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- Lexington Comic & Toy Con. March 24th. Lexington, KY. lexingtoncomiccon.com
- Gem City Comicon. March 31st - April 1st. Dayton, OH. gemcityc ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/the-blue-screen-of-doom-251961109 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/the-blue-screen-of-doom-251961109 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:58:40 PDT the blue screen of doom... nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~drawrobot
The past couple of weeks, I've been familiarizing myself with the brushes in Photoshop. It's the same version ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/2011-show-schedule-220244453 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/2011-show-schedule-220244453 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:46:07 PST 2011 show schedule nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~drawrobot
- S.P.A.C.E. March 19-20th. Columbus, OH. low dow show:$5 will get you in.
site: backporchcomics.com/space.htm

'Unofficially'...

- Comfest (w/ the Panel Collective). Gooddale Park. Columbus, OH (Last weekend of June) It's free, though parking is a hassle. Some how a ca-gillion people show up anyway to this event. Sweaty good time.
site: comfest.com

- Craftin' Outlaws. fall (?) 2011. Columbus,OH. no date yet. It's 'juried' so I got hosed last year which still puzzles me.
site: craftinoutlaws.com

That's it, unless something else pops up. Genghiscon might happen again this year.

*I'm up for a commission sketch anytime if you ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-new-year-221868302 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Happy-new-year-221868302 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:11:21 PST Happy new year... nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2011-2013 ~drawrobot
I guess this is where one spews out resolutions of some such: My goal in the new year is to *wrap up the graphic novel and focus on personal projects. One of which is kicking around ideas for a one man show. Here's to a new year of productive and creative venture ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Still-plugging-away-224396838 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Still-plugging-away-224396838 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:25:42 PDT Still plugging away... nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2010-2013 ~drawrobot I need to hit page 70 by the end of October for the project. Wrapping the whole thing up by December.
Looks like I got turned down for a spot at a show this year. Guess they're serious about it being a curated show. (One of those deals where there's the same vendors at every show and a few open spots) Oh well. The Panel Collective will be at Independent's Day this year. Which may be it for me in 2010, show-wise.

Ummm, if anyone's wanted prints of some of my ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Now-I-know-how-Ryan-Kelly-feels-227148264 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Now-I-know-how-Ryan-Kelly-feels-227148264 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:22:11 PDT Now I know how Ryan Kelly feels... nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2010-2013 ~drawrobot
Heroescon looks like it'll be next year for me. I'll probably never be back for Mid Ohio Con. Might do Gem City next year if I can get out of that crappy little room (with one exit/entrance).

Bummed me out that WOXY folded today. The best alternative web radio hands down. Th ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Dead-Goombas-229188725 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Dead-Goombas-229188725 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:45 PST Dead Goombas nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2009-2013 ~drawrobot
If all goes well, this thing will drop in fall 2010. ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Genghis-Con-09-229189029 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Genghis-Con-09-229189029 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:13:07 PST Genghis-Con `09 nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2009-2013 ~drawrobot
Sounds like they'll do this agai ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Fall-09-update-230436839 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Fall-09-update-230436839 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:26:23 PDT Fall `09 update nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2009-2013 ~drawrobot
To be honest I didn't get what I wanted out of the class. It was so focused on penciling (in the factory system) which wasn't what I wanted to do at all. Do you know how many penciling gigs there are to break in now? So much has changed and now it's harder. I think anyway. The traditional venues are closing up. Diamond's caps officially put a kibosh on the indie pamphlet. Th ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Fall-pronouncements-230679916 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Fall-pronouncements-230679916 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:08:14 PDT Fall pronouncements nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2009-2013 ~drawrobot
Prints are sized proportionally to fill up an 11 x 17 sheet on acid free 100lb photo white stock. Then trimmed to bleed. It could be slightly smaller than 11 x 17.

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As I'm typing this, the new Archibald trade (fro ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Summer-time-231189472 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Summer-time-231189472 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:14:40 PDT Summer time nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2009-2013 ~drawrobot
Comic Book Tattoo won an Eisner. So happy about that. It was a great project to be involved in and Rantz worked his ass off for that thing. Brainbot Jr. is moving forward to being offered as a digital download for the iPhone. Lots of reformating and new strips. I'm spli ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/S-P-A-C-E-09-recap-232546650 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/S-P-A-C-E-09-recap-232546650 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:10:42 PDT S.P.A.C.E. `09 recap nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2009-2013 ~drawrobot
S.P.A.C.E. continues to be one of my two biggest shows. Made a couple of connections that may or may not pan out. One would be a one man show at a local gallery. The other would be some type of freelance with a undisclosed music label. I was flattere ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Con-updates-233394484 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Con-updates-233394484 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:17:30 PST Con updates... nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2009-2013 ~drawrobot
Sales on Comic Book Tattoo, per bookscan were decent for an Image book. It appears they've only counted the softcover (which moved about 7000 according to them). The limited edition that Tori signed sold out within days. There's also a new ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Independent-s-Day-fest-tommorow-235403017 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Independent-s-Day-fest-tommorow-235403017 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:08:47 PDT Independent's Day fest tommorow! nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
Still trying to find a hat. (I got burned at my last outdoor show. Sad face.) I think the Urban Scrawl show is a bust for me next week. Haven't heard back from the guy.

Mid Ohio Con is on. Last I checked, I'm still not on the (web) guest listing. I'll be showing up for it. That's in two weeks.

