Sammy comic and more DCFF

I did this comic as part of my 24 hour comic book day activity. I went out on the streets of Montpelier for an hour or so and came back with some cool comics, some Berni Wrightson comics an Alien Worlds comic and an I Vampire comic.
I drew out the panels with no idea what would go in them and then picked random panels from the comics I had just bought and drew them into random panels on the page, then concocted a Sammy story around it.

Here I am with Betsey, Penina, the D20 girls, and the AAC monsters. in other words monsters and girls!

my table, missing one important element...

Betsey and Penina at the Team Werewolf table!

Post SPX Post 2010

Yall,

So SPX is over. It was tons of fun. I saw some old friends who I've missed. Got some real good comics. Played free pin-ball at my cousin's house and drank their beer. Over all a good time.
Here's me at the table with my books and my Nerdlinger I got it for Best Character in Fishnets: Amelia

Picture provided by Jen Vaughn.
My table mates were Holly Foltz, Tim Stout, and G.P. Bonesteel.
I also drove down with Keny Widjaja, Holly, and David Yoder

I haven't read all the books I got yet, but so far I'm really digging them, maybe I'll write more about them later.
But now it's back to the "real world".

SPX 2010

So!
Spx is this weekend! I'll be in Bethesda, Maryland. Selling Amelia parts 1 through 3!
That's Saturday and Sunday. I'll be at table G-14 with several other very good cartoonists.
But on Friday I'll be in Baltimore for the Nerdlingers where I'll be receiving something or another.
So!
If you're in the area come and see me!

Space aftermath and sketches

So,
S.P.A.C.E. was real nice. I didn't end up making my Amelia 3 preview, just didn't have enough time, so sorry about that. But, other than that I was well prepared for the con and ended up having a great time.
It ended up being a 13 hour drive to Columbus, and on the way back the same amount of time, but all in the rain.
The con itself was not that well attended, but there was still brisk business. One thing that struck me was how nice everyone was. I met some real cool cartoonists, saw some real sweet books, made a couple cool trades. I met Guy Davis, who I've been a big fan of for a long time. I traded with Mark Bloodworth, who's got some real cool comics
After the con a friend of mine who lives in Columbus told us about Studio 35. It's a cool old theater that was having a...get this... beer tasting, local Columbus beers and screening of Pee Wee's Big Adventure! Yeah, so I had a good time.

So, here's some more sketchbook and marker drawings, a couple of these I did at Space.

you might remember this drawing, but with marker color.

More Freddy drawings (have I mentioned how pumped I am for the remake?),


Nancy, final girl


half dragon half centipede, all stupid

I don't know what that is

Amelia
there's more on my flickr page, I might post them later.

S.P.A.C.E. in a week

Hey folks,

As you may know I'm headed to Columbus, Ohio, next weekend for the comic con, S.P.A.C.E.

I'm not done with Amelia part 3 yet, but I'm close enough to put together a con-exclusive preview of it.
Here's the cover,

For the finished part 3 this image will probably be used as the interior front cover.

MoCCa 2010

So, I won't be at MoCCa this year. Sorry all my friends and fans who planned to go just for me :-(

BUT, I will have work in an anthology there. Werwolf 2, a.k.a. Werewolf!!

Cover by Penina Gal. I've seen most of the comics that are going to be in this, and they are awesome!
New work by Penina, Josh Rosen, Nick Patten, Laura Terry, Betsey Swardlick, Mark Bilokur, Matt Aucoin, David Yoder, Jose-Luis Olivares, I think that's it. This is what I showed the samples for HERE

I'm real proud of my work for this story, I think my best inked page ever is in this comic!

S.p.A.c.E.

Might go here this year.

Pre Halloween Weekend

My last weekend before Halloween this year was pretty busy with horror themed things consuming it!

First I went down to Keene New Hampshire for a signing at Comic Boom!

Where the owner, Corey, gave us a real nice set up,
Steve Bissette, Cat Garza, Colleen Frakes, Jon Chad, Penina Gal, Josh Rosen, Bill Volk, and Betsey Swardlick all came to sell and sign their books!

Steve Bissette welcomes you

Colleen tries to work while an undercover vice cop describes the feel of polyester

My Books!!

Then after that we went to Spooktacular III, ran by the creatures from Saturday Fright Special

me with one of the hosts, Scarewolf

The movie was Brides of Dracula, it was at a beutiful old theatre, there was a costume contests, the hosts were great, all in all it was an awesome show.


The kind of show that reminds me of Atomic Age Cinema, one of the Atomic Age Cinema folks, Dave Underwood, sent me this email,

The crew from THE DARK CARNIVAL FILM FEST have teamed with HORROR HOUND magazine to put on a live HALLOWEEN SPECIAL this Saturday night (October 24th) at 8-11 Pm (Eastern). It will also be re-broadcast on Halloween night from 8-11 Pm

The show will include: Monsters, Demons, Zombies, Vampires, Werewolves....blood, guts....and an assortment of other MONSTROUS and TERRIFYING things TOOO horrible to mention.

