Showing posts with label trickster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trickster. Show all posts

Sunday, July 07, 2013

Childhood Heroes at TR!CKSTER in San Diego


Comic Con isn't the only San Diego event making big announcements this week. TR!CKSTER has just announced their exclusive debut of Childhood Heroes, a graphic novel anthology celebrating the earliest creations of comic- and animation-industry professionals.


We got the proof last week, and the book looks fantastic. Can't wait to show y'all what we've been up to!


Hope to see you in San Diego!

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Fryd-Day 10: TurboCrop

Part 8 in a weekly series exploring the adaptation of a childhood creation into a new comic for TR!CKSTER's 2013 volume, Childhood Heroes.


Next Week: Ghost Riding the Gettaway Van

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

TR!CKST3R 2013

TR!CKSTER 3 is a go! Anyone attending the San Diego Comic Con this Summer can find respite from the nerd hordes, refuel with a cocktail, and slap the ten-pins with us at East Village Tavern & Bowl. We'll be at 930 Market St, San Diego CA July 17-20th.


For those of you unfamiliar with the brand, TR!CKSTER is a retail space specializing in creator-owned properties including fine art prints, toys, clothing, and limited edition books. The most recent of which, I am proud to say, is the brainchild of Everett Downing (365 Supers), Bobby Rubio (Alcatraz High), and myself: CHILDHOOD HEROES.


Childhood Heroes is a graphic novel anthology exploring the earliest creations of professional artists from the comic and animation industries. The volume will include my own childhood hero, Fryd, so be sure to check it out!


TR!CKSTER will be open late into the night, long after the convention hall closes, so swing by and join us for a round! You can also follow TR!CKSTER on twitter at @thetrickstore, or subscribe to their website, trickstertrickster.com!

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Friday, March 22, 2013

Fryd-Day 1

I'm working with some friends on a graphic novel anthology called Childhood Heroes, wherein we will do modern takes on the characters we created as kids. My first comic creation was Fryd (pronounced "fried"), a crop-dusting vigilante who usually causes more harm than good.


For the next few Fridays, I'll be taking you through the process of adapting this childhood story into a new (and hopefully improved) graphic novel.


Look for Childhood Heroes at the TR!CKSTER event in San Diego this July, and look for more Fryd updates every Fryd-Day.


I promise the drawings will only get better!

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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Childhood Heroes


In honor of Creator-Owned Day, I'm proud to announce the latest TR!CKSTER volume, Childhood Heroes, will be available this July at the TR!CKSTER event in San Diego.

We have a hefty roster of comic and animation industry artists who are updating the characters they created as kids. We're hoping to publish some of the original childhood artwork as well, so stay tuned!

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Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Tricksterdactyl


A quick sketch I did for a new friend I met at Trickster. What do you think the Pteranodon is telling his toad pal?

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Monday, November 21, 2011

The Electrician



A card for my brother, Andy, who just graduated from electrician school. He now has complete mastery over electricity!!! Or at least, that's how I understand it.

In case you haven't met him, this is my brother, Andy. This year was his first Comic Con/Trickster. He took something like 300 pictures. Mostly of cosplay girls. Goooood times.


Congraduations, bra!

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Friday, July 08, 2011

Austin Translation Sketchbook

That's right, this blog is becoming a book! Just in case you wanted to pay for what you're doing for free right now. These are the proofs hot off the presses from Edition One Books, who printed my friend Dani's book, Round Robin. I'll be doing a limited run of 200 copies, available exclusively at Trickster.


For those of you who haven't heard about it, Trickster is an art gallery and retail space specializing in creator-owned wares including small run and limited edition books, fine art prints, toys, clothing, etc. 


As you can see, Trickster is located directly across the street from Comic Con at the SD Wine and Culinary Center, and will be open late into the night after the Con has closed. So you can finally have a drink with that Leia in the gold bikini that you lost in the Hall H crowd.

