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You read that title right!

Brett Carreras, the promoter of the VA Comicon is opening up the doors for the first time in 2013 to a MASSIVE collection of over 100 Marvel long boxes and over 50 DC long boxes (and several boxes of magazines) !

ALL of these books are in order, and represent an inventory from 1980 to 2011. We are selling each one for only $1 each…but wait, there’s MORE! if you spend $20 it is like spending $30. You get an extra 10 books for FREE!

This event is one day only, THIS Saturday May 11, 2013 in Richmond, VA at 109 E. Grace Street.

There is public parking 5 doors down on the corner of 2nd and Grace street for 60 cents an hour.

Credit cards WILL be accepted. This is the first time we have opened the doors to the public in 2013. We look forward to seeing you there!

This is one-day event by the PROMOTER of the VA Comicon…we will be making announcements about upcoming VA Comicons really soon!

Best,

Brett

Continue reading » ]]> We are pleased to welcome the Wieringo Scholarship back to the Virignia Comicon!

Operated in part by Mike’s brother Matt, the Wieringo Scholarship helps to sponsor a scholarship program at the Savannah College of Art and Design, one of the top schools for comic illustrators in the country.

Money is raised for this program by donations, and by selling some of Mike Wieringo’s original art pages…a rare opportunity to own some one-of-a-kind pieces of original artwork from one of the hardest working and most loved professionals who has ever worked in the field.

Comic Collector Live lists over 500+ different books Mike worked on during his comic career. Here is a direct link to those books. Since the show itself is FREE to the public if you register HERE, hopefully you will consider donating a few dollars to the scholarship…or, who knows?…pick up some AMAZING original artwork!

We will see you at the show!
-Brett

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In addition to an awesome round of brand-new, first-time-at-our-show vendors and creators, we are please to tell you that we have just updated our event diagram! You can find the current up-to-the-minute diagram at THIS link.

Additionally, we wanted to let you know we JUST confirmed with fan-fave Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cover-artist Matt Slay and are please to say he WILL be at the show THIS Sunday, so be sure to get in his line early before his commission list fills us. below is an example of some of his artwork.  Don’t forget…the show is FREE if you register in advance on THIS website and bring your ticket with you. We will see you there!

Best,

Brett

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Brett here from the VA Comicon. I hope you are all doing GREAT!

I am looking forward to being back in VA for the Virginia Comicon, and to bring with me one of the projects I have been working on…a set of “Frame Variants” for the Adventure Time line of books. We now have 5 different covers, and I am please to say #15 arrived THIS WEEK and I will have a few of them with me. This “Blood Red” foil cover is a first for Adventure Time, and looks super-cool next to the Glow-in-the-Dark BMO cover we did for #13 (another first!). I will also have a select number of sets of all 5 with me, so be sure to visit me for this exclusive comic (pics don’t really do it justice). I will see you there THIS Sunday, April 28th in Richmond! Remember, all tickets are FREE if you register on THIS site!

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Hello everyone!  This is Dan Nokes from 21st Century Sandshark Studios and the Small Press section of Virginia Comicon!  We are now less than a month from out April 28th show, which means the return of THE SMALL PRESS SANCTUARY!  This is the part of aforementioned convention where we celebrate the best of small press, indie and underground comics!  This show will be no different!  Our roster as of now includes!

-ICONOGRAPH STUDIOS- Stephen, David, and Mark in one of their pre-determined forms (Ive been told they use a D&D die to figure this out, but this is yet an unproven rumor?!)  will be at the show spreading their word of their multi-media empire, which includes comics, prints and even an online reality show or two!  For more of this media  indie juggernaut follow here!  http://iconographstudios.com/icono2/

-BILL MCKAY-Is a resident of Southern Maryland.  He is also an accomplished artists who’s credits include: ZOMBIES VERSES CHEERLEADERS for MOONSTONE PUBLISHING, 80′S UNDEAD for ACTION LAB STUDIOS, and SUPERMAN SKETCHCARDS for DC COMICS!  More on Bill’s stunning artwork can be found by clicking here! http://billmckay.deviantart.com/

-DANIEL CLARK- Is a Virginia resident with a flare for the sequential pen as well as the digital arts!  More on Daniel can be decerned by going here! http://ironmandc.deviantart.com/

-JONNY LUPSHA- Is the one man mind hive behind A CARRIER OF FIRE: his publishing unit that has put out such creative units as 100,000 YEARS IN DETENTION, PENNY CAVALIER, DISASTERLAND, and BROKEN PARAGON! This industrious writer and creative type can be studied more in depth by visiting his website at http://thisjobiskillingyou.blogspot.com/

-DAN NOKES-Is the leader of the small press rabble at VA Comicon.  He is also the one man band behind 21st Century Sandshark Studios!  His almost 11 years in the business have produced such efforts as THE REPTILE AND MISTER AMAZING, THE PISTOLEERS, ADAM AND EVE: BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE IN THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, AND IMPOSSIBLE SPACE TALES OF THE LAST PIT STOP!  More on Dan and his efforts can be ascertained by following here!  http://21sandshark.com/blog/

 KEIR LYLES- is a freelance artist and the founder of Apocrypha Comics Studio.  Created in 2005, Apocrypha Comics Studio is the home of the wrestling webcomic Fallen Angels and the dark super hero tale The Repellers.  In addition to his freelance and online work, Keir has developed the Comic Smarts series of classes for Art Smart Studio in Maryland designed to teach children from ages 5 to 18 how to create and promote their own comics.

