Fantastic experience

Thanks to everyone we met and just everyone! The place was so good-vibes! It is a joy to be part of this very Austin-bunch.

We launched our "World of Almost-Real" there on Saturday. Smiles and "go for it" energy just poured out to us.

Uncle Staple and your troops: all stars! Hugs, Allee Blatner.

GCPM at STAPLE!

All of us over here at The Gold County Paper Mill are super excited about STAPLE, here's what we'll have for y'all tomorrow:



From left to right:

Hyperbox #1-3 by William Cardini

Jak Cardini Achieves the Narratological Singularity by Jak Cardini, book design by Paul DeVay

TRANZ by William Cardini with assistance from Glade Whitworth

Masks by William Cardini

Coyote by The Medicine Men (Dr. Chuch and Davehat)

OMNI by William Cardini and Lanneau White

Impossible Objects #1 by Jak Cardini and William Cardini

See y'all there!

RHD debuts at STAPLE!

Greetings! My name is Jose Esquivel and this will be my first time attending STAPLE this year. I will be debuting my comic book, RHD, and my art book, Jose's Sketchbook. Hope to see everyone there!


Click on the images to see some sample pages.

Reinhard District #1
Story and Art by Jose Esquivel
$3.00


Jose's Sketchbook Vol. 1
Art by Jose Esquivel
$5.00

Last-minute Additions to the 7000 BC Table

We've arrived in Austin — and so has our checked luggage of 7000 BC comics.

 

The printer came through at the last minute, so we have two more sketchbooks from Jamie Chase to go along with the one we announced earlier. Heroes/Villains and Beasts are slimmer volumes, $3 each. Interested in all three? Let's call it $10 for the set.

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We also stopped by Jeff Benham's on the way to the airport — he's passed along a few more copies of some of the hand-made comics that were so popular at STAPLE! last year. And we'll have copies of Peoplings, his new project with Courtney Angermeier.

Ready for STAPLE!

hey folks, Joe Eisma here! Tomorrow's the big day! This will be my second year exhibiting at STAPLE! and I'm totally stoked. I'll have plenty of my wares on hand, including my graphic novel from Devil's Due Publishing: Serpo, my mini-series from Viper Comics: A Dummy's Guide to Danger: Lost at Sea, and my short story Dodge's Bullets, published in Image Comics' Dynamo 5 #18. Preview pages from my upcoming book from Outlaw Entertainment, We, the People will also be on hand.

I'll also have sketchbooks and prints on hand (like the one included in this post) and I'll be doing sketches throughout the day. I'm at table #20A, and I hope you'll stop by and hang out for awhile!

Fanboy Video's Staple Flashback Finale

Fanboy Video.com is proud to finish off it's Staple Coverage with two anthology videos with more interviews from Staple 2008.





You can also see all the videos from Staple 2008 on this playlist. Thanks to all the people we interviewed, we'll see you at Staple 2009.

My Checklist for Staple!

Hi folks! I'm Keith Quinn, creator of the Local Heroes and Playtime Projects strips. For the second year in a row, I'll be at Staple!, and boy, I'm excited! I want to make sure I bring everything I need for a successful show, but time's running out. What I need is a checklist to keep me from frantically gathering the goods at the last minute or, even worse, forget to bring something important.

First thing's first, let's make sure I have my "convention basics":

• The goods
  
• A big stack of Local Heroes #1.
  
• Two or three copies of Heroes Incorporated #1.
  
• A big stack of Playtime Projects Temporary Tattoos.


• Hand-outs
  
• A stack of flyers. (Special note: The backs of my flyers double as sketchcards!)
  


• Cash
  
• I need to make sure I can make change for any customer that needs it. It's especially important to bring plenty of singles and a scattering of change.
  
• Receipts.

Whoa, whoa whoa...I'm already forgetting some important things. Don't I want my table to look nice? What if someone wants a sketch on those sketchcards?

• Table supplies
  
• Table cloth. (I picked up a nice disposable one from Target!)
  
• Character standees and price list.
  
• Napkins/paper towels.
  
• Tape, rubber bands, big clips.
  
• Scissors (That table cloth is probably bigger than I need).
  
• Garbage bags.


• Art supplies—got to have something to use on those sketchcards!
  
• Pencils, pens, sharpies, markers, etc.
  
• Erasers.
  
• Pencil sharpener.
  

If I bring nothing else, at least the basics are covered. But I can do better. I want to make sure I capture some promotional moments as well as some great memories. And I probably want to make sure some personal comfort is accounted for.

• "Capture the moment" gear
  
• Camera (with fresh batteries!).
  
• Flip camera (also with fresh batteries).
  
• Extra batteries.
• Autograph book.
  


• Comfort
  
• Bottled water.
  
• Small snack.
  
• A table partner—great to spend time with (and to watch the table when you have to step away!).

Whew! I think I'm set...for now. In the future, especially if I were to have a larger table, I might also include more books and other merchandise, and maybe even sketches and portfolio pages for fans to flip through.

Am I missing anything? What do you have in your convention checklist?