Just wanted to give a heads up that I'll be at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene, ID this Saturday (the 27th). I'll be there from 10:30 to around 2, drawing free sketches for kids as part of their Hallowe'en ComicFest activities.
This is a new event, sponsored by Diamond Comics, that's a bit like Free Comic Book Day. They provide a variety of free mini-comics for shops to give out to kids in the spirit of trick-or-treating, as well as having costume contests and other things happening depending on the location.
I'll be with a few of my Comicsmiths' Guild friends - other local artists and comic creators - so swing by and say Hi if you get a chance. And if you're not local, be sure to check your local shops for participating retailers: Comic Shop Locator
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Monday, October 22, 2012
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Hey Look, Comics!
I did another journal-type comic a while back - it was fun to do, and got a pretty good reaction from people, so I thought I'd try to do some more along the same lines. I'll be posting these, along with some commentary, over at my website, which I'm hoping to change into a sort of hub for any comic-related content I produce.
I’m tentatively calling these strips “In Geekness and In Health”, and you’ll find them at the In Geekness link on the main menu of the site.
Not sure, but think I'll shoot for at least a couple of these a week - I figure it'll make a good compliment/replacement to real day-to-day blogging and mean some regular comic content on the site.
A few other important reminders/notes:
- I'll be at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene this Saturday, from 10:30 to 3, drawing free sketches for customers for Free Comic Book Day.
- The Catbeard Indie-GoGo campaign is still going; this is the fundraising/pre-order campaign for the first print collection of the Catbeard webcomic. You can read all about it here: Catbeard Book One is Go!
- I'll be at the upcoming Spokane ComiCon (May 19), along side my buddy Matt Nelson, the creator of the aforementioned Catbeard.
- And I just got confirmation that I'll also be at the Jet City Comic Show in September, sharing a spot in Artist Alley with another friend and local artist Josh Montreuil.
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Free Comic Book Day!
It's here once again - the day that's Christmas for comic geeks, and also a great chance to introduce comics to new readers and make a new generation of fans.
Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday (May 5), and is a national event that provides retailers a lot of awesome comics, from a variety of publishers, that they can give away for free. All of the comic book stores in the Spokane area will be participating, and I will be at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene on Saturday from 10:30 - 3, drawing free sketches for customers along side my friends in the Comicsmiths' Guild.
If you're not local, be sure to check out the FCBD website for a participating retailer in your area, and I hope to see everyone else this weekend!
Free Comic Book Day is this Saturday (May 5), and is a national event that provides retailers a lot of awesome comics, from a variety of publishers, that they can give away for free. All of the comic book stores in the Spokane area will be participating, and I will be at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene on Saturday from 10:30 - 3, drawing free sketches for customers along side my friends in the Comicsmiths' Guild.
If you're not local, be sure to check out the FCBD website for a participating retailer in your area, and I hope to see everyone else this weekend!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Sketches and Comic Signing
A bunch of free sketches I drew today at Lightning Comics. I was there as part of the Spokane Comicsmiths' Guild, to support fellow local artist Joshua Covey, as he signed House of Night #2, his big debut with Dark Horse Comics.
We had a good turn-out and Josh was busy the whole time, signing and sketching. Thanks to Matt and the gang at Lightning Comics for having us out and taking care of us while we were there!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Free Sketches!
For those locals in the audience, I'll be at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene this Saturday (July 2nd), drawing free sketches for customers. I'll be there with my friends in the Spokane Comicsmiths' Guild, and we should be there from 10 am till about 1:30 or so.
Lightning Comics has sales and events going on for the 4th of July weekend, so swing by on Saturday and check out the deals, and pick up a free sketch as well! Hope to see you there!
Lightning Comics has sales and events going on for the 4th of July weekend, so swing by on Saturday and check out the deals, and pick up a free sketch as well! Hope to see you there!
Monday, May 09, 2011
Free Comic Book Day Wrap-Up
Free Comic Book Day is always great, as it's kind of "Geek Christmas", but this year's was particularly fun, though a pretty long day...
I was over at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene, ID with my buddies in the Comicsmiths' Guild, where we were drawing free sketches for customers for a little over four hours. There were people lined up and waiting outside before the doors opened, and we kept busy the whole time, with a steady flow of people.
