CINCINNATI COMIC EXPO - SEPTEMBER 22 & 23

[seanfingh]

 

Maybe Sean will find true love

 

With Sara Richard??

[Buck Biggins]

If I wasn't married I would love to do the speed dating myself. It would be a blast.

[Buck Biggins]

 

WALKING DEAD CO-CREATOR AND VENOM ARTIST TONY MOORE COMES TO CINCINNATI!

February 16, 2012

 

Tony Moore is a cosmic cowboy and comic creator from a small Kentucky town, where he was raised on a steady diet of fried game, cathode rays, and funnybooks. Moore's notable illustration work launching "The Walking Dead" was nominated for two Eisner Awards (2004: Best New Series, and 2005: Best Cover Artist), and The Walking Dead has since become cable's highest-rated drama, airing on AMC.

 

Moore went on to co-create the booze-fueled space western Fear Agent with Rick Remender at Dark Horse, and the creepy gonzo thriller The Exterminators with Simon Oliver at DC/Vertigo. His recent work includes wild runs on Marvel Comics' Ghost Rider, Punisher and Venom.

 

He spends his days shooting at things in the woods, and helping his wife chase their squealing baby daughter.

 

[potatojoe]

Tony Rules. I love seeing him at Cincy-area shows

[Buck Biggins]

 

RENATO GUEDES, CURRENT AVENGERS ARTIST, MAKES RARE USA APPEARANCE AT THE CINCINNATI COMIC EXPO!

February 22, 2012

 

Renato Guedes was born and currently lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Guedes began studying art at Fabrica de Quadrinhos (currently known as the Quanta Academy of Arts). There, he studied comic art. Before he became an artist, Guedes was a publicist agent, occasionally illustrating covers for the Opera Graphica.

 

Guedes has done some work for Avatar Press, with their StarGate SG-1 and Saw: Rebirth titles. He also did the art on 24: One Shot for IDW Publishing. Guedes previously worked with DC Comics, and has worked on Action Comics, Smallville, Superman, OMAC and Supergirl. He drew 19 issues of Superman from 629 to 691 and he is now under an exclusive artist contact for Marvel Comics penciling Wolverine and The Avengers.

 

[Buck Biggins]

 

THE TALENTED STEPHANIE BUSCEMA COMES TO CINCINNATI!

March 1, 2012

 

I'm an illustrator, cartoonist and painter from New York. I live in a very old house with my husband and our little tuxedo cat, Figs.

 

I've been drawing and creating pictures all my life, always dreaming of making books and paintings as a full time profession. Encouraged by my family, I pursued my dream and am now fortunate enough to create everyday. Working traditionally with pencil and paint on paper, I pride myself on carrying on techniques passed down from mentors and family members. Currently, I work on comics, picture books, book covers and magazine illustrations. When time allows, I participate in gallery shows, exhibits, and comic conventions.

 

I'm a big collector of vintage and everything mid century. Major inspirations include music (Punk, Rockabilly, Jazz), mid century album cover art, monster movies, old Golden books and children's books, early animation and circus sideshows.

[Pirate]

cool, can knock off another sig in my womanthology book!

[Buck Biggins]

[font:Arial Black]2012 POSTER ART BY THE LEGENDARY JACK DAVIS IS REVEALED!

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CCE2012DavisPOSTER2 by Cincinnati Comic Expo, on Flickr

 

 

Please enjoy the first of three promotional arts for the 2012 Cincinnati Comic Expo. We are so excited to share this with our fans, and hope you enjoy it as much as we do. The poster will soon be on display in various stores throughout Cincinnati, and we will also have a limited number to give away at the Show Services booth. You can guarantee receiving a copy of the Jack Davis poster by buying a VIP ticket to this year’s show. Please visit http://www.cincinnaticomicexpo.com/ to buy tickets now.2012 Cincinnati Comic Expo poster by Jack Davis

 

Jack Davis is an American cartoonist and illustrator. He is known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art, and numerous comic book stories. However, perhaps he is best known for being one of the founding cartoonists for Mad Magazine in 1952.

