Derby City Comic Con - July 16, 2011 - Louisville, KY

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Coming to Louisville, KY on July 16, 2011 - Derby City Comic Con!

 

It's the first con in the area for quite some time (maybe ever?). The only confirmed guest at the moment is Marjorie Liu, writer of X-23 and Daken: Dark Wolverine for Marvel.

 

It will be at the Kentucky International Convention Center.

 

More updates to come: Derby City Comic Con

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Our Artist list is Growing and now includes:

 

Mike Maydak

Terry Huddleston

Jay Leisten (X-Men Legacy, Wonder Woman, Nightwing)

 

We have some other fun tie-ins planned that I can't announce quite yet.

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Add three more artists to the line-up:

 

Stuart Sayger (IDW's "Machete")

Uko Smith

Bill Nichols (The Comics Mentor)

 

More to come!

[Pirate]

Ask Tony Moore to come. He lives very close. Did I mention to ask Tony Moore to come? He is starting to fill up his con list for next year. www.tonymooreillustration.com

 

 

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Great minds think alike! We will have more announcements soon!

[Pirate]

Mark Kidwell

RD Hall

Kirkman

Cory Walker

Nate Belgarde

 

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Thanks for the suggestions, Pirate!

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A few more to add to the list:

 

Artists:

Rodney Fyke

Paul McCall

The Louisville Cartoonist Society

 

Small Press:

Old World Comics

 

We'll be announcing some vendors and more guests soon!

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New additions:

 

Charles Bond Comics

 

Special Guest - Tony Moore! (Walking Dead, Punisher, Fear Agent)

 

Join us on our facebook group for more info and some giveaways!

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Our first Derby City Spotlight is up at our facebook page and features Derby City 2011 Special Guest Tony Moore!

 

We are also giving away one of the t-shirts Tony illustrated for Threadless.com.

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We have a new Derby City Spotlight up at our Facebook page. This week's Spotlight shines on Uncanny X-Men inker inker Jay Leisten. Next week we'll point it at indie creator Eric Adams.

 

We've add some new guests and exhibitors (new adds in red):

 

Gary Friedrich (Creator of Ghost Rider)

Jay Leisten (Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy: Age of X)

Marjorie Liu (X-23, Daken: Dark Wolverine, Black Widow)

Tony Moore (Walking Dead, Masters of the Universe, Fear Agent)

Bill Nichols (Comics Mentor, Sketch Magazine)

Stuart Sayger (Machete, Bionicle, Shiver In The Dark)

Uko Smith (FX2 - The Lost Land)

Louisville Cartoonist Society

Eric Adams

Justin Castaneda

Rodney Fyke

Terry Huddleston

Paul McCall

Mike Maydak

Jenny M. Stead

 

Gem City Comics has also been added to the vendor list. We still have some vendors tables left! For info drop me a line.

[comiccitytn]

ill be set up there as well come see me and buy some stuff

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Just wanted to put up another quick artist update (new in red):

 

Robert Atkins (GI Joe, Heroes For Hire)

Steve Bird (Green Arrow, Birds of Prey)

Gary Friedrich (Creator of Ghost Rider)

Rick Ketcham (Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Runaways, Doctor Who)

Jay Leisten (Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy: Age of X)

Marjorie Liu (X-23, Daken: Dark Wolverine, Black Widow)

Tony Moore (Walking Dead, Masters of the Universe, Fear Agent)

Bill Nichols (Comics Mentor, Sketch Magazine)

Stuart Sayger (Machete, Bionicle, Shiver In The Dark)

Uko Smith (FX2 - The Lost Land)

Jason Walker (Contract, The Gift)

John "Waki" Wycough (BloodRayne, Transformers, Star Wars)

Louisville Cartoonist Society

Eric Adams

Dustin Carson

Justin Castaneda

Rodney Fyke

Terry Huddleston

Paul McCall

Mike Maydak

Jenny M. Stead

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Another quick update (new in red):

 

Robert Atkins (GI Joe, Heroes For Hire)

Steve Bird (Green Arrow, Birds of Prey)

Gary Friedrich (Creator of Ghost Rider)

Rick Ketcham (Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Runaways, Doctor Who)

Janet K. Lee (Return of the Dapper Men, Emma)

Jay Leisten (Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy: Age of X)

Marjorie Liu (X-23, Daken: Dark Wolverine, Black Widow)

Tony Moore (Walking Dead, Masters of the Universe, Fear Agent)

Bill Nichols (Comics Mentor, Sketch Magazine)

Stuart Sayger (Machete, Bionicle, Shiver In The Dark)

Uko Smith (FX2 - The Lost Land)

Jason Walker (Contract, The Gift)

John "Waki" Wycough (BloodRayne, Transformers, Star Wars)

Louisville Cartoonist Society

Eric Adams

Dustin Carson

Justin Castaneda

Rodney Fyke

Terry Huddleston

Paul McCall

Mike Maydak

Jenny M. Stead

 

Small Presses:

Broken Icon Comics

CZKWorld

Near Mint Press

Old World Comics

The Pantheon, Inc

Ringtail Cafe Productions

 

Vendors:

Charles Bond Comics

Fearless Readers Online

Gem City Comics

The Great Escape

 

Also, don't forget our "Derby City Spotlight" available exclusively on our Facebook page. This weeks Spotlight is on indie creator Paul McCall. We'll also be posting a preview of one of our posters very shortly!

