Monday, November 29, 2010

Motel Hell & ShadowHawk in stores this week!

Hey Garage-art-fans!

2 mini-series' out of the studio will wrap up this week, Tone's now legendary run on Jim Valentino's Shadowhawk comes to an exciting end with Shadowhawk #5 from Image Comics/Shadowline!

Click Here for a 6 page preview at ComiXology!

And Chris Moreno's 80's horror movie update Motel Hell wraps up with the action packed Motel Hell #3 from IDW.

And Here's a preview of that one too.


Go on out and grab a copy or two of both!



And remember, due to last week's holiday festivities shops don't get comics until Thursday.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Black Friday Signing! Long Beach!

Hey Y'all,

Real quick update today. This Friday (the BLACK Friday) if you're in the area you can come out and catch some of the Garage Art Studios team live and in person at Long Beach's own, Pulp Fiction Bookstore. That's right. Who needs a cheapass blueray player on Black Friday when you can get Quarter comics and Trades & GNs at up to 80% off!

80%!!!

So its Fleecs and Moreno for sure-- maybe guest stars. 11am until... sometime after that depending on how much fun we're having. Come out and see us!

Black Friday SALE
Friday, November 26th 10:00am-7:00pm

GRAPHIC NOVELS
40%-80% BELOW COVER PRICE!

over 10,000 older comics 25¢ each

Figures and statues 50%-75% OFF
******
plus MEET the fine creators from
Garage Art Studios

including superstar artist
Tony Fleecs

SPECIAL OFFER IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

Join the Pulp Fiction Subscription Service NOW and get
30% OFF your new comics purchases
all November and December!

1742 Clark Ave Long Beach, CA 90815
Phone: (562) 986-4154


Also! Item! 2 Chris Moreno books in stores last week.

Motel Hell #2 and Hack/Slash Trailers #2. Go buy 'em.

OK. That's all for now. See you real soon!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Bakersfield Comic-Con, LBCC Wrapup, HERO Iintiative & more!

Hey Everybody!

Sorry we've been away for a little bit. We've all been really busy here in the garage cooking up new comics and whatnot. There's a bunch of upcoming events and books to talk about though so it's time to procrastinate with a super-gigantic Garage-Art-blog post!

Here we go...

Bakersfield Comic-Con

Sunday, November 14th

First up, this weekend is the 3rd Annual Bakersfield comic-con! The whole studio will be in attendance this Sunday at the Bakersfield DoubleTree. Also in attendance, Brent Anderson, Scott Shaw, Derek Fridolfs and many more. If you live in the area or near the area, OR if you're just a super-fan-- Come on by and say hi. Or better yet, buy something.

BAKERSFIELD COMIC-CON
COMIC BOOK AND FANTASY CONVENTION

DOUBLE TREE HOTEL
3100 Camino Del Rio Court, Bakersfield, CA
Bringing Back the Future!
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 14th, 2010 Sun. 10:00am TO 4:30pm
Admission is Only $5.00
(Children under 8yrs are Free)

Nuke the Fridge Con (@ Frank & Son)
Saturday, November 20th

Next up- The following Saturday we'll be in the City of Industry for the first ever NUKE THE FRIDGE CON at Frank & Son Collectible Show. All the guys from the studio will be out there (no Lauren though- so if you need to get your hands on some Blank-EES before x-mas, better make it up to Bakersfield.)

Also on hand at Nuke the Fridge Con: Lou Ferigno, Jennifer from Back to the Future, artist Mike Mayhew and many others.

NuketheFridge.com presents:
Nuke the Fridge Con

On Saturday, November 20th come one, come all to the Frank & Son's Show to experience Nuke the Fridge Con! Celebrity Guests, Cosplay fan club groups, plus TV & Movie replica cars will be on hand signing autographs and/ or taking pictures with fans.

In addition to the wonderful guests NuketheFridge.com will also be giving away 1 FREE toy (per person) and Flynn's Arcade elecTRONica game token to the first 100 people through the door.

