Recap: ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con 2013

Last Saturday, May 11 was Curls Studio's first appearance at ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con, now in its second year. We were stationed next to Frank Cho, which was an honor because we enjoy his Liberty Meadows work very much. 

The best thing about this convention was meeting new people and other creators. Joe and I took part in a "Making Comics" panel with Liz & Jimmy Reed, Leanne & Rod Hannah, Sarah Hoppes, and Chris Rizzo. The location was a classroom setting, but the conversation quickly because informal.

After the convention we got to spend some quality time with our pal, Adam. We also loved the fact that Frank Cho was the guest of honor at a Catholic school.

Thanks to Tom for organizing the show and supporting Magic Bullet by placing an ad in Magic Bullet #6.

More photos can be found on the Curls Studio Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151583276532381.1073741831.50763422380&type=1

ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con is May 11

Curls Studio will be exhibiting at ANS Sci-Fi & Comic Con this Saturday, May 11 from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM. Admission is $5 per person (go to their website for $1 off coupon), children under 10 are FREE. Joe and I will be taking part in the "How to Make Your Own Comic" at 12:15 PM.

There will be some familiar faces there including: Frank Cho, Laura Inglis, Cuddles and Rage, Dan Nokes, and more. Hope to see you there!

Screenings: 
11:00 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (unreleased pilot episode)
11:30 - Star Wars: The Magic of Myth (unreleased documentary)
12:15 - Short Films from the DAVE School
1:00 - Sneak Preview Footage from PLASTIC GALAXY, with director Brian Stillman
2:00 - Tales from the Crypt - From Comics to Television

Panels & Presentations: 
10:45 - Jay Shepard of the DCSWCC & Rebelscum.com - Collecting SW Comics 101 
11:30 - Conquest Tactics Game Demos 
12:15 - How to Make Your Own Comic - Moderated by Dark Ink Pictures' Chris Rizzo 
1:15 - Art Ways Alliance - How to Draw Comics 
2:00 - Conquest Tactics Game Demos

Archbishop Neale School is located near the intersection of Route 301 (Crain Highway) and Route 6 (Port Tobacco Road), just past the La Plata Shopping Center.

104 Port Tobacco Road
La Plata, Maryland 20646

Baltimore Comic-Con is September 8-9, 2012

Baltimore Comic-Con 2012
Visit Curls Studio at Table A81 in Artist Alley
Saturday, September 8 -- 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday, September 9 -- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Baltimore Convention Center
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(SHARP STREET ENTRANCE)

Stop by to see Curls Studio at Baltimore Comic-Con. We will be located at the front endcap in Artist Alley at Table A81. Click on the map image above (with Curls) to see a large map of where to find us and click here to buy your tickets in advance. I will be doing sketch commissions and we'll have some new prints and other surprises up our sleeves!

Here are some "Curls Studio Visits..." Convention Films, produced by Astray Productions, to get you in the mood!

2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFyPIiWnZFA


2007 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUL8zNv5FQ


Actor/Comedian Phil LaMarr will be hosting the 2012 Harvey Awards and just by browsing the Guest List I saw there will be other amazing people to meet there like Stan Lee, Frank Cammuso, Cliff Chiang, Frank Cho, Steve Conley, Amanda Conner, John Gallagher, SL Gallant, Bryan J.L. Glass, Jimmy Gownley, Brad Guigar, Dean Haspiel, Roger Langridge, Greg LaRocque, David Mack, Carla Speed McNeil, Jimmy Palmiotti, Andrew Pepoy, Paul Pope, Chris Sparks, Mark Wheatley, and Thom Zahler -- just to name a few! Artist Alley has some pretty amazing people to discover too. I hope to meet you there.

Starburst Magazine: All Comics Are Created Equal

My comic strip Curls was mentioned today in the column "Adventures On Alternate Earths" by P.M. Buchan in Starburst Magazine, the UK's longest running Sci-Fi magazine, first published 1978.

The article is titled "All Comics Are Created Equal" and features Lizz Lizz, Adam Cadwell, Andi Ewington, Marc Ellerby, Rachel Pandich, and many more creators to discover!

Please read the full article here: http://www.starburstmagazine.com/columns/adventures-on-alternative-earths/753-all-comics-are-created-equal

I respect that even though it's not the author's cup-of-tea, he is able to see the appeal:

"On a completely different note, I’ve been talking to artist Carolyn Belefski about her webcomic Curls recently and she could seriously teach you a thing or two about self-promotion! Given my fondness for Maakies and Hubert Selby Jr novels it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I found Curls too innocent and lighthearted for my taste, but damn that lady can draw! With an art style reminiscent of Frank Cho’s Liberty Meadows Carolyn has an accomplished pen that was made to draw nationally syndicated newspaper strips. Working on the assumption that not all of my readers can be black-hearted cynics like me then some of you are going to LOVE Curls because it’s an adorable strip featuring a character shaped like a piece of toast and if there’s any justice in the world Carolyn will get the chance to keep on making comics like this for the rest of her life and have them collated into massive telephone-directory sized books."

What a great quote. Thank you so much to Starburst Magazine and P.M. Buchan.

Baltimore Comic-Con is August 20-21, 2011

Baltimore Comic-Con 2011
Visit Curls Studio at Table A211 in Artist Alley
Saturday, August 20 -- 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday, August 21 -- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Baltimore Convention Center
One West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(SHARP STREET ENTRANCE)

Stop by to see Curls Studio at Baltimore Comic-Con. We will be located at the front endcap in Artist Alley at Table A211 -- That's easy to remember: 211 in 2011 -- That's right! Click on the map image above (with Curls) to see a large map of where to find us and click here to buy your tickets in advance. I will be doing sketch commissions and we'll have some new prints and other surprises up our sleeves!

