New bewilderedkidiverse installment: Swan Song Part Twelve

The Swan Song continues! To recap, Alistair has been replaced by Dan as the creative force behind the comic. As the new, and original, creator of the comic Dan decided to cease the bewilderedkidiverse’s existence, however for the sake of wrapping up storylines, he moved that date out to sometime in May.

And since Dan has decided to cease the bewilderedkidiverse’s existence, Mr. Richard Head had taken it upon himself to try and save the comic. After failing to do so he enlisted the services of Fish, Floating Puddle of Piss and Zombie to start his OWN comic! Next, Burt Burton returned after traversing the country in a giant T-Rex and scared Head’s creative team out of doing the comic. Now Mr. Head is flipping out and seemingly distorting reality. Also, it seems that AJ, Afrollax, LDTV, Al, and Dan’s Moustache are having some engine troubles. What happens now?

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The Books Are In!

Ladies and gentlemen…the first batch of “Super Fantastica Comix 2009 Edition” is in!

Super Fantastica veterans Daniel J. Olson, Ray N, Steven Stwalley, Danno Klonowski, Josh Blair, Ben Z, Vanesa Littlecrow Wojtanowicz, and Ryan Dow were joined by newcomers, Jesse Gillespie, Mike Sgier, , Jenny Young, David Steinlicht, Jon Sloan, Jennifer R. Pedro, Brad Foster, , Alex Arbit, Adam Hansen, and Lupi Miguinti to produce a whopping 88 pages worth of science fair themed comics for your experimentation.

The official release of the book will take place at the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo in Columbus, Ohio on April 18th and 19th, 2009. Books will be also be available at the following shows:

• MCBA Microcon 2009 in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 25th
• in Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 11th and 12th.

• Releases for local comic shops are forthcoming and will be updated as soon as the information becomes available.

  In order to purchase a copy now, visit the bewilderedkid comics store.

New bewilderedkidiverse installment: Swan Song Part Thirteen

The Swan Song continues! To recap, Alistair has been replaced by Dan as the creative force behind the comic. As the new, and original, creator of the comic Dan decided to cease the bewilderedkidiverse’s existence, however for the sake of wrapping up storylines, he moved that date out to sometime in May.

And since Dan has decided to cease the bewilderedkidiverse’s existence, Mr. Richard Head had taken it upon himself to try and save the comic. After failing to do so he enlisted the services of Fish, Floating Puddle of Piss and Zombie to start his OWN comic! Next, Burt Burton returned after traversing the country in a giant T-Rex and scared Head’s creative team out of doing the comic. Now Mr. Head is flipping out and seemingly distorting reality. Also, it seems that AJ, Afrollax, LDTV, Al, and Dan’s Moustache are having some engine troubles. What happens now?

Click on the above link or the below image to view this week’s comic.

St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam! This Thursday, April 16th, 2009!

Join the St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Cell and create a jam comic! It’s easy and fun! Just bring some drawing utensils, an idea for the jam, and a few bucks to get a tasty beverage — the baristas really do appreciate that.

The jam will start promptly at 6:30 and run until…whenever.

The meetings are open to anyone who wants to draw with us, and the results are posted here sooner rather than later.

To join us come to:
Cosmic’s Coffee Shoppe
189 Snelling Ave N.
St. Paul, MN 55104
(Northwest corner of Snelling and Selby)

More not than often we head on over to grab a brew at:
O’Gara’s Bar and Grill
164 Snelling Ave N
St. Paul, MN 55104
(Southeast corner of Snelling and Selby)

Bus info here.

Any questions? Ideas for the jam? Please discuss on our message board.

We hope to see you!

New bewilderedkidiverse installment: Swan Song Part Fourteen

The Swan Song continues! To recap, since Dan decided to cease the bewilderedkidiverse’s existence, Mr. Richard Head took it upon himself to try and save the comic. After failing to do so he attempted to start his OWN comic! Next, Burt Burton returned after traversing the country in a giant T-Rex and scared Head’s creative team out of doing the comic. Mr. Head has subsequently flipped his lid and doesn’t know where to focus his rage. Meanwhile, AJ, Afrollax, LDTV, Al, and Mr. Head’s Moustache have crashed landed.