Show opens at 9:00am Parking & admission are FREE! Frank & Son's is located at 19649 San Jose Ave. City of Industry, CA 91748

For more information or if you have any questions regarding the show give us a call (909) 444-7955.
Come buy stuff from us there if you're in the neighborhood.

Hero Initiative Archie (And Avengers)
Item! Y'all probably know that we at the studio are huge Hero Initiative supporters. You may also know that the newest Hero Initative sketch cover project (Featuring sketch covers by Fleecs, Moreno, Rodriguez AND Dos Santos amongst others) is called Archie: 50 Times an American Icon. You may have heard that I drew the sketch that's on the cover of that upcoming collection. But did you know that the book is available for pre-order right now?! That's right it's in the November 2010 Previews Catalog, take a look!

Previews Order#: NOV10 0953
ARCHIE 50 TIMES AN AMERICAN ICON SC
01/26/11
SRP: $10.00
As always, if you don't know where to find your local comic shop, check out the Comic Shop Locator.

The covers themselves have started going up on ebay so if you've got some dough to contribute to a good cause-- head on over there and put a bid down.

Also, we all contributed to the upcoming Hero Initiative New Avengers #1 Cover project. The Initiative's posted up a couple of those, so I'm sure it's OK to post those up here too. Check them out:



Zombie Dickheads
!

ITEM! Chris Moreno's newest creator owned masterpiece debuts in the next issue of Terminal Press' Zombie Bomb anthology. I have read it and I can say without hesitation that it's his best work to date. Definitely worth searching out when the book drops.

Chris has been posting some process stuff over at his Deviantart. Here's a look at some of that.



Marvel Heroes and Villains Trading Cards


The newest Marvel/Rittenhouse card set came out recently, it features rare sketch cards from all the guys in the studio. Head out to your local comics and cards shop or hobby shop or whatever and pick up a box- every box has an original sketch inside... Some of those original sketches are by us. OR hit up ebay and search for us over there.

We've all got Artist Proof cards from the Heroes and Villains set. If you're interested in commissioning one of us to draw on an artist proof card for you, all you have to do is ask... and then pay money...

Long Beach Comic Con Wrapup
Thanks to everyone who came out and supported at the 2nd annual Long Beach Comic Con. We had a great time out there. To wrap up today's post, here's a look at some of the sketches from the show as well as all the new prints that we debuted at the show. Enjoy!



Ok, that's all for now (That's more than enough, right?) Thanks for checking in with us, we'll be back soon with more.

-G.A.S.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Motel Hell #1 in stores this week!

Hey Folks!

So, Moreno's still on the east coast recovering from last week's NYCC. But if he were here, I'm sure he'd want you to know that his new IDW book, (an adaptation/update of the "classic" 1980 Rory Calhoun film of the same name) is in stores this week! And that you should all go buy it. And that he thinks Tony Fleecs is the most handsome artist in comics. And if you don't live near a comic book store, I'm sure Chris'd want you to go online and get yourself a copy that way.


Still need convincing? Here's a look at some interior art from issue #1 over at Chris' Deviantart.

So go buy it! And we'll be back soon with some more new stuff.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

October Previews, NYCC & More!

Hey Everybody!

Hope all 17 of you blog followers are well (and also our 20 twitter pals.) Here's a look at what the studio's up to these days.

First up- Previews! Short list this time but anyone who knows Chris Moreno knows that he's often working while the rest of us are looking at television or goofing off. This month, his diligence brings us--

MOTEL HELL #3 (of 3)


OCT10 0430
12/15/10
SRP: $3.99



Next up! The studio will be represented out in NY this weekend. Chris, Mark and Lauren will all be set up. Make sure you swing by their tables and pick something up. Mark dos Santos will be debuting an awesome new print at the show and it looks like this...



Pretty sweet, right? The colors are by Mark's #1 guy Steve-O.

