Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

ARES ARISE! Guest Post #8-- Ellen Lindner!

The eighth in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the much-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Ellen Lindner!

Ellen Lindner spends a lot of time looking at the back of George's head at the studio they share in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Hypothetical Island. She's working on two projects at the moment: The Strumpet, a collection of comics by ladies (the new issue is out now!), and The Black Feather Falls, a flapper mystery set in Jazz Age London. You can check both out at her website, littlewhitebird.com


Monday, February 2, 2015

ARES ARISE! Guest Post #7-- Dean Haspiel!

The seventh in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the much-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Dean Haspiel!
Dean brings us an awesome, superheroic (or is it supervillainic?) iteration of the God of War. I don't know about you, but the combo of bold colors, super-slick art and a cool logo leave me hankering for a Dean Haspiel helmed Ares comic.





Emmy award winner and Eisner, Harvey & Ignatz Award nominee Dean Haspiel created BILLY DOGMA, illustrated for HBO's "Bored To Death," was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, is a Yaddo fellow, a playwright, helped pioneer personal webcomics with the invention of ACT-I-VATE.com and TripCity.net, and is the co-founder of Hang Dai Editions in Brooklyn, NY. Dino has written and drawn many comic books, including The Fox, Spider-Man, Batman, X-men, The Fantastic Four, Wonder Woman, Deadpool, Godzilla, Mars Attacks and collaborations with Harvey Pekar, Jonathan Ames, Inverna Lockpez, Jonathan Lethem, Mark Waid, and Stan Lee. Dino steeps in psychotronic movies, cosmic electronica, and Jack Kirby pulp. Check out more of his stuff at http://deanhaspiel.com/

Sunday, February 1, 2015

ARES ARISE! Guest Post #6-- Peter Violini!

The sixth in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the much-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Peter Violini!
I first met Peter when he was an intern in Hypothetical Island, the studio in Gowanus I share with several other cartoonists (including Thursday's Reilly Brown). Peter quickly impressed us with his fully realized style, prodigious work ethic, comics biz savvy, and ability to move hulking pieces of furniture with ease. I was especially impressed with his knowledge of cryptids, and encourage anyone who shares that interest to check out Peter's series Sisters, the first issue of which features none other than the Mothman. Peter described his work as Supernatural, Sci-fi, and Samurai extraordinaire, a description which I'll agree with. Check out his tumblr for more of his stuff.

Saturday, January 31, 2015

ARES ARISE! Guest Post #5-- Leland Purvis!

The fifth in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the much-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Leland Purvis!
 Leland brings us his own distinct and terrifying depiction of the god of war, an ageless, haunted, almost skeletal figure brandishing the weapons of many eras and bearing the weariness and scars of untold battles. I kinda think, if Ares is still around out there, he just might look like this. At least on a bad day.

Check out more of Leland's stunning work at his website.


Thursday, January 29, 2015

ARES ARISE! Guest Post #4-- Reilly Brown!

The fourth in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the much-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Reilly Brown!
 
 Reilly brings the power to this imposing portrait of the god of war. Reilly has worked on a whole slew of Marvel characters, but he's probably best known for his work on the Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool, where he co-created Bob, the Agent of Hydra. In addition to his many Marvel gigs he has his creator-owned digital comic Power Play,  draws the Fred van Lente written St George for Dark Horse, and is the current artist on DC comics relaunch of Lobo. It is also alleged that Reilly sleeps at some point, though, even after sharing a studio space with him for years, I've seen no evidence of that occurring. Check out more of his stuff at his tumblr.

ARES ARISE! Guest Post #3-- Jerzy Drozd!

The third in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the oft-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Jerzy Drozd!


Jerzy transformed Ares into a Masters of the Universe Figure that I Absolutley! Must! Own! One day! Are you listening, Mattel? Mr. Drozd and I have talked extensively about our mutual love of MOTU, as evidenced in this interview here (just look at that backdrop! All MOTU!):
Jerzy Drozd is one of the artists of The Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination, published by Abrams ComicArts. He is currently creating a webcomic about a bear, a bird, and metal-gobbling mineral girls at http://boulderandfleet.com

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

ARES ARISE! Guest post #2-- Tim Hamilton

The second in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the oft-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Tim "T-Money" Hamilton!





Tim Hamilton is a Brooklyn writer / artist with clients such as The New York Times, Cicada Magazine, Marvel, DC Comics, Mad Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, ABC Television,
Holiday House and Fast Company Magazine.

In 2010 
he adapted Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 into a graphic novel which was nominated for an Eisner award.
Children's books he has produced include The Big Fib, But! and the upcoming Is That A Cat?

 

Monday, January 26, 2015

ARES ARISE! Guest post #1-- Hazel Newlevant

The first in a daily celebration by awesome cartoonists of the oft-maligned god of war himself, Ares, on the occasion of the publishing of Olympians Volume 7, Ares: Bringer of War.  Today's entry: Hazel Newlevant!


Hazel Newlevant is the cartoonist and publisher of many comics, including the Xeric Award-winning mini-comic Ci Vediamo and If This Be Sin, recipient of the the Prism Comics Queer Press Grant. She is the editor of Chainmail Bikini, the anthology of women gamers, to be released in March 2015. To see more of Hazel’s work and to keep current on upcoming projects, visit her tumblr.

