Lehigh Valley Comic Con

ARTIST ALLEY INFORMATION

FOR December 3rd, 2011

 (more will be added shortly)

• The Griffon's Claw

They will have swords (historical / video game / fantasy), Medieval & Gothic Collectibles, and Jewelry. 

• Keith Murphey

Keith Murphey is an American comic book artist,writer,and publisher.  He attended Paier College of Art and graduated in June of 1996,with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts.  Keith was a student of NYC illustrator Timothy O’Brien and studied under Silver Age artist Frank McLaughlin.

Upon graduation he did work for Blue Comet Press.

In the fall of 2000,he founded the Comicbook Artists Guild with the help of his friend and partner Robert King.  Numerous branches soon opened in NYC and Massachusetts.  The first CAG anthology was published in the fall of 2001.  The anthology became a bi-annual book in the summer of 2007 with the release of the CAG West Coast Anthology.  The publication of the books led to several of Keith’s original stories including Zombie Hunters, Silliman Farm, The Commander, and Rockabilly Rex.

2009 has proven to be a successful year for Keith and his artistic endeavors. Hell’s Blood #3 created by his business partner and friend, Hector Rodriguez,the duo’s first full-length project received a warm reception.

Past published works include Killer Cortez in Free Lunch Comics’ Beyond the Kuiper Belt.

He served as co-inker and Art director on Sky Pirates of Valendor, also by Free Lunch Comics.

Also, he served as Art Director for CAG’s first graphic novel Iconic volume 1 and volume 2.

In addition he wrote and drew a story in the new GWP zombie anthology: WORST CASE SCENARIO: OUTBREAK!

• Hector Rodriguez

Born in Ponce,Puerto Rico, Hector’s family moved to NYC where he spent his early childhood years and from the city’s news stands he started his journey into comic books and art.

He was drawing from as early as kindergarten and when his mother moved them to Holyoke, Massachusetts in the summer of ’78, his love of art and comics followed.

His teenage years were spent drawing everything and anything having to do with comic books and graffiti while attending Holyoke High School.

His love for comic books soon resurfaced and he was at it again, self taught for the most part. It wasn’t until he met Ven Yann in the 90′s that he started getting really serious about creating his own comic book.  Learning what he could from Ven, the two found a Connecticut based group called the Comicbook Artists Guild, where he met Keith Murphey, the co-founder of the guild.

Working as a team, Murphey and Hector started a partnership which helped both creators’ talents grow and together they produced various projects. Starting with short stories for Guild Works Productions’ book Psychosis 1 and 2.

Hector then moved on to do a kid’s book called Mandie Pandie for Sam Vera’s Crazee Comics and eventually completed his own book, Hell’s Blood, where the story opens with a shot of Holyoke City Hall.

Hector lives in Western Massachusetts with his beautiful wife and gorgeous daughter.

• Guild Works Publications

Guild Works Publications is really excited!  A lot of new and old projects have come to bloom that we want you to know about!

We have been away and now we are back with a revamped website in the works we are proud to announce the release of HELLSBLOOD issue #3 and our long awaited zombie anthology WORST CASE SCENARIO:OUTBREAK!

Don’t forget to check out art and order our first adult pin up book BEST SHOTS:BULLETS AND BABES!

A second volume entitled FANGS AND CLAWS is due out for next year.

Some more good news: TORN:  A Wendigo Curse is finally in production and will also be released in 2012.

GWP has also produced several creator owned books which include: KROME and THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF BETTY LAWS. Expect to see Issue 2 for both these books in 2012.

This is your opportunity to get in on the action, own an original piece of artwork, get rare convention specials, and limited edition prints!  That’s right,we got posters,original art and books from the likes of Hector Rodriguez, Keith Murphey, and many more!!!!!

http://www.gwpbook.com/

• Mark McCracken

Divine Authority Comics
Titles: “Midnight Warriors”, “-Girl!”, “Killing The Habit”

I’ve always been an avid Comic Book Reader & Collector, predominantly Marvel, and love Writing. 

Several of my artist cousins remembered I always had all these elaborate plots and adventures going on when we would play with action figures, so when they started to get closer to professionalism, they asked me to write something original for them.  Fairly quickly, one idea branched to another, and before you knew it, I was plotting out entire storylines of an ongoing series. 

We eventually decided to go beyond the route of just sample work, why not just bypass the middle men, and start printing our own books?  At first it was a very amateur approach, completely B&W magazine-sized Comics printed at Staples, but with all of the resources that eventually became available on the Web, we now have professional-quality books.  We eventually became established as the publishing icon Divine Authority Comics, and I am personally responsible for all of the tasks associated with editing, lettering, & publishing, as well as most of our Scripting. 

Within the last several years, I have primarily worked with Artists online from all over the World, and coordinate everything to reach a finished book. 

I have worked with so many talented artists with some truly amazing artwork to complement my writing. 

