July
1st, 2008 THE WORLDS OF MATT BUSCH NOW AVAILABLE,
NEW INFOMERCIAL!
The
new art book, The Worlds of Matt Busch, is available
now, collecting all the different entertainment
genres Busch has been involved with. To help
promote, Matt Busch has produced an entertaining
parody infomercial. Check it out below!
The
book is available everywhere, including these
choice Online locations, offering the book at
cheaper than retail! Click on one of the following
links to get your copy now!
June
26th, 2008 BUSCH SPEAKS AT THE DETROIT WINDSOR
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!
This
weekend is the Detroit Windsor International
Film Festival, showcasing a plethora
of new independent films from the world over,
and includes workshops and panels on animation
and filmmaking from industry professionals.
One
such guest speaker will be Matt Busch,
and he'll talk about all things STAR
WARS, Illustration for the entertainment
industry, and his success as an independent
filmmaker. His presentation will be this Friday,
June 27th from 3pm to 4pm at the CineFlow
TechFair, located at the Walter B Ford
II building at the College for Creative Studies
in Detroit.
Busch
will show some clips, talk the trade, answer
questions, throw prizes at people, and other
surprises! You can find out more about the
Detroit Windsor International Film Festival
by clicking HERE.
June
14th, 2008 SEND YOUR FRIENDS MATT BUSCH TAGS...
FOR FREE!
In
addition to the new CILM site
(see previous headline) another related site,
www.cilmsnagsntags.com
lets you take pre-made tags and send them to
your friends for free.
The
site is huge, full of tags for every occasion,
and even gives tutorials on how to make your
own.
There's
actually a whole 4 page section on Matt
Busch pre-made tags that you can use
for free- check them out HERE!
What's more, you'll notice that Matt is "June's
FEATURED ARTIST."
It's
very easy to use. Just find the image you want
to use, copy the HTML or BBCode, and paste it
into your comment, bulletin, or post. Check
it out HERE!
June
13th, 2008 MATT BUSCH'S PIN-UP WORK GETS A SEXY
CILM OVERHAUL!
The
Creative Image Licensing & Management
company has just redesigned their website with
a new look and navigation set up. It's never
been easier to license your own images for Online
use.
What's
more, there are 80 different Matt Busch
items to choose from, with Images you
can purchase to own for as low as $1.65! That's
unheard of! Click HERE
to check them out!
If
you've never tried your hand at creating signatures
or tags, you should try it. It's really inexpensive
and lets you put on a designer hat and play
with some really beautiful art. What are you
waiting for? Click HERE!
June
10th, 2008 HOW TO DRAW STAR WARS: EPISODE 12!
Recently
released this past weekend on MySpaceTV,
Matt Busch's latest How To Draw
video topped the MySpace Video Charts,
coming in at Number One for
categories of Instructional and Animation/CGI,
and Number Two for Entertainment. To date, Busch's
videos have gathered more than a million plays
on MySpace alone.
Here
Busch returns with a plethora of tips- this
time delving into COMIC BOOKS!
The latest episode focuses on how to illustrate
your visual storytelling in your panels through
shots and angles.
Continuing
the INDIANA JONES
parody from where Episode 10 left off, Busch
evades more Stormtroopers and finally makes
his way to the Temple of Vader, but will he
successfully nab the golden idol? You'll have
to watch to see!
In
addition to the MySpace Video below, you can
also see this episode in higher 640 X 480 res
at StarWars.com by clicking HERE.
As well, you can download all of the How To
Draw STAR WARS episodes as Quicktime files at
the DK site HERE.
Making
waves as one of the hottest new comic books
on the shelves, AFTERBURN
is already in development as a major motion
picture with Tobey Maguire
attached to star.
Below
you'll see how Matt Busch approaches creating
the dynamic painted covers for the issues. Busch,
no stranger to comic books or movies, will be
a featured Special Guest at
this year's Comic-Con International
show in San Diego.
Created
by Scott Chitwood, AFTERBURN
is written by Chitwood and Paul Ens, illustrated
by Wayne Nichols, with covers painted by Busch.
You can find out more about AFTERBURN HERE.
