Tuesday, February 24, 2009
SOLD OUT!!!!
Tables for the festival have sold out. There is a waiting list in case of cancellations but the room is completely full. Thanks to all of the creators who registered and will be joining us. Look for more guest updates soon. Thanks!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Table registrations are on hold
Hello,
Due to the number of registrations that arrived today we are approaching a sell out of the room. At this time we have decided to put registrations on hold until we can set the final floor plan. We do not want to oversell the room.
We will be meeting at Ocean Gateway on Tuesday to measure again and figure out the exact number of tables available. Once we have done that we will determine whether or not we will be able to accept any more exhibitors.
If you think that you would like to exhibit but have not yet reserved a table please e-mail us to be put on the waiting list. Thanks!
Rick Lowell
Casablanca Comics
Maine Comics Arts Festival
Due to the number of registrations that arrived today we are approaching a sell out of the room. At this time we have decided to put registrations on hold until we can set the final floor plan. We do not want to oversell the room.
We will be meeting at Ocean Gateway on Tuesday to measure again and figure out the exact number of tables available. Once we have done that we will determine whether or not we will be able to accept any more exhibitors.
If you think that you would like to exhibit but have not yet reserved a table please e-mail us to be put on the waiting list. Thanks!
Rick Lowell
Casablanca Comics
Maine Comics Arts Festival
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Special Guest update: Becky Cloonan!
We are pleased to announce that Becky Cloonan will be a guest at the festival. Becky's work includes "Demo" (with Brian Wood), "American Virgin" from Vertigo, "East Coast Rising" from Tokyopop and more. Full details soon, and watch for even more guest updates.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Special Guest update: Kean Soo, creator of "Jellaby"
We are very pleased to announce that Kean Soo will be among our special guests for the Maine Comics Arts Festival. Kean is the creator of "Jellaby" which is one of our favorite books at Casablanca Comics. He also is an assistant editor of the popular "Flight" anthologies from Ballantine Books.
You can read all about Jellaby at the Secret Friends Society:
http://www.secretfriendsociety.com/index.php
Visit Kean Soo's website:
http://www.keaner.net/
"Jellaby Volume 2" will be out just in time for the festival. We can't wait!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Guest list update
Here is the beginning of our guest list. Check back for more updates.
Atomic Pulp: Christopher Mills is the writer of Femme Noir from Ape Entertainment and Kolchak from Moonstone Books.
Joe Staton is a veteran comics artist whose credits include virtually every major character from DC and Marvel Comics.
http://www.atomicpulp.com
Marek Bennett: Marek is the Xeric Award winning creator of Mimi's Donuts.
http://www.marekbennett.com
Ben Bishop: Ben is the creator of the graphic novel Nathan the Caveman.
http://bishart.net/
Boston Comics Roundtable: A collective of comics creators from the Boston area. Their members published Inbound, an anthology of original comics. Their Spring '09 Love and Romance issue will be out in time for the festival.
http://www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com
Corbett Features: Barry Corbett and Brian Codagnone are equal partners at Corbett Featurs. Barry is a panel cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Ginger & Shadow. Brian Produces two comic strips, Misfits and S1019 and writes a humor cloumn. They have published 3 trade paperbacks; Hey America! It's Misfits Time by Brian, Embrace the Pun!, a collection of pun-based panel cartoons by Barry, and Kitty Nirvana, a collection of Barry's comic strips. Nirvana won a Silver Medal at the 2008 Ippy Awards.
http://www.corbettfeatures.com
Sam Costello: Sam Costello is a writer based in Providence, Rhode Island. He writes the webcomic Split Lip, which the Horror Blog called "the predominant original horror comic work on the internet". His comics have also appeared in Cthulhu Tales and Negative Burn.
http://www.splitlipcomic.com
Dandelion Studios:Gynn Stella Silva
Originally from New Hampshire, Gynn received her degree from Massachusetts College of Art with a major in filmmaking. She currently lives and works on Cape Cod with her husband, Rick Silva. Together they make up Dandelion Studios, a small press comic book company. Gynn does all of the artwork for their comic Zephyr & Reginald: Minions for Hire as well as for her minicomics and her upcoming graphic novel, Knifeclaw Company. Her artwork has appeared in Space & Time magazine, and she was selected to be published in the 2005 24-Hour Comics Day anthology. In addition to doing her artwork, Gynn is involved in animal rescue. She is a volunteer at the Cape Wildlife Center, and has adopted two special-needs cats.
