Archive for August, 2014
Zenescope Comics – Dragon Con Exclusive Cover
by thomtrainor 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!
Artist Spotlight – Mark Brooks, David Mack, Thomas Zahler
by thomtrainor on Aug.21, 2014, under Artist Spotlight
MARK BROOKS
You’ve seen his amazing artwork on Marvel Comics for many years. Â 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.
diablo2003.deviantart.com
facebook.com/MarkBrooksart
DAVID MACK
David Mack became known for his stunning watercolor artwork on his creator owned title, Kabuki. Â 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.
facebook.com/pages/David-Mack/21231086294
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.
thomz.com
loveandcapes.com
Dragon Con 2014 Show Exclusives!
by thomtrainor 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
All New Michael Turner’s Soulfire #7 cover C by Paolo Pantalena & Ula Mos – limited edition of 200
LolaX0X0 #4 -Â Limited to 200 art by Siya Oum
Artist Spotlight – George Perez, Andy Runton, James Burns
by thomtrainor 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! Â 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, Â Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds, and JLA/Avengers; and you will truly appreciate his dynamic ability to capture the most heroic action scenes!
facebook.com/pages/George-Pérez-Fan-Page/385542437272
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.
andyrunton.com
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.
jamesburnsdesign.com/comics/index.html
Artist Spotlight – Mark Bagley, Dexter Vines, Daniel Govar
by thomtrainor 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!
comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=170
facebook.com/MarkBagleyOfficial
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.
dextervines.deviantart.com
comicartfans.com/comic-artists/dexter_vines.asp
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.
danielgovar.com
danielgovar.deviantart.com
Artist Spotlight – Joe Benitez, Ted Naifeh, Michael Gordon
by thomtrainor 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!
joebenitez.com
joebenitez.deviantart.com
facebook.com/JoeBenitezArtist
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.
tednaifeh.com
onipress.com/creator/tednaifeh
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.
newlegendmike.blogspot.com
invisiblescarletoneil.blogspot.com
newlegendproductions.com
Artist Spotlight – Bob Camp, Roc Upchurch, Jeremy Dale
by thomtrainor 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. Â 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!
bobcampcartoonist.blogspot.com/
facebook.com/bob.camp
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.
johnnyrockwell.deviantart.com
johnnyrockwell.blogspot.com
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.
jeremy-dale.com
thejeremydale.deviantart.com
Comcis & Pop Art Guest List with Attending Artists 2014
by thomtrainor on Aug.13, 2014, under Announcements, Guests
Guests and Attending Professionals
Andrew Aydin TBL05
Aspen ComicsBT06
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
Zenescope ComicsTBL57,58
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
Artist Spotlight – Brigman & Richardson / Love & Withers
by thomtrainor on Aug.12, 2014, under Artist Spotlight
HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAMS
JUNE BRIGMAN Â & Â 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.
artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=1321
artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=1320
COMFORT LOVE Â & 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.
comfortandadam.com
uniquescomic.com
comfortandadam.tumblr.com
Artist Spotlight – Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bryan Wynia, Kelly Yates
by thomtrainor 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.
kellysue.tumblr.com
kellysue.com
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.
bryanwynia.blogspot.com
bryanwynia.com
facebook.com/wyniaart
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.
kellyyatesart.com
kellyyates.deviantart.com