SPACE Prize 2013 Finalists are Up!

 

The SPACE Prize 2013 Finalists are finally up!

 

 

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Next Up! Genghis Con!

The Genghis Con

 

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This Week!

This week--- The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Festival of Cartoon Art!


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Columbus Comics Keep Moving this November!

More Columbus Comics events coming up in November.

On November 9 The first Nix Comics Arcane Media Fair. 1212 N. Pearl St. (Behind What the Rock!).  Comics, Records, Collectables!

 

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s Grand Opening Festival of Cartoon Art, will be held at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH November 14th-17th. The Festival, a celebration of cartoons, comics and their creators, is held every three years. This year they also celebrate the opening of their new expanded facility in Sullivant Hall. Guests and speakers include, Ohio State alumni, Jeff Smith and Paul Pope, also Brian Bassett, Matt Bors, Eddie Campbell, Kazu Kibuishi, Stephan Pastis, Dylan Meconis, Patrick McDonnell, Hilary Price and Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.

And even though it's not in Columbus, Columbus should be well represented at Genghis Con in Cleveland!

 

 

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"Connections" Call for Contributors!

Subject: Sunday Comix Anthology to benefit AFSP

As many of you know, the Sunday Comix Cartooning Group, based in Columbus, has twice collected comics from the creators at SPACE and raffled them off to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention(AFSP). The first time was in 2011 in memory of Ray Tomczak’s nephew. This year we did it again in memory of Joe Reiff, a young member of our group.

To continue our fundraising efforts, we are seeking submissions to a forthcoming comic anthology, Connections, which will serve as a more lasting way to honor not only the memories of these two young people, and the countless others who have died by suicide, but also the strength of their friends and families and of everyone who has lost a loved one to suicide.

We are looking for 1 to 10 page self-contained comics on the themes of loss, growth, renewal, and reinvention by both established and newer comic creators and teams. Stories need not be about suicide and suicide prevention. They can be fiction or non-fiction. We will not shy away from stories dealing with darkness, as long as they are life-affirming. We also won’t shy away from humor, as long as it is appropriate for this collection.

We are asking everyone who is interested in contributing a story to send us a short synopsis of the story you plan to do by December 15, 2013.

More information about our anthology can be found at http://connectionscomic.wordpress.com/ or you can e-mail me at connectionscomic@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Canada Keck

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Columbus Comics This Fall!!!

Columbus is heating up this fall with tons of events featuring the best of Columbus created comics.

 

First off, although it’s not actually in Columbus SPX (Small Press Expo) will host a large contingent of Columbus creators at the September 14 & 15 show in Bethesda MD.  Exhibitors scheduled to appear are  Jeff Smith, Brent Bowman, Dara Naraghi,  James Moore, Joel Jackson, Katie Valeska, Ken Eppstien and Bob Corby.

The following week September 21 to be exact is Independents Day which will feature Comics Land filled with Columbus comics creators including Joel Jackson, James Moore and Katie Valeska from 2 Headed  Monster; Alex Heberling, cartoonist of the Hues, Chris Monday of Flying Weevil Productions, Ken Eppstein of Nix Comics, Lee Smith of the Ohio Chronicles, Bob Corby of Back Porch Comics / SPACE, Tony Goins, Tom Williams, Canada Keck and Columbus comics collectives Sketch and Kvetch, Panel Comix and Sunday Comix.

On Thursday night September 26, to get a kick start for MIX the first MIXer Drink and Jam will be held at the Mojoe Lounge Downtown (by the Columbus Commons not on the bridge). Sponsored by Sunday Comix!

Friday, September 27, MIX 2013, CCAD’s Celebration of Comics starts. Mix’s Keynote Speaker is Jeff Smith with Special Guest, Carol Tyler and exhibitions of Jeff Smith’s Rasl and Gary Panter’s Magnetic Lady. Held at the Canzani Center on the Campus of CCAD. There will be panels and workshops on Friday & Saturday including Columbus comics creators Lora Innes, Joel Jackson, Dara Naraghi, James Moore, Bob Corby, Ken Eppstein, Terry Eisele, Victor Dandridge, Canada Keck, panelists: Terry Eisele, Alex Heberling, Max Ink, Talcott Starr, and Valerie Starr and Katie Wright. Nix Comics will provide a wide variety of the best of Columbus Comics plus comics by the symposium’s guests and speakers at their pop-up store.

