• Real Name: Michael Lee Lunsford
• Gender: Male
• Age: 22
• Location: Spring Lake, Michigan (United States)

• Joined: Dec 6th, 2006
• Last Visit: Sep 12th, 2007

User Tags: artist, cartoon, cartoonist, character designer, colorist, comic, freelance, humor, kubie, penciler

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[ Posted by Dimestore on Jan 18th, 2007 10:52 AM ]...

Hi there! We’re starting up this year’s Small Press Idol…and wanted to invite you to the grand unveiling of this year’s Guidelines. I apologize for the all-in-one nature of this. At this time, individuals and teams have a little over a month to get things together and be ready to post their Round 1 entries. Round 1 will last till March 25th. It’s a solid window to get a project together and qualified for Round 2 past our judge panel. If you are interested in being a contestant, this is fair warning to get a project going!
If you are a news outlet or resource of any sort, we invite you to help spread the word about Small Press Idol, and get on the official Sponsors and Supporters list on the Idol Main Page. Traditionally, the page has gotten hundreds of thousands of hits a month for the 5 months the contest runs. All we ask in return for the link placement on our prominently placed list, is a link back in some way that is fairly prominent, and that you indeed cover the contest if you are a news site. You can contact us about that right from the guidelines page.
Just want to watch the show? That’s great! Now is time to sign up at the site so you can VOTE in the rounds to come, and post comments about your favorites! We’re expecting hundreds of contestants this year. It should be a lot of fun!

http://www.dimestoreproductions.com/SmallPressIdol
/Idol07/index.html

Hope this message reaches you in the spirit it was intended, you are welcome to ask questions, and otherwise make sure this is for real. This is the fourth year for the SPI. Last year’s contest pages are still online. So that’s what this is about, hope it interests you!

Ian Shires
P.O. Box 214
Madison, OH 44057

[ Posted by Neila on Jan 2nd, 2007 11:44 AM ]...

Happy New Year Luckysama! *tosses confetti*

[ Posted by illustrators_lounge on Dec 23rd, 2006 10:13 PM ]...

I always wanted to go to the Joe Kubert School. Lucky you! Merry X-Mas from the guys at Illustrator's Lounge

[ Posted by SergioCariello on Dec 18th, 2006 4:44 PM ]...

Thanks for the add, Michael.
Drop me a line any time!
Sergio

[ Posted by aimsatellite on Dec 18th, 2006 10:01 AM ]...

being a kubie is like having gone through nam. you don't really need to talk about it because you just know what each other went through.

hehe

-mellon

[ Posted by Common_Sense on Dec 13th, 2006 7:25 PM ]...

Thanks dude, your artwork is amazing. Do you use a Wacom tablet?

[ Posted by Tom_Skelton on Dec 13th, 2006 1:03 AM ]...

I edited my previous comment - it was supposed to read 'severed chicken foot'.

Thanks for the brief update on the school - I did my share of complaining about stuff while I was there, but it was because I was having a tough time adapting to being on my own. Stupid things would seem unfair to me - because I thought there was such a thing as fair at the time!
Glad to hear about the asbestos removal. Me and my friends had some harrowing adventures in that scary old school - and then there was the carriage house! Good memories. First year away from home and all that. Drunken debauchery and learning to walk through a rather shifty geography while feeling a spin in your head.
Its a definite case of the school being what you make of it - - you can't expect them to do anything for you, they are there to assist and offer what they have to give a few hours a day.
Its pretty damn hard for a 19 year old to motivate himself to do 6 hours of homework after a 6 hour school day while also being able to access all the other distractions that come with freedom from parents.

Anyway - thats more than 10 years ago for me :)
Now I'm a family man who's in the middle of a 10pm-2am painting shift (scene from African tale Two Brides for Five Heads - pretty keen 5 headed serpent trying to scare a savvy young lass).
Back to the drawing board!

T_S

[ Posted by Tom_Skelton on Dec 13th, 2006 12:19 AM ]...

Thanks for adding me, Michael!
I'm searching through the folks here to find all the Kubies and Ex-Kubies (for which I made a tag). I graduated in '95 - and I'm interested to know how things are going there and what has changed. Surely scenic Dover NJ is as lovely as ever - does that one store downtown still keep a severed chicken foot in a bowl of blood at the front door?
I agree that this area could be good for networking - I'm less interested in working the field of comics than I once was, but I am still a fan and work in related industries.
Good to meet you, take care -
Tom_Skelton

[ Posted by sareara on Dec 12th, 2006 7:14 AM ]...

Hey Michael! Very nice to meet you. =)

[ Posted by elnjj on Dec 12th, 2006 1:01 AM ]...

No problem! :D Your rabbit avatar caught my eye and you've got some cool stuff up at dA! :D Hope you'll check out my comics too. :)