In addition to the above, it's worth mentioning to all you mythophiles out there that Hazel and I will be tabling together at this years MoCCA fest, where she'll be selling this sweeeet map of Greek mythology. I own one and it's pretty much the ginchiest thing ever.

Ares Guest Artists! ARES ARISE!

To commemorate the release of volume seven of Olympians, Ares: Bringer of War, I wanted to host a celebration of the oft-maligned god of war and asked a whole slew of my comics pals to contribute their own interpretations of him. Check back everyday for a brand new artistic vision featuring the murderous Greek god of battle frenzy by a bevy of the greatest cartooning talents in the world. Here's a list of whom to look for:

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 Tuesday, January 27th: Hazel Newlevant

Wednesday January 28th:  Tim Hamilton

Thursday, January 29th: Jerzy Drozd

Friday, January 30th: Reilly Brown

Saturday, January 31st: Leland Purvis

Sunday, February 1st: Peter Violini

Monday, February 2nd: Dean Haspiel

Tuesday, February 3rd: Ellen Lindner

Wednesday, February 4th: Michel Fiffe

Thursday, February 5th: Danica Novgorodoff

Friday, February 6th: Nathan Schreiber

Saturday, February 7th: Simon Fraser

Sunday, February 8th:  Robin Ha

Monday, February 9th:  Khary Randolph

Tuesday, February 10th: Andres Vera Martinez

Wednesday, February 11th: Greg Benton

Thursday, February 12th: Nick Bruel

Friday, February 13th: Jason Chin

Saturday February 14th: Joan Reilly

Sunday, February 15th: James Smith

Monday, February 16th: Nick Abadzis

Tuesday, February 17th: David Klein

Wednesday, February 18th: Sara Varon

Thursday, February 19th: Jason Little

Friday, February 20th: Christa Cassano

Saturday, February 21st: Lara Antal

Sunday February 22nd: Douglas Einar Olsen

Monday February 23rd: Evan Petersen

Tuesday, February 24th: Maggie Scarlett Breen

Wednesday, February 25th: Michael Horwitz

Thursday, February 26th:  Mike Cavallaro

 Friday, February 27th: Nick Bertozzi

ARES: BRINGER OF WAR is released today!


Well, what are you waiting for? Go get it!

Saturday, January 24, 2015

ARES EVENTS!

The seventh volume of my Olympians series, Ares: Bringer of War drops this Tuesday, January 27th. Here's a partial list of places you'll be able to see me:


George O’Connor
Ares Book Events


Thursday, January 29th
Event
Water Street Bookstore
Time: 5:00pm
Location: 125 Water Street / Exeter, NH 03833
Details: Talk and signing.

Saturday, January 31st
Event
Odyssey Bookstore
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 9 College Street / South Hadley, MA 01075
Details: Book talk and signing.

Sunday, February 1st
Event
Brookline Booksmith
Time: 2:00pm
Location: 279 Harvard Street / Brookline, MA 02446
Details: Book talk and signing.

 Wednesday, February 4th
Event
Big Planet College Park
Time: 5:00 – 8:00pm
Location: 7315 Baltimore Ave / College Park, MD 20740
Details: Signing

Thursday, February 5th
Event
Takoma Park Library
Time: 7:30pm
Location: 101 Philadelphia Avenue / Takoma Park, MD 20912
Details: Talk and signing

Friday, February 6th
Event
Community Bookstore
Time: 4:00pm
Location: 143 7th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11215
Details: Talk and signing

Saturday, February 7th
Event
Greenlight Bookstore
Time: 11:00am
Location: 686 Fulton Street / Brooklyn, NY 11217
Details: Storytime!

Monday, February 9th
 Event
Watchung Booksellers
Time: 4:00 – 5:00pm
Location: 54 Fairfield Street / Montclair, NJ 07042
Details: Chat and signing at the store. 

Wednesday, February 11th
Event
Kinokuniya
Time: 6:00pm
Location: 1073 Avenue of the Americans / New York, NY 10018
Details: Kids workshop and signing.  This is the first kids workshop they’re doing!

Sunday, February 15th
Event
WORD Drawing Workshop
Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Location: 123 Newark Avenue / Jersey city, NJ 07302
Details: Workshop and signing. 

Tuesday, February 17th
Event
Boulevard Books
Time: 1pm
Location: 7518 13th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11228
Details: Graphic novel workshop with kids at the store! 

Saturday, February 28th
Event
Books of Wonder
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: 18 West 18th Street / New York, NY 10011
Details: Author panel and signing.

Sunday, March 1st
Event
Bank Street Bookstore
Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm
Location: Corner of 107th Street and Broadway / New York, NY 10025
Details: Special guest in the Fractured Fables puppet show featuring the Greek myths, followed by a signing.

Event
powerHouse on 8th
Time: 4:00 – 5:00pm
Location: 1111 8th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11215
Details: Talk and signing!


Friday, March 6th
Event
Voracious Reader
Time: 6:00pm
Location: 1997 Palmer Ave / Larchmont, NY 10530
Details: Talk and signing, plus meeting with the ‘Uncommon Corps of Ravenous Readers,’ the middle-grade book club.