Other Trickster exclusives include the official Trickster compendium (cover by the incomparable Mike Mignola):



The book features art from professional animators, comic artists, and illustrators, all contributing their take on the "trickster" theme. I examined the hoax-trickster in my piece, "The Boy Who Cried Nessy".


Finally, making it's debut at Trickster will be the loooong-awaited Afterworks 3 (cover by the astounding Lou Romano).


Which will feature my short story, Terrordactyl:



Afterworks 3 will be hitting comic stores everywhere in August, but the Trickster and Austin Translation books will be limited run Trickster event exclusives, so make sure to swing by San Diego and pick up your copy!

I'll be there Friday and Saturday, but Trickster is open Tuesday July 19th to Sunday July 24th. So stop by and say howdy!

Addendum Saturday July 9th, 2011:

My friend Jeff posted this on facebook, and I just had to share.


Todd insisted on sharing a booth, and who am I to say no to the creator of Spawn?

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

TR!CKSTER

The official TR!CKSTER website is up. TR!CKSTER is an alternative venue for creators and fans to interact one-on-one, and for new independent art to get its chance in the sun. Up and coming artists will be able to learn from industry vets how to get their work published and fans will get a chance to talk to their favorite creators. If you're in San Diego July 19-23rd (I hear it's a popular time to visit), swing by and join the mischief.

Above is Mike Mignola's cover for our limited edition book, 1000 copies of which will be exclusively available at TR!CKSTER. The book also features art by:

Jason Shawn Alexander
Mike Allred
Laura Allred
Marc Andreyko
Jamie Baker
Scott Campbell
Enrico Casarosa
Emma Coats
Josh Cochran
Jennifer Chang
Chhuy-Ing
Dave Crosland
Jim Demonakos
Francesco Francavilla
Jose Garibaldi
Robert Goodin
John Hoffman
Mike Huddleston
Joelle Jones
Matt Jones
J.P. Kalonji
Kazu Kibuishi
Andy Kuhn
Brian Larsen
David Mack
Austin Madison
Jim Mahfood
Ted Mathot
Mike Mignola
Fabio Moon
Scott Morse
Sho Murase
Steve Niles
Jeff Pidgeon
Paul Pope
Bill Presing
Steve Purcell
Jamie S. Rich
Justin Ridge
Bobby Rubio
Greg Rucka
Greg Ruth
Yuko Shimizu
Bill Sienkiewicz
Eric Skillman
Dave Stewart
Doug Tennapel
Craig Thompson
Derek Thompson
Jill Thompson
Nate Wragg
Bernie Wrightson
Craig Yoe
Skottie Young

You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Friday, May 13, 2011

TERRORDACTYL, page 7 of 11


Featured in this week's page: Tyrannosaurus Rex

I don't want to give away the rest of the story, so for the rest of our little friend's adventure, you'll have to check out Afterworks III, which will be available in paperback and digitally through the Whamix app. If you want to meet me and all the other Afterworks contributors in person, follow the TR!CKSTER, he knows the way

Monday, April 25, 2011

The Boy Who Cried, "Nessy!"


This is my contribution to a promotional book for TR!CKSTER, a brand-spanking new convention for comic creators. TR!CKSTER is the brainchild of Pixar story artists Ted Mathot and Scott Morse. What SDCC is for fans who want to get a sneak-peak at the latest block-busting summer tentpole, TR!CKSTER will be for artists, filmmakers, and comic creators who are more interested in learning how to get their own original work published/distributed.

Scott and Ted's assignment for the promotional book was to illustrate your own version of the archetypal trickster character. My thoughts immediately turned to the boy who cried wolf, but Plesiosaurs are so much more fun to draw than wolves...

To complete the day's dinosaurian schenanigans, we had a screening of Jurassic Park at work tonight. As you can see below, it was a B.Y.O.D. (bring your own dinosaur) event.


The gate was made by my buddy Sean Feeley for his jeep to come crashing through during the Red Bull Soap Box Derby. Sean's team is defending the championship title they won last year with their Brutal Legend van.

Good luck, Sean! Remember, objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

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