CULLEN PITTMAN- Will be returning to Virginia Comicon after he debuted at our show last January! To learn more about Cullen and his online sequential effort known as REBUSQUEST simply follow this link like deal and bathe in this comicy (that a word???)  goodness!  http://www.therebusquestwebsite.com/

PRIMAL PAPER COMICS- Is a homegrown comic book publisher with such titles as 41, THE LEGEND OF WILL POWER, THE ENDS and RED KNIGHT!  Jeffery Hewitt will be representing this creator owned imprint at this upcoming event!  For more background info on this idea factory of sequential excellence follow this link like thing-er-ma-bobber!  http://www.primalpapercomics.com/

KEVIS MITCHELL- Is the designer and sculptor of a myriad of wire 3-D pieces and artistic artifacts!  You can see some of Kevis’ various masterpieces at his Twisted Wire website by following this link and using your eyeballs to gawk and wonder at these marvels!  http://www.twistedwire.us/

That about sums it up!  More names to be announced as we near April 28th!  If you have any questions, or wish to sign up for a table, please feel free to contact me at sandshark@comcast.net.

Dan Nokes

Small Press

VA Comicon

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I just found out that a TOP SECRET Adventure Time exclusive JUST landed, and will be making it’s WORLD DEBUT at the VA Comicon TOMORROW, February 17th in Richmond!

The Deluxe Collector’s Frame Variant Edition of #12 has NEVER been offered before ANYWHERE! The ONLY place to get it is at Jason Hamlin’s booth.

This book is limited to only 500 copies, and has a premium heavy cardstock cover, making it a true “Collector’s” Edition. it is part of a series of super-hard-to-find Adventure Time Variants.

These books have been stictly allocated, and Jason will only have 25 copies of this book at the show. Be sure to get there early! Check the Vendor Diagram to see his location in the room. This now makes 10, (Yes, TEN) AdventureTime exclusives offered in Richmond click HERE to find where in the room you can pick the other ones up. Mathematical!

Continue reading » ]]> Oh, now how cool is THIS!

We are looking for a total of SIX (6) people to Volunteer at THIS Sunday’s VA Comicon in Richmond, VA!

We are looking for people to help with front door REGISTRATION..and you WILL be rewarded!

Your tasks will be simple

1) Welcome people to the show

2) Take already-printed tickets from people and let them into the show

3) If they don’t have a ticket, ask them to fill one out on-site

That is really it! This is a FREE show, so there is no money handled.

We are looking for 2 people each shift:

9:30-11:30

11:30-1:30

1:30-3:30

Each volunteer will receive ONE (1) hand-rendered drawing of a VICTIM of your choice to be zombified in a drawing by our small-press liason, Dan Nokes. If you can send him a digital, he will even have it ready at the show for you! So…be a part of our awesome show, AND get a killer piece of original Zombie art, all for less time than it would take to watch an Oscar-nominated movie!

How do you volunteer? Simple…send us an email through our CONTACT US page, and make sure to include the word VOLUNTEER in your message. We will see you at the show THIS SUNDAY, February 17! Awesome!

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We couldn’t take it!
If you look at the latest Floor Plan for the show, you will see we are busting at the seems. We have MORE ARTISTS than ever before and a heap of awesome vendors both new and old.There was simply TOO MUCH awesomeness happening at the VA Comicon!

In anticipation of record crowds, we have decided to do two things:

1)  Added the small event hall attached to the registration hall to accommodate the “LIVE” parts of our show, specifically the Cosplay Hootenany! The Cosplay event happens at or around 2:30p

Also, be sure to visit the League Space Pirates tables, who will be bringing their our crew of folks and setting up an Intergalactic Photo Booth for some fun taking photos with the crowd. and be sure to go to their event at Gallery 5 that night at our Official VA Comicon After-Party Featuring Space Pirates Vs. Space Babes MORE INFO HERE!

2) We are also putting out an OPEN CALL for volunteers at this show. We are looking for 6 volunteers willing to work a single 2-hour shift at registration. There will be 3 shifts, and we need two people each shift from 9:30 to 3:30. please CONTACT US AT THIS LINK if you can volunteer, and what hours are good for you. All you need to do is collect tickets from customers, and if they don’t have a ticket, get them to sign up on a pre-printed card. It’s THAT easy. ALL volunteers will receive a super-cool special gift from the VA Comicon.

Thanks, everyone, and we look forward to seeing you at our biggest 1-day show yet!

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Oh yeah…you read that post right, Ladies and Gents!

Hot on the heels of our earlier announcement that Richmond will be a hotbed of Adventure Time coolness, with the ability to get NINE exclusives at our show this Sunday (read about them HERE), we are pleased to say we got not ONE, but TWO super-duper cover artists of those very exclusives!

We are pleased to announce the much-welcomed return of fan fave creator Steve Conley! In addition to recent credits on Adventure Time, a succesful Kickstarter Campaign for his creator-owned property Bloop Steve holds a fond place in our hears as the original designer of our very VA Comicon logo!

Pick up Steve’s AdventureTime #12 exclusively at Cards Comics and Collectibles booth (welcome back, Marc!) this Sunday in RIchmond.

Also making her return to the VA Comicon is the amazingly talented Penelope Gaylord. She is part of Identity Comics Studio who will be bringing Jerry Gaylord, and studio mate Bryan Turner. Penelope rendered the awesome Adventuretime Presents: Fiona and Cake #1 limited edition cover for AwesomeCons. Visit the AwesomeCons booth for this exclusive, and learn more about the show coming up in Washington, DC in April!

Based on pre-registration, the show is going to be PACKED. Please please please consider pre-registering online. Not only can you breeze in by simply handing us your ticket, it is FREE! Click here to get your tickets NOW!

We will see you there, THIS SUNDAY, February 17 in Richmond, VA!