For some unfathomable reason, the exhibitor list for this coming weekend’s Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco doesn’t include a single link back to the exhibitor’s home page. So, as a service to you (and so we know what and who to expect when Pink Raygun makes the trek to San Francisco), all this week Pink Raygun will be re-listing each of the 304 named exhibitors. Not everyone has a homepage that we could find. We’ll let you know that. We also couldn’t always determine the correct website for a particular exhibitor. We’ll let you know that, too.
If anyone has any information about missing or wrongly linked websites, please, let us know. You can either post your corrections in the comment space below, or you can email me directly at john@pinkraygun.com
And now, part two…
IDW Publishing – Publisher of comics such as 30 Days of Night, Popbot, and Gene Pool. Includes previews and galleries.
Ilad Studios – “An independently owned and operated company dedicated to bringing you the highest quality graphic novels and web comics possible. We just finished making our first comic book, PROGRAM: The Infinite Abyss Makes A Fine Ashtray.”
Illusive Arts Entertainment – “We publish two comics right now. We create a comic book called Dorothy, which is a modern re-imagining of the Wizard of Oz, which is in very unique artistic style known as fumetti. The other comic we publish is called Tony Loco, which is a supernatural thriller that evokes Don Quixote.”
Inkless Quill Collective – No information available.
InkPen Mutations Press – “We are a publishing company focusing on the union of experimental literature and provacative artwork. Our books can be termed “Graphic Shorts”. A Graphic Short is either one short story or a compilation of short pieces, heavily illustrated. These can be compared to a graphic novel, except that we do not use the story board form and we especially do not use bubble dialogues.”
Inkwell Comics Syndicate – No information available.
Integrity Comics – “I am an artist, writer and songwriter. I produce comic books and will soon try out music as well. So stay tuned…”
Iris Print – “You may call it boys’ love, slash, yaoi, shounen-ai, june, or something else entirely, but whatever name you use, we know what you mean. Iris Print publishes fresh, original boys’ love stories and graphic novels.”
Jan Hiura – Website under construction.
Jane’s World – Paige Braddock’s amazing strip – the first six books of which are now available at Borders. I met Ms. Braddock at last year’s San Diego Comicon, and picked up her book – probably one of my favorite finds. Do yourselves a favor and check out this comic.
Jason Felix – “An ongoing collection of digital fine art and photo manipulations created by award winning artist Jason Felix. His works have been showcased in Spectrum, Expose, and is also directly inspiring numerous hollywood projects.”
Jason Newhouse – A lot of “Jason Newhouse? out there – race car driver, guitarist, poker expert – anyone know who this one is?
Jeaneen Carlino – “Walking in the city and capturing moments with a camera, sketchbook or my brain and then making art about my adventures-saturated colors-beautiful brunette women-power lines-graffiti-swapmeets-coffee-eastern indian miniatures-mermaids and seahorses-patterns-decorative pakistan trucks-happy accidents-handpainted signage in the beautiful hoods of l.a.-cluttered spaces-old janky buildiings-riverbeds-train yards-box cars-barred windows and much more.”
Jeff Zugale – Compulsive creation disorder – webcomic Just A Bit Off, concept art, Mystic for Hire, Kindergoth
Jeremy Arambulo – “Art Production Assistant at Blue Sky Studios working on Ice Age. He continued as a painter at The Danbury Mint, drew comic art for Styx Taxi, K.I.A., and Siglo: Passion, created storyboards for music videos, and designed The Sleeping’s albums: Believe What We Tell You and Questions And Answers.”
Jill Allyn Stafford – “I work full time. I’m a mom. I’m involved in martial arts when I’m not totally broken. And in my spare time I love art. I love looking at art, thinking about art, and sometimes even making art.”
Jim Blanchard & J.R. Williams – “Jim Blanchard is a cover artist for books & CDs, spot illustrator for magazines, technical illustrator, comic book artist, silkscreen poster artist, logo designer & art director for Fantagraphics Books, and inker for Peter Bagge’s much-lauded Hate comic series. He has also enjoyed success as a gallery artist with his large-scale, graphic art paintings.” A gallery of J. R. Williams artwork can be seen by clicking his link.
Jim Mahfood – “Mahfood’s work has appeared in comics, books, magazines, music videos, on skateboard decks, t-shirts, and album covers all over the globe. He has been spotted rocking the live mural painting at various DJ/hip hop events around the country with his drunken posse of artistic misfits.”
Joe Sayers / Josh Frankel – Joe Sayers draws a weekly comic strip called Thingpart and thinks you’re nice. Josh Frankel draws the weekly comic Deadly Combo.
Joedon Comics – JoeDon Comics crew is responsible for the awesome Bonjour Le Muffin.
Joelmichaelsmith.com – Artist and illustrator.
Jose Lopez, Patrick Morgan, John Nevarez – Jose Lopez – character designer. Patrick Morgan – artist. John Nevarez – VizDev and Story Artist for animation.
Joseph Cotsirilos – “The Dent comic book series started in 2004. After reading Summer Blonde, an Optic Nerve collection by Adrian Tomine, I was quickly inspired to put my own comics into a similar format. I liked the fact that Adrian’s work (and many other cartoonists who I found out about later) focussed on the literature aspect of comics; it was also nice that I wasn’t looking at another superhero in spandex tights.”
