Hello everyone!, the convention season is here and we
were so happy to attend the Idea Factory Sponsored by the Cambridge
Galleries and libraries it was an amazing place to interact with so
many amazing talented kids, the ongoing comic book was a blast, we did
cont at the end at least 50 different panels drawn by the kids during
the show!....
The next day ( Sunday ) we attend the ToyCon in
Burlington, an amazing event fill with lots of old and new toys, and of
course Studiocomix Press was there with all the publications, our good
friends of Geek Chick Elite have and amazing review of the show, check
it out here: http://geekchicelite.com/canadian-toycon-2013/
Hello everyone!, I have amazing news for you today because after so many months of emails back and forth, and a lot of revisions and invitations we are finally a few weeks away of our first event that we put together in coordination with the Cambridge Libraries & Galleries to whom I had have been working for them as an Art Instructor for the last 5 years, and a lot of people that help to promote and generate this show, that is right 2013 will be the first year that the Cambridge Comic Arts Festival or CCAF will be done.
and here is the formal invitation from the actual Cambridge libraries and galleries that you can find on the following link:
Hey comic lovers! Did you know that May 4th is Free Comic Book Day? And do we have an event for you - the first ever Cambridge Comic Arts Festival!
We have lots of comic craziness happening all day, Saturday May 4, at the Queen's Square Library & Gallery and at our Clemens Mill location.
And it's all FREE!
What's on? You can:
Meet emerging and established comic book artists and vendors!
View interactive displays complete with live drawing demonstrations
Listen to spotlight presentations on topics ranging from character development to finding your first publisher
And yes, you can take home a free comic just for participating in
Free Comic Book Day! Comics are available at all our locations (and at
participating comic book stores) - but come early as supplies are
limited.
There is fun for everyone, no matter your age or expertise:
kids activities are happening in the Queen's Square program room
kids & teens can design digital comics at Clemens Mill, and
everyone will enjoy meeting and listening to talented comic artists at the Comic Book Expo at Queen's Square!
Free Comic Book Day
is a single day - the first Saturday in May each year - when
participating comic book shops across North America and around the world
give away comic books absolutely to anyone who comes into their stores.
This year, come to our library locations and receive a free comic book!
Do
you think you could be the next Kishimoto, Kubo or Ohba? This class
will introduce you to the fundamentals of drawing and cartooning in the
popular Japanese style called Manga, with a focus on the vital
connection between cartooning and storytelling. Learn how to develop a
comic book and create original characters in the style of your favourite
anime characters.
Design
your digital comics and cartoons at our computer hubs with online
software Go!Animate & Marvel Kids Comic Creation or go low-tech and
ink your own comic strip with our Techno Wiz Staff.
Discover
the basics of comic book creation as Jordan guides you through the
development of your ideas into the creation of a completed comic book.
Jordan will also demonstrate computer software and introduce you to
examples of contemporary comic books and how comic book art is advancing
in the digital age.
Hey comic lovers! Come celebrate Free Comic Book Day by meet emerging and established comic book artists and vendors at our first ever Cambridge Comic Arts Festival!
Between 1pm and 3pm at the Queen's Square Library & Gallery, you
can listen to presentations and meet the following artists: Digital Comic Book Art with Jordan Comely, Gallery Art Instructor Storytelling in Comics and Pen & Ink Techniques with Christopher Chamberlain.
"Mostly self-trained and self-taught as an artist, I enjoy
experimenting with new techniques and mediums. A sketchbook and drawing
implement is always near to hand." Animation, Art & Design: Webcomics with Julie Faulkner
"Promises Promises is a glib look at diet, fitness and all of the struggles and successes that come with achieving a healthy lifestyle." Humour & Comic Strips with Adrianna Blake
Born and raised in Venezuela, Adrianna is the writer and artist of Fall on Me. Character Development with Alfonso Espinos
Creative Director and Chief Editor of Studio Comix, Alfonso has had work published in various publications. Animation, Comic Anthologies and Self-Employment with Katie Shanahan
A graduate of Sheridan College's classical animation diploma program,
Katie worked professionally in tv-animation as a storyboard artist,
character designer and animator on shows for PBS Kids, Cartoon Network,
Mattel and National Geographic Kids.