It is a great feeling to get our ideas out there, it isn’t about profits, & we enjoy doing it!  This was originally a way to get our foot in the door with a larger Publisher, but has become so much more!

Website:  www.DivineAuthorityComics.net

Please click “Like” on our Facebook Page:

www.Facebook.com/DivineAuthorityComics

• Brendon & Brian Fraim

Brendon and Brian Fraim have worked on the first series of THE WAITING PLACE from Slave Labor Graphics as well as KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE Magazine.  Along with the Masthead And Spot Illustrations in this magazine, they also drew the spin-off comic book KODT: ILLUSTRATED for 38 issues and hundreds of illustrations for Kenzer's HACKMASTER Role-Playing game.

Another RPG company they work for is Hero Games and their CHAMPIONS RPG systems.

They illustrated the Harvey Award nominated Antiques: The Comic Strip, with a collection of the strip available from Gemstone Publishing, and drew the comic book sections in the Random House Novel, WOLF BOY.

Recently they drew THE ODD SQUAD, with Todd and Nick, published by Devil's Due.

Brendon and Brian also drew the three issue series VAMPIRE, PA with their ANTIQUES collaborator J.C. Vaughn and the cover to the 2010 Free Comic Book Day OVERSTREET Comic from Gemstone.

They are currently working on drawing many, many fan commissions.

Visit their website at www.brosfraim.com as well as http://comicartcommissions.com/Fraim.html and follow them on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Art-of-Brendon-and-Brian-Fraim/225531630797313.

For those who are curious, the Fraims are identical twins and Brendon is the penciler and Brian is the inker.  And if you want to know which twin is the evil twin, the answer is simple.  They’re both evil.

• Chris Ring

Chris Ring broke into comics with the Carbon Knight series from lunar studios.  Since that time he has worked for PMK's IMAGINATION  on "Nevermore", "The Perfect Victim", "The James Bond Literary Dossier", "The Other Woman" and some related products. 

He has also produced the "Costumes & Cars" sketchbook for Lunar Studios as well as other car art for T5 Design. 

Most recently Chris has joined The Catskill Comics group and has worked on "The Valendor Chronicles" for Jolly Roger Studios.

To view more work online go to:
www.chrisringart.com
www.93cobra.deviantart.com

www.catskillcomics.com/Chris Ring.htm
www.comicspace.com/carbonknight

• CJ Henderson

CJ Henderson is the creator of both the Piers Knight supernatural investigator series and the Teddy London occult detective series.

Author of some 70 books and or novels, he has also written hundreds of short stories, and thousands of non-fiction pieces.

In the world of comics, he has written for most every major company, getting to put his imprint on characters such as Archie, Batman, the Punisher, Cherry PopTart, Kolchak: the Nightstalker, and many more.

Check out his website:

www.cjhenderson.com

Before the show, read some of his stories which are posted there, then come prepared to meet the author.

• K Studio

K Studio began as a hobby by artist Travis Leichssenring, who already had numerous titles under his belt, that turned into a business.  Being a gamer himself Travis noticed that there was a gap between role-playing gamers and their characters that had been ignored by the
gaming companies.  The gap was that players had to verbalize their character descriptions and this usually led to confusion and something more terrible, the player drawn character sketch.  Travis realized that a unifying organization could fill that gap and bring beauty and awe to gamers and their characters in a productive and inspiring way.  He believed that an organization such as K Studio would improve the quality of game play for all persons involved.

Travis quickly established K Studio and within months found himself buried in the joy of his artwork.  Several character orders flooded in
but something still nagged at him.  Until Travis realized there was still one more important member of the gaming community still left adrift alone in the sea  of gaming.  The game masters (GM's) had also been left out by the community at large.  Yeah sure there were gaming supplements but they were one size fits all.  There was nothing that catered to the his particular style of play, until now.  K Studio took
up the call to support the gamers of the world with not only quality images and detailed maps but expert writing support.  K Studio brought
onboard Belida Hon Uckun to take control of the writing assistance department.  With his leadership in this department the pipeline quickly filled with projects.  Two popular supplement had been released Denizens I and Denizens II: Biaxial System with several more
still to follow.  K Studio wanted to provide a service to help gamers and allow the gaming community to thrive, and unlock the artistic potential of every gamer.

With the success of the first phase of the company's development, Travis decided to open a third department to the company, the writer's
studio.  Travis understood the plight of many writers and their attempts to publish or even self-publish and wanted to do something about it.  Three years after opening its doors for business K Studio began to assist writers with getting their books published.  W.E. Zazo-Phillips was one of the first to jump at the chance.  Her first book was published in late July 2010 and several more are waiting to follow.  K Studio stepped into the ring of publishing as a small publisher and is looking to increase its standing in the industry.

K Studio is always looking to assist others from players to game masters to small gaming companies looking to get their first product out.  We are tech support for gamers. 

www.kharum.com

www.web.mac.com/kharum