New York Comic Con
October 8 - 10, 2010
Jacob K. Javits Center



Lastly: You may remember a few months back All the guys in the studio did covers for the Hero Initiative's Archie 50 project (don't remember? Here you go.) So that book's coming out in January and in an surprising and humbling (not that I can handle too much more humbling) move, the folks at Archie & Hero decided to use my cover for the cover of the whole book.



Cool, right? Make sure to pick up the book in January. Inside you'll find amazing work by John Romita, Joseph Michael Linsner, George Perez, Cliff Chiang, Joe Jusko, Sam Kieth and many more. Support the Initiative, they do good work for a good cause.


OK- that's all for this time. Make sure to check in early and often for all your... knowing about what me and the other studio guys are up to... needs.

Peaceout everybody!

Monday, September 20, 2010

New Comic Book Wednesday 9/22/10!

What'sup Garage-Artstitutes!

2 new books from the studio in stores this week, SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #16 and the last issue of IT THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE.

Here's a look at the solicitations and some bonus stuff to boot.

MGM Drive-In Theater: It! The Terror From Beyond Space #3 (of 4)

Dara Naraghi (w) • Mark Dos Santos (a) • Steve Mannion (c)

This retro-1950s saga follows the harrowing tale of the spaceship Challenge 142 as it carries the only survivor of an earlier failed expedition who is suspected of killing his crew for their lifesaving rations. Traveling Earthbound... they discover a hungry man-eating creature that is killing the crew one member at a time...

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE TM & © 1958-2010 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.
BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #16

Featuring creepy Simpsons Comics by-
Evan Dorkin • Lemmy • Peter Kuper • Kelvin Mao • Kelly Jones • Tone Rodriguez & Tony Fleecs!

Bongo asked the all of the creators from this year's book for a few thoughts describing their experience making the stories. Here's a bit of what I had to say.

"My experience on Homer Goes to Hell was awesome. I had two main goals on it (three if you count getting paid.) First, I just wanted to do a Simpsons story that looked different than any I'd ever seen before...."

You can read the rest (and see some more art from the story) right here.

NEXT UP: SEPTEMBER SOLICITATIONS!

MGM’s Midnite Movies: Motel Hell #2 (of 3)

Matt Nixon (w) • Chris Moreno (a) • Tim Bradstreet (c)

Diamond Previews order code:
SEP10 0394
11/10/10 • SRP: $3.99

Cinematic psycho killers, Vincent & Ida Smith are cultivating their own special brand of cabbage patch “kids” from their pick of invited guests comprised of the snootiest snobs that ever lived! These visitors have no idea what’s in store for them at the siblings’ award-winning Napa Valley winery! Heads will roll, and we ain't talking lettuce! For immaturely mature readers.
FC • 30 pages • $3.99

MOTEL HELL ™ & © 1980-2010 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

As always, if you don't know where to find your local comic shop, check out the Comic Shop Locator.

TWITTER/TWITPIC!

That's Right. We're on Twitter. You got a problem with that? You're so cool, right?

Sorry. Anyway, we're on twitter (right here.) The only stuff we put up is pictures-- Work in progress stuff and when we post a new blog update (like this one.) It's like a Garage Art Studios behind the scenes tour whenever we feel like posting stuff up. Mainly we're on it so that we can have easy new content for this very site. All the twitpics show up right here on that little widget (up and to the right). So even if you're too cool for twitter, you can still see the stuff right here.

Finally today, we bought a domain name just in case you're tired of typing in dot blogspot dot com dot org etc, You can now find this very site at simply, garageartstudios.net

Simple, right?

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Con-sanity!

Ok, convention fans, get ready to for a maximum dosage of G.A.S. this weekend and the next!  That's right, we're leaving the confines of the Cali garage and spreading our sickness East.  Like the Oregon Trail, except in reverse.

First up, the lovely Lauren Perry and I will be heading to Baltimore, MD for the Baltimore Comicon!  It's gonna be jam-packed with comic book stars-- and hey, we'll be there, too!

Lauren's got a metric butt ton of new Blank-ees, a brand new batch of the cutest little pop art paintings of your favorite characters you've ever seen!  Here's but a sampling-- see if you can guess each one!







