Dallas Webcomics Expo 2011
I attended this year’s Dallas Webcomics Expo and had a great time. Lots of great webcomics and cartoonists there, including STRIP co-founder Jonathan Caustrita TikiColadas, Joel Watson Hijinksensue, Samantha Wikan Life’s a Witch, Michael Moreno, Rebecca Hicks Little Vampires, Mark Largent The Wannabe Pirates, and Kit Lively.
Spent quality time with Barry Buchanan and his lovely wife, Cathy. Barry is the creative mastermind behind DontFeedtheGeek.
Jonathan Caustrita had a darlin’ plushie of his bartendin’ bunny, Miles that was screamin’ to be picked up.
Also visited with Brian Powers liltoon, and Leroy Brown and his wife, Mara. Leroy writes and draws Icecubes, and was kind enough to give me an original rough sketch of one of his strips. Leroy works traditionally with dip pen on good old bristol board. You can see all the vitality that Leroy maintains in his lively art in the sketch he gave me.
Also chatted a bit with Hector Cantu, the writing genius behind the syndicated strip, Baldo. Also in the room was Barry Comp Reanimated Response and my old friend Shane Campos Racketeer Robot.
Was able to get to know David Wilborn, the inhuman resource director and creator of the zany office satire Urban Jungle, as well as Brad Diller, former newspaperman and cartoonist for Funday Morning, a hilarious one-panel gag toon.
You didn’t ask me to come…oh and send me a ticket too
Bearman, sorry you missed it, but I feel you were there in spirit.
Hey, great to meet you Mark! It was great talking shop with you and I hope we meet up again soon. Also I meant to tell you that I think Zombie Boy is really cool. Reminds me of the Harvey Comics stuff that I always loved! See you soon!
Same here, Leroy. It was nice meeting you and your wife at STRIP and seeing your awesome line work in person. Yes, it is no secret I’m a Harvey comics fan, was raised on Hot Stuff, Stumbo, and Wendy (never was a big Casper fan, though go figure..). Hope to visit with you again sometime!
Thanks for the mention man! Good to meet you at the show and for the good chat. I hope you end up diggin where Reanimated Response is going and I keep your interest with you being in the zombie game and all. Drop me some comments as the updates go on and let me know what you think. Thanks again!
Sure thing, Barry. It was a pleasure meeting you as well. Reanimated Response is a fun strip. Looking forward to see where you take it.