David Beck-Gallery Opening

From David Beck: The Redtree Art Gallery and shop in Oakley on Madison Ave. is having a one month art show beginning next week called "Superheroes Rise Up". It's a charity event for Visions and Visionaries.

I was asked to display several of my originals in support of the event. It is a juried show open to all artists interested in the comic medium. The show runs from 7/10 thru 8/8.

The opening is Friday July 10th from 6:00-9:00 PM.

Announcement: Graphic Novel Signing

Carol Tyler is signing her new graphic novel "You'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man" at Shake It Records on Saturday June 13th from 5-7 PM.

Also, her father, 90 year old WWII veteran Chuck Tyler will also be there to sign copies of the book!

UPDATE: Publishers Weekly gave Carol a starred review for the book! Check it out!

Announcement: Cincinnati Comic Anthology Project

Message from S.P.A.C.E. from Tim Fuller

After attending the Small Press Expo in Columbus last weekend, I came to the realization that I was not spending enough time developing my cartooning skills. We saw a great deal of talented folks producing a lot of very interesting material. It gave me a renewed sense of enthusiasm for finishing up some of my comic book projects.

I was also interested in the number of anthologies available there. Seeing them sparked an idea that is very obvious. Why not put together a Cincinnati-based comic book featuring illustrators from our group? Many of the members of the group are into comics and already do their own stories. It would be great to showcase them in one place.

In the 80s, I edited and published a funny animal anthology, “Hardboiled Animal Comics”, which was very popular. It would be fun to put together an even better one using the methods that were not available then.

I’d like to use this space to solicit contributions to a new book I’m calling “Queen City Funnies.” I think it would be very possible to fill an 80-page book.

There’s much research still to be done, but at this point I envision a soft cover, full color book. Aside from presenting our work, I want to feature bios and contact info. We can list our websites and promote any other projects we’d like to sell. I might even solicit advertising from some local comic shops to help with printing costs. Everyone would also be able to sell the book through their own websites and at comic cons. As everyone is very busy, the deadline would need to be generous, I’m thinking the end of this year at least, to give us plenty of time to fit this in between our regular work, without having to rush. The number of pages would be up to the artists, as would subject matter. My own comics are humorous, usually talking animals. Autobiographical comics would also work well. Or stories relating to the city would be appropriate. Artists would, of course, retain all rights to their work.

In order to get this off the ground, ideas and suggestions would be very welcome. I will continue to post updates as this project develops. If you are interested, let me know at tfuller@hoohacomics.com.

Thanx,
Tim

Comic Anthology Cover

In honor of the small press comic book show in Columbus this weekend, here is a cover I did for my friend Allen Freeman's comic anthology, Slam Bang, a couple years ago.

He thought it would be really funny showing an alien being pampered in a salon. I do not get to do cartoons very often so this was really fun.

I am really interested in developing a graphic novel for kids. I finally have come up with an idea-I just need to pull it off! I am still in the post-it note/ideation phase.