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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

FallCon - Minnesota - Oct 4 & 5, 2008

Just got my invite to FallCon a few days ago. I'll be attending.

It will be my first time back to the Twin Cities (where I grew up) since 2004.

It will probably be the only other convention I attend this year due to my busy work schedule.  But that just means that 2009 should be a good year for new books from Otis Frampton and his amazing friends!

-Otis

Out of Service

To those of you waiting for sketchbooks or sketch cards or Oddly books . . .I apologize for the delay.  Leigh and I had rather difficult time escaping Comic-Con.  Our flight out of California was canceled so we rescheduled it for the following day and got a hotel room for the night.  Then our second flight was canceled, so we re-booked separate flights and had to rent a car to drive up to Long Beach to catch them.  Then, when I finally I got home, the con sickness hit me.  I'm lying in bed wishing I were dead as I type this.

Anyway, I'll be back in action soon enough.

-Otis

San Diego Comic-Con Wrap Up

I just wanted to thank everyone who came by my table to say hello and pick up copies of my books.  I hope that everyone who snagged a copy of Oddly Normal: Fignation Times enjoys it.

I also wanted to say "thank you" to everyone who made it to the dinner at Buca di Beppo that Leigh and I hosted.  I hope you all had a good time.

-Otis

San Diego Comic-Con 08

Well, it's that time of year again . . . the San Diego Comic-Con approaches.  I can't believe it's already time to fly off to San Diego.  I'm really not ready for the con season to start . . . too much work to do . . . but it's here, so I'll be there.

This is my last blog post before taking off for the con, so I wanted to remind everyone about where I'll be and what I'll be selling at the con one last time.

Unlike last year, I will be attending every day of the con, including Preview Night.  I'll be spending most (if not all) of my time at my Artist Alley Table, CC-17, sandwiched between friends and fellow sketch card artists Grant Gould and Cynthia Cummens. 

 I'll also be selling copies of my brand new convention sketchbook:

Once again, here are the specs:

• 16 interior pages
• 144 scans of personal sketch cards that were drawn by me over the previous year
• Full color
• Space on the cover for a FREE sketch (in the same dimensions as one of my sketch cards)
• All for the low, low price of ONE BUCK

Can't beat that deal with a stick.  I'm bringing 190 copies to the con, so there should be enough for all that want one.  Or maybe not, who knows.  Better get to my table as soon as you can.

I'd just like to reiterate that my con sketchbooks are for CONS ONLY.  I will not be selling them online.  I will not be shipping any out to buyers.

I have had many requests to purchase them and have them shipped to the buyer, and while I appreciate the interest in my work, I must stand firm and say "no".  These books are meant to be a low-priced "extra" for my con appearances, not as a stand-alone product, even though I could make more money by making them the latter.

I may (and I stress "may") eventually offer the books as free extras along with sketch card sales on eBay, but only if I have any left over when the con season ends (and only if I still have any personal sketch cards left to sell, which I probably won't, since I only have 10 left to sell).

I thank everyone for their interest in the con sketchbooks.  As I said before, the best way to get one if you're not going to be attending a show that I'll be at is to get someone to buy one for you.

And if that weren't enough, Viper Comics will also debut Josh Howard's new series, T-Bird & Throttle, at the show.  The inaugural issue is #0, an origin special, and I drew the "comic-within-a-comic" inside.  So be sure to pick up a copy of that, as well!

See you at the con!

-Otis

Knighty Knight

I had to get my convention sketchbook printed up today, so I whipped out the last 8 this morning to make sure every page of the book had 9 images.  I decided to make these quickies a "Dark Knight Returns" set:

These cards are going out to my pal George.  Don't worry George, there is still a huge stack of blanks here with your name on them.

-Otis