{"id":1664,"date":"2011-09-18T12:11:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T17:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1664"},"modified":"2011-09-18T12:13:15","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T17:13:15","slug":"free-state-comicon-report-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1664","title":{"rendered":"Free State Comicon Report – Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Free State Comicon 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here’s our final wrap up on the 2011 Free State Comicon featuring photos, photos, and more photos. It’s been a week now since the event, and here at Kansas City Comics we’ve enjoyed following up with a number of the guests. We’re planning several future features and interviews that started with conversations in Lawrence.<\/p>\n

Who did you meet at the show? What treasures did you buy from a dealer or creator? What made this event better than before? What would have made it even greater? Leave a comment at the end of this article to share your thoughts and memories of the 2011 Free State Comicon.<\/p>\n

More photos and commentary after the jump.<\/p>\n

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Artists Alley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were a number of talented regional and small press creators at the show. It was great to see brothers Ed Bickford<\/a> and Kelly Bickford sketching away. Kim Cotterell is the creator of Mr. Right<\/em>, a small press take on superheroics.<\/p>\n

Tara Avery<\/a> is a Lawrence native who came in from her current home in California for the show. Tara’s alternative comic strip Gooch<\/em> focuses on the humor and drama of sexuality from a bisexual, trans-gender point-of-view.<\/p>\n

Kelsey Wroten<\/a> is a talented young cartoonist who is currently a finalist for the ACP Cartooning Award for Best Comic Panel\/Strip. She had paper copies of her newest zine, Jukebox<\/em> #4 “APARTMENT.” The issue, which deals frankly with the raw emotion after a romantic breakup, is also available for free download. Details are available on Kelsey’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Buster Moody and Brian Koschak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Artists Buster Moody<\/a> and Brian Koschak<\/a> had a lot of work on display at the show. Buster is the colorist of the hit Image Comics series Screamland<\/em>, which is co-written by former local Harold Sipe<\/a> and illustrated by Kansas City’s Lee Leslie<\/a>. Brian is a comics artist from Springfield, Missouri, who has illustrated Narcoleptic Sunday<\/em> (Oni Press) and several Star Wars<\/em> comics for Dark Horse.<\/p>\n

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Erik Lundy and Greg Smallwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erik Lundy<\/a> and Greg Smallwood<\/a> are two creators who you’ll be hearing a lot more about in the future. Erik has returned to the area after a stint working as a producer in Hollywood. Greg is a talented illustrator who is currently drawing a project written by Ande Parks.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hey, there’s John A. Clark in Green Lantern gear!<\/p>\n

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Damont Jordan and Arie Monroe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Damont Jordan and Arie Monroe<\/a> were set up at the Elite Comics booth. Damont is a advertising illustrator and Arie is a prolific sketch card artist.<\/p>\n

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Rachael Major<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There were several representatives of Foxy by Proxy Revue burlesque troop on hand for the show. Racheal Major<\/a> specializes in vintage style pin-up photography.<\/p>\n

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Liberty Hollis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to her work on Foxy by Proxy stage, Liberty Hollis is a painter. She specializes in oil and acrylic work, and her subjects tend toward fantasy and gothic themes.<\/p>\n

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Amber Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amber Stone<\/a> is from Joplin, but that doesn’t prevent her from being a regular fixture at Kansas City area events. You may have seen her work as a colorist in Image’s Comic Book Tattoo, “Jackie’s Strength.” You should also check out her artistic contributions to Zombies vs. Cheerleaders<\/em> #3 (Moonstone).<\/p>\n

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Bill Hook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bill Hook<\/a> is an illustrator from Topeka. His work has appeared in the Kansas City Star<\/em> and Scary Monsters Magazine<\/em>. Look for more about Bill, Amber, the Foxy by Proxy folks, and many of the others above in upcoming posts.<\/p>\n

To recap, Free State Comicon 2011 rocked!<\/p>\n

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Here’s our final wrap up on the 2011 Free State Comicon featuring photos, photos, and more photos. It’s been a week now since the event, and here at Kansas City Comics we’ve enjoyed following up with a number of the guests. We’re planning several future features and interviews that started with conversations in Lawrence. Who … Continue reading “Free State Comicon Report – Part Three”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,486,420],"tags":[674,640,481,543,513,463,480,547,546,529,545,462,544,531,538,455,553,552,461,551],"class_list":["post-1664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conventions-and-events","category-kansas-city-comics-events","category-local-creators","tag-amber-stone","tag-ande-parks","tag-arie-monroe","tag-bill-hook","tag-brian-koschak","tag-buster-moody","tag-damont-jordan","tag-ed-bickford","tag-erik-lundy","tag-free-state-comicon","tag-greg-smallwood","tag-harold-sipe","tag-john-clark","tag-kelly-bickford","tag-kelsey-wroten","tag-lee-leslie","tag-liberty-hollis","tag-racheal-major","tag-screamland","tag-tara-avery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}