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)   Each creator must bring 100 free "something" to give away.  Could be a print, poster, button or postcard.  Just something to promote yourself and maintain the spirit of Free Comic Book Day
2)    Each creator must donate and item with a $25 or greater value to the Star Wars group.  This item(s) will be auctioned off for charity.  All donations are tax deductible!
3)    All material on display must be all ages appropriate.

THE CBLDF SMALL PRESS CONTEST - Everyone knows that our non-profit of choice is the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.  They're a great organization that is there to help comic retailers when they get into Freedom of Speech jams.  This year we're doing everything we can to support them - we're trying to get EVERYONE involved in it.

THE SMALL PRESS CHALLENGE - Every small press creator will have a CBLDF collection jar at their table.

MORE GUESTS ADDED - The list continues to grow..and grow..and grow.  All the guests will be in the Knights of Columbus Hall except for the Star Wars groups who will be located at The Cafe at the Governor's Inn, next to the Governor's Inn!

Cinema Suicide - Cinema Suicide is a daily online digest of horror, cult and exploitation movie news and reviews. All the news you can use. All the splatter that matters. A celebration of cheap thrills.
http://www.cinema-suicide.com 
The Cinema Suicide Ghoulish Gift Bundle - Wait until you see this auction! 
- Large zombie hoodie bearing the Lost Zombies logo, courtesy of http://www.lostzombies.com
 - 1 DVD and 1 CD soundtrack of the short film, Cannibal Flesh Riot by artist Gris Grimly (The Dangerous Alphabet, Sipping Spiders Through A Straw). Both are signed by Gris Grimly Courtesy of Gris, himself http://www.madcreator.com/
 - 1 Dawn of the Dead DVD Boxed Set from Anchor Bay. Contains three different cuts of the movie, documentaries and the IDW Comic by Steve Niles. Autographed by legendary director, George A. Romero. Courtesy of http://www.cinema-suicide.com

Shaun O'Neil - 

Josh McDonald - Josh McDonald is a freelance writer/cartoonist who currently spends most of his time on the road between Somersworth, NH, and Burlington, VT.  He is currently producing a thrice-weekly webcomic which can be seen at www.askrachelcomic.com.

Collin Tedford & the Trees and Hills Group - Trees & Hills Comics Group brings together cartoonists in Vermont, New Hampshire, and western Massachusetts to produce, publish, and promote comics, share resources, and build creative connections in our diverse communities. www.treesandhills.org

Colin Tedford: Trees & Hills cofounder, creator of monthly strip Spinning World and minicomics Square Dance and Before Sleep. www.colintedford.com

Adam Miller - http://www.myspace.com/adammillerart never talks about himself but he is AWESOME - please come and see him!

Christopher Gibbs - Fat White Guy At Large - An artist living in the northeast.........Christopher Gibbs makes his way as a commision based artist...In recent months he has started working on developing an ongoing web comic for optimum wound and has many other projects in the works......Working in a stark pallet and block shades, his work has been called gritty and iconic.....He himself just likes shadows a lot.....

Amy Fletcher - SINicallyTwisted (all one word) is also known as Amy Fletcher, born August 05, 1976 and was raised in the Sebago Lakes area of Maine, in a town called Standish. Amy attended Bonny Eagle High School and graduated in 1994. She now resides blissfully happy in Massachusetts with her son and her fiancee, Eric, ex-lead singer for 2 Boston bands (Rogue and RNT) and is now a Teseracte Player of Boston, playing Dr. Horrible and RHPS in Cooliage, MA.

Amy's amazing artistic talents have reached across country and over seas, from Hollywood, California and over to the U.K. Amy has worked for several MySpace bands including her close friends, HALLION, to which she provided them with the artwork for their 'Rythym & Bruise' Album. Amy is even mentioned in several interviews with lead singer and song writer, Gav from Hallion. You can check out Hallion and the Rythym & Bruise CD artwork at the Hallion website or the band's MySpace profile. Amy also works with the web designer from Design By 10, providing logo's for websites when needed.

Amy started modeling for Jim Balent and Holly Golightly from Broadsword Comics, when the lovely Holly G! discovered Amy on MySpace back in 2007 and has continued to model for comic artists ever since. If you're an artist looking for model shots, please feel free to contact Amy at sinicallytwisted@yahoo.com

The Star Wars 501st / NH Mandalorians / Jabba The Hutt - Be sure to head over to The Cafe at The Governor's Inn to meet your favorite Star Wars Characters.  Be sure to make a donation to the Make A Wish foundation and bid on the items in the Make A Wish silent auction.

NOTE: The Star Wars groups, Jabba The Hutt and The Make A Wish Foundation will all be located at THE CAFE at the Governor's Inn.  A great place to eat - it's kind of like a Cantina!

Sean Wang - Sean Wang got his start in the comics industry writing and drawing seasonal specials for The Tick, published by New England Comics. He then wrote and illustrated the fan-favorite 6-issue Tick and Arthur series, in which the duo joined a superteam of equally-dysfunctional heroes.

Sean has also done work for Image Comics as artist on the miniseries Meltdown, which chronicles the final days of a volatile superhero. The series garnered major critical acclaim for Sean’s use of a variety of art styles to tell different aspects of the story.

Sean is probably best known for his self-published, highly-acclaimed sci-fi adventure series RUNNERS, which chronicles the misadventures of a crew of alien smugglers trying to get by in a universe on the brink of war. The first graphic novel collection, RUNNERS: Bad Goods, made several reviewers’ Best of 2005 lists and is also now available for free online at RUNNERSUNIVERSE.com. The new full-color series, RUNNERS: The Big Snow Job, will be released on RUNNERSUNIVERSE.com, starting in September 2009.
www.seanwang.com      www.runnersuniverse.com

Richard Maurizio - A veteran artist with works including Looney Tunes, Steven Spielberg’s Animaniacs, Underdog, Tom and Jerry, THUNDER AGENTS, Godzilla and the Wizard Of OZ. His Comic Book credits include DC, ARCHIE, VALIANT, TV COMICS and AIRWAVE.