 

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum’s Grand Opening Festival of Cartoon Art, will be held at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH November 14th-17th. The Festival, a celebration of cartoons, comics and their creators, is held every three years. This year they also celebrate the opening of their new expanded facility in Sullivant Hall. Guests and speakers include, Ohio State alumni, Jeff Smith and Paul Pope, also Brian Bassett, Matt Bors, Eddie Campbell, Kazu Kibuishi, Stephan Pastis, Dylan Meconis, Patrick McDonnell, Hilary Price and Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.

 

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With Only Five Plumbs Graphic Novels Reviews

 

 

Reviews on Terry Eisle & Jon Rioddle's With Only Five Plumbs Graphic Novels at

 

http://www.grovel.org.uk/with-only-five-plums-book-1-the-time-before/ 

http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=22016 

http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=22243

 

 

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2013 SPACE Prize Entries are Posted!

All the entries for the 2013 SPACE Prizes are posted.  Including the new Graphic Novel category.
Find them all at SPACE Prize


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SPACE Bits

 

Congrats to the SPACE exhibitor Harvey nominees:

BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK- THE DREAMER, Lora Innes, http://www.thedreamercomic.com

SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS- Chad Lambert, THE POSSUM AT LARGE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CRAPTACULAR, Old School Comics

BEST ANTHOLOGY- DISTRICT COMICS, Matt Dembicki, Fulcrum Publishing

BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM ORIGINAL-  MY FRIEND DAHMER, Abrams ComicArts

 

Dara Naraghi & Brent Bowman's Peria Blues Review at Robot 6

 

Up coming Back Porch Comics / SPACE Schedule:

SPX Bethesda MD September 14 &15, 2013
Independents Day Columbus OH September 20, 21 & 22
MIX 2013 CCAD's Celebration of Comics Columbus OH September 27 & 28, 2013


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SPACE at Derby City Con this Weekend

SPACE Exhibitors Bad Place Productions, Broken Icon Comics, Chris Charlton, Dustin Carson, Eric Adams, Eric Watkins, Freestyle Komics, Jacob Warrenfeltz, James Maddox, Little Guardians, Mike Eschelman, Patrick Baumgardner, Brian John Mitchell, Stephen Hines, Studio Akumakaze, Todd Beistel, Victor Dandridge and  Bob Corby at DerbyCity Con April 29. Louisville KY.
We’ll be there selling  freshly handed printed limited edition 2014 SPACE Posters.

 

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SPACE Memoir Panel Video Up at UVN

Memoir Comic Panel withTom Hart, John Porcellino, Nate Powell, Chris Monday, Dara Naraghi  and John Steventon.  The video is up at UVN.  Also an interview with Sunday Comics' Ray Tomczak and Canada Keck.

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District Comics Panel Video up on UVN

District Comics Panel Video up on UVN.
They also have interviews with Kris Lachowski and Eric Adams up now.

 

 

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Crowd Funding Projects from SPACE Exhibitors

More crowd funding projects from SPACE Exhibitors.

Mark Rudolph's Closing Doors by Nix Comics

'Autobiographical Conversations' Comic Book by Ryan Claytor

Black of Heart - Chapter Two

by Chris Charlton and David Hollenbach

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Art vs Commerce Panel Plus More Book Reviews

Bruce Chrislip and Brian Hagen's Art vs Commerce panel video is up on up on UVN. Also an interview with Katie Valeska.

More book reviews at Optical Sloth:

Monday, Chris – From Beam to Buck

Kuth, Joe – Piece Goods

Collins, Jed – Champ 2010

Bliss, Pam – Tales From the Interstate #1: 20th Anniversary Edition

Remnant, Joseph – Blindspot #2

Arndt, Christopher; Minier, Aaron; Peat, Brandon – Black Rose #1

Dembicki, Matt – Xoc: The Journey of a Great White

Various Columbus Artists – Blue Sunday

Sekelsky, K. & B-R, Saffron – Arubadingle

Wirick, Katherine – The Mayans Were Right

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Our SPACE Day 2 Photos are up!

SPACE Day 2


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Brain Rot! @CMA

FCBD and SPACE are over but there's still comics in Columbus! ED Piskor's Brain Rot Exhibit is currently at the Columbus Museum of Art Until June 2.

Ed Piskor: Brain Rot presents original pen and ink drawings by Piskor which were used for comics publications. The exhibition includes more than thirty original pages from Hip Hop Family Tree, Piskor’s current project tracking the evolution of Hip Hop from its beginnings in the 1970s as a niche local subculture into the global phenomenon it quickly became. The first collected edition of Hip Hop Family Tree will be published by Fantagraphics this October. Ed Piskor began his comics career at age 21, drawing American Splendor strips written by underground comics legend Harvey Pekar. He has also published the graphic novel Wizzywig about the history of hacking and is currently publishing The Hip Hop Family Tree as a weekly comic at BoingBoing.net.