Here are some "Curls Studio Visits..." Convention Films, produced by Astray Productions, to get you in the mood!

2008 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFyPIiWnZFA


2007 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUL8zNv5FQ


Just by browsing the Guest List I saw there will be other amazing people to meet there like Jeff Smith, Stan Lee, Carla Speed McNeil, Jimmy Palmiotti, Cliff Chiang, Frank Camuso, Bryan JL Glass, Jimmy Gownley, Amanda Conner, Mike Maihack, Thom Zahler, Dean Haspiel, Frank Cho, J. Scott Campbell, John Gallagher, Scott Kurtz, Sterling Hundley, Steve Conley, and Mark Wheatley -- just to name a few! Artist Alley has some pretty amazing people to discover too. I hope to meet you there.

DC Comicon is this Sunday, June 19

This Sunday, June 19, 2011 Curls Studio will be appearing at DC Comicon from 10 AM to 5PM.

Following up on last-year's inaugural DC Comicon at George Mason University, the promoter of the VA Comicon and the promoter of the Baltimore Comicon have once again joined forces to bring the largest, most important, most FREE show to our fine nation's capital.

Located at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA the DC Comicon will be a collection of the regions finest comic books from the 1940's to present, along with the industry's top talent... all donating their time to bring the best comics and talent* to Washington DC for FREE!

Featuring Frank Cho (Award-winning illustrator and writer of Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers and more!), Jim Starlin (creator of all things Thanos and Infinity), Todd Dezago (the current Casper relaunch, Tellos, Amazing Spider-man, etc), Larry Hama (The "Godfather" of GI Joe, and creator of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow) along with his illustrator on the current GI JOE series, SL Gallant... signing with Mr. Hama for the first time!

We will have a handful of select creators representing the finest regional small press creative offerings, including:
• Azure Press, featuring Tom Chellimi, the writer of Ninjas Vs. Zombies
• Daniel Ross, one of the stars of the Ninja’s Vs. Zombies movie and the voice of StarScream in the Transformers Video Games
• Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo (Curls Studio)
• Dan Nokes (21st Century Sandshark)
• Claton Murwin (Heroes Fallen Studios)
• Bill McKay
• Chris Otto (A Dog’s Life)
• Louis Small, Jr.

With door prizes courtesy of Top Cow, FREE admission, GREAT comic book selection, and less than a 100 mile commute from Richmond, DC, Philadelphia and MORE, along with access to the DC Metro public transit system, the DC Comicon is the EASIEST, and most FREE comic book event EVER on Father's Day.

Visit http://www.dccomicon.com for more information, including your FREE tickets, travel, parking, artists, publishers, updates and MORE! We will see you there!

*Please note that Ron Marz canceled. I'm assuming the postcard graphic above was printed before he canceled.

Recap: Inaugural DC Comicon

On Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 Curls Studio had a table at the Inaugural DC Comicon at George Mason University. It was a fun time and we had good sales. Plus, we got to meet a lot of new people that usually attend the Capicon shows, so it was great to reach out to them and expand our base. Many people found out about this show last minute and heck, we found out we had a table only two days earlier, but there was still a solid turn out. I hope the show continues to expand if they decide to do it again next year. There is great possibility with a Washington, DC convention, especially in the spring, as not to compete with Baltimore Comic-Con. Having Frank Cho there was also a bonus!


We got filmed for Washington Full Circle and that was exciting to have our banners in their show opening shot. We'll have to stay tuned for the footage.


Here is a sketch commission I did of Gwen LeGette from The Legettes.


I also got to meet Black Wolverine. He posed with Toast of the Town and I.

Appearing at Inaugural DC Comicon

Curls Studio will be appearing at this Sunday's inaugural DC Comicon! We hope you can join us.

When and Where:
The show will be held on Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 from 10AM to 5PM in the Student Union Building II (SUB II) at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, VA.

Admission:
Admission to the show is only $5! GMU students, faculty, and staff get in free! All active military personnel with current military IDs get in free! All dressed in full costume get in for free! Additionally, the first 500 attendees will receive a copy of the Overstreet Guide to Collecting Comics, Gemstone's 2010 Free Comic Book Day publication.

Guests:
Our guests for this premiere event include: Frank Cho (Mighty Avengers), Herb Trimpe (Incredible Hulk), JG Jones (52), the Fillbach Brothers (Clone Wars Adventures) sponsored by Laughing Ogre Comics, the Luna Brothers (The Sword) sponsored by Laughing Ogre Comics, Steve Conley (Star Trek Omnibus: The Original Series), John K. Snyder III (Doctor Mid-Nite) sponsored by the Hero Initiative, and Jo Chen (Runaways) sponsored by the Hero Initiative.

Surprise Artists and Exhibitors:
We are pleased to announce the following exhibitors will be displayed in the Washington, DC Comicon registration lobby to meet and greet attendees: Vampirella cover artist Louis Small, Jr., Dan Nokes of 21st Century Sandshark Studios, small press artist Josh Lyman, Carolyn Belefski from Curls Studio, Marvel Trading Cards artist Bill Meiggs, and the GMU Anime Club.

Directions and Parking:
The show will be held at the George Mason University campus at 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030 in the Student Union Building II (SUB II). Free parking is available in Lot A (beside the Patriot Center), which is a short walk from SUB II.