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First Annual Comic Creator Extravaganza
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Saturday, Jan 16, 2010, 12:00 PM until 4:00 PM
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Squid Works Events Page
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Stan Yan
Phone 303-452-9046
Email squidworkscomics@gmail.com
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First Annual Comic Creator Extravaganza
Join the Squid Works' own Stan Yan, along with John Porcellino, Daniel Crosier,
Noah Van Sciver, and Luke Belsito for a comic signing, combined with a free
workshop and reading.
Schedule of events:
noon - 1:30 pm Character design workshop with Stan Yan
1 pm - 4 pm Artist signings
2 pm - 3 pm Slide show and Q&A with John Porcellino
Signings:
Stan Yan - The Wang: Erection Year
“What if Charlie Brown grew up?” is how Wade Busby of The Guide described Eugene
Wang, the protagonist of Yan’s graphic novel series, The Wang. “And what if
Charlie Brown was Asian?” is the rhetorical question Yan dares to ask in this
latest bound edition.
Yan is also artist for SubCulture, writer of REVVVelations, and
instructor for Graphic Storytelling at Community College of Aurora.
www.squidworks.com/Stan
John Porcellino - Map of My Heart
Map of My Heart celebrates the twentieth anniversary of John Porcellino’s
seminal and influential comics zine, King-Cat Comics, which he began
self-publishing in 1989. In this collection, Porcellino, while living in
isolation and experiencing the pain of divorce, crafts a melancholic, tender
graphic-ballad of heartbreak and reflection.
John Porcellino was born in Chicago in 1968, and began drawing and writing at an
early age, compiling his work into little hand-made booklets. His acclaimed
self-published zine, King-Cat Comics and Stories, begun in 1989, has found a
devoted worldwide audience, and is one of the most influential comics series of
the past twenty years. According to cartoonist Chris Ware, “John Porcellino’s
comics distill, in just a few lines and words, the feeling of simply being
alive.” For more information please visit
www.king-cat.net.
Daniel Crosier - Distortions Unlimited #1
The three issue series is based off of licensed characters crafted by
Distortions Unlimited based in Greeley, CO. Distortions is world-renowned for
creating shocking props, masks and animatronics that have been the mainstay of
the dark amusement industry for the last 30 years. The company is best known for
reproducing the 16ft queen alien from the film “Alien” cast from the original
molds, as well as designing the stage props for music industry icon Alice
Cooper’s Brutal Planet tour.
Denver, Colorado based artist Daniel Crosier has exploded onto the comic book
scene in the last year. Illustrating and writing multiple comic book projects
with a variety of well-established publishers, Crosier’s distinctive approach,
incomparable perspective and vibrant personality has the industry taking note.
His background in fine art has encouraged him develop a watershed wood burning
technique for his previous comic book project, “Bartholomew of the Scissors”
from Bluewater Productions.
www.thothengine.net
Noah Van Sciver - Blammo #5
Noah Van Sciver is an independent comic artist, currently living Denver. His
comics have been featured in numerous publications including MOME, Mineshaft,
Not My Small Diary, MaximumRocknRoll, and The Comics Journal. As well as his
weekly comic strip 4 Questions which runs weekly in Westword. He self-publishes
a comic series titled Blammo, for which the 5th issue has just been
released.
www.noahvansciver.com
and introducing Luke Belsito - Crow’s Tread #0
Crow’s Tread is an adventure story with scrappy streetkids as unkowing
and hesitant heroes who get thrown into the political turmoil of a fantasy
universe, but do they care enough about it to save it?
Luke Belsito is a strapping young lad with a spring in his step, twinkle in his
eye, and comics in his blood. Crow’s Tread volume #1 is his public comics debut.
He attends the University of Northern Colorado.
www.crowstread.com
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