Spectra heading to Comic Con in 2010

Posted on November 16, 2009November 16, 2009 Posted in American Physical Society, APS, cartoon, cartoonist, character, comic book, comics, physics, physics central, SpectraTagged American Physical Society, APS, cartoon, Kerry, Kerry G. Johnson, Linked In, LinkedIn, physics, PhysicsCentral, PhysicsQuest, Rebecca Thompson-Flagg, SpectraLeave a comment

Just got the confirmation that the character that I co-created (with Rebecca Thompson-Flagg), “Spectra” the Original Laser Superhero was approved for booth space at next summer’s Comic Con in San Diego: http://www.comic-con.org/

Spectra comes to life

Posted on October 29, 2009October 29, 2009 Posted in American Center for Physics, American Physical Society, APS, character, comics, Johnson, Kerry, physics, physics central, SpectraLeave a comment

My co-worker Becky and I at the American Center for Physics Halloween party. She dressed up as SPECTRA, a superhero we co-created for a comic book for the American Physical Society’s outreach program http://www.physicscentral.com

Halloween_Office2009 — Spectra in real life!

SPECTRA – The Original Laser Superhero

Posted on October 2, 2009October 2, 2009 Posted in American Physical Society, character, comic book, comics, SpectraTagged activity, american, APS, book, caricature, cartoon, coloring, comic, comics, education, electricity, experiment, experiments, genius, girl, hero, high, illustration, Johnson, Kerry, laser, laserfest, lasers, light, lightning, Linked In, LinkedIn, middle, middle school students, physical, physics, PhysicsQuest, quest, rebecca, school, science, science-physics, scientist, society, Spectra, students, superhero, thompson-flaggLeave a comment

Working with writer Rebecca Thompson-Flagg, we recently completed PhysicsQuest 2009: SPECTRA – The Original Laser Superhero. Here is a link to the e-book version. SPECTRA E-Book. It also will be uploaded to the http://www.physicscentral.com website next week.

Harambee Hills in the Comic Strip Superstar contest

Posted on September 29, 2009September 29, 2009 Posted in cartoon, cartoonist, character, comicsTagged cartoon, comic, comic strip, Harambee, Harambee Hills, Kerry G. Johnson, Linked In, LinkedIn, superstar, webcomicLeave a comment

I’m happy to report my webcomic Harambee Hills has qualified through the first round of entrants in the Amazon Comic Strip Superstar contest. The online comic will advance to the second round! Stay up-to-date on the contest by visiting http://www.amazon.com/comicstripsuperstar

Look for “Spectra” in September

Posted on August 10, 2009 Posted in American Center for Physics, American Physical Society, APS, character, comic book, comics, Johnson, Kerry, physics, physics central, SpectraTagged American Physical Society, APS, illustration, Kerry G. Johnson, physics, PhysicsCentral, PhysicsQuest, postcard, SpectraLeave a comment

COMING IN SEPTEMBER: A newly-designed postcard to promote the next edition of PhysicsQuest, an activity/comic book presented by the American Physical Society’s Outreach Department: http://www.physicscentral.com

Kerry with “Spectra”

Posted on May 22, 2009May 26, 2009 Posted in American Center for Physics, American Physical Society, APS, cartoon, character, comic book, comics, Johnson, Kerry, physics, SpectraLeave a comment

Here I am with Spectra. She’s the main character for a comic book I’m illustrating.
src=”http://harambeehills.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/kerryandspectra.jpg?w=204″ alt=”Kerry with Spectra (2009)” title=”Kerry and the teen superhero "Spectra"” width=”204″ height=”300″ class=”size-medium wp-image-53″ />[/caption] Kerry and Spectra the "stand-up"