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Our Day 1 Photos and More Book Reviews

Our photos from SPACE 2013 Day 1   https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby#!/media/set/?set=a.10200357736638268.1073741827.1000482943&type=1

Also up are the photos from all the events on Friday April 12. https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby#!/media/set/?set=a.10200356835175732.1073741825.1000482943&type=3

More reviews of books from SPACE

Baumann, Suzanne – As Eavesdropped #4   http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21912

Crum, Kel – The Cornelia Collection  http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21907

Roberts, Rafer; Frost, Sean; Strang-Frost, Wendi – Wild Women of the Kitty-Kat Galaxy!  http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21900

Perez, Marcos – Sovereign State #1   http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21896

Ed – Rude Awakening #1 http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21889

Bliss, Pam – Moab  http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21884

While I was looking for these I found two reviews of books from SPACE 2012 that were up just before this years show.

Mitchell, Brian John (editor) – SPACE Anthology 2012  http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21701

Corby, Bob (editor) – Oh, Comics! #20   http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21627

 

 

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Date Set for SPACE 2014!

SPACE (the Small  Press & Alternative Comics Expo) is set for April 12 & 13, 2014, once again at The Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center!

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SPACE Education Panel Video and More

The SPACE Education Panel Video is now up at UVN http://www.undergroundvideonetwork.com/
also an interview with SPACE Prize Minicomics winner Ryan Claytor.

We finally started uploading our approximate 300 photos up on Facebook with the Friday Events. More to come. SPACE 2013 Friday

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MIX 2013!

 

I recieved this e-mail fro Robert Loss about the upcoming MIX 2013:

 

Hello All,

I am pleased to officially announce the return of Mix: CCAD's Celebration of Comics, a symposium designed to bring together diverse academic and artistic perspectives in one event. I have attached the symposium's Call for Proposals, which features an expanded range of presentation formats and five suggested themes. I would be grateful if you might share the CFP and/or the link to our event page (see below) with your colleagues. Naturally, I hope you'll consider joining us for this exciting weekend, too.

 Mix 2013

When: Friday September 27 and Saturday September 28

Keynote Guest: Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL) www.boneville.com

Keynote Event: Friday, September 27 at 7pm, Canzani Center Auditorium (free to the public)

Location: Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

In conjunction with the symposium, CCAD will host a never-before-seen exhibit of Smith's original artwork from RASL. We will also hold a comics contest for undergraduate students.

Additionally, concurrent with Mix 2013, CCAD will exhibit the paintings of Gary Panter (Jimbo in Purgatory, Dal Tokyo).

Please visit our event page for updates about additional symposium programming and the student contest: http://www.ccad.edu/events-2013/mix

Best Regards,

Robert Loss

Visiting Full-Time Faculty

English Department

Mix ‘13 Programming Coordinator

Columbus College of Art and Design

60 Cleveland Ave., Columbus OH 43215

 

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Even More SPACE Reports,Photos & Book Reviews

A Few Notes On Visiting New York's MoCCA Arts Fest 2013 And S.P.A.C.E. 2013 In Columbus by Tom Spurgeon  at Comics Reporter
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/a_few_notes_on_visiting_new_york_mocca_festival_2013/

SPACE Recap by John Porcellino
http://johnporcellino.blogspot.com/2013/04/space-recap.html

More Comic Related Photos
http://comicrelated.com/news/20407/space-show-photos
http://comicrelated.com/news/20413/space-show-photos
http://comicrelated.com/news/20432/space-show-photos

More SPACE Book Reviews at Optical Sloth http://www.opticalsloth.com/
Various Artists – Fuzy http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21845
Sell, Chad – Fool Girl: Of Monkeys and Masks http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21852
Dembicki, Matt and Carol; Auger, Michael J. – Bad Habits #1 http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=21860

 

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SPACE Book Reviews at Optical Sloth

Reviews of books that were at SPACE have started at http://www.opticalsloth.com/
Including

Galloway, Marnie – In The Sounds And Seas Volume 1 

Papke, Maryanne Rose – Ghost Castle 

Mochove, Joe & Rowley, Rusty – Full Sanction: Road Trip! 