After we were done there, we headed over to the local theater for another 2+ hours of sketching - this time of only Thor (and related characters) as part of a promotion for the new movie. We were only drawing for people who were going to see Thor, and we were still swamped, and stayed longer than planned.
But we had to eventually pack up and leave, as we had a free screening of Thor waiting for us, courtesy of the theater management. I thought the movie was awesome, even with my expectations as high as they were, and being such a fan of the source material.
It was a lot of fun, with a surprising amount of (actually funny) comedic bits and plenty of big super-hero action and fight scenes. Afterwards I was left thinking that the new Superman movie is going to have it's work cut out for it to compete...
But if you do see it, I wouldn't waste your money on the 3D version. I thought it really was unnecessary, and the conversion wasn't the greatest either. Unlike other 3D films I've seen, it seemed like they didn't adjust the brightness or contrast or something, as the glasses actually made things really dim. Which made many of the scenes (like the night-time sequences) a bit hard to see. I'm planning on seeing it again, and going for 2D next time.
And here's the pics I got of sketches I did during the day. These are all from the Lightning Comics session - I unfortunately didn't get any of the Thor pics, but it was kinda crazy at the theatre...
I was over at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene, ID with my buddies in the Comicsmiths' Guild, where we were drawing free sketches for customers for a little over four hours. There were people lined up and waiting outside before the doors opened, and we kept busy the whole time, with a steady flow of people.
After we were done there, we headed over to the local theater for another 2+ hours of sketching - this time of only Thor (and related characters) as part of a promotion for the new movie. We were only drawing for people who were going to see Thor, and we were still swamped, and stayed longer than planned.
But we had to eventually pack up and leave, as we had a free screening of Thor waiting for us, courtesy of the theater management. I thought the movie was awesome, even with my expectations as high as they were, and being such a fan of the source material.
It was a lot of fun, with a surprising amount of (actually funny) comedic bits and plenty of big super-hero action and fight scenes. Afterwards I was left thinking that the new Superman movie is going to have it's work cut out for it to compete...
But if you do see it, I wouldn't waste your money on the 3D version. I thought it really was unnecessary, and the conversion wasn't the greatest either. Unlike other 3D films I've seen, it seemed like they didn't adjust the brightness or contrast or something, as the glasses actually made things really dim. Which made many of the scenes (like the night-time sequences) a bit hard to see. I'm planning on seeing it again, and going for 2D next time.
And here's the pics I got of sketches I did during the day. These are all from the Lightning Comics session - I unfortunately didn't get any of the Thor pics, but it was kinda crazy at the theatre...
Friday, May 06, 2011
Free Comic Book Day!
Tomorrow (Saturday, May 7) is Free Comic Book Day, and I'll be sketching up a storm at Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene with my friends in the Comicsmiths' Guild. We'll be there from 10:30 - 2:30, and then head over to the Regal Riverstone theater, where we'll be drawing free Thor sketches for customers from 4:30 - 6:30.
Members of the Guild will also be over at Merlyns in Spokane from 11-2 doing free sketches for kids. Along with sketches from the Guild, the Imperial 501st should be there from 1 -3 for photo ops and there will be a costume contest with prizes for kids and adults.
If you're not local, be aware that Free Comic Book Day is an international event, so you can check the FCBD website and find a participating retailer in your area. Otherwise, we hope to see you this weekend!
Members of the Guild will also be over at Merlyns in Spokane from 11-2 doing free sketches for kids. Along with sketches from the Guild, the Imperial 501st should be there from 1 -3 for photo ops and there will be a costume contest with prizes for kids and adults.
If you're not local, be aware that Free Comic Book Day is an international event, so you can check the FCBD website and find a participating retailer in your area. Otherwise, we hope to see you this weekend!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Day to Day
We had our regular monthly Comicsmiths' Guild meeting on Sunday, except this was a BBQ hosted at one of our homes. Not much "business" taken care of, but a lot of fun and really great food.
Myself and my Guild-mates will be drawing free sketches for people at two local comic stores (Lightning Comics and Merlyns) as part of the annual Free Comic Book Day event on May 7th. If you're local, you can drop by and pick up a free sketch and free comics; otherwise, check the FCBD website for a participating comic shop near you!