If you live in Southwest Ohio, or Southern Indiana, you can access the show on Time Warner channel 991 or AT&T channel 99. You can also access it on the internet by going to: www.mvcc.net....then click on "TV/VIDEO SERVICES"..then click on "LIVE STREAMING VIDEO"...then click on "CHANNEL 991" (Remember, a Broadband Connection is needed for best results!)

TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

So, I missed that, but hopefully I'll get to see it at some point.

THEN!,
I got interviewed about Monsters & Girls: Amelia parts 1 & 2 by Curt Purcell over at the Groovy Age of Horror.
Here's the direct link.

Curt Purcell asked some really in depth and tough questions! So check that out, it's got some art I sent him that I've never posted here, and I go into the origin of Amelia as a character. And I'd recommend checking out the whole blog, especially since my interview is sandwiched between 2 really crazy fumetti posts that make my comic look like your typical bland american.

okay, talk to y'all later,

Denis

Comic signings

This last Saturday I went down to Summerville, MA with Colleen Frakes and Bryan Stone to Hub Comics
There we met up with Caitlin Plovnick, Cat Garza, and Mario Van Buren to sell and sign comics.



photos courtesy of Colleen Frakes, thanks.

It was a good show, I was in good comics company, had a fun time, ate some good food.

THIS NEXT Saturday.
I'll be at Comic Boom! in Keene New Hampshire

Selling and signing again, this time with Steve Bissette and Nick Patten.
This will also be on the same day as the Saturday Fright Special's Spooktacular II,

Copies of my comics will be going up for raffle during that! If you're near the area it's definetly worth the trip!
I went to Spooktacular I and had an awesome time, they show really nice prints of the movies on a huge screen in an old school theater, do the whole showmanship thing, throw things at the audience, etc.

Stroll down Memory Street

a couple things.

I finally uploaded my pictures from A.P.E., I only took a few before my camera died, check out the table,


you can see the rest here.

Also, I took some pictures of gifts from Atomic Age Cinema, my old stomping grounds. I'm going to post one a week for a while. They were put together mostly by my friend, John Landis. Here's the first one,

we gave this out with Atom Age Vampire
It's an atomic fireball and glow in the dark teeth.
On the back it reads:
Make Anyone do Anything
You mentally command with your mind alone!
Silently command, control, dominate any one. Say nothing, watch even perfect strangers do what you wish willingly and cheerfully. Absolutely uncanny! Awe inspiring details revealed in SUCCESP Manual Review Folio. Send only $3

I.K.J.K. at A.P.E.

Here's a link to the I Know Joe Kimpel blog and their post about A.P.E.
Check it out.

A.P.E. samples

So I put together the book for A.P.E. Chapters 5 & 6

Here's a sample not from the actual chapters, but just a little piece of filler art.


This image was the black and white cover for Chapter 5 that I put together for SPX, well now it's in color! It'll be the cover along with a screen printed title.

A.P.E. and Chapter 6

today I finished inking chapter 6, here it is hanging out at my drawing board, I'm going to run down to the CCS lab and scan them pages in, then begins the laborious task of photoshop clean up and putting the book together.

A.P.E.

In not too long I'll be headed to San Francisco for the Alternate Press Expo.
With a new chapter of Monsters & Girls: Amelia.


two shots of the foggy view of Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge I'll have at my uncle's place, where I'll be staying on my brief trip.
It'll be fun and cool to make my west coast comic con debut, and it'll also be nice to see my family while I'm in town, my uncle Kevin and aunt Kristy,

and my cousins Meghan and Seamus.

SPX 08

was fun.

We had two long car rides (the rides are under-represented in photo form, but they were a large part of the weekend).

I had my stuffs at three tables.

Sundays, manned by many people, including Alex Kim who was there with his Xeric book, WALL CITY, and Chuck McBuck, who won Two, count them, TWO, Ignatz!

CCS,

And the IKJK table, manned by Mario VanBuren.


We did some fun Karaoke.

It was laughs.

for more pics, go to my my Flckr page

Too late for a Mocca Post

But there's not a lot of other things to talk about.

I got my diploma framed. Art by Ron Rege Jr.!!

I had fun at the IKJK table.

I read all my MoCCA books.
Congrats to Alex & Kim for getting the Xeric Grant! Congrats to Chuck Forsman for the Awesome scholarship, congrats to Colleen and Jeff for good reviews on sequart, and all the other stuff, overall I'm behind on more than a few congrats.

Beards of Bethesda (BoB)

Here's a video made by Joe Lambert and Alexis Fredric-Frost chronicaling one of the most interesting aspects of last weekends SPX.