Image Comic Expo -- Oakland Bound!

Howdy all!

It's Thursday night and I know what you're thinking: "How can I bring peace to my life by knowing for sure that next weekend will be awesome?"  The answer, which I'll admit is a bit of a drive unless you happen to live in Oakland, CA, is the Image Comic Expo!  Beginning next Friday, February 24 ~ 26, some of the highest-profile creators in the industry will gather together at the Oakland Convention Center for a massive event made by comics creators, FOR comics creators!  The roster of Guests of Honor?  Damn, where to start..  Let's just say, the list is long.  Power through it though, and you'll spot in the Artists Alley section an entry for your friendly neighborhood indy publisher: CCP Comics!

So who in the crew will you sidle up to at the venue?

McLain McGuire, our illustrious Editor in Chief!  Swing by his table for portfolio feedback, inquiries about the company, Ryan Ottley fanboyism, or better yet to buy some beautiful high-quality CCP Comics!

Rita Moore, one of the hardest-working artists I've ever met.  Those of you who've met us at shows might know her best as "that chick doing the really nice watercolors".  Us, we know her as many things.  Penciler, inker, colorist, webmaster, freelancer, businesswoman, host to meetings, one of the most active of our members at events, one of the most credited of our members across CCP's oeuvre, and (not undeservedly) That Poor Girl who's replaced all her blood with energy drink.  This past week has been no exception, and I hope it pays off -- Because once she's done, she gets to go out to ImageCon and debut her brand-new half-issue preview of her creator-written FLIP Relapse!  Then, God willing, she'll come back to ATX and get a lot of sleep.

Matt Campbell, renowned creator of the webcomic Mythica, penciler of the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Electron Boy one-shot, artist for the preview of our upcoming series Station 39, and pin-up artist extraordiare.  Be sure to hit his table for his debut of the first complete printed-paper issue of Mythica!

Eroll See, world-famous karaoke bard and illustrator on Saint, Borderwall, and The Adventures of Justin Time & Jenny Power.  Drop by to check out his latest prints as well as his centerpiece -- a portfolio of his selected pencilwork!

I've hit my limit of exclamation points, so I'll just leave it at this:  If you're going to the Image Comic Expo, you should come say hello to these fine people.  While you're at it, you should bring your friends, your family, your portfolios -- and maybe $3 to $5, so you can walk home with a fresh-printed CCP Comic to call your very own.

New Orleans Wizard World Wrap-Up!

I slept last night, and let me tell you it was awesome.

Hadn't really done enough of it lately!  Most'a this past week I put in overtime at my day job, making up for missing last Friday because all last weekend was convention time!

New Orleans!  The Big Easy!  NOLA!  It was my first time in the town, and I must be honest, I wasn't mentally prepared for the party it proved to be.  Normally we'll roll in, have a nice dinner someplace near the hotel, and spend the rest of the evenings hanging around in the hotel lobby and drawing on this or that.  This is not what happens in N'Awlins.

What happens in N'Awlins is, you roll into a restaurant like Mulate's filled with live music and dance, and you're presented with the best food and drink you can ever remember tasting.  Perhaps you partake in a little more to verify that yes, yes indeed, it is the best.  Perhaps a few members of your writing staff get in on the music. Perhaps a few other members might decide they want some beignets, and you find yourself following them down Bourbon Street in the middle of the night to find some and yes, it turns out that they ARE that wonderful.  That's New Orleans.  It's an overwhelming feast that makes you want even more, and somehow when you go for more it gets even better.

Next year I come armed with this knowledge.  Either I'll stick to the hotel like my life depends on it, or I'll just plan not to work after dark :D

Anyways -- The show!  What'd we do while we were there?

We released Dead Beats #1, written by Rob Bass and drawn by Johnny Segura III:

Mr. Segura, meanwhile, also got to debut his dangerously cool new 89-page sketchbook!  What you get is right there in the title!

Writer Rob Bass saw the release of his collection of short stories, MASSIVE HEART ATTACK:

And Matt Campbell's Mythica #1, a collected edition of his lauded webcomic, talked about the world over!

And wonders never cease -- Rob Bass and Seth Humble saw the debut of CAPETOWN, featuring artwork by the amazing artist and all-around great guy Tommy Phillips!

So many zombies!

Previews of Deat Beats and CapeTown are available on our website along with previews of several of our other current titles.  Be sure to check 'em out!


Here are a few photos from the trip, most of which I swiped from CCP's Facebook fan-page. I'm assuming that's alright...

Busy times!

Dinner at Mulate's!  Pictured from the left: Matt Campbell, Rob Bass, Seth Humble [almost], Sam Lotfi, Jonathan Thibodeux, Ryan Alexander, Vo Nguyen, and Chris Beaver

Awesome associates Greg & Kristy Harms and Luke Donkersloot!

Matt Campbell, hooking up a fan with one of several exclusives he pulls together for the show!

At the end of the show we corralled everyone we could into a group photo.  Not pictured: Greg Harms & Matt Campbell

All in a all, GREAT times had -- Thanks to Wizard for hosting the event!  Looking forward to next year's..  In the meantime, stay tuned; our next show is coming up quick :)

Take care,
~Beaver

Down to New Orleans!

A short five days from now we're gonna be on the road to New Orleans Wizard World!  Good times are'a coming -- I wasn't able to make last year's, but I'm told it was a great time and this year I'm finding out firsthand!  Join me!

CCP has been busy in the past while -- A lot of us have bangin' new prints, we'll have plenty of comics, new original pieces, and who knows WHAT'LL happen on the drawing boards while we're there. 

