Belated congratulations to Eisner Award nomineesTony Cliff for Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople (Best Single Issue), ChuckBB for Black Metal (Special Recognition), Steve Hamaker for Bone and Shazam: Monster Society of Evil (Best Coloring), Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá for The Umbrella Academy (Best Limited Series), Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon for Sugarshock! (Best Digital Comic), Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fábio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Grampá for 5 (Best Anthology), and to all the other 143 (!) nominees this year!
Voting for the Eisners have already begun, so if you’re a working comics professional, drop by the official Eisner Voting page and cast your vote online!
UPDATE: Becky is also doing something pretty clever for 5:
Also, if anyone hasn’t read “5,” can’t get a copy and wants to vote, shoot me a note or an email and I’ll get you a copy of the PDF. (Please note that you have to be a professional in the comic book industry in order to be eligable to vote.)
Following hot on the heels of last weekend’s New York Comic-Con is this year’s Stumptown Comics Fest! The show will run this weekend from April 26-27. Flight alumni in attendance includes (as before, links will direct you to their booths, panels and appearances):
Hi everybody! Just a quick post to let you all know if you’re coming to the New York Comic-Con this weekend from April 18-20, you’ll find some of the Flight alumni in attendance, including (links will direct you to their booths, signings and appearances):
For those of you interested in Flight-related activities at the con:
Flight Explorer panel - a conversation with Kazu Kibuishi and creators: Sun. 20th, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM in room 1E08 Flight Explorer signing: Sun. 20th, 2:00 - 3:00 PM at the Midtown Comics booth (booth #1541)
Please join us in a celebration of art and the creative spirit as we gather talent for our 3rd annual benefit art show, Power in Numbers 3! Our biggest event of the year, Power in Numbers features artists creating 5″ x 7″ postcard-size artwork in any desired medium and themes of their choice. All works will be priced at $100.00 and 20% of all artwork sales will go towards a benefit of choice. This year’s benefit of choice is the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Greater Los Angeles. This show will also mark our official homecoming party into our new space so join us opening night for the festivities!
The list of participating artists is huge, and includes a gaggle of Flight alumni, including Alex Fuentes, Andrea Offerman, Clio Chiang, lsrael Sanchez, Jon Klassen, Justin Ridge, Neil Babra, Richard Pose, and Chris Appelhans (whose Power in Numbers piece is pictured below)!
Thanks so much to Kean for blogging about my new book last month. I wanted to let everyone know that it’s actually available now. I created a web-page with preview images, information on how to get the book, and an explanation of how it was created, right here.
Flight Explorer is going to be released next Tuesday, March 25th. As a countdown for the release of the book, I will be previewing my Jellaby story, “First Snow,” in its entirety on my website. Two pages will be going up every weekday until the story is finished (to coincide with the release of Explorer, natch).
Beginning this weekend, the Billy Shire Fine Arts Gallery in Los Angeles will be exhibiting the recent works of artist Yoko Tanaka (Flight 3). Her work is amazing, and I highly recommend seeing some of these pieces in person. The artist reception will be tomorrow, Friday 7-10pm and the opening reception will be held on Saturday from 7-10pm. The show will run from March 15th to April 5th. For a preview of the show and information on how to get there, please visit the Billy Shire Fine Arts website.
Several of the Flight artists, including Kazu Kibuishi, Dik Pose, and Israel Sanchez will speak at California State University, Fullerton, this Friday March 14 at 7pm in VA-113 (map). It’s FREE to everyone! Kazu will most certainly talk about his latest graphic novel, Amulet, and the upcoming release of Flight Explorer, the first graphic novel anthology for youngsters!
