Art card commissioned by a fan at Wizard World Philly. Oh my. :D
Wizard World Philly 2013. Gettin’ cheeky.
Come see me and Sarah this weekend at Animazement in the Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina! I’ll be taking commission at con, but spots fill quickly so stop by early to request yours. We’ll also have plenty of books (including the brand new “Ensign Two: The Wrath of Sue”), prints, art cards, and other goodies. So, stop on by! We look forward to seeing you. :)
Going to North Carolina this weekend! (Noth Cackalacky iffin’ yer local.) We’ll have a passel’a new books more’n last year: Ensign Two, Spinks #2, & even Kevin’s first Art Book: THE RED ONE. Hope we get to see you! :D
GUESS WHAT’S IN THE MAIL TO EVERYONE?! I’m packing up the final batch of Ensign Two: The Wrath of Sue pre-orders tonight. Thank you so much for your kind support, guys. It means the world to me and Kevin. ♥
If you missed the pre-order …period and would still like a copy, we can help! We will have the Ensign Two books at all of our convention appearances in 2013. We’ll also continue to sell copies on online.
Pssst, Canada-based fans! Clare Moseley, our co-author, is located north of the US border and can sell you the books at a lower shipping cost. Check out her store!
Again, thank you guys! (And yes, that’s one of our cats in the background. Kitty!)
Here’s some video of the huge crowd at Free Comic Book Day in Newark, DE at Captain Blue Hen Comics. Of note: a friendly storm trooper, a casual Spider-man, and a darling father-son Star Wars duo!
Kevin Bolk and the Interrobang Studios crew had a fantastic time! (Thanks, CBH!) What’d you do for YOUR FCBD?
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY w/ Interrobang Studios & Captain Blue Hen
Newark, Delaware. Saturday, May 4th.
Kevin and Sarah will be hanging out at Captain Blue Hen Comics in Newark, Delaware on Saturday, May 4th for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Joe and his Blue Hen crew will be giving out free comic books in their store, and they’ve invited a bunch of local artists to come out and set up shop under their tents! There will be food carts, open sketch commissions, art talk presentations by all the artists, and free comics in the store! We’ll have plenty of Ensign Two copies on hand and we’d love to see you. :)Where I’ll be this weekend. :)
Come with us, darling. You’ll never regret it.
3…2…1…. LIFT OFF! TO ADVENTURE!
So I’ve put up an Etsy store for all of the insanely geeky things I create. It’s called FieldsofFandom (or Strawberry Fields of Fandom).
Above are pictures are just a few of the things I’m offering:
- Fandom Badge Set (Writing Variant)
- Sherlock Holmes Chibi Figurine
- Princess Peach: Damsel Not Distressed Print
- Peverell Ring / Ring Horcrux / Resurrection Stone Deathly Hallow
- Creator Confidential Collection
- Doctor Who and Torchwood Badge Set
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Character Badge Set
- BBC Sherlock Fandom Phrase Badge Set
I’m just looking to keep being able to make goofy stuff like this and let other people enjoy my goofy stuff. So please, check out my store HERE.
Excellent friend and Ensign Sue Co-creator, Clare of Canada, has founded an awesome Etsy shop of fun things! She’s selling fangasms. Guaranteed.
I got 90 unused, old postcards to send out as thank you’s. I’ve gotta share, b/c POSTCARDS.
- “El Paso/Juarez! Sister cities, joined by a very busy bridge.” Oh no.
- “Greetings from Woxall, PA!” The whole town saved up to get this postcard done. Had a man out SPECIAL from the city. A’yup.
- “45th Parallel! Halfway between the North Pole & the Equator” Guys, you can’t—it’s a line, a ring. You can’t just put up a sign in one spot. Yes. I know, look, I know that’s the 45th parallel, but it’s the 45th parallel over here too. IT’S A GIANT CIRCLE STOP BUILDING A PARKING LOT AROUND THAT ONE SIGN
- “The Grand Canyon of PENNSYLVANIA!” It’s Pine Creek Gorge. Don’t get excited. According to our marketing team, every state has its own Grand Canyon. The one in Kansas is a rather deep storm drain.
