Future planzzz (taking precedence over previously published list):
Submit something to TAFFY HIPS #3.5 – U SHLD 2
Draw more SHAMANMAN strips and submit them for future issues of SMOKE SIGNAL – U SHLD 2
June 19th, 2009
You Must Submit
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June 16th, 2009
Froghead Hangover Review
Froghead Hangover got reviewed as part of a mini-comics round-up over at High-Low, the temporary home of Rob Clough’s sequart.com comic column.
Despite this comic’s absurd title, it is absolutely an accurate description of its contents. Reminiscent of somewhere between Mat Brinkman and Sam Gaskin, Cardini tells a story of a video-game playing humanoid who wakes up from a bad hangover to find that a large froghead has somehow wound up in his house.
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June 12th, 2009
SHAMANMAN in SMOKE SIGNAL
Hey y’all, my comic SHAMANMAN
has been included in SMOKE SIGNAL,
the newspaper-sized comics anthology published by Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn. You can pick up a copy there, at other select locations in the borough, or order it online for the price of postage.
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June 3rd, 2009
FROGHEAD HANGOVER
Here’s the cover and a couple of pages from my new comic FROGHEAD HANGOVER that I’ll have (pending pickup from the printer tomorrow) to trade at MoCCA 2009! The comic is a true story from when I was living by myself in a small apartment in Austin back in 2006 … When I get back to the ATX I plan on screenprinting a different cover for the for-sale version!
Cover for the trade edition.
Page 5 – Dr. Chuch do you remember when you lived in Austin? Those were the days …
Page 10.
If you’ll be at MoCCA and you’re exhibiting, be prepared to be handed a copy! Here’s what I look like:
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March 3rd, 2009
TRANZ
Glade and I are in the process of screenprinting the cover for TRANZ.
I’ve never screenprinted before (and I’m doing everything at the last possible second) so Glade’s been helping me a lot.
Check out the awesome color combo that Glade put together for the bottom layer of the cover.
Of course, I’m just getting drunkz…
…but I finally manage to get a page printed.
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February 7th, 2009
TRANZ
I’m working on a new comic called TRANZ that I plan on having ready for Staple 2009 (March 7th at the Monarch Event Center here in Austin). I started drawing it with Faber Castelli markers but now I’m going to do the whole thing in india ink with a 00 Windsor Sable Watercolor brush. Here’s the old version of the cover:
The idea is to do a lot of one to four page comics that depict a single transformation governed by a concise action verb. Here’s an example page, called “Melt”:
I’m doing the comic this way to practice my craft. Every page will be six panels – I’ve already cut the pages and drawn the grid with a pencil. I’m trying to explore transformation and repetition through the medium of cartooning. I’m really excited about this project.
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July 8th, 2008
Hyper Distribution List
All three Hyperboxes can be purchased by e-mailing me at markphensel at gmail dot com or by checking the Atomics Book online catalog and searching for Hyperbox. Or visit these fine establishments:
Austin Books, Austin, TX
Omni #1-2, Trash
End of an Ear, Austin, TX
Hyperbox #1-3
Okaymountain, Austin, TX
Hyperbox #3
Domy Books, Houston, TX
Trash, Hyperbox #1-3
Quimby’s, Chicago, IL
Hyperbox #1-2
Atomic Books, Baltimore, MD
Hyperbox #1-3
Rocketship, Brooklyn, NY
Hyperbox #3
June 25th, 2008
Hyperbox Number Pi Page 1
This is the first page of a comic that I did for the second issue of Reynard Seifert’s zine/comic anthology Candy and Cigarettes, which will be available sometime in August. There’s gonna be a zine release party!
May 17th, 2008
Hyperbox #3 Pre-Vu
Cover:
Page #1
Page #8
Page #9
Page #15
Page #18
E-mail [REDACTED]@gmail.com for a copy, $3.
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