The Non Violence International Film Festival presents the animated short film, My Home at Queen’s Square Library!
My Home is the story of a persistent and self-indulgent beaver who is
not a very good neighbour. That is, until he meets a precocious
no-nonsense turtle. In Oneida society, the oral tradition is very
important and represents the soul of the Oneida people. From generation
to generation children are taught about their Oneida traditional beliefs
from an Elder who has the ability to speak with meaning and confidence.
Animated Short – 20 min.
USA – Director Calvert Waller III
Right now you can purchase the #5 or the amazing series 2010 by Jorge Robles, Alfonso Espinos, Alberto Najera and Alejandro Gamez by our On line Store, dont forget to select the comic and click the Add to cart button
once you finish check our in the top right of the page (by the little basket icon) and click on check out.
Hey
Studiocomix Readers!, we finally reach the first trimester of 2013 and
with it the launch of Yorch Robles 2010 #5, an amazing story and great
art, this is the living proof that we keep working to maintain our
promise to have a book published every month! And you will be able to
get your copy at your local comic book store this Tuesday March 8th
2013! or you will be able to order your copy from the www.studiocomix.com online store ! look for the link above
Que ondas lectores de Studiocomix! finalmente llegamos al primer
trimestre de este año y con el llega el numero 5 de la serie de Yorcho
Robles 2010, esta es l muestra de que mantenemos nuestra promesa de
seguir publicando un numero mensual, y a partir de este martes 8 de
marzo vas a poder encontrarla en las tiendas de cómic o podrás
adquirirla vía nuestra tienda virtual en www.studiocomix.com —
Studiocomix Press thank all participants at the ongoing program of recruitment and support to new talent with the interest of publish and print a comic book under the Studiocomix Press Publishing.
We haply announce that this year we went over our expectations with a Record of submissions received this year, with over 300 artist from around the world submitted their artwork with that said we officially stop receiving any new submissions until further notice, I personally want to thanks to the incredible response from all of you, and specially to all the people whom take their time to send us their incredible artwork, specially to Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Nicaragua, United States, Greece, Italy, France, Maldives, Canada, Australia among the countries that participated this year.
Studiocomix press appreciate your participation,we may consider receiving more requests for new talent for 2015.
Please note: the Reception of new talents to join Studiocomix Team is closed until further notice due to overload of submissions, if you still decide to fill out the submission form we will thank you but you wont be on the top of a waiting list or be considered to be published, we may take a look of your artwork but nothing else.
Thanks to all for your interest, stay tuned for updates this coming November 2013.
Por medio de la Presente Agradecemos a todos los participantes al Programa permanente de reclutamiento de nuevos Talentos que Studiocomix Realiza a Cada Año
Con una Fecha Record queremos anunciar que todas las Recepciones de Trabajo para publicar nuevos talentos queda cerrada gracias a la increible respuesta de todos ustedes, en dos meses hemos recibido mas de 300 inscripciones de artistas de todo el mundo entre ellos México, España, Argentina, Brazil, Nicaragua, United States, Greece, Italy, France, Maldives, Canadá, Australia entre los paises mas representativos.
Con este numero de solicitudes recibidas el equipo creativo y editorial de Studiocomix queremos agradecer su participaion, aunque no dejamos fuera la posivilidad de recibir mas solicitudes para nuevos talentos para el 2015.
Solo reiteramos que las solicitudes a nuevos artistas estan cerradas hasta nuevo aviso, si aun asi decides llenar y enviar el formulario te lo agradecemos pero no quedaran en lista de espera o seran consideradas.
Gracias a Todos por su Interés, mantente informado, las actualizaciones de este programa a partir de Noviembre del 2013.
We finally manage to upload a specific site where you will be able to find all special promos and Pre-sales, I personally think that this specific site was necessary because here you will be able to get only the promotions with extra-exclusive stuff no to be confused with the regular issues that we have currently printed, however I think it's a great opportunity to test it out and determinate if the site-tool is functional and see how much response we have from you, the readers!
So, due to that we are now presenting Studiocomix Press publications every month (that's right, you read correctly , a new Studiocomix Issue EVERY MONTH) we officially inaugurated the Exclusive Shop. To be honest the design its nothing fancy what I'm looking for is functionality for you,.. the user of the site.
