having a good time over the past week spending my few hours of "alone time" unwinding with an iPhone and stacks of my old comic b...
2019-10-15 02:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostAtari Force #2 Review!
I had a lot of fun with this one. Shot a few of these last night and enjoying the wacky commentary.
https://vimeo.com/365638986...
2019-10-11 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSneak Peek at 80sComics.com
Enjoy a sneak peek at a side project that started when I tried to catalog and organize my G.I. Joe comics. Turned into a good way to continue my Internet video production while also working on...
2019-10-09 19:54:54 +0000 UTC View PostEthel 2 Launches!
Ethel the Cyborg Ninja 2 launches in print on Amazon!
Hookizoos Go!! Heyzoos Page and More
Pictured above is a nearly complete page from Heyzoos #3, coming out very soon. I'm still fine tuning a few details and adding tails to the word bubbles and wrapping up the marketing text.
He...
2019-08-26 13:44:13 +0000 UTC View Post