I'll be unveiling 4 new prints, promoting my brand-new project, Zombie Dickheads, which will be debuting in the new Zombie Bomb anthology from Terminal Press.  Each one features a different member of the titular dickheads.  Here's a sneak peak:

























The following weekend, we'll be joined in Atlanta, GA by the rest of the G.A.S. crew, Tone, Tony, and Mark, for Dragon Con-- one of the premiere congregations of like-minded geeks in the country!  It'll be a full-on blast!  And we'll be right smack in the middle of it.  So stop on by and say hi, or grab some prints or sketches.  We love you, we love your money.

Kisses,
Chris

Thursday, July 29, 2010

August Previews! Almost all Moreno edition!!

Hey Garage-a-maniacs,

We're all recovering from last week's San Diego Comic Con craziness. And by recovering, I mean working our asses off. I'm banging out Marvel Cards, Chris Moreno's finishing out a crime book, Tone's finishing up Shadowhawk #5 and Mark Dos Santos is doing God only know s what out in Arcadia, CA.

Anyways, here's a couple books for you to put on your Diamond Previews order form this month. If you put every one of these books on your order form every month, you may be eligible to win a hand job... from Dos Santos*.

On to the books!

MOTEL HELL #1
Pencils & Inks by Chris Moreno

Diamond Previews Order code
AUG10 0371
MOTEL HELL #1 (OF 3)
10/06/10
SRP: $3.99

Here's more on Chris' new book at Bloodydisgusting.com!

Bella Lugosi's TALES FROM THE GRAVE #1
Featuring a short story drawn by Chris Moreno

Diamond Previews Order code
AUG10 1080
BELA LUGOSI TALES FROM GRAVE #1
10/27/10
SRP: $4.99

More on Tales from the Grave at Monsterverse.com.

THE COFFIN
10th Anniversary Edition HC
with a Tony Fleecs Pinup

Diamond Previews Order code
AUG10 0378
COFFIN HC VOL 10TH ANN ED
10/06/10
SRP: $21.99
I know it's only a pinup but you should be buying this thing with or without a Tony Fleecs pinup in it. Because the Coffin (by Phil Hester and Mike Huddleston) is super great. But you already know that.


That's all for this month. As always, if you don't know where to find your local comic shop, check out the Comic Shop Locator. We'll be back in a little while to post up some SDCC sketch goodness. Tell your friends!

*Prizes and participation are subject to change.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

More July Previews!

Missed this one last post-- totally skipped past it in Previews accidentally and it's awesome so....

THE SIMPSONS
TREEHOUSE OF HOROR #16
with art by TONE RODRIGUEZ
featuring colors by TONY FLEECS

JUL10 0855
BART SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR #16
SRP: $4.99


As always, pre order your comics-- support good shit, that's my motto. To find your nearest comic book store call 1-888-comic-book or visit the comic shop locator.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

July Previews!

Hey Friends!
Here's a look at what's coming out from the studio in this month's Diamond Previews catalog. Remember, a responsible comic nerd pre-orders their comics. And furthermore, an AWESOME responsible comic nerd pre-orders these comics right here...


IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE
with art from MARK DOS SANTOS!


JUL10 0350
MGM DRIVE IN THEATER #3
IT TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE
SRP: $3.99

Dossantos!

JANE WIEDLIN'S LADY ROBOTIKA #3
Featuring letters by TONY FLEECS!


JUL10 0448
LADY ROBOTIKA #3
SRP: $3.50

Lady Robotika needs YOU! to order this one in person or online. Click here for a handy printable order form that you can take in to your local shop and guarantee yourself a copy of what's sure to be 2010's most GoGo-riffic comic book. You keep ordering-- I'll keep getting paid to letter. 'kay, thanks.

SHADOWHAWK #5
Masterfully drawn by Tone Rodriguez


JUL10 0455
SHADOWHAWK #5 (MR)
SRP: $3.50

Look at that rad-ass wraparound cover!


OK, that's it for this month. See y'all back here next month with more stuff!