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SpringCon 2012 May 19th and 20th

In a couple of weeks I'll be attending SpringCon at the Minnesota State Fair grounds!

I'll be selling prints as well as a new comic and a new book!

The comic is the first issue of Escape From Planet Nowhere. It will be 36 pages and will include all of Part 1 of the webcomic, some guest pin-ups and a few "making of" sketches. This will be a standard sized comic. Here's the cover to issue #1:

The new book is something I've been working on since late last year called "Draw, Monkey!"  This is a book that contains 25 pen and marker sketches as well as 25 corresponding "micro-stories" for each drawing. This book will be manga sized (5"x7.5") and square bound. Here is the cover and some sample pages:

"Escape From Planet Nowhere" Issue #1 will sell for $5.00 and "Draw, Monkey!" will sell for $10.00.

I will also eventually sell 25 "Artist Editions" of "Draw, Monkey" for $30.00 each. The buyer will get a signed copy of the book as well as one of the original drawings featured in the book. If you're interested in one of these, send me an e-mail (otisframpton@yahoo.com) with the subject "Draw, Monkey! Artist Edition". These are first come first served.

I hope to see everyone at SpringCon!

-Otis

Newt

I drew this "Aliens" piece while sitting behind my table at FallCon yesterday:

The drawing measures 11x14 inches and was drawn/colored with Micron pens and Prismacolor markers on smooth Bristol board.

-Otis

FallCon 2011

Once again I'll be at FallCon, the one day comic convention at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds!

I'll have copies of all of the comics and prints from my online store and all items will be $5.00 each.

See you at the show!

-Otis

FallCon!

I'll be attending FallCon tomorrow (Saturday, October 16th, 2010). I didn't get my own table (I applied late and it's a small show), but my pal Grant Gould was kind enough to share his table with me, so look for us if you're going to be at the show!

I'll be selling the usual comics and prints at half the normal price.

FallCon is a one day event and lasts from 10am-4pm at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in the Progress Center (1621 Randall Ave St. Paul, MN 55108).

Go HERE for more info about the show.

I hope to see you there!

-Otis

HeroesCon June 4-6, 2010

UPDATE (May 31st, 2010):

I just wanted to remind people that I will be at HeroesCon this weekend. Also attending are a few of my pals. Here are our locations on the convention floor:

 

Marc Deering (my podcast co-host) will be just down the aisle from me and my fellow Spacedock 7 members Joel Carroll, Grant Gould and Mike Maihack will all be within shouting distance.

I look forward to seeing them and you at the show!

-Otis

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I will be attending  HeroesCon in a few weeks!

I'm very excited for this show. It will be my first time there, they have me listed as a "guest" and I will be bringing with me a lot of new products to sell. I'll be doing HeroesCon the way I always wished that I could do the San Diego Comic-Con.

Here is the list of products that I will be bringing to the show to sell . . .

"Life & Death" prints for $5 each:

"Bombs Away" prints for $5 each:

 

I chose these two images because they are the highest rated of any images in my gallery at deviantART and I am constantly receiving requests for hard copies (just FYI, I will never offer prints featuring corporate characters or properties, only original works). These are the first prints that I have ever done and they look great in person, if I do say so myself (CatPrint.com did a greta job matching the color of the original files, I recommend them highly). They are printed on heavy card stock with a glossy finish and measure 8.5x14 inches. I'll be offering them at the show for $5 each, which is half the price I plan to sell them for online afterward, so be sure to pick one up at the show if you're attending!

I will also be selling two new comics at the show for $5 each, "Bombs Away: Digital Mischief From Otis Frampton 2008-2010" and an "Escape From Planet Nowhere" preview issue:

Both comics are 20 pages long and are printed by Ka-Blam. 

"Bombs Away: Digital Mischief From Otis Frampton 2008-2010" features original digital art created by me over the last two years. "Escape From Planet Nowhere" features the first 10 pages of the webcomic and a section detailing the history and creative process of the book. Here are the layouts of the two books:

And I will debut "Little White Rectangles Vol III" at HeroesCon, featuring my favorite Big Fat Sketch Cards from the last year. Here is the cover and a sampling of the interior pages:

These special con sketchbooks are full color, I will draw a free head sketch on the cover for you and the price, as always, is just one buck!