Warrenfeltz, Jacob – Villains Galore #1 

Pickrodt, Cody – Reptile Museum #1 

Madsen, Mike – The Pilot’s Voyage 

Remnant, Joseph – Cartoon Clouds #1 

Dow, Ryan – Pretending You’re Not Crazy 

Gibbons, Jeff – Teeth

Morton, Sarah & Parry, Bobbi – Seasonal #1


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SPACE Video, Pictures and Blogs

UVN's Video of the SPACE Prize Presentations
http://www.undergroundvideonetwork.com/

Jeremy Baum On SPACE
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/briefings/letters/43107/

More Comic Related Pics
http://comicrelated.com/news/20345/space-show-photos
http://comicrelated.com/news/20359/space-show-photos

Ryan Claytor's Blog 2013 S.P.A.C.E. Wrap-Up
http://www.elephanteater.com/8553/2013-s-p-a-c-e-wrap-up

Steve Peter's Photos
https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby?ref=tn_tnmn#!/media/set/?set=a.546216185423325.1073741832.407074356004176&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby?ref=tn_tnmn#!/media/set/?set=a.543778089000468.1073741829.407074356004176&type=3

https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby?ref=tn_tnmn#!/media/set/?set=a.543729085672035.1073741827.407074356004176&type=3
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Panels In Pink Arists' Reception April 29!

 

"Panels In Pink: A Celebration of Female Comics Creators" is a new exhibition spotlighting the work of several female comics artists and writers, mostly from in and around the Central Ohio area. The exhibit, produced in co-operation with Columbus cartoonists group Sunday Comix and curated by SC member Canada Keck, will be adorning the walls of local arts space Wild Goose Creative, located at 2491 Summit Street, from now until the end of the month.

An artists' reception, sure to be attended by many of the talented women listed below, is scheduled for April 29 from 6 until 9 p.m.

Among the creators represented are:

• Lora Innes
• Mari Naomi
• Katherine Wirick
• Suzanne Bauman
• Bianca Alu-Marr
• Katie Valeska
• Alex Heberling
• Maryanne Rose Papke
• Molly Durst
• Crystal Ash
• Brandy Foster
• Sue Olcott
• Caitlin McGurk
• Meg Syverud
• Erin Ash
• KT Swartz
• Lis Huey
• JL Smither
• Kira Keck
• Canada Keck

Face Book Event

Now Available On-line

Two books which premiered at SPACE 2013 now available on-line.

SPACE Anthology 2013

Oh,Comics #21 "Magic"

 

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More SPACE Blogs & Video

Matt Kish’s Spudd 66 blog: IN S.P.A.C.E. NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM: The Evidence
http://everypageofmobydick.blogspot.com/2013/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-scream.html

James Moore’s S.P.A.C.E. 2013
https://www.facebook.com/notes/2-headed-monster-comics/space-2013/553504301361081

UVN Video  Interview with Bob Corby
http://www.undergroundvideonetwork.com/

 

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More SPACE Reports, Videos, Etc.

Nix Comics SPACE Wrap-Up
http://nixcomics.com/1/post/2013/04/space-wrap-up.html

Steve Peter’s SPACE Walk About Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUhktiNVG_I

Brian John Mitchell’s Comic drawn during SPACE
http://silbermedia.com/comics/LK24-digital.pdf

More Comic Related Pics
http://comicrelated.com/news/20327/space-show-photos

Comic Related Related Recap #329
http://comicrelated.com/news/20328/the-related-recap-329

 

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Eisner Award Nominees at SPACE

Congratulations to our friends who were at SPACE last weekend and are nominated for Eisner Awards

Best Reality-Based Work,  Best Graphic Album – New, Best Writer/Artist &  Best Lettering
You'll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier's Heart, by C. Tyler (Fantagraphics)

Best Penciller/Inker & Best Lettering
Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar's Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf)

Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism
 The Comics Reporter,  edited by Tom Spurgeon

Best Publication Design
Wizzywig, designed by Ed Piskor and Chris Ross (Top Shelf)

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First Batch of Pics, Blogs, Etc. from SPACE 2013

Comic Related Pics
http://comicrelated.com/news/20299/space-show-photos
http://comicrelated.com/news/20302/space-show-photos
http://comicrelated.com/news/20310/space-show-photos

Ryan Claytor’s SPACE Wrap-Up
http://www.elephanteater.com/8553/2013-s-p-a-c-e-wrap-up

Jonathon Ryan’s Indy Comic Adventure
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geekgoesrogue/2013/04/the-indie-comic-adventure/

Face book
https://www.facebook.com/bob.corby
https://www.facebook.com/SPACEComicsExpo#!/groups/36879815847/

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Thanks from SPACE 2013

SPACE 2013 is over in a flash.  It  looks like our most successful show ever.  Thanks to all the exhibitors for making it such a great event and all the people who helped especially my family for running it and everybody who came out! Hope everybody had a safe trip home.

