CulturePulp.

New in the store: prints. New at the Rose City Comic Con: me

So I just added "Pete & Brucilla" and "Super Cosplay Dance Party" prints to my online store. They’re printed old-school on thick paper on a press , fit nicely in a record-album frame, and look great in a kid’s room. They also come in a custom envelope while supplies last. And I totally priced them to move at $10 a pop.

I'll also have these for sale at the Rose City Comic Con on Sept. 21-22. Come on by; I'll sketch you something.

• "Pete & Brucilla" 12x12 print
• "Super Cosplay Dance Party" double-sided 12x12 print
• CulturePulp: The Store (culturepulp.bigcartel.com)

Ol' Curly Claws

In celebration of getting a fairly complex project out the door last night I made this not-complex drawing of “The Wolverine."

Hey hey it's It Girl

Drew a pinup for the back of the upcoming "It Girl & The Atomics: Round Two" trade paperback. Click to enlarge.

Lines by me. Colors by mighty Bill Mudron.

Thanks to Jamie S. Rich for asking me to do this. Been a Mike Allred fan since college (where I once saw him at Kinko's Xeroxing early "Madman" promos), so getting a chance to play around in this universe was a pretty big deal for me personally.

Preorder the "It Girl" Vol. 2 trade: [ TFAW ] [ Amazon ] [ Cheap Graphic Novels ]

(Also posted on my Tumblr, if that's your thing, along with a post containing all the rough drafts.)

THE CULTUREPULP Q&A: Dylan Meconis.

(Photo by Glenn Peters. “You’ve got a little piece of lettuce on your face here.” “Here?” “No, HERE.”)

(UPDATE 6/22: Dylan's podcast site hit its bandwidth limit, so you can now download the podcast from here.)

I interviewed Dylan Meconis for her panel at the last Stumptown Comics Fest. Now it is a podcast. From the panel description back in April:

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.

(I've been half-toying with the idea of starting an interview podcast somewhere down the line, and if I do, this is more or less how it would go.)
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Dylan Meconis Spotlight Panel: Stumptown 2013  (quirkybird.podbean.com)

Alternate mp3 download link

Stumptown Comics Fest badges.

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.)

At Stumptown Comics Fest April 27-28, with new prints. Among other things.

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)

From the vault

A bunch of my old cartoon characters hanging at a Milwaukie, OR coffee shop I used to frequent, 1999. Click to enlarge.

The 2013 Stumptown Comics Fest poster(s)

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.

At Emerald City Comicon March 2-3, helping sell this shirt.

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).

Super Cosplay Dance Party

The Friday, Feb. 22 Oregonian A&E cover. Pencils and inks by yrs. truly. Colors (in two variations) by Bill Mudron. (They went with the blue backdrop for newsprint, but posted both online.) Click to enlarge.