Make Comics Workshop!

My studio, XOXOs, in conjunction with Bergen Street Comics, will be hosting a FREE workshop on how to make comics on Saturday June 20th from 10am to 12pm. The workshop will be held by Nathan Schreiber (Act-i-vate's Power Out) and George O'Connor (Journey into Mohawk Country). So come benefit from their immense talent and experience at:

Bergen Street Comics 470 Bergen St. Brooklyn, NY 11215 MAP

More information is available from the XOXOs website as well as the Facebook Group. If you have an interest in creating comics or have already created comics on your own and would like to learn more, this is an excellent opportunity not to be missed.

New ULTRA-lad! Coming Soon!

Here's a little sneaky peaky at a page I just finished inking. I currently have six upcoming pages for ULTRA-lad in various states of being penciled on my drawing table. I hope to have updates to the webcomic soon!

THIS WEEK! Uncanny X-Men First Class Giant Size Special!

This week my first Marvel project, a short story for the Uncanny X-Men First Class Giant Size Special, ships this week! So get on down to your local comics shop on Wednesday and pick up this Marvel one-shot!

MOCCA! Act-i-vate!

Mocca is this weekend and Act-i-vate will be representin'! At table 311, you'll be able to find among a cornucopia of coolness, the entire Act-i-vate Primer available for your perusal. We've assembled a binder of the contents of the much anticipated new book so come on by the table, chat with Act-i-vators and take a flip through our new book coming in October 2009!

I'll be hanging out at the table throughout the weekend so please say, "hi!".

Even more Mocca info including signing schedules after the jump!

Comics come home again to New York City this weekend with the annual Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art Festival 2009, and ACT-I-VATE will be there!

MoCCA Festival 2009 will be held June 6th & 7th at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street in New York City. The Village Voice calls the MoCCA Festival "the best small-press nexus (anywhere!)" Now BIGGER than ever! An incredible weekend of comic and cartoon art exhibitors, panels, lectures, sketches, autographs, and more! Wired Magazine online calls ACT-I-VATE, "The premiere webcomics collective"!

Visit table 311 to meet the cartoonists of ACT-I-VATE. A wide variety of books by AIV'ers will be available for sale, including BRAWL (Dean Haspiel and Michel Fiffe), FREDDIE & ME (Mike Dawson), A HOUSE DIVIDED (Leland Purvis), SHOOTING WAR (Dan Goldman), THE SALON (Nick Bertozzi), SHUTTERBUG FOLLIES (Jason Little), THE VAGABONDS (Josh Neufeld), JERSEY GODS (Joe Infurnari), NIKOLAI DANTE (Simon Fraser), THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAVIOR 28 (Mike Cavallaro), and more!

Also, get a glimpse at a special upcoming ACT-I-VATE project!

Current scheduled appearances are as follows, with more being added:

SATURDAY:

12 pm - 1pm JAH FURRY, AIV's "Minister of Hype" kicks things off, joined by TIM HAMILTON (Pet Sitter, Floating Elephant) 1pm - 2 pm MIKE CAVALLARO (Parade (with fireworks), Loviathan) & NATHAN SHREIBER (Power Out) 2 pm - 3 pm MOLLY CRABAPPLE (Backstage, and this year's MOCCA poster artist) 3 pm - 4 pm DAN GOLDMAN (Kelly) & KEVIN COLDEN (Fishtown) 4 pm - 5 pm JENNIFER HAYDEN (Underwire) and JIM DOUGAN (Sam & Lilah)

SUNDAY

11-12 pm NATHAN SHREIBER (Power Out) 12 pm -1 pm MIKE CAVALLARO (Parade (with fireworks), Loviathan) & TIM HAMILTON (Pet Sitter, Floating Elephant) 1 pm - 2 pm JIM DOUGAN (Sam & Lilah) 2 pm - 3 pm JENNIFER HAYDEN (Underwire) 3 pm - 4 pm JAH FURRY

THOMAS BAEHR (The End Is Here) will be manning his own table (#215), so be sure to visit him as well.

Where? 69th Regiment Armory 68 Lexington Avenue, between 25th and 26th Streets

When? June 6th and 7th, 11am-6pm

Cost? $10 per day $15 per weekend MoCCA Members: $10 per weekend

Website: www.moccany.org

Be sure to check out http://WWW.ACT-I-VATE.COM -- where everyday is Free Comic Book Day!

Robot 6 Covers Earth 2100

Comic Book Resources' Blog, Robot 6, gave Earth 2100 some love today, too! Jk Parkin had this to say about the project:

As Kevin mentioned yesterday, ABC News will present an environmental special called Earth 2100, which is hosted by Bob Woodruff and will feature a graphic novel-style sequences by Josh Neufeld, Sari Wilson, Joe Infurnari, George O’Connor, Tim Hamilton and Leland Purvis. The special runs tonight on ABC at 9 p.m. Eastern.

From Kamandi and Scout to “Old Man Logan,” comics have had a long history of detailing life after everything falls apart, and it’s pretty cool to see that ABC noticed.

Thanks, JK!

Earth 2100's Comics Crew on Mtv Splash Page!

Mtv's comics related blog, Splash Page, has posted about Earth 2100's comics cred. Here's an excerpt.

The centerpiece of the special, titled “Earth 2100,” will take the form of a first-person, fictional narrative by a 91-year-old woman born on June 2, 2009. While the special is peppered with scientist interviews, simulations and user-created videos about the potential effects of climate change, the bulk of the two-hour program will involve the narrator’s account of life in the year 2100, told using animated “graphic novel elements.”

Among the creators who contributed these comics-style elements are several members of Act-I-Vate, the prominent New York City-based webcomic collective, including Josh Neufeld (”A.D.: New orleans After The Deluge”) and Joe Infurnari (”Jersey Gods,” “The Process”).

Read the rest of Rick Marshall's piece, Comic Creators Play Big Role In Tonight’s ‘Earth 2100’ Special, at Mtv Splash Page!

Earth 2100: TONIGHT!

Earth 2100 is finally here! Tonight at 9pm EST on ABC, Earth 2100, the two hour epic news event will broadcast. What I've seen of this is breathtaking and I would encourage all of you to see it.

Tales From The Great War Part 3 Coming Soon!