Fantasticon Mt. Pleasant

This Saturday and Sunday, I will be set up in Artists Alley at the Fantasticon event taking place at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI. This was a very good show last year and is shaping up to be even better. They have a good line up of veteran comic book artists, such as Michael Golden and Pat Broderick, among others. Stop on by and check it out!

Fantasticon Mt. Pleasant

This Saturday and Sunday I will be in Mt. Pleasant, MI at the Soaring Eagle Casino for their Fantasticon show. If you are in the area and/or at the casino and want to spend more money, stop on by. There will be quite a few Michigan artists on hand, such as The Minor Brothers, Jay Jacot, Michael Peters and Bryan Mazeny among others.I've heard that they have sold over a thousand tickets, so that's good to hear!

*Edit: The Minor Brothers have canceled their appearance at this show.

San Diego Comic Con, Day Two

The masses hording to Comic Con from the Gaslamp District.

After a day of hitting up publishers, we sat behind the hotel and people watched, drank, ate, had a massage, you know, the usual.

Behind Jake is actor Sean Maher who is known for his role of Simon from Firefly/Serenity. He held court with his people almost the entire time we were there.

Day Two and our final full day in San Diego was spent hitting up a select few publishers that we missed the day before. The Minor brothers had a meeting of their own, so I had headed out to see what I could come up with. I had some interest in my work, which is always good to see, but nothing as solid as what I had the previous day. Still, a good morning. Soon, I met up with the brothers in the portfolio review section where they had some good showings of their stuff. Then, back to Artists Alley to talk with some friends and to make some purchases.

Our day at the con was finished and we decided to relax some behind the hotel. We had lunch, some drinks and people watched. Quite a few celebrities wandered by, including Sean Maher (see above), Brian Posehn (sp) and the guys from the show Face Off. When Kevin was off swimming and Jake napping, Matt and I chatted and then had a massage. It looked too enticing to pass up and with that shoulder bag digging in for two days it's just what I needed.

Later on in the evening, we met another of Matt's college buddies at the Trickster event and went on over to the Cryptozoic store to meet one of our art directors. The next morning we were at the airport for an early flight back home.

All in all a quick, but good trip. Time will soon tell if any of us will strike gold with this publisher or that. I'll be sire to let you know when that happens.

San Diego Comic Con, Day One

A statuette of Catwoman on the convention floor.

Taking a bit of a break and talking shop with Jake Minor, Kevin Minor, Dennis Barger (Wonderworld Comics, Detroit Fanfare) and Gary Reed (Detroit Fanfare, Caliber Comics, Transfusion).

The view of the convention center and parts of San Diego as seen from our hotel room.

Lunch with Kevin "Pork Chop" Minor, Matt Minor, Jake Minor and a new friend, Basia.

The Weta display for the upcoming film, The Hobbit.

A typical Thursday night at Con. Smoking cigars with Kevin, Jake and Ryan Wilcox. Needless to say, it was a good night.

Most of our first day was filled with seeking out publishers and showing them our goods. The Minor brothers were promoting their own comic book and I was looking for cover work and pushing my comic, Muck Man. The day was filled with some promising leads and I look forward to seeing if and how this will all play out. I had an unexpected interest in Muck Man with one particular publisher, so seized that opportunity to show my comic. Keeping my fingers crossed.

It was good to make the rounds and see so many artists and writers representing Michigan, such as Gary Reed, Dennis Barger, Bill Pulkovski, Alex Buechel, Katie Cook, David Petersen, Jeremy Bastion, and Scott Zambelli to name a few.

San Diego Bound!

Tomorrow, I leave for a quick two day visit to the sunny state of California for the San Diego Comic Con. I won't be set up in Artist's Alley this time, as I will be roaming the floor being part businessman and part fanboy. This time my travel mates will be the Minor brothers (Matt, Jake, Kevin) and I am looking forward to seeing some familiar faces, meeting new ones, drumming up business and having a grand ol time. So, maybe I'll see ya there.

Motor City Comic Con 2012

This weekend (Fri-Sun), I will be set up in artists alley at the Motor City Comic Con at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Mi, so stop on by and say hello. I will have a few new prints, including the one above, as well as my new  Muck Man comic book. Two of the cast members of The Boondock Saints (Sean Patrick Flanery and David Della Rocca) and Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) will be in the house, so make sure that you stop by my table to pick up a print to have them sign for you!

There will be  some good artists on hand, including The Minor Brothers (Matt, Jake, Kevin), Jay Shimko, Matt Busch and Lin Zy, Chris Caldwell and Mark LeMeiux, just to name a few. So, come on by and show some support!

This should be a fun weekend and I'm looking forward to seeing some familiar faces, talking shop and kicking back a few root beers.

Detroit Fanfare!

Detroit Fanfare is finally amongst us! This Saturday and Sunday at Cobo hall in Detroit will be the place to be for all of your comic and pop culture needs and this event is turning very fast into being the Detroit area's premiere con scene. The founders of Fanfare, Dennis Barger, Gary Reed and Tony Miello have pulled out all the stops in making this a fun and exciting weekend. Besides there being over 200 artists, there will be a few media guests there, as well. Peter Weller of Robocop and Buckaroo Banzai fame, Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead and Burn Notice, Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead and Kelly Hu from X-Men 2 just to name a few.

Motor City Sketch will have a presence there, as well. We will have our artists at the MCS booth throughout the weekend doing sketches for charity and some of will be doing a panel on Sunday at 2:30 talking about sketch cards, including Jay Shimko, Bill Pulkovski, Jake Minor, Matt Minor, Kevin Minor, Jason Westlake and Jeremy Treece.

I was honored to be asked to do an exclusive official Fanfare print and what you see above is just that, minus the Fanfare logo. The print is of guest Steven Yeun. You can get that print at the main table when you come through the door or at my table, as well. Although, mine won't have the Fanfare logo. I will be at table 224 in Artists Alley.

So, come on down and say hello. I will also have other prints exclusive to Fanfare and it's content, sketch cards, books and original art.

Saturday 10am to 7pm

Sunday 12pm to 6pm

You can get all the details at the Detroit Fanfare site by clicking here.