 

“When the Cincinnati Comic Expo was in the beginning stages, I knew that a visually striking image would help market the show to the public. I wanted something spectacular, as this promotional art piece would be the first impression people would have of the show,” says Cincinnati Comic Expo Director Andrew Satterfield. “We have been fortunate that such talented artists as Steranko, Allen Bellman, Jose Delbo, Dave Aikins and Luke Smarto have been kind enough to lend their talents to our posters for 2010 and 2011. But in the spirit of ever- improving our show, we decided to approach Jack Davis in the hopes that he would agree to illustrate our poster for 2012. Much to our surprise, he agreed!”

 

“Our concept was a large group of monsters, holding comic books, running across the Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati,” continues Satterfield. “According to his agent, Jack typically does not draw scary monsters, but after a few days, his agent called to state that Jack loved our idea! The legend and Comic Book Hall of Fame inductee was going to lend his talents to the CCE!”

 

“The staff of the Cincinnati Comic Expo was in awe of Jack’s sketch and quickly approved it, and after a few weeks, the package arrived. I carefully opened it and gazed upon the amazing creation from Jack Davis, my hands trembling from the excitement,” explains Andrew. “Can you imagine holding an original, full color monster art masterpiece, created by one of the greats, Mr. Davis? It was obvious that, despite his number of years in the business, he has not lost his touch.”

 

Andrew Satterfield concludes, “A very special thank you goes out to the always talented Dave Aikins for providing the text, and to Tony and Kara Moore for getting me in touch with Jack Davis’ agent. What a thrill!”

[Buck Biggins]

We are getting ready to announce some great additions to the show! So keeping checking this thread, Facebook and our Website! This is going to be a great show this year!

[Pirate]

is he coming to the show?

[potatojoe]

Love it! Cant wait for the show!

[brendanb438]

I would like to request any and all actors that have done something with The Walking Dead.

[seanfingh]

[Buck Biggins]

 

MIKE ROYER, 1970'S INKER OF JACK KIRBY MAKES RARE CONVENTION APPEARANCE

May 4, 2012

 

Drawn to California in the spring of 1965 by the lure of a career in comics, Mike spent his first 14 years in comic books, comic strips and TV animation. Beginning as Russ Manning's assistance on Magnus, Robot Fighter and Tarzan comic books and inking and penciling for Western Publishing (Gold Key) with such West Coast talents as Mike Arens, Sparky Moore, Paul Norris, Doug Wildey and several other stalwarts on the coast. At the end of his working relationship with Manning Mike lettered and inked the last 6 months of Russ’s Tarzan syndicated Sunday page and the first four months of the daily and Sunday Star Wars strip. His drawing assignments at Gold Key were on Tarzan, Space Ghost, coloring books, puzzles, and he wrote/adapted and drew Speed Buggy, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kids, Tarzan, Magnus and designed and executed covers for Hanna-Barbera TV Adventure Heroes, etc. Mike also found time to contribute to Creepy, Eerie and Vamperella magazines and began drawing the large one panel Crusin’ record album covers (over two dozen to date), many of which he scripted. He also laid out a full 1/3rd of the first Saturday morning animated Spiderman shows (which, since he worked at home, was denied screen credit on) and was even considered for the “voice” of Peter Parker/Spiderman.

 

For East Coast firms Mike inked such artists as Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Ramona Fraden, among others, but it is during the period beginning at the close of the 1960s that he is best known to comic fans for his decade as letterer/inker for legendary Jack Kirby at National and then Marvel. When Mike went to work for Jack, inking his contributions to Marvelmania (a L.A. based licensing/vendor) the “King” found someone that could make his wish of being, in essence, a West Coast D.C. office possible. His move to D.C. from Marvel was intended to include Royer as his letterer/inker but the powers that be at National objected. Finally, after the first few issues of Jack’s Fourth World books had seen print, D.C. finally agreed to let Jack have the inker on the West Coast. The editors at D.C. fully expected unknown (to them) Royer to fail, thus proving to Jack that his idea wouldn’t work. Mike didn’t fail. He may have had his detractors, but Royer is the only inker to keep up with the prolific Kirby, by lettering a complete book in less than two days and by inking three pages a day.