He illustrated the Wizard of Oz novel in 2005 and for this event with every purchase of the novel he will provide a free head sketch of your favorite OZ character.
Part of proceeds will go to CBDLF
He will also be selling art and doing comission pieces

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

Project Exposure Magazine - Project Exposure Magazine was born in the summer of 2007.  Pete and I (Ryan) were discussing project ideas that could become a common link between local artists and anyone interested in art anywhere.  

     The idea of starting a magazine materialized out of our desire to meet new and established artists on the local scene in cities like Manchester around the world. Then to help turn other people on to all the artists we meet.

     We asked some of our friends to come on board and help with the project and luckily they agreed.  Mike Houle is also a founding member.  Mike is building the web-site, helps with promotions, editing and just about everything else.  Drew has stepped in to help with circulation, sales, promotions, etc.

     The basic premise as stated on our flier is to build a platform on which all artists can bring their work and ideas into the spotlight;  To show how people are expressing themselves in today's culture;  And help put the beauty and sensuality of the arts into wide circulation.

     Project Exposure Magazine is currently a quarterly non-paid publication.  As we are just starting out we do not have the ability to pay artists for their submissions.  However, our goal is to become a paid publication as soon as possible.  Currently we can only offer artists the chance to build their resume and the opportunity to connect with our readership and potential customers who would be interested in purchasing their work.

Joe Dellagatta (has a whole lot to say about himself) - "joe dellagatta has been drawing since he could properly hold a pencil. between the ages of 10-13, joe would spend hours drawing pictures from an old, fantasy art book. at the age of 20, he found out that those very paintings he used to recreate were the works of frank frazzetta.
      other influences that sprouted up pre/during/and post art school were talents like tim sale, sean murphy, robert mcguiness, mike mignola, drew struzan, duncan fegredo, and j. c. leyndecker. the list is still growing.
      he is currently working on his creator owned project, "the holy diver".
      his art is inspired by sea creatures, sailor folklore, the music of "mastodon", and a nice glass of whiskey.
      credits include:
 -egg: hard boiled stories #1.
 written by eric skillman, various artists. 6 page "spared" story, drawn by joe dellagatta
 available at www.indyplanet.com
 -mysterious adventure magazine
 written by matt bennett and scott godlewski, various artists. 6 page "fisherman's wife" story
 drawn by joe dellagatta. available at www.indyplanet.com
 - http://midnightmen.blogspot.com/
  2 page on-line story. "mr. legacy" origin story, written by sean rourke,
  drawn by joe dellagatta
 -zombies anthology. a fat-chunk book by jamie smart
 various writers/artists. 2 page "nick" story, written/drawn by joe dellagatta
 due out june, 2009. available at www.fatchunkcomic.com/
 online portfolio of joe dellagatta: http://boston-joe.deviantart.com/
e-mail: jstudlystevens@hotmail.com "

Bob Raymond - 

Heidi Brunnelle - I'll be selling my Amputee Bunnies and Narcoleptic Owl with Rhyming stories on their tags, hand sewn from my tinylittleroom. I'll also have some fish head illustrations on recycled materials portraying the many feelings life brings with it. www.tinylittleroom.com 

Larry Young - My name's Larry N Young: I grew up in Dover NH. I always loved collecting comic book and creating my own characters. I started writing stories many many years ago. Within the last few years, I created my own company "High Voltage Comics".  I've produced 3 different series of books and plan on expanding from comics to graphic novels. I've been married for 17 years to Heidi and we have two children. Thomas who is 16 and Annakah's 11. We currently live in Arundel Maine. 

Stephen Bobbet - Stephen is the author and illustrator of Wormhole, a new webcomic about time travel and quarter-life conundrums. He also works as a graphic designer and web developer in Rollinsford, NH. More at http://www.wormholeonline.com/.

Jay Piscopo - Jay is both a special guest and a small press guest as he is local to us.  Jay's current work, The Undersea Adventures of Capt'n Eli  graphic novel series, is a big hit with children.  In the tradition of Johnny Quest Captain Eli is an educational, action, adventure series published in Maine.  Be sure to pick up your FREE preview copy of CAPTAIN ELI at the show, while supplies last, or purchase the Graphic Novels.  Enjoy a tasty Capt'n Eli soda as well.

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

Robert Quill - Robert Quill is an illustrator who, though widely published in Comics and other media, specializes in custom work for individual clients such as portraiture, character sketches, glamour images, pretty much anything the client can imagine. After 20 years he's built up an amazing and diverse body of work. Browse his portfolios, and maybe order a custom drawing of your very own!
http://www.robertquill.com 

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).

Peter Vinton - From pen-and-ink illustrations and logos to lush fantasy paintings, Peter Vinton Jr. is emerging as an increasingly in-demand illustrator a wide range of experience in art that captures the imagination and imprints on the memory.   His comic-book/graphic novel style illustration has appeared in Aberrations magazine, Medusa's Hairdo, Lost Worlds (September 1998 cover), and also for clients as diverse as the U.S. Secret Service and the Maryland Renaissance Festival.  Vinton is currently on view in "Sky Pirates of Valindor" by Free Lunch Comics.  Vinton was a featured artist at New York ComicCon 2008 and also at Boston ComicCon April 2009.

Ryan T Higgins - Ryan T. Higgins: Author/illustrator/publisher of Twaddleton's Cheese, a kids' book. BE sure to purchase your copy on Free Comic Book Day!

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

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.