Advanced Iron #73 is now Live and ready to download!

[IMJ]

Welcome, Iron Man fans! We've packed 41 pages of Iron Man facts, reviews, news and custom artwork into this magazine-slick issue! Oh, and there's this little tiny extra consisting of an exclusive interview with Jon Favreau about the Iron Man movie that you won't find anywhere else!

CONTENTS OF ISSUE #73:

EXCLUSIVE: From WonderCon, Advanced Iron scores the only one on one interview with Jon Favreau, director of the upcoming Iron Man movie!
An awesome cover by artist Ian Sokoliwski featuring Shellhead blasting into space in all of his modern armored glory!
Heath McKnight's  "Metal Head" column gives you an upate on the Hollywood strikes, the Iron Man movie and video game plus a quick glimpse of the loomig high definition TV (HDTV) market.
Chris Frye interviews comic creators Daniel and Charles Knauf in his FerroFiles column. The Knauf's have done an amazing job on the latest run of Iron Man and share their thoughts with us.
Brent O'Hara spotlights a then and now comparison of Iron Man's status quo. This is a must-read if you're new to Iron Man!

Amazing artwork by Ian Sokoliwski, Nelson Navarro, Roger Ott, Brent O'Hara, Nick Bradshaw and more!
The Stark Market Report - a look at the latest hot Iron Man collectibles from $20 action figures to the hot new Sideshow Collectibles life-size Iron Man bust from the film.
Those are just the highlights... there's too much to mention here! Just download and read it!

http://www.advancediron.org/the-zine/

[Metal Monkey]

Looking forward to delving into the latest issue, which I'll do tonight once I'm done work. 

[Chaos]

ONly had a chance to glance through but thus far looking good

[Metal Monkey]

Well, I've finally read it. The issue is fantastic. First of all, the layout is top notch. Roger's art is gorgeous (despite his lack of fondness for the Extremis armor he draws it really well), and so were some of the other artwork submissions. The interviews were great (I especially liked the one with the Knauf's). And I loved the 'then and now' comparison of Iron Man from 1978 to today. That analysis was really good, and I think I could use it as a primer on the character for friends who aren't as familiar with him or his history.

[navson]

Hey Guys you have outdone yourselves again!!! This issue was packed still havent finished. I loved the ironman status quo article it was very intreasting and well written. All the art at the end was mind blowing! The last poster by Filippe was great, Kudos! Great issue

[H.O.M.E.R.]

good deal
 i just downloaded it at work, just glanced over it, i will read it when i get home

so far so good....

[Mister Anderson]

The new issue looks great & was an entertaining read - especially the Faverau Wondercon interview. Great job everyone!

[IronFan]

Downloaded it and read it last night, yet another great issue, loved the then and now article, very interesting read and the interview with the Knaufs was outstanding, great job guys, I hope to someday contribute to this great zine.

[Ian Sokoliwski]

Very cool stuff!!!!!

[ironadolescent2007]

Beautifully done as usual! Great job folks!

[The IronJedi]

Thanks for the props everyone. And welcome to the boards IA2K7.

[nicktem]

I really loved the interview with the Knaufs, very cool.

I loved Nick Bradshaw's art as well as Sokoliwski's SIlver Centurion, Jordy Jeppesen take on IM, Derek Murphy's and Roger's Hulk piece.

And oh my! Jarvis is the IM OS/Smart House....now that is cool!

Awesome ish guys

[cold_war_myth]

Guys,

I've just downloaded the issue and it looks amazing. I can't wait to read it in and around studying for my final.

The design is just gorgeous, what do you guys (John, Filipe & Brent) use as far as design software? (In Design or something else). Great work

And Filipe I LOVE your Iron Comrade art, any chance of A.I. making these into Desktops?

Anyway, it looks great, and I'm sure it reads even better.

Keep it up gentlemen,

best

Kim

(cold_war_myth)

P.S. I have a PDF security question for the designers. If you want to post a PDF magazine, but don't want people copying the file for use on their sites, what do you do?

And is it possible to be able to print the PDF but not be able to scan it for reposting elsewhere? (or is this a question best left for Adobe?).

Thanks for all you do and all the great contributions. I'm looking forward to reading the Knauf interview since I couldn't follow the comic.

[IMJ]

Hi Kim,

Thanks for the zine-pliments, I know we all appreciate the comments.
For the most part we use Adobe programs, and InDesign is most common for the layouts, unless Filipe has done something to change the final layout routine recently.  Believe it or not, we've done crazy stuff to help convey ideas back and forth before Filipe secures the final layouts.  This is including hand drawn scans and using MS Excel in.... unique ways.  It's more of a collaborative process than people might realize, but it helps that we've got great graphic designers such as Fmuff and Brohara helping polish what we've got.  Ultimately though it's a pretty smooth process now that we've hammered out how we wanted the zine to look for several issues.  Coincidentally, another aesthetic change is on the way soon!

As far as security goes, you can password protect the document so that it is locked for editing and becomes read only for the downloads, but nothing is to stop someone from printing the zine and then rescanning it, although that seems like a lot of trouble to go to just to steal someone's fan work.

Thanks again!