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More SPACE Exhibitors

 

Mike Madsen:
Mike Madsen makes the Internet slightly worse with his website Aceman Spaceman. He is also a founding member of Cowboy House.

Mark Mariano:
MARK MARIANO is a children's comic book artist based in northern New Jersey. He is the creator of the books Flabbergast and Happyloo, and his work has won awards like the 2011 Wowie Zowie Award for Best Webcomic: The O>MATICS Rock and Read and the 2010 Silver Moonbeam Award for Best Graphic Novel: Flabbergast: Science Friction. He shares his passion for the medium through teaching events with the Kids Comic Con, guest speaking at Rutgers University, classroom visits, working with the Ronald McDonald House, and the Christopher Barron Live Life Foundation.

Joe Mochove & Rusty Rowley:
Rusty and Joe produce the comic, Full Sanction, as well as the zine, Dirt Worse. Rusty was born in the  ghettos of Lithuania and lost both hands in tragic pigeon breeding accident. Joe was found in an abandoned refrigerator at the age of 12 and teaches privileged children how to love. They are also personal beasts who cast a warming light of magic upon the world. Come bask in their mighty glow.

Monkeys Retreat :
Darryl and Ro-Z Mendelson of Monkeys Retreat have been distributing and retailing small press independent comics since 1975. They actually started selling underground comix in 1968.

Joseph Morris:
Joseph Morris is Owner/Operator of TORC Press, a Small Press Comix Publisher based out of the middle of nowhere.  He is compulsively driven to create bizarre comix.  Lots of bizarre comix.  He is currently focusing on four books: "Clown & Penguin", "Death Moth", "SDF", and "Pulp Horrorshow".  He also loves tacos.

Sarah Morton:
Sarah began her illustrious career as an artist in Kindergarten, when she would accept candy in return for doing other kids’ art projects (a gig she would continue through high school). In college, she was an art student for exactly one semester before moving on to other endeavors like photography, journalism, photojournalism, and urban planning. She now lives in Chicago and raises money for a non-profit during the day.
In her spare time, Sarah is currently working on Volume 3 of Seasonal, a graphic novel about imploding relationships within a big box store in suburban Utah. Next, she plans to start a series of autobiographical comics based on her aforementioned career experiences. You can see more of Sarah’s work at sarahannmorton.com.

Dara Naraghi:
Dara Naraghi was born in Iran and educated in the United States. An Ohio State University alum, he works in the information technology field, but his passion is for the comics medium. His debut graphic novel, Lifelike, has garnered many positive reviews, from the likes of award-winning novelist Cory Doctorow, and cartoonist Sam Kieth. His other notable graphic novels include the Terminator Salvation official movie prequel, and Witch & Wizard: Battle for Shadowland (both New York Times Bestsellers), as well as works for Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Dark Horse, and DC Comics. Dara is also a founding member of the comic book writers/artists collective known as PANEL, with whom he has produced 19 volumes of their comics anthology. Dara lives in Columbus, Ohio with his wife, daughter, and the world’s sweetest hound dog.

Michael R. Neno:
Publisher since 1987 of fine comics and publications. Creator of the online strips Quacky Pig and Friends, The Mesh and Freak Cave. Publisher of The Signifiers, Quacky Pig and Lovey Dovey coloring books and the Xeric Award-granted Reactionary Tales. Have freelanced for Dark Horse, Nix Comics Quarterly, Paul Pope's Horse Press, Caliber and Cracked Magazine. Have illustrated novels for Airship 27 and created posters for musicians like Dawn Landes, Moon High and Billy Cash.

Maryanne Papke:
Silly, cute, short comics, and new this year: Gay Vikings!

John Porcellino:
JOHN PORCELLINO was born in Chicago, in 1968, and has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over twenty-five years. His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, begun in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, a collection of King-Cat stories about Porcellino’s experiences as a pest control worker, won an Ignatz Award in 2005, and Perfect Example, first published in 2000, chronicles his struggles with depression as a teenager. King-Cat Classix and Map of My Heart, published in 2007/2009, offer a comprehensive overview of the zine's first sixty-one issues, while Thoreau at Walden (2008) is a poetic expression of the great philosopher’s experience and ideals. According to cartoonist Chris Ware, "John Porcellino's comics distill, in just a few lines and words, the feeling of simply being alive."
Porcellino's work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, and Korean. He currently lives in South Beloit, Illinois.

