Jack's Luck Runs Out
Jack's Luck Runs Out | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Top Shelf Productions |
Format | One-shot |
Publication date | 1998 |
No. of issues | 1 |
Creative team | |
Created by | Jason Little |
Jack's Luck Runs Out is a full-color one-shot comic book created by Jason Little. The book features playing cards as characters, where the title character is a jack.[1] In March 1998, Little received a grant to help publish the book from the Xeric Foundation.[2] The book was published by Top Shelf Productions.[3]
Development
Little considered Jack's Luck Runs Out originally to be an exercise in drawing, but it eventually developed into a full-fledged comic book. The entire book was drawn and inked before the faces were added, which were taken from playing cards. When adding the faces, Little spent nine hours cutting and photocopying the faces of playing cards. The majority of the computer work was done on a
Style
The three main characters are based on the three
Awards
In 1999, Little was nominated for a
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "An Interview with Jason Little". Popimage. January 2009. Archived from the original on August 20, 2002. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ "Comic Book Self-publishing Grants". Xeric Foundation. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ "Jack's Luck Runs Out". Top Shelf Productions. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ a b Lomma, Jonathan (Summer 2009). "Interview". Fright X Magazine (12).
- ^ Madden, Matt. The Comics Journal (205) http://www.beecomix.com/comics/info/profile.htm.
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(help) - ^ "1999 Harvey Award Nominees". Harvey Awards. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
- ^ "1999 Ignatz Award Recipients". Small Press Expo. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
References
- Jack's Luck Runs Out at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- Jason Little's comics at his Beekeeper Cartoon Amusements, includes 5 page preview