Meet Johnny Boo & Harold in TRICKY TREATERS: Free at Your Comic Shop! This Halloween, Top Shelf’s spookiest and silliest all-ages characters are teaming up for a FREE mini-comic of all-new stories byย James Kochalkaย andย Jess Smart Smiley! We’re joining Diamond Comic Distributors’ย Halloween ComicFestย to bring youย Tricky Treaters, a 12-page full-color comic book available at your local comic…
Last Saturday was a great day, and it all started with the Zombie Apocalypse at the Provo Library. Okay, okay, so it wasn’t aย real zombie apocalypse, but horror authors Jonathan Maberry and Susan Beth Pfeffer sat down for brunch with students of the Provo School District, then fielded texts from the audience. I may never…
Stop what you’re doing and get yourself to a comic book shop right now–today is 24 Hour Comics Day! Comics creators are a crazy bunch, and they’ve set apart this one day out of the year to make a brand-new, 24 page comic in just 24 hours. Sound easy? When is the last time you…
Two big events happening this weekend: 24-Hour Comics Day, and the Teen Book Fest. 24-HOUR COMICS DAY 24-Hour Comics Day is an event held around the world which challenges writers and artists to create a full 24-page comic in 24 consecutive hours. Thousands of artists take the 24-Hour Comics Day Challenge every year! The fun…
It’s out! It’s out! If I have one thing to tell you right now, it’s that my graphic novelย Upside Down: A Vampire Tale is out! Get it at TopShelfComix.com.
What is 24-Hour Comics Day? 24-Hour Comics Day is an event held around the world which challenges writers and artists to create a full 24-page comic in 24 consecutive hours. Thousands of artists take the 24-Hour Comics Day Challenge every year! How can I participate? Find a venue near you who is hosting a 24-Hour…
I’ve just launched my newest project on Kickstarter! It’s called “Portrait 365” and it’s my attempt to draw a portrait, every single day, for an entire year. Talk about daunting! Find out more about the project and get a portrait of your own here.
One of my biggest influences in drawing, comics and storytelling is a creative force known as Doug TenNapel. Doug has created video games, animated tv shows, and graphic novels, not to mention one of the world’s most beloved characters: Earthworm Jim. I’ve been following Doug’s work for 16 years now, and own all of his…
Pixar has teamed up with Threadless to create a brand-new Toy Story t-shirt! How cool is that?! They’ve asked designers and illustrators to submit their own designs, and I jumped at the chance to come up with my own retro-looking Woody and Buzz. What do you think? This is a contest and the shirt with…
This is pretty cool: New York-based Pub Crawl is hosting “See How Magazines are Made”, an all-day in-depth tour of visiting the offices of popular magazines and getting a look at how the magazines are made. This year’s tour includes visits toย Men’s Health, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Inked, People en Espaรฑolย andย Seventeenย magazines. The event will…