And as an exclusive celebrating the site's inauguration (Drum-roll!!!) we have (more Drum-roll!)
All Jack City #5
ready and good to go!
You can buy AJC#5 in stores since lat week. check out the Facebook Page, but now you can get it via the Exclusive Shop, you want more?
Well.. in the next following days you are going to get 2 X1, that's right, so every purchase of AJC#5 comes with a FREE copy of The Night Spike #0 FREE!! so you pay one and you get two!
what?
wait?
do you want more? well ... to make sure that you didn't have any excuses to say no, the cover price is only CAD$3.75!! right the cover price of all upcoming Studiocomix Publications starting 2013 will be only CAD$3.75 , that is 2.25 USD less than the previous issues!
So you only pay CAD$5.50 (CAD$3.75 cover price + CAD$1.75shipping & handling), and you get 2 comic book, dont miss the chance to get it because its gout to be only for limited time!
That is right dear Studiocomix Readers, the new issue of the funny series All Jack City #5 is ready to hit the stores, Saturday its the day!!.... As you can see we dont stop publishing we have manage to maintain out regular publications on the go, and this year 2013 he have a goal to publish at least once a month!! that's right, one Studiocomix Press title every 30 days or less.
We also are updating our Online store, we have had a lot of regular buyers asking us why the site is not checking out properly.. for them i can say "please be patient" we are working on these "bugs" to make sure your shopping experience is quick and the best on line!! so for now the alternative is to send an email to:
and include the Issues that you want to get, and in a maximum period of 48 hours, you will receive the instructions to make your purchase, please include the description that you attempt to use the online Store and I will make sure to include in your purchase a nice Surprise!
Bu the way,!!! many thanks to Retro Rocket Comics, he has been a great suporter of Studiocomix Press publications, please chek out the website :
this was a last minute presentation but we made it!, some of the Studiocomix team members will be attending the Festo comic 2012 that has been considered in the last year one of the greatest events for the comic book creatorswithinMexico.
If you want know more aboutFesto, Click here, and if you want to know what are we going to bring to the show, read below
That's right, almost at the edge of this year's end we keep surprising ourselves as we keep publishing more great stories, this time is the great Perdu Cirque #1 ilustrated by Ignacio Garcia and Written by Ignacio Garcia and Alfonso Espinos,
This story is bases in the old style monster freak show, guesting three brothers that will face the most weird situations whit monsters like Franky, the zombie or the miniature mummy of Guanajuato!... so this October will be a good reason to show up in your comic book store and get your copy of the number one of Perdu Cirque, in case if your are cold and your don't want to walk to the comic book store, simply go to our Online Store en let us deliver the comic to your house, and as a highlight in the next following days you will be able to get it in a special price!!!!
pay attention!
From the 24th to the 31th of October 2012 will be the official pre-sale of the book so you will only pay CAD$3.25 (+shipping) and get your comic signed!! only by purchasing by the Studiocomix online- Store
Así es,casi alborde delfinalde este año nos seguimossorprendiendo ya que no paramos, y seguimospublicandohistoriaslo que quiere decir que Studiocomix sigue creciendo!, en esta ocasion presentamos PERDU CIRQUE #1ilustradopor: IgnacioGarcía yescritopor: IgnacioGarcía yAlfonsoEspinos.
Esta historia esta basada en las tendencias clásicas del Teatro/circo antiguo mejor conocido como el freak-show que también incluye monstruos y criaturas sorprendentes! y podemos ver la historia de tres hermanosqueseenfrentanlas situaciones másextrañas y desconcertantes de los monstruos como Franky,elZombieola momiachiquita de Guanajuato! ... por lo que esteOctubre será mas que un Halloween es toda una celebración con la salida de PERDU CIRQUE, por eso es un buen motivopara vayas a tu tienda de cómics a conseguir tucopia del númerouno dePERDU CIRQUE,ya bien que sin no quieres ni salir de la casa o no quieres caminar, no te preocupes deja que Studiocomix te lo entrega en la puerta de tu casa, simplemente ve a nuestratienda en línea (on line Store) y como un especial! tenemos que en los próximos díaslo vas a poder conseguir enun precioespecial!! presta atención! Del 24 de Octubre hastael 31 de Octubre del 2012 será la Pre-venta Officicial del Cómic por lo que solo pagaras CAD $3.25 (+ gastos de envío) y te llega hasta autografiado! - unicamante a los compradores vía la tienda virtual de Studiocomix.