Rick Silva
Rick Silva has been involved in small press publishing since his college days. He published and edited Kinships magazine. Along with his wife Gynn, Rick is a partner in Dandelion Studios, a small press comic book company. Rick co-writes the Dandelion Studios comics Zephyr & Reginald: Minions for Hire and Perils of Picorna. He publishes his own zine, Caravan, and he is one of the featured contributors for the fiction webzine The Edge of Propinquity. Rick Silva grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, attended Cornell University, and currently teaches chemistry at a high school on Cape Cod, where he resides with his wife and two cats.
http://www.dandelionstudios.com
Zack Giallongo:
http://www.zackgiallongo.com
Mark Gonyea:
http://www.mroblivious.com
Lucy Knisley: Lucy Knisley is the author of the drawn travel journal "French Milk" from Simon and Schuster. She went to the Center for Cartoon Studies, and lives in Chicago. She is 24.
http://www.lucyknisley.com
Dave Naybor: Dave is the creator of Walking Christendom.
Jennifer Omand: Jennifer is the creator of Squarecat Comics, an online diary comic that has run daily since 2003. It has been collected into two (so far) volumes.
http://squarecatcomics.com
Jay Piscopo: Jay is the creator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli from Nemo Publishing.
http://www.captneli.com
Joel Rivers: Joel is the creator of the Xeric Award winning comic series Along the Canadian.
http://www.obioncomics.com
Sarah Searle: Sarah has been making comics for five years in the Portland area and has recently begun self-publishing again. Check out her newest work at:
http://www.swinsea.com
Christina Siravo:
http://www.zazzle.com/csiravo
Matt Talbot: Matt is the co-creator of the indy comic Johnny Raygun.
http://mattrobot.com
The Underburbs: Joe Haley and T.J. Dort are both graduates of Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA where they majored in illustration. The Underburbs, a tale of Halloween, montser worlds, and world domination, is their first comic series.
http://underburbs.deviantart.com
Jen Vaughn: Jen Vaughn is proud to attend the first Maine Comics Arts festival. As a transplanted Texan, she is enjoying her time at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. Stop by for a sketch or a copy of Supergrrrl Adventure Comix or her newest tiltle, 321.
http://www.the vaughncurse.com
More guests coming soon....
Atomic Pulp: Christopher Mills is the writer of Femme Noir from Ape Entertainment and Kolchak from Moonstone Books.
Joe Staton is a veteran comics artist whose credits include virtually every major character from DC and Marvel Comics.
http://www.atomicpulp.com
Marek Bennett: Marek is the Xeric Award winning creator of Mimi's Donuts.
http://www.marekbennett.com
Ben Bishop: Ben is the creator of the graphic novel Nathan the Caveman.
http://bishart.net/
Boston Comics Roundtable: A collective of comics creators from the Boston area. Their members published Inbound, an anthology of original comics. Their Spring '09 Love and Romance issue will be out in time for the festival.
http://www.bostoncomicsroundtable.com
Corbett Features: Barry Corbett and Brian Codagnone are equal partners at Corbett Featurs. Barry is a panel cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Ginger & Shadow. Brian Produces two comic strips, Misfits and S1019 and writes a humor cloumn. They have published 3 trade paperbacks; Hey America! It's Misfits Time by Brian, Embrace the Pun!, a collection of pun-based panel cartoons by Barry, and Kitty Nirvana, a collection of Barry's comic strips. Nirvana won a Silver Medal at the 2008 Ippy Awards.
http://www.corbettfeatures.com
Sam Costello: Sam Costello is a writer based in Providence, Rhode Island. He writes the webcomic Split Lip, which the Horror Blog called "the predominant original horror comic work on the internet". His comics have also appeared in Cthulhu Tales and Negative Burn.
