Sunday, March 17, 2019

SPACE 2019 Exhibitor Bios -Part 1




80 Proof Comix:
80 Proof Comix has been around since the late 80's in various forms. In 2007 it began a true storyline (Days of Bewilderment) featuring past characters put in a new situation. Taking bits, pieces, fragments, and experiences from working in the DD/Mental Health group home setting, I've worked on creating a comedic realistic look at the staff that work at these homes and some of the situations they face (without getting on a soap-box). This story has been completed and 80 Proof moves on with a new book ()Nights of Bedazzlement.

M. Jacob Alvarez:
M. Jacob Alvarez is the author of the Graphic Novel Chinatown Bus and the gag comic collections "The Codependent Tree" and "What A Way To Go." His cartoons have been featured in "The Philadelphia Secret Admirer" and D.C.'s "Magic Bullet" Anthology. He is currently working on comic book literary reviews and a Graphic Novel he describes as "Like the movie Cocoon with Charles Manson."

Gregory Baldridge:
Gregory Baldridge is a teacher who has taught elementary and middle school in New Mexico, Louisiana, and Ohio. He writes and draws Teech, a comic about the classroom and the factors around it. He lives in Columbus with his wife who studies comics at the University of Ohio and their two dogs.

Matthew Barron:
Author Matthew Barron spends his days mixing and analyzing human blood as a medical technologist in Indianapolis Indiana. Matthew's diverse fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies. He's released three graphic novels: The horror-adventure Temple of Secrets in 2014, its sequel The Brute in 2018 and teen super heroine Harmony Unbound in 2016. He also wrote and produced a short play for the 2015 Indianapolis Fringe festival and is working on another. His sword sorcery book, Valora; dystopian novella, Secular City Limits; and kids book, The Lonely Princess, are also available. For more information, visit 
http://www.submatterpress.com

Suzanne Baumann:
I've been going to SPACE for, like, two decades now and have populated my convention table with more and more comics over time. I keep coming back because I like the exhibitors and I especially like the attendees -- come by and say hello!

Derek Baxter:
Derek Baxter draws, works and lives in Columbus, Ohio. He has been part of the Drunken Cat Comics duo since 2001, when he and Brian Canini teamed up to write and draw comics as high schoolers. He does a weekly webcomic on the Drunken Cat Comics website and occasionally writes and draws minicomics, such as The Life and Death of Mr. Burger and Gomibako. You can find his work at www.drunkencatcomics.com

Blind Alley Comics:
Hailing from Lansing, MI, Blind Alley Comics' mission is to rock the world of comics with its mind-boggling original stories and art. Co-conspirators Rick Schlaack (The Human Cannonball) and Joe Haines (The Strange Adventures of Bone Boy) want to bring amazement, thrills, and happiness to their audience with every issue.

Bonfire Comics:
Bonfire Comics is a collective of cartoonists that publish a yearly anthology under the Bonfire name. We are home to many up and coming cartoonists whose works are pushing the boundaries of what comics can be.


Brent Bowman:
Brent Bowman is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art And Design with a degree in Illustration. A lifelong comics fan, Brent has been drawing since he was old enough to pick up a pencil. His work has appeared in publications by Image Comics, Caliber Press and NBM Publishing. Brent has been nominated for the prestigious YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Award and the ALA Amanda Bloomer Award. He has also won the small press SPACE prize in 2015, 2017 and 2018 for his comics work in both graphic novels and short form comics. He lives in Columbus Ohio with his wife and two boys. You can check out his work at The Art of Brent Bowman on Facebook or his online portfolio at https://sites.google.com/view/brentbowman

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