2012 SPACE Prize Finalists!

We are proud to announce the 2012 SPACE Prize finalists.Winners will be announced in February 2013.

General Category

 

Binary Gray #1 & 2
Assailant Comics
Writer: Chris Charton
Artist: Rowel Roque
assailantcomics.com
$6.50

Blink “Wonka Wonka Kochalka”
Point Media
Max Ink
1645 Elmwood Ave. Apt. C
Columbus OH 43212
maxinkcomix.com
$10.00

In the Sound and Seas Vol. 1 & 2
Monkey-Rope Press
Marnie Galloway
monkeyropepress.com
$17.50 ea.

Kiss & Tell A Romantic Resume Ages 0 to 22
Harper Perennial
MariNaomi
P.O.Box 30029
San Francisco CA 94133
marinaomi.com
$16.00

Lackluster World #7
Eric Adams
lacklusterworld.com
$8.00

No One is Safe
Kreider-Wirick LLC
Katherine Wirick
katherine.kreider-wirick.com
$35.00

The Samartian: Collected Edition
Vantage House Productions
Writer: Victor Dandridge
Artist: Ren McKinzie
vantagehouse.blogspot.com

Spy Guy #2
Ultraist Studios
Mike Kitchen
P.O.Box 6524
Station “A”
Toronto Ontario M5W1X4
www.ultraist.net
$5.00

Wild Child #1 Fight or Flight
M Young
www.kindlinquarterly.com
$8.50

Yuri the Awakening
Packrat Comics
Writer: Doug Hufford
Artist: Todd Biestel
yurithecomics.com
$3.00

Minicomics/ Short Story Category

The All-Creator’s Wife
Tara Helfer
tarahelfer.com
$5.00

And Then One Day #9
Elephant Eater Comics
Ryan Claytor
P.O.Box 4044
East Lansing MI 48826
www.elephanteater.com
$5.00

As Eavesdropped #3
Suzanne Baumann
P.O.Box 12096
Hamtramck MI 48212
fridge-mag.com
$1.00

Bears in SPACE
Daniel McCloskey & Nate McDonough
1200 Boyle St.
Pittsburgh PA 15212
cyberpunkapocalypse.com
$2.00

“For the Green” from Panel: Green
Ferret Press
Writer: Tony Goins
Artist: Craig Bogart
Ferretpress.com
$4.00

“Green to Green” from Panel: Green
Ferret Press
Writer: Dara Naraghi
Artist: Matt Kish
Ferretpress.com
$4.00

“The Only Two” from Panel #18
Ferret Press
Writer: Tony Goins
Artist: Andy Bennett
510 E. Clearview Ave.
Worthington OH 43085
itradedmyeyes.com
$4.00

Star #2
Silber
Kurt Dinse & Briam John Mitchell
P.O.Box 18062
Raleigh NC 27619
silbermedia.com/comics
$1.00

Super Ball Diaries
AkatamagoManga
Andrew Fraser
918 S. NoyerRd.
Fort Wayne IN 46814
www.tigerthighs.com
$1.00

Veggie Dog Saturn #6
Buyer Beware Comics
Jason Young
P.O.Box 20083
Dayton OH 45420
buyerbeware.guttertrash.net
$3.00

Webcomic Category

Catacombs
Old World Comics
Writer: Todd Goodman
Artist: Rofe
www.oldworldcatacombs.weebly.com

The Comicverse
Awakening Comics
Writer: Bianca Alu-Marr
Artist: Steve Peters
www.awakeningcomics.com

Maybe Too Metal
Leslie Anderson& Jared Anderson
maybetoometal.com

Next Year’s Girl
Katie Valeska
nextyearsgirl.com

Origins Unknown: Breaking the Habit
Vantage House Productions
Writer: Victor Dandridge
Artist: Jacob Newell
http://issuu.com/victordandridgejr/docs/origins_unknown_bth

Origins Unknown: Point of Authority
Vantage House Productions
Writer: Victor Dandridge
Artist: Jacob Newell
http://issuu.com/victordandridgejr/docs/origins_unknown-_points_of_authority

Retail Sunshine #4
Livestock Productions
Phil Machi
www.retailsunshine.com

Smoke in Your Eyes
The Rumpus
MariNaomi
therumpus.net/sections/comics/marinaomi

VeggieHigh.com
Matt & Jeanie Bryan
veggiehigh.com

Zombie Marge Comix
Zombie Marge Comix Group
Tim Fuller
zombiemarge.blogspot.com

More about the SPACE Prize

 

 

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Lots of SPACE Exhibitor News

Art Explorer Post 407 has produced another issue of Lump of Coal, the annual bad attitude holiday comics anthology.  Lump of Coal #6 can be purchased at finer comic shops in the Columbus area or on line at Back Porch Comics.

 

 

Here something i should have gotten to earlier especially since a lot of the contributors to this book will be at SPACE in 2013 including editor Matt Dembicki.  District Comics:An Unconventional History of Washington D.C. is one of the top 10 graphic novel according to the Washington Post.
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Self Publisher #60 is available for download and contains reviews of SPACE exhibitor's comics including:

Binary Gray #1 Written by Chris Charlton, art by Rowel Roque and Anthonie Wilson

Bamn #3 Story by Troy-Jefrey Allen, art by Jay Payne.

The Signifiers #1By Michael Neno

 Tales of Awesome #1Written by Derek Watson, art by Robert Gant.

 Araura #1 By Ray Cofman

It also includes a preveiw of Michael R Neno's The Signifiers #1 and Rick Silva's Stone.

http://www.selfpubmag.com/downloads/entry/free-downloads/self-publisher/self-publisher_6.htm

There's only 24 hours left on Nix Comics' The Big Ask on kickstarter.  Support local comics! Support Nix! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nixcomics/nix-comics-2013-its-the-big-ask-baby

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