The Rochester Free Comic Book Day Festival - news, info, directions, etc
Special Guests - Who's headlining the event?
Small Press Creators - Meet local creators & media groups.
Vendors - Who's selling cool stuff for you to purchase
Participating Rochester Businesses - Where to get FREE comics!
PRESS / PRESS / PRESS - banner art and more!

BECOME A PART OF THE FUN
The Rochester Free Comic Book Day Festival welcomes creators to join us for the day!  Space is limited and participation requirements are as follows.
1)   A $10 donation to the Rochester Main Street Association gets you a half an 8 foot table.  $20 gets a whole. SPACE IS LIMITED.
2)    All material on display must be all ages appropriate.

The Vendor / Creator Hall is sponsored by ...

Be Sure to check out the FCBD Vendor/Creator Lunch Menu - A special thanks to the Portable Pantry for a special  Vendor / Creator Lunch Menu! We'll have them available for you at the hall.

Jason Casey - Jason is a pop artist from Manchester, NH. After an overwhelmingly successful trip to the Boston Comic Con, he makes his way to Rochester and he's bringing loads of prints of his original work to sell at low prices.
www.myspace.com/jesterstyle

Michelle Pinard - www.chaotickiss.com - MKT Productions - Chaotic Kiss
Produced in the Japanese manga style, Chaotic Kiss is a PG13 comic series that follows the trials and tribulations of Sydney Bloom, a transgender girl. This romantic comedy drama is the first series put out by MKT Productions, a comic studio committed to publishing orignal comics focusing on GLBT issues. Books 1 and 2 will be available for purchase, as well as t-shirts, bags, prints, pins, and commission portraits. Come check us out!

John "BUSTER" Patterson - John ‘Buster’ Patterson is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He has worked in the video game industry as a conceptual artist and in the comics field, he has contributed to the graphic novels Sky Ape: Waiting For Crime and Buffalo Speedway vol 2. He is currently working on several projects; The first one, an action/adventure comic book set in the 50’s, is due out in 2011. Two graphic novels, a sci-fi thriller and a western, are planned for next year. He has been known to eat french fries with a fork

Andrew J. LoVuolo
(The Rift™, Marshal™)
Andrew LoVuolo was born and grew up in Chelsea, MA and currently resides in North Reading, MA. Andrew created, wrote, and inked his first comic book series, The Rift™ that was published by Roaring Studios (now Dabel Brothers Productions) and debuted in May of 2002. It was produced by and is now entirely published under the banner of his own Graphic Illusions Studios. Since its inception The Rift™ has welcomed many budding artists to the business including 'Danimation' (Spider-Man, Voltron, Iron & The Maiden), Robert Atkins (New X-men, G.I. Joe), Robert Richardson (Dragon Cross), M3th (Street Fighter), Jack Purcell (52, Gotham Underground), and Enrique Savory Jr. (Totem). Although Andrew has had the pleasure of writing for and working with such amazing newcomers in the comic book industry he's also been fortunate enough to meet and work with famed industry talents such as Jimmy Palmiotti, Paul Gulacy and Amanda Conner all of whom have graced the covers of The Rift series! Aside from creating and writing his own series he's also written three issues of Marshal for Dabel Brothers Productions/Marvel Comics (during their short partnership) and has worked with fellow creators and business partners in an editorial and art director role on Immortal KIss™, Urban Sprawl™, Intrepid™, and Shonen Double Feature™.
Andrew grew up on ‘80s comics and cartoons and remains a huge Sci-fi fanatic.  He has worked with former Stan Winston Studios producer, Brian Gilbert, on several potential movie concepts, and had a three-year licensing deal with toy company Shocker Toys. This Boston-based writer/creator designed the logo and site design for New Legend Productions' highly visited www.ComicBookTrailers.com. He also helped design and develop the online comic-reader site www.bscdigital.com for Jim Balent (Tarot) and Holly Golightly (School Bites). Andrew is more recently working as project manager and art director for a Boston-based screenwriter Emilio Mauro. Working together with another highly talented creative team they're putting together a graphic novel called Ultra Terrestrials: The Unveiling which is targeted for release at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
At present Andrew is promotingThe Rift™ #5, working to get the remaining three issues of Marshal™ to print, and looking for time to pen the next issue of The Rift™. Future plans include branching out into other forms of media such as television, film and video games starting with The Rift™ or Marshal™ and then following up with other properties also developed in-house. For more about Andrew J. LoVuolo and his work, go to: www.gistudios.com

Bob Raymond - Working on an awesome project for Jetpack Press.
  Bob's been drawing since he was a wee lad drawing favorite cartoon characters like Voltron, Thundercats, He-Man to the Ninja Turtle crazy. Yes a child of the  80's. But it wasn't until he saw a  new comic with unseen characters that really caught his eye at a local convenience store, Cyber Force. From there he was hooked into the comic world and never looked back embracing his Geekhood.
  Since then been trying to catch a break. He recently got some publicity when he did a comic for an unknown Senate candidate Alvin Green of North Carolina and had his comic shown on the Daliy Show with Jon Stewart and a bunch  small press publications to the Washington Post.
Next up a one shot threw Jetpack Comics!
Website: sketchheavy.deviantart.com

Bill Mitchell & Kimball Thorpe - Out of utter obscurity stride Bill Mitchell and Kimball Thorpe co-creators of the comic character Beanman. They will be at the NH Free Comic Book Day Festival on May 7th, drawing and jawing for all who are interested. These two relative unknowns have flown under the comic radar for so long that it is a rare moment indeed when they get together and make themselves available to the general public. Known lately for their widely popular beanmancomics.com website where they now continue their Beanman comic on-line for the entire world to enjoy they also toil in other areas of art and will be happy to discuss that as well. Since the 1970's when they attended Catskill High School together and both were commandeered to play tuba in the band they began a life of comic art that sent them to the now legendary 1970's Comic Conventions in NYC. After immersing themselves in the waters of Marvel and DC they hit on their own character and the rest is history. 
So go to beanmancomics.com and get familiar with these two icons of obscurity and then come on down to the NH Free Comic Book Day Festival and meet them in person so you can brag to friends about it and scare your Mom.

Heidi Brunelle - 
Keep an eye out at Free Comic Book Day for Amputee Bunnies and Narcoleptic owls that you all know and love! Also keep those eyes pealed for new tinylittleroom creations by Heidi Brunelle. It's going to be a Great time.  Check out my her work ahead of time so you know what your getting into, here are some links www.tinylittleroom.com and http://www.etsy.com/shop/tinylittleroom?ref=si_shop

Greg Moutafis - Entering the industry in 1994 with a Xeric Foundation Award for Indie Comic Artists, Greg has illustrated a variety of stories and projects for publishers including Caliber, Jetpack Press and Lollipop music magazine. His latest full length projects are the 2005 superhero graphic novel The Rookie with Killing Pickman writer Jason Becker and the satirical graphic novel Boom!squad with award winning prose writer David Crouse. Greg recently launched PREEMO STUDIO for his graphic design work and creator owned comic projects.
Greg will be selling original art, as well as new, limited-edition prints and books at the show. 
http://www.GregMoutafis.com  
http://www.comicspace.com/gregm

Rick Silva
Rick Silva has been involved in small press publishing since his college days. He published and edited Kinships magazine. Along with his wife Gynn, Rick is a partner in Dandelion Studios (www.dandelionstudios.com), a small press comic book company. Rick co-writes the Dandelion Studios comics Zephyr & Reginald: Minions for Hire, Stone, Kaeli & Rebecca, Stone, and Perils of Picorna. He publishes his own zine, Caravan, and he is one of the featured contributors for the fiction webzine The Edge of Propinquity (www.edgeofpropinquity.net). Rick Silva grew up in Boston, Massachusetts, attended Cornell University, and currently teaches chemistry at a high school on Cape Cod, where he resides with his wife and son, and three cats.
http://www.dandelionstudios.com/

The Star Wars 501st / NH Mandalorians  Be sure to meet your favorite Star Wars Characters on the stage at the Knights of Columbus Hall.  Be sure to make a donation to the Make A Wish foundation and bid on the items in the Make A Wish silent auction.

The Barrington Middle School Comic Book Club - The BMS Comic Club publishes ten AWESOME issues of "Multi-Age Media Presents" a year.  All of the comics strips in each issue are made after school in the art room by students in grades 5 thru 8. The comic book sells in the cafeteria during lunch or through subscriptions delivered to home room.  The profits from the comic go towards purchasing graphic novels for the students of BMS to read.  This is the clubs 4th year (and second appearance at FCBD).

The Fat Squad - Yeah - those guys!  That's right, Jetpack Press own FATSQUAD will be at FCBD selling all their fat goods.  With the success of their first nationally distributed publication expect these guys to be at the top soon!
visit www.fatsquad.com for more of their antics.  It's Large NH fun.

Rich Woodall - Rich is the NH creator writer and artist of the all ages comic, Johnny Raygun.  Produced by the Jetpack Comics publishing arm, Jetpack Press, Johnny Raygun featured 7 fun-filled issues with more to come.  Rich's other works include THOUSANDS of sketch cards for Topps card company including Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Marvel Comic Cards.  

Severed Head Comics - Once again, NH proves it's the place that all up and coming comic creators get their start.  Severed Head Comics Presents is a horror anthology by a group of NH comic creators.  They are always looking for more contributors to their publication.  With 4 full issues (#4 is premiering soon) produced, these guys are on top of the comic game.  www.severedhead.com

Jennifer Omand - Follow the daily adventures of Jennifer and her friends as they walk through life in rural NH.  SQUARECAT COMICS has two published volumes and has been on the WWW for years.  

Matt Talbot - Co-Writer and Inker of Johnny Raygun and a highly accomplished graphic designer.   If you see something on this site, or at Jetpack Comics that looks really cool, chances are that Matt designed it.  Check out www.mattrobot.com

Sara Richard - Ever since I was a wee nugget, art has been a huge part of my life. Now at the ripe old age of 25, I am currently working on solidifying a signature illustration style and freelancing with a consistent client being Hasbro.

I graduated from The Columbus College of Art & Design in May 2008 and landed a temp. position at Hasbro a few weeks later. My term was up in January 2008 and so I was thrust into the harsh wilderness that is freelancing. From that however, and between jobs from Hasbro, I began developing a style that incorporated my love of Art Nouveau and wildlife (mostly the extinct kind). It also opened up time for me to learn a little bit of hang-gliding too, which I think is an essential skill to have especially with no health insurance. Next up, the fine art of power kite jumping!

I love comics, toys, cartoons, anime, anything nerdy: I will devour it like a fat kid at IHOP. Cosplay is another one of my many geek-tacular activities. I'm a part of a cosplay team called Human Sushi with my two best friends, Abby and J'aimie (see our finer nerd-moments on the Youtube).

The little dinosaur thing I have can be summed up as this: "Dinosaurs are freaking cool." I've been asked about this interest of mine many times and it confuses my why people think liking dinosaurs needs to be something you have to grow out of. I think I actually grew into it since I've always considered "Jurassic Park" one of my favorite movies, I didn't actually become paleo-obsessed until senior year at CCAD.

A couple last tidbits be these: I'm heavily inspired by Japanese Ink Paintings (sumi-e) for their simplicity in composition, so much so that my signature is "Sara" in katakana (the Japanese alphabet system for foreign words and names.) and that I try to emulate the simplicity in my work. And also, I'm terrified of centipedes.

www.sararichard.com

The Vendor / Creator Hall is sponsored by ...

Simply Green Biofuels
909 Islington St.
Suite 15
Portsmouth NH 03801
www.simplygreenbiofuels.com
603 430 9919
Twitter: @simply_green
Facebook: SimplyGreenBiofuels

All guests are subject to professional commitments and are subject to change at any time. No refunds will be given for guest cancellations or changes.