Joshua Ellingson – Artist, Illustrator, Time Traveller
Jusscope.com – Character, weapon concept and vehicle concept designer for Envy Games.
K.O. Comix – Comics that will knock you out, then pick you up and punch you again.
Kaiju Big Batte / Joe Alterio – Pro-wrestling meets man-in-suit Kaiju Big Batte. Joe Alterio is a San Francisco-based illustrator, designer, animator, and comix artist.
Keith Knight – “Knight is part of a new generation of talented young African-American artists who infuse their work with urgency, edge, humor, satire, politics and race. His art has appeared in various publications worldwide, including Salon.com, ESPN the Magazine, L.A. Weekly, MAD Magazine, the Funny Times and World War 3 Illustrated. Three of his comix were the basis of an award-winning live-action short film, Jetzt Kommt Ein Karton, in Germany. His comic art has appeared in museums and galleries from San Francisco (CA) to Angoulême (France).”
Kitty Factory – “Temi Jun is just another girl wishing to share her visions with the world. Kitty Factory is the land she created from which to share her visions. It is not just kitties that sprout from her, even though they are her main passion. Looking to dominate the world one chuckle at a time.”
Kristian Horn – Site under construction.
LA Dubla – Anyone know who this is?
Lanny Liu – manga artist and freelance illustrator.
Lark Pien-Little Bird Books – Artist and cartoonist.
Last Gasp – “Last Gasp is one of the largest and oldest publishers and purveyors of underground comic books in the world, as well as being a distributor of all sorts of weird ‘n’ wonderful subversive literature, graphic novels, tattoo and art books.”
Lee’s Comics – “Northern California’s Leading Comic Book Dealer, with locations in Mountain View and San Mateo.”
Leticia Lacy & Wednesday Kirwan – Leticia Lacy has worked on Samurai Jack, South Park – Bigger, Longer and Uncut, and others. Can’t find a specific site for her. Wednesday Kirwan is a children’s illustrator and fine artist. I’m really looking forward to seeing these artists’ work in person
Lexington Chrome Plating – I’m not sure what this entry is about…might be related to 3d imagery, but can’t determine.
Lexpress – “Lexpress is the newest imprint to house the graphic novel series Kid Beowulf and the comic strip Plato’s Republic. Created by Alexis E. Fajardo, Lexpress is a unique publishing house focused on creating original properties inspired by history and myth!”
Lightbulb Ink / Toxic Peache – Can’t determine websites for either.
Liz Baillie – Liz Baillie draws great comics, and is in posession of the Marshmallow Fists of Fury™
Lobrau Productions, Inc - “Home of the Worlds Most Mediocre Entertainment.” Toupydoops.
Lone Mantis Creations – “Lone Mantis provides design and creative input. They’ve written songs, created sounds and background music for cartoons, edited videos, created comic books, and written full-length screenplays.”
Los Comex – “Javier Hernandez (nicknamed “Jav” for short) is an American comic book artist who created the popular series, El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie. Hernandez publishes his comics through his own comic-book imprint, Los Comex.”
Lost In The Dark Press – “Lost in the Dark Press is a comic book and graphic novel publishing endeavor set up by Stephen R. Buell and Jeff Davidson.”
Love Letter Press – Mini-comics.
Luchadork Studios – link is to Corwin Gibson’s webcomicsnation.com page
Mad Sea Dog Comics – comics, e-cards, art
Madhappys – “MADHAPPYS is a free monthly comics newspaper made in San Francisco and distributed worldwide. Uncensored & Unfettered Avant-garde Underground Art, Always!”
Manic D Press – “Manic D Press was founded by Jennifer Joseph in 1984. An award-winning literary press based in San Francisco, California publishing fiction, poetry, pop culture, music, art, narrative-oriented comix, and alternative travel books, we represent a diverse group of unique writers and artists, with emphasis on those who have been shunned by the traditional publishing establishment for lacking commercial viability, regardless of their talent or future promise.”
Mark Bode – Carrying on the legacy of his father, Vaughn. “Besides his phenomenal work as an artist on inanimate media, Mark has also been doing custom tattoo work on the human body for over 10 years now.”
Martin Hsu – Currently working as a character designer at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, creator of the character Ruby Gloom.
Martin the Satanic Racoon – Mini-comics. Tshirts. Lots of feces.
Martine Workman / Lart Cognac Berliner – T-shirt designers, artists, Can’t find a specific site that features their work that isn’t a shirt catalog.
Marzooper – No information available.
Masters of the Art – Webcomic – Webcomic. “Dedicated to all things awesome.”
Math Book Arts – No information available.
Matt Bernier – “Matt is a cartoonist. He will be a cartoonist forever!”
Medium Reality – Paintings, housewares, handmade hats, clothing and accessories.
Metal Box Comics – “Metal Box Comics is to be a premier comic company with integrity, with intriguing and detailed storyline which will interest wide variety of audience, …”
Mineshaft Magazine – “Mineshaft is an independent magazine featuring amazing art by Robert Crumb, Kim Deitch, Frank Stack, Billy Childish, and more.”
Moderate Revolt – Comics collective? Link is to their blog.
Motormouthpress, LLC – Homemade books and accessories.
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