Hey there!, well another fantastic year for Studiocomix at Fan Expo and this year I had have the chance to (once again) talk and interact with so many cool artist, and famous stars in the comic book world and movies but the most important goal was the direct contact with our readers, fans... with you!... the ones that make Studiocomix a real publishing company growing every day, to all of you thank you very much for supporting shows like Fan Expo but even more thank you for stopping by in the Studiocomix booth.
This year I have amazing opportunity to talk to a lot of people, more like outsiders or "first timers" in a comic book show without leaving behind to all the fans who attended the show in previous years, both groups were great feedback to keep growing as an artist and a company.
Well then lets put aside the whole "cheer-me-up" thing and lets talk about the actual show!
As you may remember in previous years Fan Expo ran only for 3 days, so this year the organizers decided that an extra day will be more appropriate, I personally think it was a good idea because there is sooooooooo much stuff to see within the show and for the real fans 3 days wasn't enough time to cover every single corner of the show, for those ones wanting to line up for 1 hour or more to get the autograph of their favourite comic book artist or TV actor that extra day was a highlight.
Another thing that I noticed is that every single year the show and the organizers make an effort yo have good quality of their featured guests, so every year the show is getting better and better, that may be the reason why Expo Fan attract about 80,000 fans this year!!! and no wonder since in within the list of special guest was Co-publisher of DC comics Dan Dido, Legendary director John Carpenter, Guillian Anderson who played detective Scully from the X-files show, John Barrowman doctor Who and Sam Trammell Actor from the Tv show True Blood among many other great guests.
For this year they pump even more presenting their featured guests and of course was legendary creator and movie star Stan "the man" Lee and Christopher Lloyd who played Dr. Emmet Brown in back to the future trilogy.
But this guys were not the only ones in the show that was a lot (when i say A Lot I mean A LOT!) of good artist in almost every field, comics, video games, films, and Anime.
Well then, here they are some of the photos of the show , they are a lot actually (like every other year) and I'm so happy that my camera ran out of battery Sunday 8 o'clock when the show was completely over!
so here we go,.......... Studiocomix picture time!!
this year I will put the pictures in sections, starting with.....
Cool Stands and Stuff
Outside view! full of fans!
So here is the actual view of the hall going down stairs at about 2 pm when the show was official full, here is the first floor before going down to the lower level were the show was going on, so for the ones that didn't have the chance to come, basically the show is 3 floors down the ground in a big place over 400,000 sq. ft. where you could shop with more than 700 retailers.
Another one going down in the middle of the stairs, the crowds were gigantic, to go to the bathroom was basically an adventure, I time myself one of the occasions and I took about 15 minutes to get there,... when was empty , now think about when was this full walking in between cosplayers an fans. One more almost on the base of the Lower level, crazy busy!
This year DC comics brought a gigantic sign displayed at the top of the stand, to be honest you could see the thing from almost everywhere from the show, really cool!
Hasbro brought some of the featured toys and of course this great real size statue of Darth Maul, I think it was the same one displayed at the San Diego Comicon, I also over heard that at some point of the day Hasbro was giving away toys and stuff for free, I have no idea if that was for real or not..
What I do know is that they were giving away this action figures for free, and this doesn't look like a Hasbro toy, It seems more like a prototype type of thing,.... if someone knows who or what is this I will really appreciate!.
Lego of course brought amazing pieces of real size of many characters, including this Chief Master, I think it was a Batman somewhere around the corner.
Done with lego too!
A time machine DeLorean Replica from the Back to the future movies, actually your were allowed to take a picture inside if your want for Can $5.00 and the guy was saying that all the earnings were for the Michael J. Fox Foundation, of course draw a lot of attention since Doctor Emmet Brown the creator of the machine was around.
The Star wars fan clubs put together this display with scenes of the movie, where you were able to stand and picture yourself as a part of the movie, this one specially was my favourite.
