Curls Studio Presents Carnival Anthology

I am extremely excited to announce that the Curls Studio Carnival Anthology will be premiering at Small Press Expo 2010 this weekend.


Check out the mini site to pre-order and look at contributor bios: http://curls-studio.com/carnival.html

The idea came to me in the fall of 2009. The goal was to publish a book featuring the work of people I had met at comic conventions or people I admired. With the carnival theme in mind, I contacted everyone I wanted to contribute and asked them to contribute a two-page story with a beginning, middle and end. The book represents overall diversity in the comics format and shows what fantastic storytelling can be done with a minimal amount of pages.

The book is dedicated to showcasing how each of us tell our stories and our individual artistic styles. Sample the taste of 14 different writers and artists as we take you on an eclectic journey. Check out the amazing team roster below. I am so excited to have all these talented people contribute to the anthology.

The book is $4 with shipping to any location in the USA and $5 International. Books will not ship until after the premiere at SPX (look for Table H3 to purchase in person).

Stories in Carnival Anthology (in order of appearance):

Joe Carabeo and Carolyn Belefski – Kid Roxy: Carnival Life

Elizabeth Watasin – Darque Towne

Ava Ann Vrooman – a2alien in the Foe Show

John Bintz – A Moment of Clarity

Else Tennessen and Kris Black – Charlie & Chip: Lost at the Carnival

Rafer Roberts – The Stuffed Bear

Terry Flippo – Gyro and Scoot

Jim Coon – Peeps the Four Eyed Clown in a Visit from Timmy

Nick DeStefano – Ball Toss

Kenneth Rocafort with Rob Levin – Party Whistle

Rafael Navarro – Payasada


Thanks to all the contributors and Andrew R. for helping code most of the website. I really appreciate the effort of 15+ people in making this book happen.

Enjoy the carnival!
Carolyn

Film: Curls Studio Visits Baltimore Comic Con 2008

Check out our short film documenting Curls Studio's appearance at Baltimore Comic Con 2008 by Astray Productions. The film features another Kenneth Rocafort sketch sequence (if you missed with our Baltimore Comic Con 2007 Film), appearances by Jimmy Palmiotti, Tim Sale, Cliff Chang, Carolyn Belefski, and magician Zack Bruno. Music provided by VCR and the amazing Criss Angel. I am the Mindfreak!

Baltimore Comic-Con 2008 Recap

Last weekend was the 9th Annual Baltimore Comic-Con. As soon as we arrived in Baltimore on Saturday morning Joe and I ran into a snag because the tire on Joe's car was low. It turned out to be inquired and was deflating. Joe helped me bring our table materials into the convention and put up our backdrop... then he spent the first half of the day getting a new tire. Once we got past the tire incident, Joe came back and was determined to make the weekend great to make up for lost time... and have a great time we did!


I released the latest Curls book... a collection of 24 comic strips called The Booga Fish. I'm using a new brush style and it makes me feel more loose. Hopefully you can check out the book at SPX this upcoming weekend.



One of the cool things about this convention is that people who purchased from us before are coming back to read out new books as well. It seems to be that we are building our fan base and I enjoyed talking to everyone who stopped by. I did a lot of fun commissions ranging from My Name Is Earl to a Roller Derby Girl and I did some Roxy Monroe as well.

My favorite moment from Saturday was having Kenneth and Jessica Rocafort come by our table. They really are top notch people and very supportive. Kenneth had this really cool militant green shirt on. Yes, we all know it! He rocks. I got to do a Roxy sketch in Jessica's sketchbook and Kenneth gave us the Madame Mirage trade paperback. Madame Mirage is awesome. If you have not seen it you really need to check it out. Also, Kenneth has a huge grand project in the works. The world better be prepared for him.


On Saturday Joe got to meet Darwyn Cooke and Tim Sale. Two huge influences! Sunday was a slower day, as it usually is compared to Saturday and that made for a more relaxed and super fun day. I had two highlights on Sunday. One was meeting Tim Sale... which by the way was a deadly line. I'm usually a patient person, but I had a POUNDING headache from lack of sleep and the guys behind me were just non-stop complaining about the line... but once the line started rolling I was feeling a bit better. Tim Sale is an awesome rockstar. I think he draws Catwoman the best... and did I mention his lettering? The best as well!

Joe got a Black Cat sketch from Kenneth Rocafort on Sunday and he filmed it for our "Watch Kenneth Rocafort Draw! AGAIN!" segment on the upcoming film for this Baltimore Comic-Con. I'm looking forward to that. If you have yet to see last year's Baltimore Comic-Con video, you can check it out here. Also on Sunday a local newspaper filmed Joe and I dancing. They said it will be posted online, but I seem to have forgot the name of the paper, so if you know what it is please do tell.

The other highlight of Sunday was at the very end of the show. Joe discovered a guy who does street magic. It was amazing and I felt like I was on Mindfreak. Anyone who knows me knows that I really enjoy watching Criss Angel and this guy was the closest thing I have seen to Criss's powers. We filmed a lot of his magic and you'll be seeing that in our upcoming film as well, so come back to check for that soon. Wow. It was crazy.

Hope to see you at SPX! October 4 & 5. Table C5B. Be there.

Film: Baltimore Comic-Con 2007

I had an awesome time at Baltimore Comic-Con and I hope to be back next year. It was so much fun getting to meet Jim Lee, Kenneth Rocafort, James Jean, and many other special people. Astray Productions made a short film about Curls Studio's first Baltimore Comic-Con. It is wonderful. Check it out: