April 7, 2024
at 10:00 am
Special Guests
Kenneth Landgraf
Ken Landgraf is a true cult icon in the world of comics. He studied with legends like Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman and worked as an assistant to Gil Kane and Rick Buckler. In the ’70s and ’80s, he went on to work on some of DC Comics, from titles like Weird War Tales to Superman Family and World’s Finest. His most infamous work might just be New York City Outlaws with Bob Huszar, perhaps the first true ‘outlaw’ comic. Huzar and Lamdgraf most recently collaborated on Apocalypse 5000, from Floating World Comics. Currently, Landgraf is at the tail end of an already funded Kickstarter campaign for a new project, Ink Zeitgeist, described as “a black and white outlaw genre pastiche comic (bikers, horror, cult cinema, superhero, punk, sci-fi, rockabilly, etc.) that takes place in Ink Town, a low-class but captivating destination of flea markets, arcades, trailer camps, diners and sideshow carnivals.” Mr. Landgraf took some time to rattle out his top five writers and inkers in the world of comics, along with some cool details. Check it out below, in his own words, along with some preview images from Ink Zeitgeist. Then make sure you head over to the Kickstarter page and push Ink Zeitgeist to the extreme!
John Hebert
John Hebert has been many things- or maybe he’s been CALLED many things- among them, firefighter, fingerprint examiner, fire marshal and mainly , “Artist”.
Born in a galaxy far, far away, known as “Troy, NY, he began drawing on the walls at the tender age of 4. Several years later, he was hired to draw his first comic book some 2 days before his graduation from art school way back in the dark days called “The 1980’s” and subsequently moved quickly through the ranks of the independents to Marvel where he spent some 6 years making comic book art magic.
John has worked on such projects as “Punisher, Deathlok, Captain America, Nomad, Spider-man, X-Men Adventures, The Twilight Empire, Sable, Mars Attacks! and Jonny Quest.
After an extended vacation form the business in the late 90’s, he has drifted back into the game, working on William Shatner’s online “Man O’ War and recently received a publishing award at NY’s Copacabana for his efforts on Stan Lee’s “God Woke” graphic novel. He still does freelance work and enjoys meeting the fans and spending time talking with them(don’t get him started)and doing sketches and he even ran for office several years ago. He lives in the Capitol Region of New York state with his beloved family, their pets and “a whole mess of cars” and is currently designing wrestling toys.
Come and meet one of comicdom’s forgotten treasures....
Rodney Ramos
Rodney Ramos has been a professional penciler and inker in the comics industry for over 25 years . Starting his career at Marvel Comics as a Romita Raider for Art directorJohn Romita . He has worked at many companies over the years including Marvel, Marvel Comics U.K. , DC Comics , Valiant , Disney , Acclaim Comics , Malibu, Continuity Comics and Legendary Pictures Comics . His inks have graced over 7000 pages of comic books over the years such as Spider-Man , X-men , Iron-man , Peter Parker the Spectacular Spider-man , Batman , Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, 52, Countdown, Doctor Who and the critically acclaimed Transmetropolitan with Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. Recently he has inked for Titan comics , Lion Forge and John Carpenter’s Storm King comics graphic Novel NightTerrors Graveyard Moon
Carl Paolino
Carl Paolino is a veteran of the entertainment industry. As a producer, director, screenwriter, and production designer, his credits include feature films, television series, music videos, Broadway shows, and hundreds of television commercials. His animated productions include; MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch (having created over 400 puppets for the series), MTV’s Cartoon Sushi, and Celebrity Face-Off (another stop-motion animated TV series, having created over 600 puppets for the series).
He wrote and directed the animation for The Halloween Pranksta short film with co-producer Mark Hamill, of Star Wars fame, and directed Mark during the voiceover recordings.
His other credits include Disney’s Hercules on Ice, Victoria’s Secret, Goosebumps the Musical, MTV’s 2000 Music Video Awards (a specialty costume for Jimmy Fallon), Saturday Night Live, Coca Cola’s and the NFL’s Monster of the Gridiron, and the MTV Music Award Winning video, Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down, for Fall Out Boy.
He is the author of the pulp horror novel trilogy Virgin Falls. Spontania is his first graphic novel series published by his own company, Comic Book Kid Publishing.
You can find him at: ComicBookKidPub.com
He has a BFA degree from the School of Visual Arts and is an adjunct professor in the Fine Arts Department.
Brendan Shaw
Company is Fat Guy Inc
Instagram, twitter, tiktok are all @bacons223
mini canvas paintings. All hand painted and are typically less than 4"×4" in size. I cover all fandoms from anime and cartooning to comic book art and realism. I don't take commissions but I do take suggestions.
Peter “Peat” Vazquez
Peter "Peat" Vazquez is a Long Island born freelance, Commission Artist with roots in comic books and fine art. You have seen his work in the pages of RMD Comics, Kaiju Mania and campaigns such as Nyobi Birthright His work is also in the pages of Penguina and Tomorrow Girl by Antarctic Press. You can also find him at cons such as NYCC, AnimeNYC, the Indie ArtShow, the Pancakes and Booze ArtShow, LI Tropic Con and tons of local shows Peat is available for freelance work including , commissions, paintings, covers, pinups, pencils sinks and colors.
Mark Mazz
Mark Mazz is an American comic book art director, editor and comic book writer. Mark has been part of the industry working as an Art Director for Marvel, the Design Services Manager for DC, the Creative Director for Harris Comics, and is now President & CCO of his own start-up business Atlas Unleashed
Richard Maurizio
A veteran artist, writer and ComicCon regular, Richard Maurizio has contributed artwork to some of the most iconic and beloved cartoons of our time. With an impressive resume that includes Warner Bros., Turner Entertainment, Universal Studios, Sony Signatures, and Archie Comics, Richard has created licensed artwork for properties including Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Space Jam, Batman: The Animated Series, The Munsters, Underdog, The Real Ghostbusters, and Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol. In addition to co-producing a Tom & Jerry comic strip for several years, Richard co-authored the book Munster Memories with Butch Patrick. A passionate historian and collector of comics, he has played a major role in reviving children’s comics with his company, Airwave Comics, and by founding Animated Arts in the late 1980s. He also launched the first two industry magazines, The Comics Collector and Collectible Toys and Values, which brought attention to the world of comic book collecting in the pre ComicCon era.