 

From late spring of 1979 Mike spent the next 14 years on staff as a product designer/character artist in the creative department of the consumer product/licensing division of The Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California. He performed in the area of book publishing, comic books and strips, all forms of theme park and licensed merchandise as an idea man, concept and final line artist and on rare occasions, inker. While at Disney Mike designed and art directed the Tracy and 3-D Rocketeer Music Company comic book read-alongs. He created the “new look” that launched the massive international Winnie The Pooh licensing program at the close of 1993 and was featured in a 43 minute “How To Draw Pooh” video sent to over 40 licensees. He takes no small amount of pride in the fact that Pooh soon (and still) outsold Mickey Mouse worldwide. In June of 1993 Mike left his staff position at Disney to spend the next seven plus years as a full time independent contractor (free-lancing) for The Disney Store creative group, becoming their ” Pooh man” and creating many 3-D products utilizing the Disney characters.

 

In the spring of 2000 with the Disney Store spiraling into oblivion due to middle management created problems, Mike continued functioning as an independent art service, doing pencil work on a wide variety of projects which included creating orthographic turns and environment “floor plans” for computer animators on a Scobby Do(sp?) video game, Digimon character art, on screen icons for the old Fox Family Channel and Fox Kids Network, Reader Rabbit work books and even some Rescue Hero toy packaging, etc. At this time Mike and his wife, his sometime concept collaborator, returned to the state of his birth, settling in Medford, Oregon, and in the process even returned to his career roots with some inking assignments for such luminaries as Steve Rude and Eric Larsen on such characters as Captain America, Thor, The Fantastic Four and Savage Dragon. For a while Mike created Disney character art for limited edition collector pins (literally dozens) but Disney didn’t like him keeping his original art. He continues to accept commissions and does “recreations” of comic pages and covers for collectors.

 

He strongly believes that his passion, attention to detail and accuracy, and his commitment to integrity will keep him at the board for a long time to come. Let’s face it, although the carbon unit is a bit older, just ask him, between his ears he’s barely 30!

[Buck Biggins]

 

Thought I would give an update about some of the guests, creators and events happening at the CCE. Many more announcements to follow.

 

FEATURED GUESTS INCLUDE:

Stephanie Buscema – The Little Tales of Otto & Olive

Dave Dorman – Star Wars

Renato Guedes – Superman, Avengers

Tony Moore – Walking Dead, Venom

Sara Richard – Kitty and Dino

Mike Royer – Kamandi, New Gods, Devil Dinosuar, Miracle Man

 

ATTENDING CREATORS INCLUDE:

Cary Lee Baker

Laurel Lee Baker

Patrick Baumgardner

Ron Braun

Dustin Carson

Justin Castaneda

Chris Charlton

Lee Cherolis

Sterling Clark

Cristy Clemans

Chris Ehnot

Kurt Einhaus

Jamie Filer

Daniel Frazier

Todd Goodman

W J Grapes

Andrew Heath

Terry Huddleston

Jack Knifley

Aaron Lambert

Kevin Leen

Jon Michael Lennon

Mike Maydak

Kenn Minter

Kevin Meinert

Brett Pinson

Chad Schoettle

Scott D.M. Simmons

Jenny Stead

Chad Taylor

Brett Wood

Scott Zambelli

 

EVENTS INCLUDE:

Sci-Fi Speed Dating as seen on TLC “Geek Love”

3rd Annual Costume Contest

 

 

[Buck Biggins]

Some really awesome guests to announce over the next month!

 

Be sure to join our twitter and facebook accounts!

 

Twitter

https://twitter.com/#!/cincycomicexpo

 

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cincinnati-Comic-Expo/184551054925630

 

[Pirate]

get Charles Paul Wilson III, David Petersen, Jeremy Bastian and Chrissie Zullo please. Maybe even Renae De Liz

[Buck Biggins]

 

IN BRIGHTEST DAY, IN BLACKEST NIGHT...WELCOME DARRYL BANKS!

May 17, 2012

 

Darryl Banks is from Columbus, Ohio, and a graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design with a bachelor's degree. He began his comic’s career in 1989, working for various independent comic companies such as Innovation and Millennium Publishing. Darryl worked on titles such as Doc Savage: Man of Bronze, The Wild, Wild West and Justice Machine.