Joseph Remnant:
Joseph Remnant is a Los Angeles-based artist/cartoonist whose comics and illustrations have appeared in Arthur Magazine, Juxtapoz and The New York Times. He's the creator of the comic book series "Blindspot" and was a frequent collaborator with the late, great comics writer, Harvey Pekar. Remnant began illustrating short stories with Pekar for Smith Magazine's Pekar Project which led to him being asked to illustrate the full length graphic novel, "Harvey Pekar's Cleveland." It was released April 2012 by Zip Comics and Top Shelf Productions.  He is currently working on a new graphic novel titled, "Cartoon Clouds," which is being serialized on the comics website, theexpositorcomics.com. 

Jonathon Riddle:
Jonathon Riddle has been writing and drawing comics since childhood, his first comics work being an adaptation of The Return of the Jedi rendered in crayon at the age of four. He is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design with a major in illustration. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, where he is a regular contributor to the Ohio-based comic anthology “Oh, Comics!” With Only Five Plums is his first graphic novel.

Lorenzo Ross:
Lorenzo Ross is a cartoonist and painter that lives in Chicago. Complicated Hair is based on his years of working at retail art supply stores and the cast of characters he encountered. Awesome 5! is inspired by an admiration of the superhero teams of the 50's and 60's along with the sarcasm of adult swim. Alternative City is a somewhat darker disjointed tale in the vein of Twin Peaks. If you would like to read weekly installments of any of these comics they are available at www.alternativecitycomics.com.

K. Sekelsky:
K. Sekelsky is an illustrator and author from Johnstown, PA. She wrote and illustrated The Time Traveler's Pocket Guide, and has produced a number of webcomics and minicomics over the years.

Chad Sell:
Chad works in a variety of styles on a lot of different comic projects, but most people know him because of his work depicting the drag queens of Rupaul's Drag Race! (yeah, he's as perplexed by that as you are.)

Sam Spina :
Sam Spina made a daily diary comic for three years and stopped but still does it sometimes. He also won a  xeric award for his comic, Fight (a comic about fighting).

Talcott Star:
Rescue Archaeology is a blend of memory, imagination, and observation, filtered through poetry and poured into a comic.
Octopus Story follows a curious octopus who is bored with the ocean on an adventure through the everyday world. It encounters new people, places, and modes of transportation. and gains the companionship of one black kitten along the way.

Ben Tiede:
Ben Tiede went to the University of Saint Francis where he studied Animation.  Inspired by his two childhood heros, Bill Waterson and Jeff Smith, Ben has thrown his hat into the cartooning ring.

J. Tungol:
J. Tungol is the writer/artist of "Death to Dinksville," a conspiracy-zombie-slasher-whodunit!

Christina Wald:
Christina Wald is an illustrator, industrial designer and most of the time works on children’s books and toys.
Pop Smoothie: Strange tales from the Blender is a comic that is a distillation of the pop-culture invading her brain. She has the TV on too much as background noise
Yes, she did a lot of illustration for RPGs and CCGs in the 90s (some of the art is posted here: http://christinawaldgames.blogspot.com/
She lives in Cincinnati with my toy engineer husband Troy (Fun Factoid: Troy used to be on the Batman team at Kenner Toys and also designed toys for Ghostbusters, Rat Fink, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and many other lines) and 2 cats (they dont design anything really).

Jacob Warrenfeltz:
Jacob Warrenfeltz is an illustrator in Takoma Park, Maryland. He illustrated stories in various issues of underground comics Plastic Farm, Red Chapel, Fubar, Slambang, The Alberic Heresies, Trickster: Native American Tales, Iconoplastic, The End, and District Comics (just to name a few).
Jacob is also a founding member of the D.C. Conspiracy, a Washington D.C. independent comics creators group, a co-op publishing group creating genre themed anthologies like horror anthology Shear Terror, the exquisite corpse Dr. Dremo, and the gritty The Spoils of Crime.  He is a regular contributor to the group’s current project, The Magic Bullet comic newspaper.
Debuting at SPACE is Villains Galore, the story of a semi-retired super villain's attempts at a normal life.

 

Eric Watkins:
Eric Watkins is the creator of the titles Chosen & Forsaken and the forthcoming series Mars and The Man in the Kitty Coat. Eric helped found Broken Icon Comics in 2009 and Tri-State Comic Con in 2012 with his business partner, James Maddox.
Watkins is constantly taking his love for the comic book genre to new heights. Watkins is not only one of the key producers on his upcoming projects with Kevin Steward, Todd Beistel and Ezequiel Pineda, but also devotes a large portion of his time to the creation, execution and publication of others in the independent comic world.

