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Free Comic Book Day was a rousing success this year-- and I celebrated it again with The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach!
It was great to catch up with so many of my buddies in the South Bay comic scene. Be sure to check out my Instagram for snaps of some of the sketches I did!
WonderCon was a smashing success yet again! This is seriously my favorite show of the whole year: the fans are great, the staff is helpful, and not least at all because I don't have to travel for it!
Testing a display option
I of course had Corgi #3 available, and came very close to selling out! I'm also happy to report that I sold out of all of my copies of the MANthology. I also had a few new pins, and finally launched a few food art-related items. Wine-o-clock, naturally, sold the best.
I also finally caved and found a new way to organize my pins. This reduces the headache of digging to find whatever pin a customer is requesting off the display board!
When we first arrived, we were disappointed to discover that we were jammed directly behind a giant pillar. This made traffic around our booth extremely tight and difficult to navigate, and it impact our sales in a huge way. Luckily the WonderCon staff was helpful, and they allowed us to move to another vacant table that faced an aisle.
The fanbase that turned out to support Corgi #3 was extremely heartwarming. The amount of times I was scolded for not having the new issue last year was practically uncountable. Point taken, I will make sure Corgi #4 is on time for WonderCon next year!
Ahhh it’s the new Adventure Time graphic novel I colored. “Brain Robbers” is hitting store shelves soon! :D
Guardian Corgi has got some real trouble on her paws– she’s in over her head with a feathery fiend! With her normal companion out of action and a mysterious feline hampering her progress, it looks like she’s gonna need to recruit some help to save the world this time!
Let's see that cover finally, shall we?
AND I'm super stoked about what’s arrived in the mail today! I am over the moon to share the newest installment of my comic with y’all!
These vibrant beauties will debut at WonderCon 2017 in Anaheim, CA March 31-April 2 at table B-35! Following previous tradition, the first 50 copies will be signed and numbered! For those of you who can’t make it to Anaheim, there will be online options for ordering it.
It's official, the MANthology is out! This shiny tome is in blazing full color, and features a collection of stories based around flipping common gender tropes in media on their heads. Of course, my story The Mare the Merrier is inside! But everything in it is amazing, so you gotta get your hands on a copy.
The release party goin' strong!
My amazing friends who attended the release party at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach! Thanks for coming out, y'all!
Also, my good buddy Christine Hipp and I were just on the Jack of All Nerds Radio Show, where we did an Interview on The MANthology!
Christine and I are pretty HIPP (haha, get it?) on doing radio interviews
Welcome!
Ah, the Emerald City. I absolutely LOVE Seattle! People complain about the overcast-ness and rain, but that's the sort of thing I love. I dislike intense sunshine... which makes where I live a poor choice. Well, dems da breaks, I guess?
This makes me feel like the pro-iest of Pros!
I unfortunately missed the application deadline for the show this year, so I didn't have a table. I attended as a Pro, and got to enjoy catching up and networking with a bunch of comics buddies of mine!
I supported "The Meek" on Kickstarter!
I was also very excited to discover that Der-Shing Helmer, one of my favorite comics artists, was going to be tabling there! I support her on Patreon, so getting to meet her in person was really fun.
Even though I didn't get to exhibit, just attending the show was great for me. I also managed not to spend a zillion dollars in the Artist Alley either, despite wanting to. They tell me Adults must stick to a budget, so that was my one attempt at Adulting for the year, thanks.
Seattle, I got my eye on you, hoping to go again next year!
You guys I am so excited because this installation of Guardian Corgi has been SO long in coming! It’s been worth the wait though, as behind the scenes I’ve leveled up in my storytelling, art, and coloring skills. *tiny yay*
Guardian Corgi 3 is going to release March 31st at Wondercon 2017 in Anaheim, California… I’ve always had a tradition of releasing new issues of the series at WonderCon, and this time is no different. I’ll also be doing the same “first 50 issues are individually numbered and signed” like I have in years past as well.
I can’t wait to share the next Corgi story with you, and I hope to see you at WonderCon!
… and don’t worry, if you can’t make it to WonderCon, I’m planning on reopening my web store so you can purchase copies online. :)
I just realized that I never posted pictures of the Adventure Time Graphic Novel that I colored! President Bubblegum came out last September and was right before the wedding so things were a bit crazy. But here it is now in all its glory!
The Cover
Title Page (maiden name credits)
Princess Bubblegum ends up needing to become elected president of Ooo after the King disappears, and her presidential pantsuit is pretty amazing.
Sweet bunnies it's beautiful
You see I am always looking for ways to sneak rainbow gradients into my professional work-- but this time it was actually requested by my editor! Be still my heart! Don't mind if I do, yessiree! I was even doubly excited because not only did I need to create a custom rainbow gradient, but I also needed to create a second one for (mild spoiler) a dark rainbow too. My inner 80s child is screaming!
A dark rainbow? Is she gonna steal all the color out of the world or something?
I did some work in Aspen's Halloween ComicFest this year! Halloween ComicFest is a comics "holiday" created by Diamond Distributers. It's a lot like Free Comic Book Day, but with a Halloween theme! Aspen always puts out a b&w comic/activity book hybrid, and this year I did the illustrations for the activity pages.
Aspen's HWCF 2016 Front Cover by Siya Oum
Here are the pages I did in raw format-- some are missing puzzles or panels that are filled in in the final format. Click on the image to enlarge:
Working for Aspen was a ton of fun, and I hope to work on next year's too! This book was available for free on October 29th, but there might still be copies floating around that you can get your hands on!
Check out the official Diamond Announcement of all the HWCF books available this year!
I’m super duper excited about attending Stan Lee’s Comikaze Convention next weekend! I’ll be in the Comic Bug Pavillion at table E-35, close to the Ladybugs and The Sketchy Bugs! Check out all the wicked cool comics we all make!!