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Another quick update (new in red):

 

Robert Atkins (GI Joe, Heroes For Hire)

Steve Bird (Green Arrow, Birds of Prey)

Gary Friedrich (Creator of Ghost Rider)

Rick Ketcham (Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Runaways, Doctor Who)

Janet K. Lee (Return of the Dapper Men, Emma)

Jay Leisten (Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy: Age of X)

Marjorie Liu (X-23, Daken: Dark Wolverine, Black Widow)

Tony Moore (Walking Dead, Masters of the Universe, Fear Agent)

Bill Nichols (Comics Mentor, Sketch Magazine)

Stuart Sayger (Machete, Bionicle, Shiver In The Dark)

Uko Smith (FX2 - The Lost Land)

Jason Walker (Contract, The Gift)

John "Waki" Wycough (BloodRayne, Transformers, Star Wars)

Louisville Cartoonist Society

Eric Adams

John Barker

Dustin Carson

Justin Castaneda

Frank Cvetkovic

Shalan Darragh

Rodney Fyke

Terry Huddleston

Doug Hufford

Bruce O. Hughes

Paul McCall

Mike Maydak

Joseph Morris

Jenny M. Stead

Scott Story

Billy Tackett

Mike White

 

Small Presses:

Broken Icon Comics

CZKWorld

Near Mint Press

Old World Comics

The Pantheon, Inc

Ringtail Cafe Productions

Zephid Comics

 

Vendors:

Fearless Readers Online

Gary Gamboa Comics

Gem City Comics

The Great Escape

 

You can see our first poster on our Facebook page or download your own copy from our Web site!

 

Speaking of our Web site, we've updated it to include bios of all of our Guests, Artists and Small Presses, we've added an archive of our Facebook feature, Derby City Spotlight, and we've added all of our press releases to the site.

 

Tickets went on sale online today!

[crnbrd]

What would it take to get a cgc witness for signature series books? I'd like to get some of my Walking Dead's signed if possible.

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Our latest update (new in red):

 

Robert Atkins (GI Joe, Heroes For Hire)

Steve Bird (Green Arrow, Birds of Prey)

Gary Friedrich (Creator of Ghost Rider)

Rick Ketcham (Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, Runaways, Doctor Who)

Janet K. Lee (Return of the Dapper Men, Emma)

Jay Leisten (Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Legacy: Age of X)

Marjorie Liu (X-23, Daken: Dark Wolverine, Black Widow)

Tony Moore (Walking Dead, Masters of the Universe, Fear Agent)

Bill Nichols (Comics Mentor, Sketch Magazine)

Stuart Sayger (Machete, Bionicle, Shiver In The Dark)

Uko Smith (FX2 - The Lost Land)

Jason Walker (Contract, The Gift)

John "Waki" Wycough (BloodRayne, Transformers, Star Wars)

Louisville Cartoonist Society

Jonathan Matthews (DC Direct sculpter)

Eric Adams

John Barker

Jenevieve Broomall

Dustin Carson

Justin Castaneda

Edward Choi

Sterling Clark

Frank Cvetkovic

Shalan Darragh

Kurt Einhaus

Rodney Fyke

Charles Hall

Terence Hanley

William Hood

Terry Huddleston

Doug Hufford

Bruce O. Hughes

Knifley

Leen Ink

Paul McCall

Mike Maydak

Michael Mayne

Nathan Thomas Milliner

Joseph Morris

Eric Orr

Scott D.M. Simmons

Jenny M. Stead

Scott Story

Billy Tackett

Jim Tinnell

Mike White

 

Small Presses:

Action Lab Entertainment

Bitter Teas Studio

Broken Icon Comics

Cataclysm Press

Cosmic Moustache Comics

CZKWorld

Mourning Daily Publishing

Near Mint Press

Old World Comics

The Pantheon, Inc

Ringtail Cafe Productions

Zephid Comics

The Zombie Marge Comix Group

 

Vendors:

Comic Book World

Fearless Readers Online

Galaxy of Heroes

Gary Gamboa Comics

Gem City Comics

The Great Escape

The Estate of Richard Grinnell

Leroy Harper Comics

Royal Buttons

Wallace Smith Comics

Typecast Publishing

 

And more to come!

[Pirate]

Charles Paul Wilson III

Jeremy Bastian

Katie Cook

Mark Kidwell

David Petersen

 

any chance?

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Honestly, I doubt it for this year. We contacted everyone on that list, but only got a response from Katie Cook. She won't be able to make it due to the new baby and the proximity to SDCC this year.

 

Hopefully we will get them for next year!

[comiccitytn]

and me ill be there