Event promoter Craig Klotz has announced that artist Kyle Strahm will be the special guest at KC FanCon #27 on Sunday, September 26. The event hours are 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, and it is held at the Plaza Hotel at I-435 and Metcalf Avenue in Overland Park, Kansas.
Kyle Strahm is a Kansas City comics artist known for his work on Clockwork Creature and We Will Bury You. You can follow him on Twitter or connect with him on Facebook.
Bombhead by B. Clay Moore and Kevin Mellon
Jason Netter, the producer of the film Wanted, is jumping into comics publishing and local creators B. Clay Moore and Kevin Mellon are part of the inaugural line.
The new company, Kickstart Comics, has announced a line-up of projects that includes Bombhead by Moore and Mellon.
Marc Graser of Variety.com reports that the company’s projects are selected in part based on their potential for movie or televison adaptations.
The company, an imprint of film and TV production shingle Kickstart Entertainment, has already locked down a distribution pact with several major retailers, including Walmart, to produce at least 24 new books over a year. The initial plan is to release four books a month for six months starting this fall. Naturally, the books are being eyed as potential adaptations as a TV show or film.
Mellon said on Twitter that he expects Bombhead to be released as a full-color digest-size stand-alone graphic novel.
Kickstart’s other projects, announced under the heading of “November and forward” are Heavy Water by Jonathan W.C. Mills and Alberto Muriel, Mirror, Mirror by Joshua Williamson and Lee Moder, Ward 6 by Kevin Fox and Salvador Navarro, Headache by Lisa Joy & Tim Fern, Maximum High by Mark Haven Britt and Chad and Dara Creasey, and Endangered by Josh Williamson & Juan Santacruz.
Writer B. Clay Moore stepped in to create a fill-in issue of DC Comics’ Doc Savage #5, which will hit local comic shops in August. In a recent blog post Moore expressed enthusiasm for the project. “Obviously, it was lots of fun to be involved in the First Wave universe, and I’m hopeful it won’t be the last time I get to do so.” The issue was solicited with a story by a different writer, so anyone who follows Moore likely missed getting it pre-ordered.
Scalped writer Jason Aaron has been nominated for a Harvey Award.
Two Kansas City creators have been announced as nominees for the 2009 Harvey Awards.
Comic book writer Jason Aaron received two nods. His series Scalped (Vertigo) is up for Best Continuing or Limited Series and Aaron himself is nominated in the Best Writer category.
Cartoonist Bill Amend’s comic strip Foxtrot is in the running for Best Syndicated Strip or Panel.
The Harvey Award winners will be announced August 28, 2010 in Baltimore, MD, in conjunction with the Baltimore Comic-Con. Nominations for the Harvey Awards are selected exclusively by comics creators – those who write, draw, ink, letter, color, design, edit or are otherwise involved in a creative capacity in the comics field.
Promoter Craig Klotz has scheduled the next KC Fan Con for August 1st, after deciding to cancel the June 27th show. The event will be held at the Plaza Hotel (formerly the Wyndham Garden Hotel) at I-435 and Metcalf in Overland Park, Kansas. The special guest for the event is artist Mario Mora.
The Art Lab gallery is located in Dodge City, Kansas.
Ande Parks will be a featured speaker at the opening events of an art gallery, The Art Lab, in Dodge City, Kansas. According to an article by Davina Jamison at HutchNews.Com, Parks will discuss how he developed his graphic novel Capote in Kansas.
Parks’ presentation will be part of a multi-day event, “Read All Over,” which will feature art by area artists interpreting print media such as comic books, pulp novels and graphic novels. The Art Lab opening is scheduled for 6 p.m. June 18, and Parks’ presentation will be at 7 p.m. June 19. The Art Lab is located at 2011 W. Wyatt Earp Blvd in Dodge City. Find out more at www.the-art-lab.com.
Local artist Steven Sanders drew the Marvel Comics trade paperback X-Men:S.W.O.R.D: No Time to Breathe. The cover is by John Cassaday.
Artist Steven Sanders will be signing Wednesday, June 23rd at Hurley’s Heroes in Joplin. The trade paperback of his work on Marvel’s X-MEN: S.W.O.R.D.: No Time to Breathe will be released that day. Steven is also the artist of Five Fists of Science, and Thunder Road. He’ll be in the store all day.
This is the first signing at Hurley’s new location: 1515 W 10th, Suite C, Joplin, Missouri.
Marvel’s website describes the trade paperback: Spinning out of Astonishing X-Men comes a story that will take you places you’ve never been! After Secret Invasion, Agent Brand is no longer the top dog at S.W.O.R.D. Forced to share her leadership post with former Avengers-liaison Henry Gyrich, Brand is less than pleased. Will the arrival of her boyfriend, X-Man Beast, help her out? Not when she discovers Gyrich’s plan for fixing S.W.O.R.D. is to rid Earth of all aliens! Brought to you by Kieron Gillen (Dark Averngers: Ares), Steven Sanders (Five Fists of Science) and topped off with covers by Astonishing X-Men artist John Cassaday!
Local writer/artist Kevin Mellon traveled to North Carolina for last weekend’s Heroes Con. He kindly provided us with a slideshow of the photos from his trip.
The folks at the Backroom Comics Podcast interviewed comics creator Phil Hester at the 2010 Emerald City ComicCon. Iowa-based Hester, who’s a great friend of this blog and a regular at Kansas City conventions, talks about many of his current projects, including the story of how a “Son of Fin Fang Foom” pitch became Firebreather.
Backroom Comics Podcast – Phil Hester Interview at ECCC 2010 from Spencer Fornaciari on Vimeo.
Ande Parks is a comic book writer and inker.
Local comics creator Ande Parks will discuss his graphic novels and other comics work at the Kansas City Public Library’s Central Library next week. Parks’ presentation, “Graphic Novels as Art and Literature” covers how a graphic novel takes shape, from research to script, from artwork to final product. In addition, he will dissect a sequence from Union Station, explaining his writing approach and how he coordinated with the artist to tell the story.
Parks will have copies of his graphic novels for sale and will be signing copies. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, June 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. Admission is free. A 6 p.m. reception precedes the event. For more information and to reserve your seat, call 816-701-3407 or visit the library website.