Last Sunday, Columbus and a good part of Ohio got slapped with 80 mph w ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Wholly-Craft-235730840 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Wholly-Craft-235730840 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:34:29 PDT Wholly Craft!! nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
I never really expected to do all that well at a craft show. This was more like an arts festival/craft show hybrid. This is encouraging to maybe take the next step up and go for an arts festival. I had already signed up with Zapp last year. They send out a list of festivals from around the country. Festivals require more investment on my part. They'll usually provide the tent but you have to provide the fancy particians, tables, etc. They also have exact specs on how to displ ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Comic-Book-Tattoo-hits-next-Wednesday-236202216 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Comic-Book-Tattoo-hits-next-Wednesday-236202216 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:29:50 PDT Comic Book Tattoo hits next Wednesday! nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
Sadly I couldn't get enough scratch together to go this year. The contrast between this anthology and No Formula's promotion has got me thinking more about going back to self-publishing for my next book. I've thought ab ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Kickin-it-Millar-style-236556830 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Kickin-it-Millar-style-236556830 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:38:58 PDT Kickin' it Millar style. nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
http://www.wizarduniverse.com/warheroescovercompetitionvoting2.html

I'm in 'Heat 1'. name's Thomas Williams. Voting in round one ends on the 20th. Let's hear it internets. Thanks.

update 6/20: it's safe to say th ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Hellboy-show-236700439 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Hellboy-show-236700439 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:36:57 PDT Hellboy show nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
It'll be my first time shipping a painting. I'll probably do it on a piece of wood as I'm afraid of shipping a canvas to Florida. ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/spring-cleaning-236818772 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/spring-cleaning-236818772 Tue, 27 May 2008 20:10:11 PDT spring cleaning nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
This month's previews is the new Tori anthology: Comic Book Tattoo. Order up kids. It comes in trade, hardback and a fancy limited leatherbound slipcase edition. Papa gets a small chunk of that. Can't swing San Diego. I'm bummed about missing out on meeting Tori Amos (and possibly Neil Gaiman). I was looking forward ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Done-McDone-done-237195957 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Done-McDone-done-237195957 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:40:22 PDT Done McDone done nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
Though there's been no internet noise on this, the Chemistry Set is working out an small collection of the strips from the site. Desparado (formerly Calib ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Anthology-news-n-amp-039-stuff-237307638 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Anthology-news-n-amp-039-stuff-237307638 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:36:40 PDT Anthology news n'stuff nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
Our strip needs rescanned, toned and relettered by Friday. It's six pages but it was a strip I had scanned and prepped for half the size. Tori is definitely the priority. Unless the Chemsetters can get Thom Yorke to sell their anthology during the Ra ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/S-P-A-C-E-08-recap-237752937 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/S-P-A-C-E-08-recap-237752937 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:35:17 PST S.P.A.C.E. `08 recap nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
Did Sim debuting his new comics bring ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Rollin-amp-039-out-the-new-year-238140522 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Rollin-amp-039-out-the-new-year-238140522 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:52:19 PST Rollin' out the new year nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2008-2013 ~drawrobot
Lifelike hit the shelves a couple of weeks ago. We had a signing and a launch party in the Artic. The Ogre almost sold out of copies so I think it went pretty well. A webcomic that I worked on last year has a book agent (thru the writer). Keep my fingers crossed on that. It's going to need some reformatting for a graphic novel ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Keep-an-eye-out-for-SPIN-next-month-238581376 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Keep-an-eye-out-for-SPIN-next-month-238581376 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:05:20 PST Keep an eye out for SPIN next month nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2007-2013 ~drawrobot
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If you haven't yet, check out Styx Taxi over at chemsetcomics.com. It runs every Thursday for about 20 weeks. We're on week 5 already.

Also in the archive on the Chemistry Set is my other collaboration: Stuck. ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/New-ebay-auction-238693183 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/New-ebay-auction-238693183 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:32:50 PST New ebay auction nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2007-2013 ~drawrobot
Sketches up for bid are:

Mr. Miracle, Deadman, Gotham (Batman&Catwoman),
Hulk and Thor.

link:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdrawrobot ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/So-ends-another-convention-year-238747774 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/So-ends-another-convention-year-238747774 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:24:06 PST So ends another convention year nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2007-2013 ~drawrobot
I'll be throwing up some unloved sketches from said show on ebay here shortly. Highlights on my livejournal (tomix.livejournal.com). Happy that most of the sales were merch. Usually it's sketch time at this mainstream show. Biggest thrill was selling a print to Tom Mandrake. One of my favorite artists growing up. It was hard not to geek out a little there.

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also still available are prints of Imaginarians.

drawrobot.etsy.com

thanks,
Tom ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Red-Rover-Consignment-239119880 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Red-Rover-Consignment-239119880 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:14:48 PDT Red Rover Consignment nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2007-2013 ~drawrobot
The shop holds it's grand opening on the 23rd of next week. Eventually we'll be doing up t-shirts. They're setting up a rack in the sh ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Comics-news-239123061 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Comics-news-239123061 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:33:14 PDT Comics news! nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2007-2013 ~drawrobot
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I've been tapped for a couple more anthologies from Villard and Image for next year. News to follow as things solidify.

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Just uploaded a piece from the upcoming benefit show in Portland, OR. for Bill Mantlo. Writer on Rom and many other things for Marvel. Bill suffered a wicked bad car accident in the 90's that severally debilitated him. Floating World is putting it together. The show goes up on December 6th.

_________________________________ ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Prints-239672227 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Prints-239672227 Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:42:10 PDT Prints nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2007-2013 ~drawrobot
Also available on etsy is my back catalog of mini comics and zines.

link: drawrobot.etsy.com ]]> http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Hello-239711341 http://drawrobot.deviantart.com/journal/Hello-239711341 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:06:09 PDT Hello nonadult journals/personal drawrobot http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/r/drawrobot.jpg Copyright 2007-2013 ~drawrobot
Most of these pieces and more can be viewed at opencrashcomics.com. Comics, prints, and original art for sale.

Thanks for taking the time out to check out my work. ]]>