Talkin' Small Press with Bob Corby & Co.

The recording of last night's "Open Mike, Insert Foot" is online and available at TalkShoe for download or listen online via stream. Hear Bob Corby, Tom Williams, Tony Goins and Max Ink answer Mike Leuszler's questions and explain just why Columbus is such a great town for comics.

Ground Control to Major Tom (...and Field Marshal Bob and Private Max...)

Space-Man Painter Extraordinaire and PANEL member Tom Williams, Space-Man Supreme Organizer Bob Corby and Spaced-Out Sunday Comixer and cartoonist Max Ink will be interviewed by Mike Leuszler for his podcast show “Open Mike, Insert Foot” on Wednesday at 9:25 PM. You can join the conversation by going to the TalkShoe website and follow the instructions there or if you can't join us, you can download the show later on and listen in.

Random Winks

In less than two weeks, there will be lots and lots of geeky guy cartoonists descending on Columbus (Yikes! What a messy mental image that is!) with hundreds of kick-ass cool comics to sell you; but here are a couple of local gals' books you need to check out when you stop by the Sunday Comix table on March 1 & 2.


The first is "Random Goodness" by Andrea McEnaney (creator of The Adventures of Chad Cleanly), featuring some of her best single panel gag comics. This great book of semi-absurdist humor can be yours for a measly $2.


The other book you need to keep your eye on is "Wink! Wink!" a short story by Symphony of the Universe artist & writer M.A.D. It's a very different sort of story from her usual fare, but amusing and well worth you time and attention. "Wink! Wink!" is part of the newest PANEL anthology.

Unmasked!

Isn't Tom Williams just the dandiest artist? (I'm not even kidding.)

Futuristic Robots & Fashionable Book Signings

Two Days with Two Posts regarding PANEL...

1) Actually, not so much PANEL as much as Dara Naraghi. His adaptation of Cory Doctorow's "I, Robot" (illustrated by Erich Owen) is now available at your local comic book shop. It's one of the short story's to be featured in IDW Publishing's Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now. (Yeah... that title just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?).

2) Also, Dara will be signing copies of his new graphic novel Lifelike (also published by IDW) this Saturday (tomorrow!) from noon to 4 pm at the Waldenbooks at Polaris Fashion Place. (Hm. Being as there is interior artwork by other PANEL members Andy Bennett, Tom Williams, and Tim McClurg, I guess this post is not all about Dara...)

SPACED OUT PARTEEZ!

a 2-day S.P.A.C.E. convention

deserves 2-day party

HOSTED BY PANEL

To celebrate the 2nd 2-day Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, Columbus’ own Panel Creators' Collective is planning two days of parties for comic book exhibitors and attendees alike!

Friday, Feb. 29 – Monkey’s Retreat

Join in the fun: an art show and mixer at Monkey’s Retreat in Columbus’ Short North Arts District. Monkey’s Retreat has been Columbus's best source of underground comix, art books, martial arts supplies and more since 1975 – a perfect match for SPACE. Panel shall provide a complimentary keg, but once that’s cashed there are several cool bars and clubs within walking distance.

Monkey’s Retreat
1202 North High Street
Columbus, OH 43201
8 – 11 p.m.

Google Your Map here.

Saturday, March 1 – Momo2

Panel is taking you back to Momo2 for this year’s SPACE party. Momo2 features bowling, billiards, karaoke, bubble tea and a fine collection of Asian gifts and novelties. Momo has easy access to highways and several restaurants and bars nearby.

Momo2
2885 Olentangy River Rd
Columbus, OH 43202
8 p.m. - ???

Google Your Map here.

Panel is a Columbus-based group of writers and artists. It features several working comics professionals, It will debut its 12^th bi-annual anthology at SPACE.

S.P.A.C.E., the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, runs March 1-2 at the Aladdin Shrine Temple. It has been bringing dozens of the best regional and national small press comics creators to Central Ohio since the dawn of the 21st Century.

SPACE ART

Local painter supreme (and Day Prize winner) Tom Williams has done it once again! Each year, Tom draws a different (and weirder/cooler) variation on the S.P.A.C.E. "Cosmo" character for Columbus' very own Small Press & Alternative Comix Expo. You can check out some of Tom's past SPACE artwork below. (And you can buy it here.) As you walk throughout the city, keep your eyes peeled and snag one of these postcards so you, too can own a piece of history. Heck, grab a few and pass them out to friends & relatives. And lest you forget, buy some (if not all) of Tom's books or even get him to draw you somethin' real purty!

S.P.A.C.E. will happen March 1 and 2, 2008 (Sat & Sun)
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Sat. & 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sun.
Aladdin Shrine Center, Columbus, OH

Admission $5.00 for one day and $8.00 for both

Lifelike is a Laughing Matter

(Just in case you can't read the above uber cool flyer Tom Williams created...) Local writer Dara Naraghi will be signing copies of his graphic novel, Lifelike (published by IDW) on Wednesday, January 16 from 5-8pm at the Laughing Ogre. He will be joined by 3 of the book's artists Andy Bennett, Tom Williams, and Tim McClurg.

So, what is Lifelike, anyway? Originally published online thru Komikwerks, Lifelike is a series of vignettes showing unrelated snapshots of ordinary life. The series – using an amazingly wide array of artists and art styles – becomes a collected work much more than the sum of its parts: an author’s true narrative vision. From the sentimental to the shocking, the familiar to the unknown, it's all here.