And I will also be offering Oddly Normal Vol 1 and Oddly Normal Vol 2 trade paperbacks for $5 each.

I will not be doing any large commissions/drawings at the show, nor will I be taking pre-orders for anything like that. But I will be taking requests to get on my commission waiting list, so if you're interested in getting on my standard commission list, please feel free to ask.

So if you're attending HeroesCon (June 4th-6th, 2010), look for this banner . . .

                    

. . . stop by my table, say hello and pick up a book or two. I look forward to meeting you!

-Otis

P.S. I'll also be submitting this piece to the HeroesCon Annual Art Auction:

 

The winning bidder will receive a high resolution print of this piece (11x17 inches on heavy card stock, glossy) and also the original 11x14 inch line art (Micron on Bristol)!

-Otis

Otis Frampton's "Big Fat Sketch Cards"!

I have been hinting at a change in the way I do sketch cards for a while now, and now I can reveal what I have in store come November:

 

A wider format makes all the difference, don't you think? It's like widescreen vs standard when it comes to film: there's just something about that aspect ratio that I love. It will be fun to have a larger canvas on which to compose images and I'm sure that my customers will enjoy a change of format as well after nearly five years of drawing on the standard trading card.

This is a high speed recordings of me inking and coloring my  first Big Fat Sketch Card (he song is, of course, "Yoda" by Weird Al Yankovic):

The cards are the same size as other wide trading cards that have been on the market for a while now (2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches) and each card will be sold with a wide Top Loader plastic holder. They are drawn using Micron pens and Prismacolor markers & pencils.

I will start selling these as part of my next big sale in the first week of November. But those lucky enough to be attending the Non-Sport Card Show in Allentown, Pennsylvania this weekend will get a chance to buy the first Big Fat Sketch Cards! I'll be bringing some pre-drawn cards o the show as well as taking a limited number of custom card orders on Saturday to be delivered the next day at the show. The price for the cards at the Allentown show will be $20 per card (the regular price for these cards come November will be $30).

See you in Allentown!

-Otis

San Diego Comic-Con 2009

It's that time again.  July . . . and that means that the San Diego Comic-Con will be starting much sooner that I'm ready for it to start.  So much to do yet and so little time.

*sigh*

Anyway, I'll be there in Artist Alley, as usual.  My Artist Alley table number is CC-18.  I'll be next to my pal Grant Gould once again, which is great (he just announced that his graphic novel is becoming a webcomic, by the way).

This year at Comic-Con I'll be selling Oddly Normal books, natch.

I'll also have plenty of copies of Little White Rectangles Vol II, my 2009 con sketchbook.  The interior pages contains 81 sketch card images from the last year or so and 27 7-7-Sunday commissions.  As with last year's con sketchbook, it will be full color, cost just $1 and you will get a free drawing of any character you want on the cover!  Can't beat that deal with a stick.  No sir.

Here's a preview:

I'll also be selling a special 23 page preview ashcan of Spellbinder!

These ashcans will cost (drumroll) . . . one buck.  That's right.  One measly dollar.  Get em while they're hot, folks.

These con sketchbooks and ashcans will only be available for purchase at comic book conventions, store signings or other public appearances.  I will not be offering them for sale online.

I hope everyone gets a chance to pick one up from me and get a sketch!  See you in San Diego!

-Otis

Heroes Con Announcement

I'm sorry to announce that due to a family emergency,  I will be flying home to Minnesota this week and will not be able to make it to Heroes Con.  I was really looking forward to my first time at Heroes and I fully intend to go next year. 

-Otis

FallCon Wrap-Up

I think this photo says it all:

Leigh and I had a great time at the show last weekend.  Thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hello and buy a book.  And a special thank you to Molly, Alexa and Aaron for coming out to see us.

-Otis

FallCon

I'll be heading off to Minnesota for FallCon in a few hours.  Stop by and say hello if you plan on attending!

-Otis