Thursday, April 10, 2025

SPACE 2025 Exhibitor Bios Part 5

 Cow House Press grew out of a shared love of warm paper fresh from the printer, smudged ink, and wonky staples. We are an indie publisher based in Pittsburgh making comics, zines, books, and lots of cow puns.


Tim Fuller:
Tim Fuller is an illustrator living in Northern Kentucky and active in the Cincinnati, Ohio comic scene. He writes and draws comic books, mostly about talking animals. He shares his studio space with several cats and dogs who give him plenty of feedback on his work. His Sham Comics series for Source Point Press takes public domain material from the 40s and 50s and rewrites them as social satires. Tim is the art director for The Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities comic anthology of local paranormal legends. Tim’s current projects also include "Cap'n Catnip & Womble the Wonder Gerbil." with writer Craig Boldman and cartoonist Daryll Collins. His work can be seen at www.hoohacomics.com and www.indyplanet.com/hooha-comics

Gawk Printing, LLC:
Gawk Printing, LLC
is owned by illustrators Gloria Pridemore and Ian Walker. This duo uses their printing company as a means to produce their own work as well as offering printing services to other artists with the intention of being affordable for those looking for small minimums.

Daniel Gomez:
 Fratboystrider is rumored to be a real life vampire. His love of the gothic, undead, and sacrilegious tendencies can be found in his work.

Rachel Gramza:
Rachel Gramza is a cartoonist from Dayton, Ohio. She has studied under Dayton-local fine artist, Tiffany Clark, and has studied under cartoonist and creator of Halftone Hospital, Victoria Douglas. She likes to make a mixture of cutesy romance and psychological thrillers. The pair love fantasy illustration and lowbrow art. Gloria recently released Act 3 of here ongoing story "The History of the Milky Way" as well as constantly generating smaller zine works.

Josh "J.R." Harris:
Josh "J.R." Harris is a freelance comic book artist and illustrator from Flint, MI.
Owner and operator of JR Comic Art & Entertainment, Josh has worked on various comic books and graphic novels with a number of small publishers. Though he specializes in mainly comic books, Josh is no stranger to working on television advertisements, animation, graphic design, and music. He believes that an artist is only bound by the limitations they give themselves.

Sarah Harris:
My name is Sarah Harris and I’m a comic artist living in Ohio. I focus on queer romance and fantasy, as well as a passion for character design.

                                        

Stephen Hines:
Stephen Hines was spawned and currently lives in Ohio. When he’s not infiltrating the system by teaching high school English he’s writing. So far he’s published one young adult novel (Hocus Focus), a one-shot surrealist horror comic (Icon-O-Plastic), a graphic novel called Zombie Fabulous, another trilogy entitled The Soccer Mom Killer, a book of short stories called An Exile’s Epistle and Other Stories, and a new comic: Snails With Lasers. He has also released a prose memoir (Rebirth Defect: My Journey From Catholic Altar Boy to Teen Atheist to Adult Christian Metal Evangelist and Back to Atheism) which was rumored to have caused acid reflux throughout the Vatican.

Joel Jackson:
Joel Jackson still wants to be a Transformer when he grows up, or possibly He-Man. For the moment, he’s an artist! Hidden in his secret underground fortress, surrounded by his plastic articulated army, Joel's creations jump off the finished page fueled by caffeine, boundless imagination, and a flair for pop culture. Jackson has been self-publishing and cartooning for over 25 years and is the artist on such comic books as Stealth Hammer, Radio Free Gahanna, and Cashout, to name a few. Check out more of his work, both comics and illustration at https://linktr.ee/ottocon1

 

Haleigh Karr:
Haleigh is a mix media and craft artist born and raised in Texas. Haleigh likes the color green, floor time, and cute lil guys. They make anything from rugs, jewelry, to custom made mix media creations.

Matt Kish:
Matt Kish is a self-taught artist and librarian. He lives in southwest Ohio with his partner and far too many books.

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