 

Katherine Wirick:
Everyone in my comics is dead.

Jeff Zwirek:
Jeff Zwirek, a.k.a Jeffrey Antacid, a.k.a Jeff Z is a self-publishing cartoonist. His comics work includes Jack Rabbit, Black Star, Pinstriped Bloodbath, and Burning Building Comix. He has received a nomination for an Ignatz award, and his comics have been named "Notable Comics" multiple times by the Best American Comics anthology. He's also one of the organizers of CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. He lives and works in Chicago, with his wife and two sons.

 

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a friendly reminder of some of the pre & post stuff going on with SPACE:

Friday the 12th:

- a highly recommended tour through the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library. 5-7pm. The largest repository of comic art in the country. located on OSU's campus next to the Wexner Center. cartoons.osu.edu

- pre-show party at the Laughing Ogre. (4258 N High St.) from 7:30pm till 11pm. If you have a chance, I suggest sneaking out for an ice cream fix at Jeni's ice cream next door then popping back for the comic love.

Saturday the 13th:

 
- Drink & Jam Live art event at the Bow Tie's lounge (in the hotel). 8pm- 12pm. 

- S.P.A.C.E. Polymaths After Party Pageant @ the Kerouac Café 2250 N. High St. (campus) 8pm till ?

*for further details, check out the programming page.

"PANELS IN PINK" Now Showing At Wild Goose Creative

"Panels In Pink: A Celebration of Female Comics Creators" is a new exhibition  spotlighting the work of several female comics artists and writers, mostly from in and around the Central Ohio area.  The exhibit, produced in co-operation with Columbus cartoonists group Sunday Comix and curated by SC member Canada Keck, will be adorning the walls of local arts space Wild Goose Creative, located at 2491 Summit Street, from now until the end of the month. 

Among the creators represented are:

• Lora Innes
• Mari Naomi
• Katherine Wirick
• Suzanne Bauman
• Bianca Alu-Marr
• Katie Valeska
• Alex Heberling
• Maryanne Rose Papke
• Molly Durst
• Crystal Ash
• Brandy Foster
• Sue Olcott
• Caitlin McGurk
• Meg Syverud
• Erin Ash
• KT Swartz
• Lis Huey
• JL Smither
• Kira Keck
• Canada Keck

An artists' reception, sure to be attended by many of the talented women listed above, is scheduled for April 29 from 6 until 9 p.m.
The show will be open 1 to 5 PM on Friday, April 12 the day before SPACE.


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SPACE Exhibitor Bios Part 6

Tim Fuller:
Tim Fuller began self publishing cartoons in Hooha Comics in 1978. He contributed the series “The Blue Beagle,” to Fantagraphics’ Critters and “Cap’n Catnip” to Charlton Bullseye. Tim created countless strips and cartoons for various fanzines, mini comics and magazines, including The Comic Buyers Guide and Starlog.

In 2006, after a self-imposed exile from making comics, Tim came full circle and began actively publishing his cartoons again. He collected his various “Blue Beagle” stories into a book. In 2009 he began assembling a Cincinnati-based anthology, deliciously titled “Twelve-Way with Cheese.” The collaborative effort brought together a dozen like-minded artists who branded themselves The Zombie Marge Comix Group. His ongoing projects include a “Zombie Marge” webcomic, and SHAM Comics, his rewritten golden age stories.

His work cam be seen at hoohacomics.com and zombiemarge.blogspot.com

Deshawn Hall:
Manneristic Studios is an animation and publishing studio that focuses on Christian and Educational based content. We have integrated 3D modeling into the comic book format to create a unique and photorealistic look to match our energetic storytelling.
Tom Hart:

Tom Hart is the creator of SAW as well as the cartoonist of Hutch Owen, Daddy Lightning and others. The Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW) is the premier alternative comics school in the country, offering a single-year intensive program, several week-long visiting artist workshops per year and various other classes and workshops.

Scott Hedlund:
Scott Hedlund is the artist for the web comic: Weirdlings. Under the creator-owned imprint, Weirdlings ( www.weirdlings.com ), Scott has also added his artistic talents to Chaos Punks, World of Orenda, Fairhaven, Dark Times and Reverie.

Taylor Hicks and Dorian Lafferre:

Taylor Hicks and Dorian Lafferre are illustrators from Columbus Ohio, currently attending CCAD. They make verything: Comics, posters, prints, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and even twist-tie figures.

