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Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2017

by Kat on October 2, 2017 at 4:41 pm
Posted In: Events, Travel, Uncategorized

Yesterday was an awesome day, Mike and I traveled up to Columbus, Ohio to attend Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) 2017. CXC has been around for three years, and for two of those three I lived in Rhode Island and wasn’t able to easily attend. Hearing nothing but great things about the show, it has been on my convention bucket-list since reviews started pouring in to me in 2015. I was not diappointed.

For those who are not aware, CxC is a four day event heald in Columbus, Ohio on both the campus of (the) Ohio State Univeristy and at local attractions across the city. At first it sounds daunghting, travelig across the city to attend the different events, but it really isn’t. Thursday and Friday events are all located on OSU’s campus and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum (someplace else I hope to travel to soon) and Hale Hall. The events on Thursday and Friday are mostly exhibits, professional presentations, and SOL-Con workshops. SOL-Con is a Brown and Black comics expo that run simuntaniously with CxC and celebrates the works of African American and Latino comic creators and writers.

Saturday and Sunday sees what most people think of with an indie comics convention, a huge artist alley!

The artist alley is located in the Columbus Metropolitian Library’s main branch building downtown, but there is also an art exhibit at the Columbus Museum of Art, and more exhibits at the Columbus College of Art and Design. Unfortunately our time was limited, so we were only able to attend the artist alley at the library. Mike and I spent three hours walking around the the tables and talking to local and visiting artists. Ran into a new favorite artist of mine, Natalie Andrewson, who I first met at the Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo last year (that was a good expo as well, but it seems they didn’t hold it this year?) Anyway, I love Andrewson’s method of basically screenprinting her illustrations through layers of color, and have multiple illustratiosn of hers up in my studio.

I also met a fantastic writer and illustrator duo, Ananya Vahal who writes Lung Girl and Carlos Perez of Prime Vice Studios. Vahal writes Lung Girl and runs the Sid Foundation, which is a non-profit that raises funds and awareness for lung transplant research. Lung Girl is a comic published by the Sid Foundation to help spread awareness of lung transplants in a exciting and new way.

At the show I met illustrator Tim Jackson and his book Pionnering Cartoonists of Color which came out last year. It is a look on the works of African-Amerian cartoonists and comic creators from post Civil War until 1968, and has been a captivating read thus far. It had always bothered me that society had only paid attention to a certain portion of artists throughout history, Pioneering Cartoonists of Color really digs into the stories of those who were largely ignored, but still persisted to have their voices heard. This book comes highly recommended for everyone to read, and should be included as a part of art history programs and at local libraries across the country.

And that was my day at CxC + SOL-Con 2017! Again, this is a wonderful indie and small press conference that people who are into comics should really attend. I’ve been to many small press expos (SPX, MICE, and SPACE) and find this to be just as large, but have that cozy feel as the others. Here you can enthusically talk at length with artists and share thoughts and ideas without the feeling of being pressured to move onto the next table quickly. Artists who were exhibiting mentioned that CxC has hands-down been one of the best expos they have ever attended, I’d agree with that statement.

Cheers,

Kat

└ Tags: cartoon crossroads columbus, columbus, comics, CXC, expos, indie, small press

Inktober #2

by Kat on October 2, 2017 at 3:43 pm
Posted In: Uncategorized

For the second day of Inktober, the theme is “Divided.”

Honestly, it took me a minute as I flipped throught he catalog of monsters in my head (hey, there are a lot of legendry creatures logged in there!) I needed a monster that could divide itself, which is not a common trait, and as I flipped through my creature catalog I rememed one very famous serpent- the Hydra. Made famous in the legend of Heracles (aka Hercules) and his twelve labors (Hydra was labor #2, so fitting for today, the second day of the challenge.)

Most fun part was drawing the inside slice of the Hydra, something I don’t normally do. I’m also challengeing myself to largely freehand the ink work, just laying down some red penciled guidelines under the inks. Working on my linework control as well.

Cheers,

Kat

└ Tags: 2017, Hydra, inktober, monsters

Inktober #1

by Kat on October 1, 2017 at 3:13 pm
Posted In: daily sketch, Inktober

Inktober is here! Just for a refresher, here is the offical list for 2017’s Inktober challenge:

So, I’m a big fan of Halloween and all things monsterous, and beause of that all my Inktober drawings are monster themed (as opposed to 2016 where all my illustrations were ghost based.) Every day I find a different mythological monster to use in the sketch challenge. So.Much.FUN!

The first day’s challenge is “swift,” so I used a sea serpent swiftly swimming past a rowboat.

Enjoy!

Kat

└ Tags: 2017, inktober, monsters, sketches

Buckeye Book Fair 2017

by Kat on September 18, 2017 at 9:04 pm
Posted In: Events, Travel

Happy to announce that I am one of 100 authors featured at the 30th Annual Buckeye Book Fair with my book Ohio’s Haunted Crime. The book fair is November 4th, 2017 from 9:30AM to 4PM at Fisher Auditorium in Wooster, Ohio. Admission is $2 a person.

It is such a great honor to be an invited author to the book fair and I am very excited to be a part of it. The Buckeye Book Fair is made possible thanks to sponsorship from the Ohio Arts Council, the Wooster Book Company, Smuckers, D.S. Distribution Inc., Ohio Humanities, and Friends of the Wayne County Public Library.

More information can be found at their website the http://www.buckeyebookfair.com/

└ Tags: 2017, books, Buckeye Book Fair, events, November, Ohio's Haunted Crime

Zombio!

by Kat on September 18, 2017 at 8:54 pm
Posted In: Uncategorized

Very happy to announce a new graphic novel project that will be out in early 2018, Zombio! The series was written by my husband, Mike, and illustrated by me. The cavet in this is the book was written as a lituratre project by my husband over 20 years ago when he was in elementary school. It is a sci-fi story, taking place on a strange and new planet called Zombio, where young Mike and his trusty dog Wheatley explore this new planet and make friends and have adventures with the local inhabitants, the Zombie Family. Plus, this graphic novel is suitable for all ages!

You can check out more about the series and its progression from concept to reality on the Klockow Comics Patreon site. It is becoming a featured piece of my artblog there. Distribution plans for once the series is complete are still being worked out, but we do plan on having it availble both in print and digital formats.

-Kat

 

 

└ Tags: comics, graphic novel, Patreon, Zombio
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