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Columbia cons coming in May

Winter — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:24:28 +0000

Columbia will be hosting a couple of conventions the first week of May that you may be interested in:

DoDeca-Con: The first ever DoDeca-Con is a comic book/pop culture convention being held in Columbia, MO at Kemper Arena (1270 E Boone Industrial Blvd Columbia, MO 65202) on May 4th thru 6th 2012. It will feature independent comic book creators, retailers of comic books, anime/manga, costumes and many others, as well as, a number of informational and educational (though entertaining) workshops on comic creation, cosplay and gaming. The current guest list includes William Woods, Mick Beyers, Randy Taylor, Leonard Steinman, Scott Quick, and Mandalin Knottyfingers. Table and booth registration is still open, and tickets are also available.

Werewolf-Con: The first ever Werewolf, Therian, Shifter, and Otherkin conference will take place May 4th – 6th 2012 at the Midway Exposition Center just outside Columbia Missouri. The con will feature an food vendors, an art show, short films, a fashion show, a burlesque show, and a werewolf ball concert. Special guests at this point include comic artist David Gallaher and illustrator Steve Ellis, with more to be announced. Vendor registration is still open, and tickets are also available.

We’ll try to post some more info closer to the event dates. Mark them on your calendar!

Anyone But Virginia graphic novel

Winter — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:41:38 +0000

Writer Josh Eiserike has announced that his project with local cartoonist Zac Crockett is now complete. The Anyone but Virginia graphic novel is available for purchase through Indy Planet. Here’s a synopsis:

Meet Virginia. Straight-A student. Co-captain of the girls’ soccer team. Senior Class Vice President, Truman High School class of 1999. Full ride to Washington University in St. Louis. Virginia left all of that behind to become Volcano Girl, the government-created-super-powered- guardian of Chicago. Increasingly distracted and alienated, Volcano Girl is slipping in performance. A phone call changed her life. A former classmate somehow tracked down Volcano Girl- as Virginia Patterson. As senior class vice president it is her responsibility to plan the 10-year reunion. She has neither spoken to her friends nor been home in six years. Her friends are clueless to the nature of her profession and abilities. “Anyone But Virginia” is a superhero book, but it owes more to movies like “Grosse Pointe Blank” and the films of John Hughes.

The project got a boost this last year with a successful Kickstarter campaign to finish the final issue of the series.

Vox examines digital vs. print comics

Winter — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:44:18 +0000

Vox magazine has put up an article about recent developments in print and digital comics. Specifically it addresses how Rock Bottom Comics may benefit from a recent move by Barnes & Noble to drop a few graphic novels from their store inventory.

Lingua Franca Comics vol. 1

Winter — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:00:35 +0000

Local comic artist Jamie Hibdon has put together Lingua Franca Comics, vol. 1, which is now on sale at Rock Bottom Comics for $3 a piece. The comic reprints his story, An Apprentice’s Tale, which he did in August as a 24 hour comic challenge. Jamie was on our site earlier this year as one of our featured creators.

Toonfest 2011

Winter — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:30:05 +0000

The 13th annual Toonfest is coming Saturday, September 17th in Marceline, Missouri (Walt Disney’s boyhood town).

Here’s the 2010 guest cartoonists:

Jeff Keane – Family Circus
Tony Cochran - Agnes Comic Strip
Bill Whitehead – Free Range Comic Strip
Lee Judge – Political Cartoons

Check the website for the full schedule of programs.

Mort Walker comic commentary

Winter — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:35:02 +0000

King Features has put up four videos with cartoonist and MU Alum Mort Walker giving commentary on several different Beetle Bailey strips he’s done over the years. Here’s a video explaining a comic from August 30th, 1954:

Vox profiles Scott Ross

Winter — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:09:51 +0000

This week’s edition of the Vox has a profile of comic creator Scott Ross, who runs the website Young Learners Guide to American Wildlife. A related article is also included with some book recommendations from Rock Bottom Comics employee John Doerflinger.

Update: KBIA has an audio interview with Ross.

Free Comic Book Day 2011

Winter — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:36:22 +0000

It’s time for the annual Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 7th. There are two locations in Mid-Missouri who are participating:

Rock Bottom Comics, 1013 E Walnut St, Columbia, MO
Hastings, 2233 Missouri Blvd, Jefferson City, MO

According to the Free Comic Book Day website, Rock Bottom Comics will be hosting Brad Desnoyer to sign books for fans. He’s the writer of Detective Annual 12 and Batman 80-page Giant 2010.

Teacher of the year is comic advocate

Winter — Tue, 03 May 2011 03:03:45 +0000

Last Thursday, Jeni DeFeo took Jefferson City Public School’s teacher of the year award for 2011. She is an advocate of using comics in the classroom, and spoke this last weekend at the Boston Comic Con. In March, she gave a chance to her students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School to talk to comic artist Jeremy Dale via Skype, and KRCG news covered the story:

Local kid drawn into syndicated comic

Winter — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:02:13 +0000

Chiara, a 7-year-old girl from Columbia, recently won a contest and was drawn into a nationally syndicated Oh Brother! comic strip. The contest solicited parents to send in a funny story about how their kid is a character, with the top prize being an appearance in the comic strip. Oh Brother! was started in June of last year by cartoonists Bob Weber Jr. (Slylock Fox) and Jay Stephens (The Secret Saturdays, Tutenstein, Oddville).