Fan expo always opens the door to all artist that is why this show is the perfect spotlight for so many amateurs, and no so amateurs to present their work, the artist Alley was bigger than ever this year.
Artist Gord Shipperbottom with a sneak peak of his upcoming indie creation called Red Squirel, he stop by to get to know us and I got what he called a "prototype number one", is amazing! and good luck Gord!
X box-360 Stand was featuring a test for the new Hallo Game, the lines of video gamers were really long. And the most cool Stand in the whole show was located in the Small press/ Independent area, stand A231, STUDIOCOMIX STAND!. of course!, this time around the table was completely packed thanks to all the artists (Jorge, Calros, Juan, Miguel, Alejandro, Pablo, Mikey, Mary, if I forgot to mention your name put it here _________ ) and collaborators in the Studiocomix projects, and we keep getting biger every year!.... in the photo you can see TNS, 2010, AJC, 6FOAD and the new release HUR, I manage to find some extra copies of the Sold out titles like 2010#1 and TNS#1 only for display. I can proudly say that the 5 different titles already published draw a lot of attention, and that.... makes me really extremely happy.
Studiocomix Stand
Here is another pic of the Studiocomix Stand with the new member of the support team, Matt!.
The readers, fans and collectors always looking through the different options in our stand, here specially is the proof that our Matt was really involved in promoting the book and creating a communication bridge whit this fan.... excellent work Matt!
Here you can see that the family keeps getting bigger, including more and different issues every con, that is something that the fans actually like it , we keep publishing and we don't give up!.
This year was the official presentation of the first issue of Hurricane by Pablo Violante, Miguel Mar and Alfonso Espinos, for the 3 of us was a great achievement, and was officially the new title of Studiocomix, the following quotation about the book was my favorite This issue number one is simply catchy - fans At Expo Fan 2012-
Because Studiocomix Philosophy is based in support this year I was also sponsoring artist Marie Wong, an excellent media artist and painter form Cambridge, she also was supporting with the promotion of the Studiocomix products, here is the exact second right before she did her first sketch.
Here is some of her artwork in the Studiocomix Stand, Fun fact, this was the first time that she presented her artwork for the comic book fans, she did really well on the show and she got a few offerings to start a comic book project.... way to go Marie!
Here is a shot of half of the stand, we can see Displayed Hurricane#1, 2010#1 ,#2, #3 and #3A...
The Night Spike and All Jack City titles were for display too.
Banner with Hurricane#1 and 2010#4 covers
Warming up the engines for the next issue of All Jack City, the fans of the series were really excited about it.
The third day @ lunch time was some time to seat around and gabble away, here is Marie showing her affection with an Axe pic prop, lol she was in a mission !
During The same second day @noon I was approached by the news team form CTV news, the did a brief interview about Studiocomix and my opinion about the show, as far as I know was about to be in the 9 pm news, however I couldn't see it because we were still chilling at the show, so if someone see the segment somewhere in Youtube or if you recognize those faces of the interviewer and the camera man, please let me know please let me know, the only proof that I have is this awesome picture whit them! Thank you CTV news!
There was a few celebrities walking around, one of them who stop at the stand to look around was Christopher Harrison, this guy is one of the owners of Nictophobia Films he has produced the short Stephen King film and Vs the Dead but now they are developing George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live, a stage adaptation of the 1968 classic. The play hits the stage in spring 2013 do not forget to visit his site HERE.
The People I Meet
Htere was a time when finally I could go for a walk and look around, and I was really looking to meet to all the special guest , bu been realistic I was really lucky to meet who I meet, so here is my target number one, no that far away from our stand, master-artist-friend Scott Campbell, this guy don't need presentation and he didn't have any problem signing my Spider man Special edition, a great guy and one of my favourite artist, here is Campbell signing my book.
And here I am with him, such an honour!.
And here is my new treasure!, Amazing Spiderman #692 Variant Cover made for Fan Expo Signed by Scott Cambell!
Walking with in the halls the chick from Naked News surrounded by a horde of youtubers, of course I couldn't say no to the chance to get a pic with her, oh yeah!
