Archive for August, 2014

Zenescope Comics – Dragon Con Exclusive Cover

by on Aug.27, 2014, under Announcements, Comics and Pop Art Exclusives

Zenescope Comics will be appearing at Dragon Con this year. They are also offering a Dragon Con Exclusive Variant of one of their new comics.

Masumi: Blades of Sin #1 Exclusive Dragon Con cover by Jamie Tyndall. Limited to 500 copies.

Get yours this weekend and get it signed by the artist!

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Artist Spotlight – Mark Brooks, David Mack, Thomas Zahler

by on Aug.21, 2014, under Artist Spotlight

MARK BROOKS

You’ve seen his amazing artwork on Marvel Comics for many years.  He is a Marvel exclusive artist who creates some of the most striking covers on the stands. He had a long run as cover artist on X-men Legacy. More recently, he was the cover artist on the Marvel Now series New Defenders. This year he is doing covers for Original Sins, the tie-in series to Marvel’s big event title of the year. These are just a few of the many titles that showcase his talent for truly eye catching covers.

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DAVID MACK

David Mack became known for his stunning watercolor artwork on his creator owned title, Kabuki.  He later went on to work for Marvel Comics as writer and artist on Daredevil. He has contributed many covers to both Marvel & DC Comics. Over the last few years he went on to write Electic Ant, a Marvel Comics mini-series adapting the Philip K. Dick story as well as co-writing Daredevil: End of Days with Brian Bendis.

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THOMAS ZAHLER

He’s best known for the Harvey-nominated superhero romantic comedy Love and Capes. He is also one of the writer and artists on My Little Pony for IDW Publishing as well as colorist on Skyward, the creator owned comic from DragonCon guest, Jeremy Dale.

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Dragon Con 2014 Show Exclusives!

by on Aug.19, 2014, under Announcements, Comics and Pop Art Exclusives

Aspen Comics fans, get your copy of these 3 gorgeous Dragon Con exclusive covers at their booth in Artist Alley this year!

Damsels In Excess #2 cover D by Alex Konat & Peter Steigerwald – limited edition of 200

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All New Michael Turner’s Soulfire #7 cover C by Paolo Pantalena & Ula Mos – limited edition of 200

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LolaX0X0 #4 - Limited to 200 art by Siya Oum

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Artist Spotlight – George Perez, Andy Runton, James Burns

by on Aug.19, 2014, under Artist Spotlight

GEORGE PEREZ

When it comes to superheros, George Perez is a true legend who has literally drawn them all!  From Various runs on Justice League for DC and Avengers for Marvel to being the co-creator of the New Teen Titans with Marv Wolfman and revamping Wonder Woman in the 80’s, Perez has truly earned his legendary status. Just look at some of his huge event crossovers with countless superheros in them like Crisis On Infinite Earths, The Infinity Gauntlet,  Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, and JLA/Avengers; and you will truly appreciate his dynamic ability to capture the most heroic action scenes!

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ANDY RUNTON

Andy is the creator of the breakout all-ages series of graphic novels, Owly, starring a little owl who’s always searching for new friends. Relying on a mixture of symbols and expressions to tell his silent stories, Runton’s heartwarming style has made him a favorite of both fans and critics alike. He won an Eisner Award in 2006 for Best Publication for a Younger Audience.

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JAMES BURNS

He is known for his autobiographical comics Grumbles, Detached, and Speechless. Some of his newer action titles include: Uber-Tales, The Astral Crusader, Lance Star: Sky Ranger, Real Magicalism, and Daemon Process.

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Artist Spotlight – Mark Bagley, Dexter Vines, Daniel Govar

by on Aug.15, 2014, under Artist Spotlight

MARK BAGLEY

He is the artist who’s done more issues of Spider-man than any other since the 90’s. He had a long and popular run on Amazing Spider-man. Then he and Brain Bendis produced over 100 issues of Ultimate Spider-man in the modern era. He even drew many popular titles over at DC before coming back to Marvel. Last year, he relaunched The Fantastic Four with writer Matt Fraction for Marvel Now. This year, he relaunched Hulk with writer Mark Waid!