I must have slept wrong and tweaked a nerve or something, as I woke up Monday with my back and shoulder in pain, spreading to my arm. It's better now, but not 100% yet, and has mostly killed my artistic productivity for the week since it was my drawing arm and shoulder that was affected.
It's not the first time this has happened, and I'm sure a lot of it has to do with our bed, which is way too old and lumpy and definitely needs to be replaced. But unfortunately that's just not in the budget right now...
We did replace our monitor today, when we went over to visit Jenny's folks. Her dad is part of a computer club which refurbishes old computers for people in the neighborhood in need, and we picked up one from there. It's certainly not "new", and is still a big CRT screen, but is a lot better than the 10 year old noisy behemoth we had before.
Otherwise today (Wednesday), her dad also took us out for Mexican food, and we caught up on all the taped TV they record for us (since they have cable). Then some shopping, and we watched Skyline, which was a lot more entertaining than I expected. It wasn't very well received at the box office, and I hadn't heard much about it - but it actually surprised me, especially in how it ended. Unfortunately I highly doubt there will be a sequel.
Guess I haven't really done much normal blogging lately. I don't know if this will drastically change, but I thought I'd give it a shot. We've been getting a lot of DVDs from the library lately, so maybe I'll start giving some more commentaries on those, in lieu of anything else important to talk about for now... ;)
Myself and my Guild-mates will be drawing free sketches for people at two local comic stores (Lightning Comics and Merlyns) as part of the annual Free Comic Book Day event on May 7th. If you're local, you can drop by and pick up a free sketch and free comics; otherwise, check the FCBD website for a participating comic shop near you!
I must have slept wrong and tweaked a nerve or something, as I woke up Monday with my back and shoulder in pain, spreading to my arm. It's better now, but not 100% yet, and has mostly killed my artistic productivity for the week since it was my drawing arm and shoulder that was affected.
It's not the first time this has happened, and I'm sure a lot of it has to do with our bed, which is way too old and lumpy and definitely needs to be replaced. But unfortunately that's just not in the budget right now...
We did replace our monitor today, when we went over to visit Jenny's folks. Her dad is part of a computer club which refurbishes old computers for people in the neighborhood in need, and we picked up one from there. It's certainly not "new", and is still a big CRT screen, but is a lot better than the 10 year old noisy behemoth we had before.
Otherwise today (Wednesday), her dad also took us out for Mexican food, and we caught up on all the taped TV they record for us (since they have cable). Then some shopping, and we watched Skyline, which was a lot more entertaining than I expected. It wasn't very well received at the box office, and I hadn't heard much about it - but it actually surprised me, especially in how it ended. Unfortunately I highly doubt there will be a sequel.
Guess I haven't really done much normal blogging lately. I don't know if this will drastically change, but I thought I'd give it a shot. We've been getting a lot of DVDs from the library lately, so maybe I'll start giving some more commentaries on those, in lieu of anything else important to talk about for now... ;)
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Novel Release - Left Hand Tree
Last night (April 2), my friend and fellow Comicsmiths' Guild member J.D. Gunter hosted a release party for his debut novel Left Hand Tree at local comic store Merlyns. We had a great turnout, and Quenton Shaw (head of the publisher, QEW) even made the trip over from Seattle to manage the proceedings. Jay also did a live web-cast with a Q&A from viewers, which is now archived and available to view at the Ustream website here: Left Hand Tree Webcast
Left Hand Tree is about a young child in unthinkable circumstances and the very dangerous man who is his only hope of salvation. It is currently available online from QEW Publishing and as an e-book from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can also read sample chapters at LeftHandTree.com.
Left Hand Tree is about a young child in unthinkable circumstances and the very dangerous man who is his only hope of salvation. It is currently available online from QEW Publishing and as an e-book from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can also read sample chapters at LeftHandTree.com.
Saturday, January 01, 2011
A New Year
Hopefully everyone out there had a happy and safe New Years celebration. I spent the first day of 2011 getting off on the right foot - by drawing! I was at local shop Lightning Comics with my friends in the Comicsmiths' Guild doing sketches for customers, during their big New Years/3 Year Anniversary celebration.
