The hardest part about doing comic conventions is getting prepared for them. Before Baltimore Comic Con this weekend, Jay and I plan to spend all day Friday crossing the Ts and dotting the Is, but just because we're not quite ready doesn't mean you can't be...
Below is information about Baltimore Comic Con. However, as a bonus we've included a complete breakdown of DC Conspiracy exhibitor, what they are selling, and where they will be located inside the BCC 2010 floor.
You're certainly welcome.
-Troy
The official Baltimore Comic Con website: http://www.comiccon/baltimore
Tickets are available at the entrance or at Ticketmaster
Don't forget to get your free copy of DC Conspiracy's Magic Bullet at the show
Available from Plastic Farm Press at Baltimore Comic Con (Table A78)
The Magic Bullet Newspaper
Earlier this year the idea was presented that the DC Conspiracy would put out a newspaper filled with our comics. A newspaper? Filled with comics? In an era where comics are presented smaller and on handheld digital devices, presenting large format comics in a dying medium seemed like such an outdated model that we just had to go for it.
With the aesthetic that each artist would take advantage of the larger format, MAGIC BULLET was born.
Since the initial idea was first bandied about, at least a dozen other artist groups have put out their own newspapers, but ours is still quite awesome.
Featuring a cover by artist and designer extrordinaire Scott White.
www.dcconspiracy.com
Plastic Farm
Written and (mostly) drawn by Rafer Roberts, Plastic Farm follows the life of a man named Chester and his slow descent into complete insanity and chronicles how that madness reshapes the world around him. Chester has had a rough childhood, has a magic cowboy that rides a dinosaur living inside of his head, and is now, late in life, sitting in a nameless airport bar during a blizzard telling his life story to a group of people who really couldn't care less.
www.plasticfarm.com
Available from Matt Dembicki at Baltimore Comic Con (Table A14)
Xoc #1-3
Xoc (pronounced "Shock") follows the journey of a great white shark as it treks from California to Hawaii, encountering natural and man-made obstacles, such as the Texas-sized floating garbage patch sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
matt-dembicki.blogspot.com
Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection
Features 21 Native American trickster tales as told by contemporary Native American storytellers and illustrated by some of today's rising indie comics stars. It's received starred reviews by Kirkus, School Library Journal and Booklist (American Library Association) and featured on NPR Weekend Edition.
matt-dembicki.blogspot.com
Available From R.M. Rhodes at Baltimore Comic Con (Table A89)
Oceanus Procellarum Book Two: Class of '63
"The hidden knowledge is that when a character first appears in the new narrative, he is in character and stays that way. However, when he encounters the truth in a story, he remembers where he came from. Where he was before, which other characters he had been. The fact that he was a character in the first place."
It was time for a change.
But how do you walk away from your job when your duties consist of chasing down rogue characters that have decided to wander from story to story?
The mood of the master narrative meant that people like the Class of '63 could only live in the outer edges of the solar system.
One day, a macguffin arrived in the shape of a legendary ship, carrying people from another story. And then things started happening.
It is said that when fiction comes calling, the Weapons of Devotion are never far behind.
Class of 63 is the second book in the Oceanus Procellarum series.
www.oletheros.com
Available From Shawn Murphy at Baltimore Comic Con (Table A151)
Displacement #1 - 3
When Shawn refuses to accept his own mind, his mind retaliates by creating a skewed, hallucinated version of himself. This figment only seeks one goal; make his body feel so worthless and hopeless that he will kill himself.Now, Shawn must deal not only with his depression, but his hold on reality and sanity, as well.
www.shawnpmurphy.com
Available From The Bamn Crew at Baltimore Comic Con (Table A24)
Bamn #1 & 2
Bamn, a fallen pro wrestling superstar, has spent the postscript of his career throwing up in bars and living out of his car.
A chance encounter brings Bamn to a group of teenage fans who have long-idolized the has-been wrestler. Wanting to impress Bamn, the kids invite him to their backyard wrestling show. Unfortunately, the only audience they attract is the group of bullies that comprise their school s amateur wrestling team. Bamn arrives to end a confrontation between the kids and offers to teach the backyarders how to fight back.
Training day has begun...
www.bamncan.com
Crystal Clear #1
Crystal Clear, a promiscuous super heroine, has become a public relations nightmare. Looking to improve her image, her agent calls on a struggling comic book scribe to re-imagine her into a wholesome crusader for truth and justice. They have their work cut out for them.
www.bamncan.com
Dr. Dremo's Horrors of War
Dr. Dremo's Taphouse of Tall Tales and Short Stories: The Horrors of War is the second in a series of genre themed anthologies from Washington DC based comic creator collective the DC conspiracy.
In the fine tradition of EC comics Dr. Dremo hosts twelve stories of war and the effect it has on the people involved in it.
www.dcconspiracy.com
Dr. Dremo's Spoils of Crime
Dr. Dremo's Taphouse of Tall Tales and Short Stories: The Spoils of Crime is the third in a series of genre themed anthologies from Washington DC based comic creator collective the DC conspiracy.
In the fine tradition of EC comics Dr. Dremo hosts seventeen stories of crime and punishment and all the little things that can happen in-between.
www.dcconspiracy.com
