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This is my personal blog!  Here I talk about many things pop culture, including (but not limited to) comics, webcomics, movies, TV, and music!  And of course, I'll talk about Callous!

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Go Down Emmanuel Road

January 20, 2010

The Chanceborough News reports Callous-related news, announcements, and events!

The January 2010 music video is up in the fan page on Facebook!  This month features another fun song from Dan Zanes and Friends, "Go Down Emmanuel Road"!


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Animating Cal Duck!

January 19, 2010
He's finally here! I learned a lot from my attempt at animating Rianne and that resulted in a much smoother Cal Duck walk!

Click here to view the animation... and become a fan as well at the Callous fan page on Facebook!

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Animating Rianne

January 16, 2010
I delved into animation before.  I did several stop-motion cartoons in high school but never actually drew for animation.  One day, I decided to see if I could do it.  So far, it seems I "sort of" can!

There's no Callous animated special or anything coming up, though I would definitely seize such an opportunity!  However, I know I'm not the kind of guy who could pull off something like that on my own.  Perhaps there's a film student out there interested?  Some future Phil Roman or Bill Melende...
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Why Rianne and Rianne's Wardrobe?!

January 11, 2010
Talk about things I never thought I'd talk about on a blog...
First things first... I've been asked before why the main protagonist of Callous is a girl (considering I am a guy).  My usual response is, why not?  Does it make a difference whether my main character is male or female?  The point is Rianne may be female but really, it doesn't matter.  She has the same problems, thinks the same way, and goes through life's struggles like any other person, medically-trained or not.

Then came the day ...
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Comic Strips: Art or Writing?

January 8, 2010
So, which is more important in a comic strip, the writing or the art?  The correct answer, of course, is that they are both important.  Nevertheless, everyone's got an opinion about it, including me.  Since I do both in Callous, let's take a look at what I believe they each deliver to an overall comic strip.  By the way, in no way do I consider myself an authority on the matter, so just take the following as an opinion and nothing more.

THE ART - The skill needed by any comic strip artist...
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Cal Duck in "Deer Me"

January 8, 2010

The Chanceborough News reports Callous-related news, announcements, and events!

I did a gift comic strip for Sheryl Schopfer's "Deer Me" comic and she liked it enough to post it on her site's front page!  Check it out here!

Caz

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Secret Santa 2009

January 6, 2010

The Chanceborough News reports Callous-related news, announcements, and events!

I participated in the Webcomic Secret Santa Exchange for 2009 as a Safety Net Volunteer.  I drew a gift comic strip for Johnny Lin's endearing series "Orbit", which grew on me pretty quick!  Click on the links to see more!

Caz

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Rianne's Hair... yes, hair

January 6, 2010
For those of you eagle-eyed enough to notice, you may have observed a very gradual change in several characters' (Rianne in particular) hairstyles.  Rianne originally had a hairstyle with "waves" from the part over her forehead which eventually formed an oval that framed her face.

This looked fine in black and white but when I decided to publish Callous in color I ran into some unexpected problems.  Doing a daily comic strip in my spare time means I need to do my colors quickly and easily so I...
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More Uninteresting Stuff!

January 4, 2010
Yeah, I have several other blogs, but in this one I will talk about the art, writing, and overall production of the Callous comic strip series and online comics in general.  For now I'll be working on the basic infrastructure of this blog's site then I'll start writing more uninteresting stuff.

Oh wait, you're interested?!  Great!  See you soon!

Caz

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About the Author


Carlo Jose Caz is a practicing licensed physician, professional voice actor/talent, writer, and cartoonist. He has been working on the Callous comic strip since 1996, winning several of The LaSallian's Silver Quill awards for his work. He has written several published short stories. He currently lives in the Philippines with his wife and two children.

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