Saturday, October 31, 2009

Guy Davis at STAPLE!

Hey everybody!

We here at STAPLE! HQ are very pleased to announce that Guy Davis will be appearing at STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo!

Michigan artist Guy Davis has been working away in comics since 1985 on a variety of titles from his creator owned books Baker Street and The Marquis; to company series including Sandman Mystery Theatre, Fantastic Four: Unstable Molecules, The Nevermen and The Zombies That Ate the World. Other works have included conceptual design for role-playing games and multimedia projects, including designs for the animated television pilot for The Amazing Screw-On Head and animated comics for both the Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy 2 DVDs.

Currently Guy is the artist on Mike Mignola's ongoing B.P.R.D. series (work which won him a 2009 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker), along with continuing his creator owned series The Marquis for Dark Horse Comics.

Guy is a great artist and a personal favorite of mine, and we’re all very excited to have him as our guest. For more on his work visit www.guydavisartworks.com

We’ve got more big announcements coming soon, so be sure to keep checking www.staple-austin.org for all the exciting news!

STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo is the Southwest’s premier event for independently produced comics, zines, art, animation, games, crafts and more! The SIXTH annual show will be held on Saturday March 6th, 11am-7pm, at the Monarch Event Center, 6406 North IH-35 Suite 3100, in Austin, Texas. Admission is still only $5.00!

Chris "Uncle Staple" Nicholas
www.staple-austin.org
http://www.myspace.com/staple_austin

Monday, October 19, 2009

STAPLE! 2010!

STAPLE! 2010!

Hey Everybody!

Just a couple quick announcements of very important information. The sixth annual STAPLE! Independent Media Expo is ON and scheduled for March 6th, 2010! It will once again be held at the lovely Monarch Event Center in Austin, Texas.

PODCASTS! If you missed ‘em at last year’s show, be sure to the visit Podcast page at the website – www.staple-austin.org - to check out two of our panel discussions from the ’09 show: Episode 10 - The “Joys of Independence in Multiple Mediums Panel” featured Zachary Kent, Paul Czege, Will Terrell and Leo McGovern sharing their insights into self-publishing in audio, games, comics and journalism, and Episode 11 is a Q&A with Special Guest Stan Sakai. We’ll be posting Jeffrey Brown’s Q&A panel real soon and adding more great interviews and content throughout the year for your listening pleasure.

TABLES! Exhibitor Tables are now available! You can get yours by visiting the Registration Page at www.staple-austin.org/register We’ve expanded our floor plan at the Monarch and squeezed in a few more spots, but we still expect them to go really quickly. So don’t dawdle if you want to be a 2010 STAPLE! Exhibitor!

Stay tuned for more exciting news coming soon!

Chris "Uncle Staple" Nicholas
www.staple-austin.org
http://www.myspace.com/staple_austin

STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo is the Southwest’s premier event for independently produced comics, zines, art, animation, games, crafts and more! The SIXTH annual show will be held on Saturday March 6th, 11am-7pm, at the Monarch Event Center, 6406 North IH-35 Suite 3100, in Austin, Texas. Admission is still only $5.00!