So Cal Comic Con! 8/27/11

Hey Y'all!

The guys from Garage Art Studio are heading down to Oceanside next weekend for the So Cal Comic Con. If you're in the area and you love Tone, Tony, Chris and/or Mark-- come on out and see us. Buy stuff. Talk comics and art and whatnot.

SO CAL COMIC CON

Saturday, August 27th, 2011, 10 am to 5 pm. Our next show will be @ the Oceanside Boys and Girls Club (401 Country Club Lane, Oceanside, CA 92054).

Guest of Honor: J. Scott Campbell!

Hope to see you there!

Chris talks Dickheads on deviantART

I was lucky enough to get interviewed by the lovely Susan Coffey for deviantART as part of their coverage of SDCC 2011.  I talk about Zombie Dickheads and art, both regular and deviant.

Chris Moreno talks Zombie Dickheads at SDCC 2011

What a fantastic time Garage Art Studios had at this past weekend's San Diego Comic-con!  Some of us, like Mark Dos Santos and yours truly were set up on the con floor, pimping their wares, kissing hands and shaking babies.  Tone Rodriguez, Tony Fleecs, and Lauren Perry were walking the floor shaking their wares, kissing hands, and pimping babies!

I was lucky enough to get a chance to talk Zombie Dickheads with the fine folks at FEARnet at my table in Artist's Alley.  Check it out! 

MegaCon! KC Planet ComicCon! Wondercon!

Hey Ya'll,

Busy couple of weeks coming up for conventions and wherever you're going, Garage Art Studios will be there--

First up:

March 25th - 27th, 2011
Orange County Convention Center, Hall D
9800 International Drive,
Orlando, FL 32819

Mark Dos Santos will be in Orlando for MEGACON next weekend. He'll be signing and sketching and selling prints. Speaking of which, he's got 2 brand new ones just in time for the show. Check them out!

Mark will be in Artist Alley all weekend. Go give him your money!

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And also that weekend:

Overland Park International Trade Center
6800 W 115th St, Overland Park, KS 66211
(1/4 mile East of 115th & Metcalf, behind Jo-Ann)

Saturday March 26, 2011 from 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday March 27, 2011 from 10 am to 4 pm

Tony Fleecs and Tone Rodriguez will be on hand again at this year's KANSAS CITY PLANET COMIC CON! We'll also be signing and sketching and selling prints and books. I've got a couple new prints just in time for the show. Here's a look at those.

We're excited to make the trip out and see all our midwest pals again this year. Come by and say hi and we'll probably show you stuff from our top-secret, super hush-hush new book. Stuff like this--

(Shhhhh...)

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And then the weekend after that, the whole studio will be out in full force for...

April 1–3 at Moscone Center South

747 Howard Street, San Francisco

FRI, 4/1
12 Noon - 7pm
SAT, 4/2
10am - 7pm
SUN, 4/3
11am - 5pm

Tone! Dos Santos! Moreno! myself and even the elusive Lauren Perry's Blank-Ees will all be representing in Aritst's Alley (AA Tables 112-119). If you're in San Fran, come on by and say hey. And then also buy shit.

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And that's just the begining. Garage Art Studios will be EVERYWHERE this year. Including (but not limited to) Anaheim, Long Beach, SDCC, Pittsburgh and HeroesCon. Hope to see you there!

New Moreno Stuff!

What's up, GAS-ers! New Moreno stuff to report.  First up, I illustrated some Celebrity Pokemon Evolutions for the fine folks at UGO.com.  See what happens when our favorite celebs when they undergo massive transformations.  I'd insert some Charlie Sheen catchphrase here, but, honestly, I'm so over that shit already.

Also, I'm providing the art for one of the newest offerings from SmarterComics, a company that's adapting some of the hottest self-help/financial/business books into comics form.  It's called The 80-20 Principle by Richard Koch.  Originally a global bestseller, translated into over 26 languages, it's now making the jump into comics form.  I've always been a big supporter of comics' ability to inform as well as entertain, and this is something I'm very excited to be a part of.  Check out a preview on the smartercomics site: www.smartercomics.com 

And finally, don't forget that the debut comic of my creator-owned Zombie Dickheads is still available in the Zombie Bomb, Vol. 4: Dark Daze anthology from Terminal Press.  If you can catch the Terminal Press guys at a con, they should also have the Zombie Dickheads exclusive convention variant cover for sale!  Remember, Zombie Dickheads are NOT coming to get you-- so you'll have to get off your ass and seek 'em out!  However, more Z-Dickheads news IS coming soon!

That's all from my end.  Until next time... don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been.

--Chris

February Previews: Moreno & DosSantos 2 for the price of 1!

Hey Ya'll,

Lots happening at the studio. Tone's working on another Bongo book right now (he's got 2 on the way.) Moreno's buried in comics as-usual. I'm doing layouts for the upcoming Fleecs/Fialkov/Oni book and writing the 2nd issue of the upcoming Fleecs/ToneRodriguez book (What!?). Dos Santos is off doing god-knows-what... He lives out in the boonies and I haven't seen him in a little bit. I'm sure whatever it is is great.

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Oh speaking of Dos Santos, Did you miss his latest mini-series? The smash hit adaptation of the smash hit film IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE. Did you also miss out on the Chris Moreno drawn MOTEL HELL?

BOOM!! (Actually IDW!!) 2 for 1, Garage-a-maniacs!!

PREVIEWS ORDER #: FEB11 0370
MGM MIDNIGHT MOVIES IT THE TERROR
& MOTEL HELL TP
04/13/11
SRP: $19.99

Also If you need a little Tony Fleecs in your life, (a very little) I've got a pinup in this book...
Which is one of my favorite comics of the last couple years. Written by the great Phil Hester and drawn by the also great (and the only artist in comics who might be slower than me) Brook Turner. If you like Preacher... No, if you like comics-- this one's for you.

PREVIEWS ORDER #: FEB11 0435
GOLLY TP VOL 01 CATCHING HELL (MR)
04/27/11
SRP: $17.99

Here's a look at my pinup if you're interested.

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OK, that's all for right now, I've got layouts to draw. But keep an eye out here for peeks at all the new G.A.S. projects.

Thanks for stopping by.

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.