Stephen Hines:
I was born a poor white boy in a little Ohio hicktown up north (Willard: where the men are men & the sheep are nervous) and moved to southwestern OH in 1998. Now I'm an older albino leperboy who works too much (I teach, therefore I'm insane).
So far I've written one novel, Hocus Focus, published in 2008, and one graphic novel, Valedictorian USA, which is being published issue by issue. There are samples of Valedictorian on the book's section of my site (click the title on the main menu). Please buy a copy if you like what you see.
Also, I recently finished a web comic strip series called Clyde the Redneck.
What am I working on now? Well, for now: a memoir mini-comic series called Crackerstacker, and a few assorted comic book series and one-shots. Stay tuned!

DJ Hufford:
DJ was born and raised in the Central Ohio by British parents and incorporates those sensibilities into his writing. He was first published in the 5th grade, and wrote movie reviews for the now defunct Bumscorner.com. Currently DJ is writing the indie comic sensation Yuri: The Awakening

R. Hendricks:
Stranger Two Stranger is a mini comic by R. Hendricks that illustrates Craigslist's missed connections from Chicago, Detroit, New York and San Francisco.
The idea of illustrating anonymous people’s attempts at getting the attention of others fascinated me. Some descriptions are very detailed about their encounters, while others lack specifics and could happen anywhere. Yet these notes are typed up and sent into the wide world of the internet in the hopes that they will hit their mark. The stories range from the sweet to the strange, yet I always find them interesting.
Note:**My mini comic was inspired by a great anthology of comics edited by Julia Wertz called “I Saw You…” that compiles comics from many talented artists to illustrate tales of real-life missed connections from Craigslist and newspapers around the country.**

Erik Hodson:
Erik Hodson has been in the comics industry for over 7 years as an independent publisher and creator. Most recently Erik has worked illustrating sketchcards for Breygent Marketing on properties such as Transformers and Warlord of Mars. Despite being disabled by the disease Scleroderma, Erik has worked hard to become a professional artist. From his lighthearted webcomic Chad the Fat Kid to his contemporary comic related art Erik has become a fan favorite at conventions across the nation.

Thom Hotka:
The Ocean Shard- with it, you could give energy to an entire city, or raze it to the ground, so the legends on the planet of Nextuus go.
Though many have tried to find the shard and failed, a new group of adventurers takes up the challenge.
Many obstacles will stand in the way of their goal; the mysterious psychic Ways, the powerful and dangerous NIX organization, and their own doubts about the very existence of the prize they seek.

Lora Innes:
Lora Innes graduated Suma Cum Laude in 2002 from the Columbus College of Art and Design with a Bachelors in Fine Art. She worked for several years at the Artifact Group, doing illustration for clients such as Fisher Price, Mattel, McGraw Hill, Nickelodeon, Scholastic and Simon & Schuster. Now she writes and draws The Dreamer and wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Ted Intorcio:
Ted Intorcio is the  Owner/Operator of Tinto Press LLC and creator of the auto-bio comic Head & Torso. (HeadandTorso.blogspot.com )Tinto Press recently published HOMESICK by Jason Walz; part autobiography, part fiction.

Cara Kennedy:
 In the Grim Darkness of the far future in the Warhammer 40K universe, a hodgepodge squadron is formed to handle the toughest and strangest of missions.

Matt Kish:
Matt Kish lives somewhere in Ohio with his wife and their two frogs. He talks to planets.

Chad Lambert:
Chad Lambert is an award-winning comic book writer known for his work in small press comics, including Possum At Large, Kill the Revisionist, and Return to Point Pleasant. Ray Bradbury referred to Return to Point Pleasant as “superb and frightening! Bravo!”
Chad also appeared in the feature-length documentary Eyes of the Mothman, which explores the Appalachian folklore of paranormal activity in West Virginia. He will also be appearing in the Discovery Channel’s American Monsters & Mysteries later this spring.
Chad was also one of the writers of the Megamind and Kung Fu Panda comics from Ape Entertainment and DreamWorks Animation, as well as BloodRayne for Digital Webbing Press. Chad is also editor on Bluewater’s COMICS, a new biography series that focuses on stand-up comedians, television sitcom stars and other influential funny people from the past 50 years.
Chad is currently appearing in the pages of Dark Horse Presents in a series of autobiographical stories about his days in radio.

Chris Ludden:
Welcome to Harrison: Chicago's ugly step-sister and home to two brothers Grant.
Sam is the city's grumpiest bounty hunter. He spends his days on the gray side of the law and his nights watching CSI marathons. Kevin is an author who hit big on his first novel. The second isn't coming as easy.
Together, they will make terrible decisions in pursuit of justice.

 

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