First and foremost, check out our latest book releases:

-Johnny Segura's 89-page sketchbook

-Capetown

-Mythica

and

-Dead Beats #1!

Also check out these awesome NO-WW exclusive lithographs!

By Matt Campbell:



By Errol See & B.D. Stevens:



By Vo Nguyen and Chris Beaver (that's me!):



Gonna be awesome!  Come one, come all!

Take care,
~Beaver

WEEKLY REVIEWS

Hey, Consumers of All Things Sequential-

Not only do we here at CCP Comics love to make comics, but just like you, our favorite day of the week is Wednesday, when all the new books hit the rack! There is nothing like kicking back at the end of the day, or maybe even as soon as you get home, and tearing through your brand-new stack of singles, piping hot off the presses. Around these parts, some of our favorite monthlies are BATMAN, CHEW, DAREDEVIL, FANTASTIC FOUR/FF, INVINCIBLE, LOCKE & KEY, SCALPED, TINY TITANS, UNCANNY X-FORCE, and of course my man Grant Morrison knocking it out every month on ACTION COMICS and at long last bringing it in on the homestretch of his ridiculous BATMAN run.

A couple of years ago, I started a weekly blog dedicated to reviews of the books that I buy every week. Now, I tradewait a couple of serious significances, so don't hold it against me if you don't see a couple of monumental titles in there, but there's more than enough to wade through. Take a look, leave some comments. Am I so right? So wrong? What's been doing it for you, lately? Read your own Pull first and then come on over and talk about it!

See you at the long con!
Rob Bass

Merry Christmas to All!

Howdy to the Texans, merry Christmas to all, happy holidays to those who prefer, and LOK VAH KOOR to all Dragonborn!  Hope everybody's had a great day!  It's been a great low-key Christmas day here in the Beaver den.  Not only that, it's been a great year.  Under the banner of CCP Comics I've gotten to do a lot of traveling to comic-cons; I've gotten to meet a lot of great people (and who knows, maybe you were one of those people); I've gotten Reichenbach #1  of 4 released, and I've gotten to do a lot of drawing!  Now here we are near the beginning of another busy year. Should be Good Times!

Many thanks to all of you who've supported CCP Comics so far by buying an issue, who hang out with us on Facebook or GPlus, who've dropped by our tables at a show, or who just keep the comic-culture at large alive so we can keep doing what we do.

Your next chance to see us in convention-mode is at New Orleans Wizard World, going down January 28~29 -- Be there!  Do it for Lou Ferrigno.  Or William Shatner, or Stan Lee or Adam Baldwin or Bernie Wrightson.  How about Norm Breyfogle, or Rob Guillory or George Perez?  They'll all be there.  Hell, they even have Doug Jones booked!  The Pale Man himself!  I've met the guy; he's seriously one of the sweetest people on the planet -- And you can see that for yourself if you come to New Orleans!  And hey, while you're there, drop by our tables and see what we're up to :)

Take care,
~Chris Beaver
Staff Artist

Hark, come and see.

Let me tell you what I know, then I'll tell you what I think.

I know for a fact that CCP Comics is on the cusp of being something very, very special.

I know that without you: our faithful fans, family and friends, we wouldn't even exist.

I know that the team of creators that we have in our bullpen are ready to shake the foundations of the comic book world.

These are the facts. They cannot be denied.

Here's what I personally think-

With writers like Rob Bass, Brad Ellison, and myself, we are doing absolutely everything we can to branch out into every single limb of literature that the comic book medium will allow – which is to say, limitless.

We have artists aplenty who are smashing out new prints, sequential books and personal projects that have made headlines on CNN and Comics Alliance. Our travels have been all over the country to provide you, near and far, with awesome, mind-bending and soul rending comic books.

You can trust that we will travel on our own dime to bring this work to you. Our creators will work well into the night listening to our own muses until they yearn for an intermission and it will all have been worth it if we can simply offer you a moment in your busy day where you are able to escape the shackles monotony and the gray skies of a less adventurous world than the one which resides in your imagination.

I think we, CCP, are willing to do everything in our power to provide independent comics a haven in the fantastic and storytelling a security.

We do it because we were born to create.

We do it to find a completion in ourselves.

We do it for you.

Spread the word.

I know CCP is on the rise; and I think you want to be with us during the coming advent.

-Seth Humble

Co-Editor of CCP Comics

Two Places at One Time!?

Do the laws of physics no longer apply to the madness that is CCP Comics?  Well yeah, but for the first time the group divided in order to attend two conventions at the same time - the Albuquerque Comic Expo (ACE) and the Texas Comic Con in San Antonio.

The San Antonio crew which consisted of artists Tommy Shelton and Tommy Philips and writers CS Humble and Rob Bass.  Many prints were sold, and they successfully promoted Reichenbach and SSDG! to the masses!

The rest of us made the 14 hour drive to Albuquerque (ABQ) for ACE (thanks to McLain or beloved EIC for driving the crazy train).  By the rest of us I mean: McLain McGuire (and Marti Garcia), Sam Lotfi, Eroll See, Vo Nguyen, Chris Beaver, Ryan Alexander, Matt Capmbell, and me (Rita Moore).  As we were joined by fellow artist Greg Harms and writer Luke Donkersloot, we dominated almost an entire row of artist alley.  Good times were had by all but we discovered quickly ABQ goes to sleep early, like around 7-8pm, so no late night partying for us.  However, the artists did gather round for some late night drawing throughout the weekend.

Now we take a break from the convention scene so that we can prepare for the highly anticipated Wizard World Chicago ComiCon.  Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates and details!