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DEXTER VINES

He has been one of the best inkers in the comic industry for a long time. He is most known for his collaborations with penciller, Ed McGuinness, with includes Superman/Batman: Public Enimes and The Origin of The Red Hulk among many others. He is also known for his collaborations with other popular pencillers. He inked Old Man Logan over penciller Steve McNiven and both Ultimates 3 & Ultimate Thor over penciller Carlos Pacheco.

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DANIEL GOVAR

Currently Daniel is illustrating Grimm for Dynamite Entertainment – sequentials and covers. He is also doing storyboards for Marvel comics Infinite comics, and is working on a number of creator-owned projects such as RELAUNCH with Marvel executive Ron Perazza. He co-founded Comic Book Think Tank with Ron, and uses that platform to share ideas and findings on creating comics digitally and the process behind it.

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Artist Spotlight – Joe Benitez, Ted Naifeh, Michael Gordon

by on Aug.14, 2014, under Artist Spotlight

JOE BENITEZ

You’ll remember his work as artist of Weapon Zero for Image Comics back in the 90’s. More recently, he went on illustrate some DC Comics such as Detective Comics, Titans, & Superman/Batman. His covers can be found on various titles from Dynamite & Zenescope. He is most recognized today as the writer and artist of his own comic, Lady Mechanika!

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TED NAIFEH

He is widely known for his own creation, Courtney Crumrin, for which he was nominated for an Eisner. He is also the illustrator for the Good Neighbors graphic novels which are written by Holly Black. He also illustrated chapters of the Ame-Comi Duela Dent and Batman ’66 digital comics  from DC.

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MICHAEL GORDON

Michael Gordon is the editor-in-chief of New Legend Productions and the creator of the Tiki Zombie comic book series. He has published a modern graphic novel featuring the return of one of the first super-powered female comic characters, the Invisible Scarlet O’Neil, and is currently working on reprinting the original classic strips.

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Artist Spotlight – Bob Camp, Roc Upchurch, Jeremy Dale

by on Aug.13, 2014, under Artist Spotlight

BOB CAMP

He has been a comic book artist for Marvel Comics working on such titles as Conan, GI Joe, and The Nam among others.  He went on to have a hugely successful career in animation for such shows as Thundercats and Silverhawks. He is most widely recognized as a co-creator of the the Ren & Stimpy Show!

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ROC UPCHURCH

After working on the little known comic, Vescell, published by Image Comics, he was soon introduced to Kurtis Wiebe at a comic convention. It was then they decided to collaborate on Image’s Rat Queens.

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JEREMY DALE

He worked on such comics as GI Joe, Popgun, and NFL Rush Zone before publishing his own title, Skyward from Action Lab Entertainment with contributions from fellow DragonCon guest, Thomas Zahler.

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Comcis & Pop Art Guest List with Attending Artists 2014

by on Aug.13, 2014, under Announcements, Guests

 

Guests and Attending Professionals

Andrew Aydin TBL05

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Baby Tattoo Books BT03

Mark Bagley TBL03

Joe Benitez TBLA3

Tom Biondolillo TBL17

Jennie Breeden TBL79

June Brigman TBL50

Mark Brooks TBL4

Dave Bullock TBL07

Bob Burden TBL85

James Burns TBL19

Bob Camp TBL11

Peter Capn’ Cutler TBL24

Jeremy Dale TBL16

Peter David TBL29

Jack Davis Foundation - Floor Exhibit

Kelly Sue DeConnick TBL08

Nathan Edmondson (Panel Programming)

Essential Sequential BT07

Matt Frank TBL71

The Frazetta Girls BT04

Chandra Free TBL27

Andrew EC Gaska TBL28

Michael Gordon TBL25

Dan Govar TBL60

Mike Grell TBL41

Tom Heintjes TBL20

Bill Holbrook TBL43

Georges Jeanty TBL09

Paul Jenkins (Panel Programming)

