POPzilla presents: "Save Ferris", a John Hughes Tribute Art Show

If you live in the Anaheim, CA area, POP COMICS is having an art show in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the many films of legendary filmmaker, John Hughes. I was lucky enough to be invited to showcase some art at the gallery. So if you're close, check it out! I'll have some prints for sale there too!

Click on the image below for more info:

Scratch9: Cat Tails #1

Last year I met ROB WORLEY, creator of Scratch 9. He was gracious enough to support my #sharemyHEART campaign and he asked me if I would like to be part of the new Scratch 9 book. I immediately jumped at the chance because I had so much fun drawing his characters as part of his reward tier for donating.

This Wednesday, Cat Tails issue 1 comes out featuring four pages of art by yours truly, written by Rob, with amazing colors by JOSHUA BUCHANAN. The issue also features art by MIKE ROLL, SHANNON ERIC DENTON, CAANAN GRALL, and JASON T. KRUSE. Get to your local comic shop today!

Here's a look at the cover by Josh along with some concepts I did for Bektah, the mummy cat:

FCBD 2012

Hello!

This year for FCBD I opted not to set up a a signing anywhere.  I've just been really busy lately and deep into the production of Heart that I thought skipping it this year would provide me with some rest and relaxation time in between the heavier weeks.  Also I made plans with the misses to check out Wrigley and attend my first Cubs game.  You can read more about that here.

For FCBD we decided to head out to Skokie, IL and check out the grand opening of Aw Yeah Comics.  Owners and writer - artist  extraordinaires, Art Baltazar and Franco were doing signings and free sketches for everyone who came out.  The store looks great with Art and Franco's artistic touches painted throughout the comic shop walls.

There wasn't much left in terms of free comics as were a bit late to the party but Nic and I got a copy of the Superman Family Adventures preview that Art and Franco will be doing as a monthly series for DC.  We also got some sweet sketches and free hot dogs! (A winning combination for any comic fan.)

It was a great time and couldn't be happier for Art and Franco as they expanded the world they play in and opened a comic shop for the kids.

Recap: FCBD 2011

Hello this past Saturday was Free Comic Book Day. I was at signing at Dreamland Comics with Art Balthazar and Jeff Balke. A lot of families came out which was awesome and I gave out some free When I Was Little book marks and did some sketch cards for the kiddies.

After the event, I hung out with some of my good friends. We had linner at The Village Tavern where I had something amazing called, The Nachorama....oh yeah good eats:


Aftewards we continued the hangout where we played the new Mortal Kombat for the 360. I. Must. Own. That game is incredibly fun.

After that, I caught a double feature of Thor and Fast Five. Thor was amazing and it grows on you after the fact. The epic scale of Asgard and the humanity of it's characters it is definitely a great summer flick.

Free Comic Book day was a blast. I hope you got some good comics and met some great creators. On to the next: Summit City, June 18

FCBD 2011!

Free Comic Book day is coming and I will be at:

Dreamland Comics
Schaumburg Plaza
1415 W. Schaumburg Rd.
Schaumburg, Illinois 60194

The good folks at Dreamland were nice enough to have me back. Art Baltazar and Jeff Balke will be there. I'll be doing free sketches and they will have free face painting, balloons, and of course COMICS!

Check it out!

FCBD 2010: recap

I wish I had more to post about FCBD but my partner in crime had to work so I wasn't really able to capture any pictures. The main reason was because when I got settled in at Dreamland Comics, I threw this sign up:



The sign really worked and the store got really busy in the afternoon. I was amazed at the number of parents coming in with their kids getting them interested in comics. I met some nice people who really took a liking to my art style and said it was perfect for their kids. All in all it was a fun event. I drew a lot of Supergirls and Wonder Women for the kiddies. I want to send a big thank you out to Laurie and the staff of Dreamland Comics, they were all great! Next year, I'll remember to bust out the camera and snap some photos.

Of course I didn't walk away empty handed:


Funny I picked up mostly the kid comics...go figure. My coworker was kind enough to give me War of The Supermen #0. I spent the other day reading up on the back story and must now collect the entire 2 years worth in hardcovers and trades to catch up. I can't wait! Buuuut I gotta read all these comics first.

If you live in the Schaumburg area, please check out Dreamland Comics.

www.dreamlandcomics.com

1415 West Schaumburg Road
Schaumburg, IL 60194-4051
(847) 524-6060

Free Comic Book Day: Saturday, May 1st!

Hi all! I'll be at Dreamland Comics in Schaumburg doing a signing and free sketches from 12pm-3pm on Saturday May 1st, for Free Comic Book Day! Come on in get your free comics, get a sketch, and peep out the awesome store that is Dreamland Comics. See you there!

www.dreamlandcomics.com

1415 West Schaumburg Road
Schaumburg, IL 60194-4051
(847) 524-6060

Total Geek Moment #2

So a couple posts ago I talked about giving my favorite artist, Skottie Young, a copy of my book.

Now I can geek out that Lori from Amazing Fantasy stacked my signed copies next to The Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kinney!! Awesome.

Take a look, here it is on the shelf:

Now head out there and pick it up!

PS - sorry the photo is a bit blurry but the green sticker on their says "signed".

Now Available @ Amazing Fantasy!!

I am very pleased and excited to announce that Amazing Fantasy Books & Comics is now carrying signed copies (that's right) of When I Was Little... and When I Was Little Too!!! Quantities are limited so get them while you can!

The store is located at:

20523 S. LaGrange Road
Frankfort, IL 60423
815-469-5092

It's a wonderful comic book store and I'm very happy they let me have my books in there. So drop on by, check it out, and buy some stuff!!!

And check out their MySpace page!