Contributed some drawings for this year’s Stumptown Comics Fest badges. Here’s the whole set of eight. Click to enlarge.
Pencils by me. Inks by me and Bill Mudron. Colors by Bill and Star St. Germain. Art direction and type by Star.
(Also posted these to my Tumblr if that's your thing.)
I'm tabling at the Stumptown Comics Fest (Table F6) Saturday and Sunday, April 27-28, at the Portland Convention Center. Come on by. I'll draw you a free sketch, and I'll be selling all this stuff:
PRINTS! I'm debuting two new limited-run 12x12" prints at the Fest: "Super Cosplay Dance Party" and "Pete & Brucilla" (pictured above; click to enlarge). Lines by me. Colors by Bill Mudron. All-ages. Comes in a custom envelope printed with B&W lineart and art credits. Only 10 bucks each.
Oh, and "Super Cosplay Dance Party" (pictured below) is double-sided -- with a different color scheme by Bill on each side.
These are far and away the nicest pieces of paper I've ever put my name on, in terms of production value. Offset-printed in CMYK on nice toothy 100# classic laid paper by Lowell's Print Inn. Only ordered 200 of each. (I should also have a few uncut printer's proofs.) Here's a closeup of the paper. Here's video of the job on the presses.
POSTERS AND BADGES! Bill Mudron and I drew this year's Stumptown Comics Fest poster (at right). Bring one by and I'll totally sign it.
(Bill and I also had a hand in the Fest badges, but you should probably just write your own name on those.)
SHIRTS! I'll be selling the "Spoiler Alert" t-shirt I designed earlier this year for the PDX Browncoats. All proceeds go to them.
BOOKS! I'll have copies of both "Sabertooth Vampire" minicomics, "Santa's Lil' Gimp" and my five or so remaining copies of "Cort and Fatboy and the Secret of the Buried Unicorns."
FREE STUFF! Barring disaster, I'll have giveaways of my "Opera, Drawn Quickly" comics (courtesy the Portland Opera) and Vol. 1 of "Jaxxon's 11," my super-specific spoof (with David Stroup) of 1970s Marvel "Star Wars" comics.
I'm also moderating this Saturday Q&A session with my pal Dylan:
"A Conversation with Dylan Meconis"
Room B117, Saturday, April 27, 11-11:45 a.m.
Dylan Meconis first popped up on the webcomics scene with her French-revolution vampire comedy "Bite Me!" and cemented her reputation with dark historical drama "Family Man." Along the way she's also redrawn the "Danse Macabre" for a new generation and spun her own fable of corruption with the Eisner-nominated "Outfoxed." Mike Russell of CulturePulp.com will interview Meconis about her style and genre-hopping comics, world-building vs. storytelling, coming of age as an artist online, and her influences outside of comics.
Oh, and I think I might be in this year's Comic Art Battle at the Saturday-night After Party, but I'm not sure yet. Check this space for updates.
2013 Stumptown Comics Fest (official website)
Above: The 2013 Stumptown Comics Fest poster, by Bill Mudron and yrs. truly (with a lettering assist by Dylan Meconis).
Below: a gorgeous black-and-white “draw-your-own” Fest-exclusive variant poster, made entirely by Bill. (Be sure to take a close look at the filigree Bill designed for the borders.)
Click either to enlarge.
I'll be at the Emerald City Comicon on Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3, helping my pals in the PDX Browncoats sell that "Spoiler Alert" t-shirt I designed for them. Sneak peek at the finished garment above; click to enlarge.
I'll be taking sketch requests and signing books* and helping hawk shirts at the PDX Browncoats' ECCC table (#2609) from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3.
* The PDX Browncoats will also be selling both "Sabertooth Vampire" minicomics and the few remaining "Wash Amuck" prints (pictured at right).
Just finished my design for the PDX Browncoats' exclusive t-shirt for the Emerald City Comicon in March. Click to enlarge.
Poster design by The Thomas Wilson.
So yeah, Cort Webber and Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts have decided to end their five-day-a-week podcast, on which I've appeared most Fridays for the last six-and-a-half years.
I've definitely had some of the Emotions about the announcement. The show changed my life in lots of big and small ways. I'm really going to miss the Midnight Movies, and the show introduced me to pockets of Portland I never would have encountered otherwise.
But I also understand the boys' logic: Better to go out like "Bloom County" than "Peanuts."
Anyway. We're closing out the show on Friday, Dec. 7 with a big fat live performance at the Bagdad featuring all the regular guests. And I'm holding a going-out-of-business sale.
As a thank-you to listeners, "Cort and Fatboy in: The Secret of the Buried Unicorns" -- the world's first and maybe only podcast tie-in storybook -- is now just THREE LOUSY BUCKS at my online store. Made my money back on these a while ago, and there are fewer than 100 left, so if you ever wanted one, now's the time.
The PDX Browncoats asked me to design the t-shirt for this year's "Can't Stop the Serenity" charity screenings in Portland -- where they'll show Joss Whedon's "Serenity" (or, as I like to call it, "Han Solo: The Movie") plus the "Firefly" episode "Out of Gas" to raise money for Equality Now. I gather the event will also feature a performance by the delightful Doubleclicks.
So here you go. Kinda went for a vague Nostromo crew patch vibe. Lines by me. Colors by the great Bill Mudron.
Can't Stop the Serenity 2012 (PDX Browncoats)
Oh, right -- I'll be at the Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend. Table C-11, next to my pal Bill Mudron. Planned for my table this year:
Full details on the Fest are here.
(Above: a couple of panels from one of the "Sabertooth Vampire" comics appearing in Dark Horse Presents #12 and #14.)
Oh, hey, super-last-minute plan:
Assuming the train to Seattle runs on time, I'll be selling/signing "Sabertooth Vampire" comics from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday 3/31 at the PDX Browncoats table at the Emerald City Comicon.
The table -- located in the ECCC foyer -- will have my comics for sale all weekend. Pop on by and say howdy. I will gladly draw you a tiny picture.
Also, the delightful Lauren Davis interviewed me about the origins of the Sabertooth Vampire for io9.
