SPX 2009 Pictures Pt. 2

I took this picture really damn early in the morning. How early, you may ask. Too damn early because...




... hardly anyone else is set up. But the excitement of another SPX kept us chugging along.




Across from us, Mike Lariccia of One Time Press selling his fine illustrated wares.




Peter J. Lazarski and Mike of Imaginary Monsters set up their booth right beside ours.




All this hub bub is just the exhibitors. We haven't opened to the public yet.




I approve of our spread.




The youngest SPX attendee: 6 weeks old. Take that.





Ron was gracious enough to buy a couple of my comics and asked for a sketch. It took me a little while because I hadn't drawn Jock in some time. Looking at it again, I want to fix it up...




Anthony being eaten by Cthulu.



Pete and Mike of Imaginary Monsters drawing some ill creatures.



More pictures to come...

© Frank Reynoso, Oct. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Pictures from NYC Comic Con 2009

This past weekend, the fourth annual New York City Comic Con brought fans and professionals from all over. Overwhelming, exciting and inspiring, these picts are but a taste of what went down.

I regret to say that I didn't take pictures of some amazing artists such as Cully Hamner, Nathan Fox, Walter Simonson, Brian Bolland, Mark Texeira, Ted McKeever, Eduardo Risso, etc etc. But I had fun and look forward to the next con.

Ginormous line leading to the con. To give you an idea of how ginormous this thing was: this pict is just of 1/5 of just this line. There were more attendees already halfway onto the floor and inside the con.

The Ivanovs let it all hang out.
(Irina Ivanova and Serg Ivanov.)








Gotta love us.
(Nanette Maxim, Kris Dolbear, Joe Carmona, and Jiaxing Rong)



This is what the NY Comic Con is all about.
(Serg Ivanov and I.)







The great Brian Stelfreeze makes a rare appearance at the Con. Here he's sketching for a little boy who's going to be an artist when he grows up.









Keith McCleary of Killing Tree Quarterly, killing it at the Comic Con. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)













© Frank Reynoso, Feb. 2009, All Rights Reserved

Mark Millar and Tony Harris at Midtown Comics

Some months ago, after waiting on line for over two hours, I met the talented comic creators behind the new series War Heroes, Mark Millar (Wanted) and Tony Harris (Ex Machina). Their stop in Midtown Comics, NYC, was part of their international tour promoting their new limited series, published by Image Comics.






Considering this a rare treat - Millar lives in Scotland and Harris in the South - I asked my girlfriend Irina to snap some picts. Here they are in chronological order.















Mark Millar (l) and Tony Harris (r) talking with fans and cracking jokes. And if you look closely, that's me in the far left, waiting on line and hoping that the pictures come out well.















Millar and Harris autograph a fan's recently taken-and-developed picture of themselves at this event. Very meta moment.















I asked Millar if it's cool to have a picture taken with him. As I was about to ask Harris if he'd mind getting in the picture, Millar smiled and Irina hit the button. Harris tried to get out of frame but apparently it wasn't far enough.















That's my nervous, goofy smile. (Yeah, I was a bit nervous meeting them, which is highly uncommon for me. I guess it's the fact that I have lots of respect and admiration for these guys and their work.)

I asked Mr. Harris to get into the picture - my initial intent was a picture of us three - and above is the result.


Thanks to Midtown Comics for hosting this special event and making sure everything ran smoothly. And thanks to Mr. Millar and Mr. Harris for staying well after their agreed upon time, being fun guys, and creating great comics.

© Frank Reynoso, Oct. 2008, All Rights Reserved
War Heroes cover courtesy of Image Comics, War Heroes © Mark Millar and Tony Harris, 2008

More pictures from SPX 2008

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Some pictures from this year's Small Press Expo (SPX)

Though I only stayed for Sunday, I enjoyed every minute at the comics fest. Thanks again to everyone who stopped by the table to check out our stuff and chatted. And thanks to my girlfriend Irina for all your help, Erin Thompson and Keith McCleary for letting me sit in with him at the comics fest.

Some great moments and people at SPX.


Killing Tree Quarterly creator Keith McCleary sporting Dreadnoks shirt sans irony. Gotta love it. Hehehe.
















August (left) and Deep Doodle's Masheka Wood (r).













Michael LaRiccia creator of Black Mane, Death of Black Mane and founder of One Time Press rocks out.

















And lastly, yours truly, with my latest batch of watercolor paintings Portraits from the Animal Kingdom.










More pictures to come.

© Frank Reynoso, Oct. 2008, All Rights Reserved