Category Archives: Appearances

Charlotte MiniCon 1/20/13

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The Charlotte MiniCon is this Sunday and I’ll be there along with a ton of great exhibitors, artists and other guests. I’ll have lots of original art at great prices, with many of the pages being $100 or less! I’ll also have prints, the OOSA Anniversary Print Sets, and a few other goodies from the OOSA artists like Fistful Apparel t-shirts and Toby Cypress’ 2012 convention sketchbooks.

The show is from 11am to 5pm at the Grady Cole Center. There is still time to register for FREE admission, just click HERE, print your pass, and bring it to the show for fast entry! Parking is also free the day of the event.

There will also be a couple of charitable organizations at the show. Please consider giving something to one (or both) of the very worthwhile charities who will be on hand to collect your donations. Second Harvest Food Bank will be accepting non-perishable food items and monetary donations. The American Red Cross will be accepting monetary donations.

For a full list of all the creators and vendors attending MiniCon this year and a floor plan, visit the Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find website.

See you Sunday!

SPX Wrap-Up

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Well, I’m back from my first ever Small Press Expo and what an experience it was! The amount of talent packed into the hotel ballroom was fantastic. I wasn’t able to get a table because they sold out so quickly (9 months ago!), but that may have been a good thing. I got to walk around and check out what people brought, see what people were buying and talk to a bunch of people about the OOSA artists. I’ll have at table next year for sure though!

It was great hanging out with my roomie and SPX Sherpa, Chris Pitzer. He let me ride his coat tales and I got to go places and meet people that I’m sure I wouldn’t have otherwise.

 

 

It was also great getting to see OOSA artist Ming Doyle, as well as Nathan Fox, Dave Crosland, and everyone else I talked to, even if it was only for a few minutes.

 

I was really impressed at the quality of work represented at the show. Whether it was a little photocopied zine or an art book from a major publisher, it seemed like everyone brought their A-game. I picked up a few things for myself. OK, maybe more than “a few”.

 

Aaaannnd, I debuted the OOSA Anniversary Print Set at the show and was even able to present the winner or the Tumblr giveaway contest her set in person, so that was nice.

   

 All in all, it was a great weekend and I can’t wait to go back next year!

September Calendar of Events

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The OOSA artists have a lot going this month. Take a look!

September 7thAlexis, Andrew, Logan, Greg, Toby and Paul (along with a bunch of other great indie artists) will all have work in this show and it’s all for sale. I’ll be there for the opening selling OOSA prints and maybe Anniversary Print Sets. If you’re in Richmond, VA, you should definitely come by and say hello.

About the exhibition:
In an environment that is permeated with ads and posters for cinematic adaptations of comics, an equal amount of representation for the comic’s originators are rarely seen. The aim of &@$#! is to introduce the craft of the comic creator through the display of original pencil & ink drawings and their “fine art” paintings & illustrations. Audience members ranging from fans of comics to visual & performing arts supporters will be amazed and delighted to erode preconceived notions of what it means to be a comic artist. Their content is not solely driven by spandex wearing heroes and heroines, but to tell a story like the storytellers before them that both delight and educate.
www.Gallery5arts.org 

September 15th

Alexis, Andrew and Logan will participating in the “Battles Without Honor and Humanity” group show at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR.

About the exhibit:
This exhibition will be based loosely around yakuza/crime noir films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Takeshi “Beat” Kitano, Takeshi Miike, Kinji Fukasaku, Seijun Suzuki, Yukio Mishima, Sogo Ishii and Shinya Tsukamoto. As a genre, yakuza films are divided into two subsets: ninkyo-eiga or “chivarly films” featuring honorable outlaws caught between duty and compassion. Then there is jisturoku-eiga, the modern yakuza films which feature the stifling brutality of a life of crime. The artists and writers in this show will explore and pay homage to this powerful and unique genre.
www.floatingworldcomics.com 

September 16-17

Ming Doyle will be attending the Small Press Expo sitting at E10 and selling her wares. I’ll be at the show as well, but I’ll be mobile. Checking out the sights, as it were, and promoting the OOSA artists.
www.SPXpo.com

September 22-23

Alexis Ziritt will be a guest of the Cincinnati Comic Expo. If you’re going and you’d like to pre-arrange a commission from him, you can do so here.
www.cincinnaticomicexpo.com