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In anticipation of Fanaticon, I’ve drawn Spider-Man, and The Sinister Six. If you enjoy this piece, you can pick up an 11″ by 17″ print at Fanaticon, this Saturday. Click the image to enlarge.

Around this time last year, we were frantically writing, drawing, printing, folding and stapling in preparation for our first comic convention appearance, at Fanaticon, in our beautiful hometown of Asheville, North Carolina. For us, and for almost everyone we spoke with, last year’s inaugural Fanaticon was a rousing success. It was a very heartening experience, to decide to make comics and art prints, commit to exhibiting them at a brand new convention, with no guarantee of attention or attendance, and to have it go unimaginably well. It was great. It made us brave. It made us turn our mini-comic into a weekly webcomic. But, most importantly, it made us believe in ourselves, as creators. And we can’t wait to do it again, for a second year.

We’ll be at the same table (Table 48), immediately visible as soon as you enter Artist’s Alley, on the second level. We’ll be selling a wide variety of comics and art. There will be two volumes of our ongoing comic, Hair and Therapy. There will be our screen printed Comic Book Zodiac poster series, which you might remember from last year. There will also be t-shirts for sale. They’ll look a little something like this (but without the words). And we will have a brand new art print, based on a classic superhero/villain story, that we will debut at the convention. I’d tell you more, but it’s a surprise!

So, if you’re in the Asheville area, come to the show, and say hi! We promise a good time, even if you’re not a huge comics fan. There’s going to be live music (such as our friends The Mad Tea Party), tons of people running around in elaborate costumes, and comics, comics, comics!

While you’re at Fanaticon, we’d like to recommend a few stops along your route. Comic Envy, our favorite comic shop in the world, will be right by the front door this year, so make sure to stop by, and tell Darrin we said hello.  Our friends Henry Eudy, Tom Davidson and Eraklis Petmezas are driving up from Charlotte, on our recommendation (at least partially), and they’re all great cartoonists and excellent guys, so buy some of their comics, and help make it worth their while.

We hope to see you there. Cheers!

Our hometown comics convention is getting ready for its second year, and we’re really excited to be a part of it once again! Fanaticon was a phenomenal experience last year, and we couldn’t be happier that it was successful enough to warrant a second year.

For those of you who are visiting us from our link on the Fanaticon site, here’s a little bit about what we do. First and foremost, we publish a webcomic called Hair and Therapy. The comic updates weekly, on Mondays, and we’re currently wrapping up the Second Chapter of the story, with Chapter Three beginning in the coming weeks. The printed version of Chapter One, called Mickey’s First Day, was debuted at last year’s Fanaticon. We’ll have both chapters available this year.

Secondly, we also make hand screenprinted posters out of our original illustrations. Last year, we debuted our Comic Book Zodiac series at Fanaticon. We’re currently working on designs for this year’s offerings, and we’ll be posting the designs on this blog as they are finished.

So, that’s us. If you find yourself in the Asheville area on May21st, come out to the convention! It was an absolute hoot last year, and I expect this year will be no different.

We’re also really excited to see a bunch of our awesome comics friends on the list. Our buddies Tom Davidson and Henry Eudy (our neighbors at last year’s HerorsCon) are on the list, as are a bunch of other awesome folks. So come check it out, people.