I'm not really one for resolutions, but I do have a lot of goals and plans for this year, mostly involving finally getting various projects off the ground. I should also have some news soon about the upcoming inaugural Comicsmiths' Guild Anthology book.
For now, here's a few of the free sketches I did today (click to embiggen the image):
I'm not really one for resolutions, but I do have a lot of goals and plans for this year, mostly involving finally getting various projects off the ground. I should also have some news soon about the upcoming inaugural Comicsmiths' Guild Anthology book.
For now, here's a few of the free sketches I did today (click to embiggen the image):
Friday, December 24, 2010
Recent Events
The Robert Picardo signing at local comic shop Merlyns was a lot of fun. They had a really good turn-out, a lot more than expected, and Mr. Picardo was really entertaining. He talked for about an hour or so, telling some stories about his acting experiences, taking questions from the audience, and even singing a bit!
We were there to sketch for people before he arrived, but we honestly didn't do much work. The crowd was definitely there to see him, though we did end up doing a few sketches before the day was over.
Here's a pic we got of Mr. Picardo with a few of us in the Comicsmiths' Guild:
The following Saturday the Guild were over in Coeur d'Alene at Lightning Comics,drawing for customers during their big Christmas sale event. We had a lot of fun, and it's always great to see so many young kids who are interested in comics. A few of us will be back over there next week, sketching for people on New Years Day.
And here are a few of my sketches I got photos of from the Christmas event:
We'll be heading over to Jenny's parents' place tomorrow morning for Christmas. Aunt Joan (who lives in Post Falls) and Uncle David (coming up from Kennewick) will both be there, and her mom will be making enchiladas for dinner. Should be a lot of fun. :)
Hopefully everyone's having a great holiday season, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a fun, safe New Years! Lastly, here's a pic of our Christmas tree, which is set up in the studio (since it's the only spot with enough room in the apartment...):
We were there to sketch for people before he arrived, but we honestly didn't do much work. The crowd was definitely there to see him, though we did end up doing a few sketches before the day was over.
Here's a pic we got of Mr. Picardo with a few of us in the Comicsmiths' Guild:
The following Saturday the Guild were over in Coeur d'Alene at Lightning Comics,drawing for customers during their big Christmas sale event. We had a lot of fun, and it's always great to see so many young kids who are interested in comics. A few of us will be back over there next week, sketching for people on New Years Day.
And here are a few of my sketches I got photos of from the Christmas event:
We'll be heading over to Jenny's parents' place tomorrow morning for Christmas. Aunt Joan (who lives in Post Falls) and Uncle David (coming up from Kennewick) will both be there, and her mom will be making enchiladas for dinner. Should be a lot of fun. :)
Hopefully everyone's having a great holiday season, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a fun, safe New Years! Lastly, here's a pic of our Christmas tree, which is set up in the studio (since it's the only spot with enough room in the apartment...):
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Upcoming Events
Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be joining my fellow Comicsmith's Guild members at a couple of local events leading up to the holidays...
Sunday, December 12 - Merlyns and the Spokane ComiCon are hosting a signing appearance by Robert Picardo, better known as "The Doctor" from Star Trek: Voyager and a ton of other geek-genre shows. The Q&A session and signing will be from 2-3pm, and we'll be there at 1pm drawing sketches for kids beforehand. There's a Facebook Event set up, if you'd like more information or would like to RSVP: Robert Picardo Signing
Saturday, December 18 - Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene, ID is having a big pre-Christmas holiday bash event, and we'll be there sketching for patrons from Noon to 3pm. Come by and pick up a sketch, check out the deals, and even meet Santa!
Sunday, December 12 - Merlyns and the Spokane ComiCon are hosting a signing appearance by Robert Picardo, better known as "The Doctor" from Star Trek: Voyager and a ton of other geek-genre shows. The Q&A session and signing will be from 2-3pm, and we'll be there at 1pm drawing sketches for kids beforehand. There's a Facebook Event set up, if you'd like more information or would like to RSVP: Robert Picardo Signing
Saturday, December 18 - Lightning Comics in Coeur d'Alene, ID is having a big pre-Christmas holiday bash event, and we'll be there sketching for patrons from Noon to 3pm. Come by and pick up a sketch, check out the deals, and even meet Santa!
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