Canadian comic Book legend Richard Comelly creator of Captain Canuck and a really really good friend of mine, he has announced the launch of the animation Series of Captain Canuck for 2013!, I went to his stand to take a picture with him for 2 reasons, number one because a guy wearing an amazing captain Canuck costume was there, and second because finally I have a cool photo with Richard, most of the photos that I have with him are all shaky you cant really see who is who, but any way,... finally after some many years Congratulations for the success Richard, we need to celebrate the excellent news and I'm dying to see Captain Canuck Animated.
The next picture was simply a lucky hit, i have the chance to get this pic with the whole Cast and crew of the movie The last will and statement of Rosalind Leigh, and they were amazing! Julian Richings, Aaron Poole, Rodrigo Gudiño, Me, Mitch Markowitz and Jason McQuarrie, I might say that almost couldn't believe it.
Check the official trailer of the movie!
Another great guy co-author of the screenplay for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD John A. Russo, he was just standing there and I didn't pas the chance, another master of the masters.
Another Cast that I almost missed was the one from the movie Dawn before dead 3D, actually i got in time just to to get Tim Doiron & Ellen Dubin autographs and to be honest was worth it.
Here is the Trailer!
And last but not least (actually I was saving this one for the end), Legendary artist Neal Adams, (another one without presentation) you may ask, why is he extending his arm?, well... happens that I ask him if I can take a photo with him but right away one of his crew assistance jumped asking me for 10 dollars if I want such a memory, then I reply asking him if I can take a picture of him? and he was fine -that one goes free of charge,- he said, even more he will extend his arm so later on I can make a photoshop montage at home an put myself in the photo!, lol Mr. Neal is such a great funny guy and this picture itself is worth more that anything to me, I also have the chance to chat with him for a good 10 minutes,as you can see he is signing my copy of the first X-men #1
And just because I don't want to disappoint him, and as I promise, here it is!! Savings=CAD$10.00
and of course! another member of the collection The First X-Men #1 Signed by Neal Adams!
You may ask me , why this guy is in this section of the poeple I meet?, well happens that this Guy it's a Studiocomix Fan and a host of a Youtube channel called Two Nerds Ranting, really funny by the way and he become part of the Studiocomix official Sponsors, you can find a link to their channel at the top of the page.
Or you can check out his yourtube channel right here
And with him we will start the section that more than ten have been waiting for..
The Cosplayers!!
And this year more than one put a lot of effort in their costumes, check the long list of amazing cosplayers!! this time around in no specific order!
What I Missed! -that hurt me-
this year was so much to do, but definitely was a few people that I was wishing to meet, here goes the list.
I didn't got the Stan Lee's Photo op/Autograph, wasn't that painful because I have the chance to meet him back in Mexico at the Conque.
I didn't meet Jon Bernthal, and let him know that I went to Zombie fest in Monterrey to get his autograph and he didn't even showed up! lol
Of course I didn't meet Christopher Lloyd, that was painful, so close but so far!
I didn't Meet Billy West, the ORIGINAL voice of Fry from Futurama!!! and not the Region 4 version, this is the original! I didn't Meet John Carpenter, that one was one of the things that I was going for but Mr. carpenter was always extremly bussy with gigantic lines!
But well in general the show was excellent, so nothing really big to complaint, so sad that the 4 days went really fast but there is always the next year, so "see you next year Fan Expo canada".
An amzing Varian cover of The Night Spike #2 exclusive for Art-o-Con 2013
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Perdu Cirque , the freak show continues in #2
The Visitors:
June Presentation
Studoicomix will be attending Niagara Falls ComicCon 2013 June 8-9, read more!
July Presentation
Studiocomix Press will be attending the ConBravo 2013, Join us – July 26-28th 2013
Two Nerds Ranting
New Episodes Every Week!
June Presentation
Alfonso Espinos Studiocomix attending the CAF 2013The Cambridge Arts Festival is celebrating 18 years in 2013. dont miss the show!
March Presentation
For March 17th, 2013 Studiocomix Press Attending Toycon 2013 located in: Burlington, Ontario. Their address is: 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, Ontario
May Presentation
We will be attending Art-o-Con 2013 with great surprises!
May Presentation
May 4th we will be celebrating the Free comic book Day at the Cambridge Comic Arts Festival
August Presentation
Studiocomix Press once again at the FanExpo 2013
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