Well I hate giving attention to hackers because I know they LOVE hearing about repercussions of their mischief. But I thought I should let people know my Gmail and DeviantArt site have been hacked into and taken over and password changed, I’ve contacted both and so far my Deviant site is banned for the time being and Gmail is being looked into. But in the meantime if you get an e-mail from my Gmail just ignore it, it’s not me. And if you watch me on Deviant, I miss YOU. I love Deviant and it’s sad to see it go for now but hopefully the folks at Deviant can get things straightened up soon. And I would like to say to the hacker that so far he’s been pretty polite, he posted some stick figure drawing on my site and SO many people thought it was just me joking around, I couldn’t believe how many people posted and joked along with the drawing. I got more comments and views on that one than I have on any other REAL drawing of mine in a long time! So…thanks? Well unless he did MORE that I don’t know of yet, and that’s why I’m banned? I don’t know. Hopefully I find out more soon enough.
No drawing to post for now but if you dig podcasts check out this new one here> GEEKSHOW
It’s a local podcast from here in Utah, some super cool people are doing it. Hosted by Kerry Jackson (a DJ from X96), Jeff Vice (Film critic, Deseret News), and fellow draw night homie Derek Hunter (Comic book and movie artist) and a few others that I haven’t met yet so I forget. Sorry!
But I thought it was a lot of fun, nice reviews of comics and movies. I dug it. They do talk a little how we went to see Indiana, and yeah it was awesome. I nitpicked the way they handled the magnetism throughout the film, which is silly of me because there is SO much more that easily could be nitpicked like the fridge scene, the monkeys, but suspension of disbelief is a must for this film. Just rewind your age a decade or two while watching and you’ll love it! They didn’t speak to highly of Speedracer though, I’ve heard how BAD it is from a lot of people online, but based on Robert Kirkman’s enthusiasm, also Alan Tew and a couple other friends I know I NEED to go see this movie and just soak it in.
Go check Robert Kirkman’s blog, he posted a panel from issue 52 and gives a report on our lateness. I know issue 50 is horribly late and it’s FINALLY coming out June 18th. So sad. But good it finally has a release date! We should be back on some kinda track soon.
Here’s the cover to 54, colored by Bill Crabtree.
Ryan
As for the hacker deal, I’m sorry, I know what it’s like, but it’ll work out soon enough.
As for the comic, can you explain the outfit change? Not gunna lie, my brother thinks its alittle dorky, but I think people are just jarred easily by change. So is there a story to it or did you just want a new look for issue 50?
Hey, and Thanks for drawing! You’re a HUGE inspiration for me and I really appreciate what you do, so thanks man!
Bah…at least he’s a “polite” hacker and didn’t seem to do much damage.
Can you provide a link to your deviant page once it’s back up and running? I searched but I think it just puked up a bunch of fan postings.
Absolutely love your work; take ‘er easy.
I wasn’t going to bother with Speed Racer, but seeing how Kirkman and Nate Bellegrade are fawning over it, I’m curious to go see it.
Geez.. why would someone want to hack you? actually, this might sound strange, but it’s probably a big fan. The kind of fan that wants to take a look behind the scenes, up close and personal. Cree-pyyyy kind of fan.
I watch you on deviantART, I hope it gets resolved. And I would go nuts if my Gmail account was hacked into.
You should change all your passwords at any other sites that you used your gmail address on when signing up. Otherwise they can just hit “send me my password” and it will send it to the Gmail account, which of course they have access to.
Sucks, Wya. Was your password “password” or “Wya”?
As one of the critics of the coloring change, I have to say that it’s growing on me and all the work I’ve seen after the first issue of the change have gotten better than the last.
So, kudos to Bill on the good work.
Is it still safe to contact you through the ryan [at] ryanottley e-mail?
I HATE that kind of stuff. Stinks. You’re handling it like a true gentleman. So hats off to you.
i wish i was popular enough that people would want to hack ME.
ryan: this cover:
i love you
i love bill crabtree.
Sorry about the hacker Wya. Sometimes people can be real jackasses. But I love the cover man. Still alittle jarred by the costume change though
I sent a scan of the commission I was able to score from you at ECCC. Did you get that ok or was it part of the hackery?
That DeviantArt stuff is not cool. I was actually really concerned and hoped that everything was alright. Great to hear that things are going back towards normal.
Yeah, I was fooled at the “new style” pic. I found it more confusing than funny, though.
Well, have a great one, and hope to see you back at DA soon (with an impenetrible password…!)
Yeah, I saw the pic on deviant art, and it seemed like something you would do just to be silly, I even commented on it. That sucks, though. We miss having you there.
After Kirkman’s review, I may have to see Speed Racer too. I had been avoiding after the ratings it got on Rotten Tomatoes, but critics can’t always be right, right?
Hope things get worked out for you soon with your e-mail and DA!
Hey ryan, big fan just, curious what color prisma color markers do you use, i’ve been practicing for weeks but the shades aren’t what i’d like and i love how you utilize them and i’d like to see if I could try it my self but i never seem to get the shades right, any advice?
Jake, thanks! I can’t explain the costume change, that’d spoil the comic!
Dan, yeah I’ll post my dev page once I get unbanned.
Bassem B. Yeah SpeedRacer is AWESOME. The last race is so great!
Dick Buff- I know it, I changed them all.
Moris- no those weren’t my passwords. It was actually “wyapassword”.
Jake Parker, Man he has my Gmail account now so that means if he wants he can bug you on Google talk and say it’s me, so beware.
Ted- I’ll send the hacker your way. You’ll feel popular soon.
Scribbles- You’ll live.
Marko- no my main e-mail was never hacked into, so I got your e-mail fine. Thank you!
Musicbox- I got a doozie of a password this time, “wyapassword1″. They say the number in there will thwart the hacker everytime!
ryanamandaanna- I am NOT silly. Oh and SpeedRacer is RAD!
Sketkh_ What shades?For the grays I use 30% and 50%. Colors I use Copics.
Ryan