Van Jensen TBL18

Alex Konat BT06

Dave Johnson BT07

John Lotshaw TBL44

Comfort Love TBL33

David Mack TBL68

Frank Mastromauro BT06

Jason Metcalf TBL70

Mike S. Miller TBL49

Dean Motter TBL40

Ted Naifeh TBL30

Jai Nitz TBL31

Siya Oum BT06

Paolo Pantalena TBL12

Brent Peeples TBL34

George Perez TBL86

Andy Price TBL01

Rodney Ramos TBL23

Brian Reber TBL14

Roy Richardson TBL51

Andrew Robinson BT07

Don Rosa BT02

Jacob Rougemont TBL64

Andy Runton TBL36

Tim Sale BT07

Chris Schweizer TBL37

Peter Steigerwald BT06

Yale Stewart TBL22

Jamie Tyndall TBL69

Roc Upchurch TBL06

UrbnPop – Chris Hamer BT08

Dexter Vines TBL10

Jeremy Scott Whitley TBL15

Adam Withers TBL32

Bryan Wynia TBL02

Derek Yaniger BT16

Kelly Yates TBL21

Thomas Zahler TBL35

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Attending Artists

Al Abbazia TBL61

Beanpants Art TBL82

Jennifer Bennett BT22

Gina Biggs TBL62

Scott Blair TBL80

Drew A Blank TBL65, 66

Jonathan Bolerjack TBL63

Brett Brooks BT11

Greg Carter TBL83

Kate Carleton TBL77

Dave Cook BT15

Dante DeStefano TBL75

Mark dos Santos TBL38

Chris Ehnot TBL45

Autumn Frederickson TBL39

Jason Flowers TBL84

Eliza Frye TBL73

Newsha Ghasemi TBL76

Daniel Gorman BT19

Garth Graham BT18

Drew Green TBL74

Daniel Haas BT10

Robert Hendrickson TBLA1

Jellykoe BT13

Cassie Hart Kelly TBL52

Tony Kordos TBL47

Sarah M BT12

Shawn McCauley TBL46

Rhiannon Owens TBL48

Poopbird TBL81

Todd Rednor TBL54

Red Rocket Farm BT21

Scott Rorie BT09

Sugar Fueled BT14

Jamie Snell TBL67

Christopher Soprano TBL26

Nathan Szerdy TBLA2

Tom Taggart BT23

Todo TBL78

Adam Toews  TBL54

Gary Turner TBL42

Christian Waggoner BT24

Tyler Walpole BT20

Sean Wang TBL53

HC Warner BT17

Aaron Wood TBL55

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Artist Spotlight – Brigman & Richardson / Love & Withers

by on Aug.12, 2014, under Artist Spotlight

HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAMS

JUNE BRIGMAN  &  ROY RICHARDSON

June Brigman is the co-creator of Marvel’s Power Pack, which celebrates it’s 30th anniversary this year. Ms. Brigman has drawn such diverse comics as Alpha Flight and Supergirl.

Roy Richardson has worked as an inker for all the major publishers, on such books as Captain America, Iron Man, the Flash, and his own co-creation, the Tomorrow Knights.

Together they worked on the Star Wars: River of Chaos series as well as the Brenda Starr comic strip for 15 years.

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COMFORT LOVE  & ADAM WITHERS

Comfort Love & Adam Withers are the three time Harvey Award nominated husband-and-wife Action Faction responsible for the critically acclaimed series The Uniques, Uniques Tales, and Rainbow in the Dark. They are a 100% symbiotic duo sharing the writing, penciling, and coloring duties equally.

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Artist Spotlight – Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bryan Wynia, Kelly Yates

by on Aug.11, 2014, under Artist Spotlight

KELLY SUE DE CONNICK

She is the very popular writer of Captain Marvel from Marvel Comics starring Carol Danvers. In the past, she has written Osborn and Avengers Assemble for the company. She was also the writer on the Dark Horse supernatural superhero title, Ghost. Her current creator owned project at Image is Pretty Deadly.

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BRYAN WYNIA

Bryan Wynia has been working in the film and game industry for over a decade. He has contributed to Uncharted 2,Uncharted 3, God of War: Ascension and SMITE. He has contributed designs for films and shows like Maleficent, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, R.I.P.D, and Falling Skies.

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KELLY YATES

Kelly Yates has illustrated various titles for different publishers. He is most known for the Doctor Who series of comics he’s drawn for IDW.

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