We’re getting close to the end, so what’s next?

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Reporting from SPACE - Day Zero

Well, we made it. Myself and Ryan Dow, who some are calling the greatest team up since Peter Porker “Spider-Ham” and Captain Americat, arrived in Columbus just shortly after 11:00 PM EST. We traveled a little over 750 miles in about 13 - 14 hours. Some of our great adventures thus far were getting stuck in Chicago and somewhere in Indiana, eating at a Waffle House in Indianapolis, and stopping at a Wal-Mart in Tomah, Wisconsin for a new iTrip. Fun times.

More stuff to post tomorrow. Need to get some shut eye for tomorrow.

Reporting from SPACE - Day One

As you probably already know, myself and Ryan Dow, who are in Columbus, Ohio attending SPACE (Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo). Last night was pretty rough, we didn’t get in until quite late, so last night’s blog didn’t have much in the way of pictures, sorry. So, you would be expecting a bunch of pics today, right? WRONG! I forgot to take any. LAME! Anyway, I have some pics from the last couple of days that I would like to post instead.

Here are dry runs of my table from Thursday afternoon.

Just pretend that the television and such aren’t at the convention.

Super Maxi-Pad Girl did NOT bring the Rock Band drum set with her, much to my chagrin.

I look sleepy. And sorta creepy, and this time it’s not the stache. Where the hell is my head coming from? The netherworld? I’ve always been horrible at taking pictures of myself. Fortunately, I never took a photo of myself in a tank-top t-shirt and posted it on Myspace.

Ryan hit the bed almost as soon as we got into the hotel room. My question is, how many freaking pillows does one man need? I had four on my bed too, but pushed them off to the side. Ryan actually slept on all of them!

Here is my lame attempt at making up for not taking pictures. You see, Ryan took some photos, but we don’t have an adapter to put import them into my computer. So, that’s the best you get. For now.

More stuff to post tomorrow, I PROMISE! Now, I need to get something to eat, I’m freakin’ starvin!

Reporting from SPACE - Day Two

As promised, I have pictures from the show! I met some really cool people while at the show. There was a load of guys from the Kansas City area that had a whole bunch of cool stuff, I have most of them listed below. Also, I was able to meet Nate Powell and talk to him a little bit about his stuff. So that was cool too. Some of the pictures turned out fuzzy for some reason or another.

This is where it all went down; the Aladdin Shrine Center.

Ryan putting the finishing touches on his table.

Here’s what my stuff looked like. I had a killer bright light essentially spotlighting the Super Maxi-Pad Girl merch.

Below is Matt Hawkins, he is one of the super cool guys I met from Kansas City. This guy does awesome papercraft and even put together a book about it, which I bought. The only KC guy I didn’t get a picture of was .

Next up is Kyle Strahm, another one of the KC guys. He was nominated for the 2008 SPACE prize with his book Clockwork Creature, which I also picked up, but have yet to read.

This is AJ Smith and Chris Garrett. AJ traded minis with me, his work is awesome by the way. Meanwhile, Chris works at a comic shop in Kansas City that is super indie friendly. Also, he informed me of a convention called MoKan, which I might look into attending this fall. Of course, I forgot to pick something up from him, but I’m sure I will down the road.

Lastly, Nate Powell, should really need no introduction. You may know his work from the critically acclaimed, Eisner nominated “Swallow Me Whole.” Being a person with neurological issues myself, this book really touched me.

That’s it folks! Travelling back to the Twin Cities tomorrow. I’ll be seeing you all soon!!

New bewilderedkidiverse installment: Swan Song Part Fifteen

Just read it, it’s almost done already!!!

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There are only three more installments left for the bewilderedkidiverse, but I’ve been busy putting the finishing touches on my submission for the Big Funny exhibit coming up at Altered Esthetics in August. This is a juried show, which I am unsure I will get into, so in lieu of that I present to you the black and white version of my submission.

Click on the image to enlarge, but beware it is quite large!

I’ll get around to throwing the new bewilderedkidiverse installment up tomorrow evening.