 

In 1993 he started working with DC Comics on Legion of Superheroes and later on Green Lantern. Co-creating the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern, Parallax, and other characters was a great honor and challenge for Darryl's costume design skills. In addition to various other projects for DC, his work also includes Captain America and X-Men for Marvel, Tomb Raider: Epiphany from Top Cow, GI Joe Reloaded for Devil's Due Publishing, Johnnie Zombie for Midgard Comics and covers to Moonstone's Phantom series.

 

In August 2011, Darryl Banks, Ron Marz and Terry Austin were reunited for the Green Lantern Retroactive 1990s issue for DC Comics.

 

Darryl also does concept art and toy design. Clients include Hawthorne Village collectibles, Hasbro, Mattel, Filsinger Games, and many others.

 

 

 

[Buck Biggins]

 

 

MARK KIDWELL, CO-CREATOR OF THE SMASH HIT, 68 by IMAGE COMICS RETURNS TO THE CCE!

May 17, 2012

 

Mark Kidwell is the co-creator/writer of the sold-out, ongoing Vietnam/zombie epic “’68” from Image comics. His newest work can be seen in the second story arc, “’68: SCARS”, available in comics shops now and the upcoming “JUNGLE JIM 2” mini-series set in the ’68 universe.

 

Mark is also the writer/illustrator/creator of the splatterpunk horror mini-series BUMP and provided scripts for Frazetta Comics’ DARK KINGDOM series as well as the Frazetta western, FREEDOM.

 

His recent work with Jay Fotos and Jeff Zornow, TYRANNOSAURUS REX from IMAGE COMICS, sold out in one day. Other projects include: Writing/illustrating the Lovecraftian one-shot CREATURE FROM THE DEPTHS, the story “39 Spikes” for IDW and Gene Simmons’ House of Horrors and penciling/inking the horror graphic novel JACK THE LANTERN: WAR OF THE SOUL for Castle rain Entertainment. He has illustrated gaming manuals for REAPER GAMES and HACKMASTER and has designed creature and makeup effects for Robert Kurtzman’s PRECINCT 13 studio on such projects as Dee Snider’s STRANGELAND 2, Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee’s THE WOMAN and the upcoming JOHN DIES AT THE END by Don Coscarelli.

 

Mark is also the screenwriter for the upcoming film version of BUMP, directed by SFX superstar Robert Kurtzman and author of the newly published BUMP novel.

 

[Buck Biggins]

Thought I would give an update about some of the guests, creators and events happening at the CCE. Many more announcements to follow.

 

FEATURED GUESTS INCLUDE:

Stephanie Buscema – The Little Tales of Otto & Olive

Darryl Banks - Green Lantern

Dave Dorman – Star Wars

Renato Guedes – Superman, Avengers

Mark Kidwell - 68, Bump

Tony Moore – Walking Dead, Venom

Sara Richard – Kitty and Dino

Mike Royer – Kamandi, New Gods, Devil Dinosuar, Miracle Man

Billy Tackett - Dead, White & Blue

 

ATTENDING CREATORS INCLUDE:

Scott Bachmann

Cary Lee Baker

Laurel Lee Baker

Patrick Baumgardner

Ron Braun

Dustin Carson

Justin Castaneda

Chris Charlton

Lee Cherolis

Sterling Clark

Cristy Clemans

Chris Ehnot

Kurt Einhaus

Jamie Filer

Daniel Frazier

Rodney Fyke

Todd Goodman

W J Grapes

Andrew Heath

Ricky Henry

Terry Huddleston

Jack Knifley

Aaron Lambert

Kevin Leen

Jon Michael Lennon

Mike Maydak

Kenn Minter

Kevin Meinert

Brett Pinson

Chad Schoettle

Scott D.M. Simmons

Jenny Stead

Chad Taylor

Evan Thomas

Brett Wood

Scott Zambelli

 

 

EVENTS INCLUDE:

Sci-Fi Speed Dating as seen on TLC “Geek Love”

3rd Annual Costume Contest