May
21st, 2008 MATT BUSCH SPECIAL GUEST AT COMIC-CON!
It
was announced recently in Comic-Con
Magazine that Matt Busch will
be a Featured Special Guest at
this year's COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL
show. Busch joins other notable Special
Guests including horror visionary Bernie Wrightson,
Mad Magazine artists Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragones,
Comic Artist Giants Jim Lee and J.G. Jones,
Animator Dean Yeagle, and award winning writer
icons Ray Bradbury, Joe Hill and Dean Koontz.
Says
Busch, "I'm floored. To be included in
this list of my biggest heroes has left me speechless.
I've never even entertained the thought of one
day being a special guest at Comic-Con. To me,
this is like the Oscars for all things entertainment,
times one hundred. I'm flattered, honored, and
hope that my contributions to fandom can continue
to inspire like the folks on this list still
inspire me."
This
year's COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL runs
July 24th through the 27th at the San Diego
Convention Center. It's the largest convention
center in North America and the the largest
entertainment show in the world, covering comics,
movies, books, art, video games, toys, and more.
To
see Matt Busch's current 2008 Tour Dates, click
HERE.
May
17th, 2008 MATT BUSCH ON TV / WHITE ZOMBIE!
Set
your Tivos! Matt Busch will be a guest on the
next episode of NIGHTMARE SINEMA
which airs Saturdays at Midnight on MY TV 20.
The show is hosted by Wolfman Mac, and they'll
be showing the Classic B Horror film, WHITE
ZOMBIE.
As
a guest of this ghoulish variety show, Busch
was part of a bunch of skits that were filmed.
Says Busch, "You'll even get to see me
as a Werewolf! It was a really neat experience.
Hours in a makeup chair with 2 makeup artists
working at once. I can't imagine Wolfman Mac
having to do this every week!"
The
particular show Busch will be on is this Saturday
night, May 17th, however due to basketball start
at 12:30, which is technically Sunday Morning.
Look for segments of the show to also be available
right here at
MattBusch.com soon.
May
13th, 2008 FIGHTING LYMPHOMA, JEDI STYLE!
Matt
Busch, Lucasfilm, The 501st Great Lakes Garrison,
and Paul Michael Kane have
teamed up to produce this beautiful poster commemorating
the 25th Anniversary of RETURN OF
THE JEDI! The best part is, all
of the proceeds will go to the National
Lymphoma Society. Jay Shimko, Great
Lakes 501st member TK-130, is actually a lymphoma
survivor, which makes this charity poster all
the more special!
Lucasfilm
has graciously authorized this limited edition
poster by STAR WARS
artist Matt Busch. This piece completes the
Original Trilogy set of villain-style posters
that Busch has produced for the films' anniversaries
over the years. The standard poster size measures
24" X 36" and is printed on thick
100 lb. stock with a deluxe aqueous coating.
This
poster is extremely rare and contributes to
a wonderful cause. The 501st Great Lakes Garrison
will be selling the prints this weekend at the
Motor City Comic Convention, held at the Rock
Financial Showplace in Novi, MI, this Friday,
May 16th through Sunday the 18th. Busch will
also be a guest with some special surprises
planned. For more information on the show, including
tickets, hours, directions, and guests, click
HERE.
If
you can't get one in person at the show, a limited
number of posters have been reserved for pre-order
sales Online. You can see a larger version of
the poster and secure your copy HERE!
May
12th, 2008 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD!
This
June, Avatar Press will release
a first annual special George Romero's
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD book,
with the cover illustrated by Matt Busch. The
book was previously only available at a rare
Los Angeles convention.
Says
Busch, "The style is something very different
for me. Paying homage to the late Patrick Nagel,
I thought it would be really interesting to
see that graphic 80's look combined with subtle
horror. I find it beautiful, but extremely creepy
at the same time, so I guess I achieved what
I was looking for! Haha!"
You
can preorder this limited edition NIGHT
OF THE LIVING DEAD book right
HERE.
Hurry before they run out!
As
well, you can get some of Busch's previous NIGHT
OF THE LIVING DEAD books by clicking
on their titles below.