http://www.splitlipcomic.com
Dandelion Studios:Gynn Stella Silva
Originally from New Hampshire, Gynn received her degree from Massachusetts College of Art with a major in filmmaking. She currently lives and works on Cape Cod with her husband, Rick Silva. Together they make up Dandelion Studios, a small press comic book company. Gynn does all of the artwork for their comic Zephyr & Reginald: Minions for Hire as well as for her minicomics and her upcoming graphic novel, Knifeclaw Company. Her artwork has appeared in Space & Time magazine, and she was selected to be published in the 2005 24-Hour Comics Day anthology. In addition to doing her artwork, Gynn is involved in animal rescue. She is a volunteer at the Cape Wildlife Center, and has adopted two special-needs cats.
Rick Silva
Rick Silva has been involved in small press publishing since his college days. He published and edited Kinships magazine. Along with his wife Gynn, Rick is a partner in Dandelion Studios, a small press comic book company. Rick co-writes the Dandelion Studios comics Zephyr & Reginald: Minions for Hire and Perils of Picorna. He publishes his own zine, Caravan, and he is one of the featured contributors for the fiction webzine The Edge of Propinquity. Rick Silva grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, attended Cornell University, and currently teaches chemistry at a high school on Cape Cod, where he resides with his wife and two cats.
http://www.dandelionstudios.com
Zack Giallongo:
http://www.zackgiallongo.com
Mark Gonyea:
http://www.mroblivious.com
Lucy Knisley: Lucy Knisley is the author of the drawn travel journal "French Milk" from Simon and Schuster. She went to the Center for Cartoon Studies, and lives in Chicago. She is 24.
http://www.lucyknisley.com
Dave Naybor: Dave is the creator of Walking Christendom.
Jennifer Omand: Jennifer is the creator of Squarecat Comics, an online diary comic that has run daily since 2003. It has been collected into two (so far) volumes.
http://squarecatcomics.com
Jay Piscopo: Jay is the creator of The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli from Nemo Publishing.
http://www.captneli.com
Joel Rivers: Joel is the creator of the Xeric Award winning comic series Along the Canadian.
http://www.obioncomics.com
Sarah Searle: Sarah has been making comics for five years in the Portland area and has recently begun self-publishing again. Check out her newest work at:
http://www.swinsea.com
Christina Siravo:
http://www.zazzle.com/csiravo
Matt Talbot: Matt is the co-creator of the indy comic Johnny Raygun.
http://mattrobot.com
The Underburbs: Joe Haley and T.J. Dort are both graduates of Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA where they majored in illustration. The Underburbs, a tale of Halloween, montser worlds, and world domination, is their first comic series.
http://underburbs.deviantart.com
Jen Vaughn: Jen Vaughn is proud to attend the first Maine Comics Arts festival. As a transplanted Texan, she is enjoying her time at the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. Stop by for a sketch or a copy of Supergrrrl Adventure Comix or her newest tiltle, 321.
http://www.the vaughncurse.com
More guests coming soon....
Monday, February 2, 2009
Groundhog update.....
Hello,
It has only been two weeks since we opened exhibitor registrations and already half of our tables are committed. We should be able to make some special guest announcements soon. I expect that once that happens the remaining tables will sell quickly.
If you are going to be at the New York Comic Con please be sure to stop by and talk with some of our Portland area creators who will be there. They include Jay Piscopo ( Nemo Publishing "The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli" ), Ben Bishop ("Nathan the Caveman") and Joel Rivers ("Along the Canadian", a Xeric winner).
Watch for further updates. Thanks!
It has only been two weeks since we opened exhibitor registrations and already half of our tables are committed. We should be able to make some special guest announcements soon. I expect that once that happens the remaining tables will sell quickly.
If you are going to be at the New York Comic Con please be sure to stop by and talk with some of our Portland area creators who will be there. They include Jay Piscopo ( Nemo Publishing "The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli" ), Ben Bishop ("Nathan the Caveman") and Joel Rivers ("Along the Canadian", a Xeric winner).
Watch for further updates. Thanks!
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