- “I took the Cat to Canada!” Catamaran Travel: THE WAY OF THE FUTURE. A whopping 55 mph over the very surface of the ocean. THEY SAID IT COULDN’T BE DONE.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY w/ Interrobang Studios & Captain Blue Hen
Newark, Delaware. Saturday, May 4th.
Kevin and Sarah will be hanging out at Captain Blue Hen Comics in Newark, Delaware on Saturday, May 4th for FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Joe and his Blue Hen crew will be giving out free comic books in their store, and they’ve invited a bunch of local artists to come out and set up shop under their tents! There will be food carts, open sketch commissions, art talk presentations by all the artists, and free comics in the store! We’ll have plenty of Ensign Two copies on hand and we’d love to see you. :)
Was having a conversation with Artist Alley folks about how each of our table displays have evolved over the years and what materials we used. Dug out some old photos of the Interrobang table and since they were kinda neat, I thought I’d share!
- 2009. Big Apple Comic Con. We used 2 black, foam core science-fair displays and I cut the back and taped the opening so that they made a pair of 1’ square towers. We used plastic, slide in, document holders mounted on double-sided tape. The top banner is also foam core and set in notches cut into the tops of the towers.
- 2009. Wizard World Philadelphia. We had a half-table, so we used one tower and mounted the foam core down on the table. (Boo hiss! Sign too low! Everyone’s butts blocked it as they browsed.) This was one of the last cons where we used a price-list. Folks have proven much more receptive to price tags on the product (even little post-it notes) rather than a single, master price list.
- 2010. SPX. Mini arch of PVC pipes and clamps. We picked up some small, clear, plastic fixtures from a closing Borders to hold our books in tiered stacks. We made custom signs for each of our books with some small flavor text. We salvaged the plastic sleeves from the first incarnation and added industrial velcro to the backs of them to keep them on the poles.
- 2013. MegaCon. Taller! It grows! Wider! It expands! We have more books with more signs!
- 2012. Baltimore Comic Con. Not really in the right date sequence, but this is a show where we buy 2 tables, so you get to see the Voltron-Super-Convertible coolness of our newest display. We add a middle clamp, some more PVC, and a T-join. Now we can talk to folks out of TWO windows! We also added a magnet board to display our mini-print art cards. :D
Hope I didn’t bore you! Do any of y’all have photos of your displays over the years? I enabled photo reply. Lemme see! :D
Quick note — I’m going to be doing an action figure customizing presentation at this year’s T-MODE, which runs from April 19-21 in Rockville, MD! Yeah, super advance notice, I know! You’ve totally got no excuse for not showing up. XD
Also, my presentation is scheduled for tomorrow night from…If you’re gonna be at T-Mode this weekend, stay up late Friday night (11:30, to be exact) and see my bro Wes’s CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES WORKSHOP! Join us and you too will be able to do horrible things with Smurfs…
Come for the party. Stay for the LATE NIGHT ACTION (figures).
Team Interrobang is getting ready for our Birthday Party at T-MODE this weekend. It’s on Saturday and starts at 12:30pm.
In other news, blindfold technologies testing sessions have yielded positive results. Neither the blind kitten nor the lovely assistant were able to pin the tail on any of the studio jackasses while under the influence of “goggles.”
(Mod: So I found out today that its Sarah’s Birthday! FFFFFF I owed her for keeping me company and talking to me while Kevin was away from his booth at FanExpo. Sorry if this looks bad! I rushed it! Have a great birthday!!!)
Heee! Hush, you. It’s wonderful. Sarah will be thrilled! Thank you so much.
Look, sweetie, look!! :3
OH MY STARS! LOOK. AT. THIS. GIFT! Thank you so very very much! LOOKITUSWE’RESOCUTE!! <3
