STAPLE! Community Blog

Help me Adopt!

2008-05-07T16:55:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!

I'm raising money for an adoption fee so I can adopt a little baby of my own.

Anything coming in from sales of books, posters, etc. from my site, as well as donations, go to make that goal a reality.

I've got a press release up and a dedicate page on my site.

Check it out. Help in any way you feel called to. No pressure either way -we're still friends. ;-)

http://www.christinepointeau.com/

Just follow the Project Adoption banners.

Thanks!

7000 BC Presents string

2008-05-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

7000 BC is pleased to announce a new ongoing project: string. Every month, we'll present a collection of comics from group members — selections from ongoing series, comics created just for the publication, the monthly jam, whatever we can get — giving an overview of the work being produced in northern New Mexico.

To kick it off, we're presenting the first two issues for download. We'll have copies of them available at the Free Comic Book Day events at True Believers, Comic Warehouse, and Planet X Toys & Comics.

Download a PDF of string #1 and string #2, and check out future issues every month.

Out Of The Gutter magazine: 3 States and a Funeral: an OOTG Book Tour of Ohio, Maryland, and PA.

2008-05-01T09:05:00.000-07:00

Out Of The Gutter magazine: 3 States and a Funeral: an OOTG Book Tour of Ohio, Maryland, and PA.

This blog chronicles Justin taking Out of the Gutter Magazine to bookstores in Ohio, Maryland, and Pennsylvania during his grandfather's funeral. Morbid and absurd, check it out

Help Toby Craig!

2008-04-15T08:04:00.000-07:00

My good buddy comics creator Toby Craig, who some of you know, this weekend completed the MS150, a 150 mile two-day bike ride from Houston to Austin, to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis. He is trying to reach a donation goal of $1200 and you can help sponsor him by clicking here to donate. Read his livejournal post about the ride here.

EDIT: You may remember Toby's excellent article on bookbinding here.

New short story available for free

2008-04-09T11:41:00.000-07:00

My latest short story, the evil clown tale "Captain Jinkies," is available for free in this month's Dark Recesses Press online edition. Go check it out!

STAPLE! gets WASTED!

2008-03-20T12:11:00.000-07:00

Frank A. Rincon, co-host of Half Hour Wasted (a weekly 30 minute podcast about comic books, movies, TV and more), made the trek down from Dallas to interview various and sundry exhibitors at the show, as well as yours truly, Uncle Staple. Check out episodes 59 and 61 to hear it all.

The Fiction Circus Interviews Uncle Staple? CUNNING SLIME!

2008-03-18T09:21:00.000-07:00

Relax, everyone. HE DOES NOT NAME NAMES.

A permanent link!

He does, however, offer a very important challenge at the end that I think everyone needs to think about, and one important person needs to answer.

(maybe YOU)

-- Miracle Jones
www.fictioncircus.com

More pics, even!

2008-03-12T07:27:00.000-07:00

Colleen AF Venable, creator of the wonderful Fluff in Brooklyn captured these images over STAPLE! weekend:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/abletoven/sets/72157604097011749

Rob Perez rolled up from San Antonio, where he puts together ARTSLAM!, an awesome ongoing live art event. He made a slideshow, password is dbhguest.

Rob picked up the totally bitchin' Eric Powell piece at the afterparty:

I'm totally jealous, but am glad it went to a good home. The slideshow shows different points in the "making of" process. Very cool.

Staple write up at Ain't It Cool News

2008-03-07T17:47:00.003-08:00

Lookey! We got a lengthy write up here! Staple on Ain't It Cool News

STAPLE! '08 Photos

2008-03-06T20:56:00.000-08:00

Whew! What a weekend. I had a real blast down in Austin and I want to thank all the people that came by and picked up some of my books. I will certainly be back next year. I was really busy with my table, but I did get a chance to take some pics. Here's a few from my Flickr gallery:

You can see my full STAPLE! '08 Flickr gallery here.

See you all next year!

Uncle Staple's Wrap Up

2008-03-05T13:06:00.000-08:00

Hey everbody! Sorry to take so long to post but I'm still recup'ing from the weekend.

Wow! STAPLE! 2008! What an awesome show it was. Thanks to our guests, exhibitors, volunteers, attendees, good folks at the Monarch and everyone else who helped to make it so.

The final attendance figure this year was close to 700 people, nearly a 50% increase from last year! My buddy David Martindale (aka D3) of www.EmptyAllegory.com photography got a great crowd shot from the old projection booth.

Packed! He took a lot more pics too, which tended to be mostly of cute girls. As always there are more good looking people at STAPLE! than any other comics related event in the country. I will stand by this statement!

Lot of press and write-ups about the show cropping up:

The TV was there! The TV!!!

All of our awesome webcomics panelists have posted reports:

http://www.pvponline.com/
http://wondermark.com/
http://www.daniellecorsetto.com/gws.html
http://www.starslip.com/2008/03/05/staple-2008-wrap-up/

And Texas Geek TV got video of the panel!

A couple more flikr sets here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/freddieavalos/sets/72157604034002377/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heavyweather/tags/staple/

And what I think is my fave wrap-up of all so far, by exhibitor Santanu Rahman of Austin Kung Fu Acadamey:

I challenge anyone else to try and top that!

I got some pics myself but they are all on this old-timey disposable camera I picked up at ye olde antique shoppe (aka Walgreen's) and I need to send off to the museum to get them developerated. Should have them back by next year - hope that I will see you then!

Love,
Uncle Staple

STAPLE! Flickr Sets

2008-03-05T10:56:00.000-08:00

It was wonderful seeing everyone this past weekend! I thought I'd share my Flickr sets from this year and years past in case anyone enjoys memories.

STAPLE! 2008
STAPLE! 2007
STAPLE! 2006

high-five,
~Marianne

And a few more photos…

2008-03-04T21:27:00.000-08:00

We wound up a bit too busy to take a lot of photos, but we've got a few at our Flickr stream. Had a great time representing 7000 BC at STAPLE! — got to meet a bunch of terrific folks, and we're looking forward to next year. Thanks to Uncle Staple and all the organizers for putting together such a wonderful event.

STAPLE! Pictures

2008-03-04T18:54:00.000-08:00

Posted my photos as well. It was a great time in a great and beautiful city. We really hope to be able to make it back next year. Thanks to everyone who dropped by the table over the weekend. And thanks to Tom for getting us on the artist list for the live art show, it was a blast.

More FLICKR from Staple!

2008-03-04T16:24:00.000-08:00

Hop in the way-back machine for some more pictures from our favorite show in times past!

2008 at the Monarch Convention Center

2007 at the Red Oak Ballroom

2006 at the Red Oak Ballroom

2005 at the Elks Lodge

If you've got any photos on Flickr or other photo-logs, Manton recommends you tag your photos from the show with useful things like "staple" and "austin" so we can find 'em.

STAPLE 2008! Flickr set

2008-03-03T21:14:00.000-08:00

I've posted my photos. Check them out. Another great year! Thanks to Uncle Staple, all the comic book creators, and volunteers who made it possible.

See you next time.

Blood, Love, and Evil from The Fiction Circus

2008-03-03T19:59:00.000-08:00

The Fiction Circus wraps up Staple! here, at www.fictioncircus.com, and manages to thank NOBODY.

Remember us? Perhaps you threw away one of our complementary wish-tampons later that evening?

But we had a good time, and you MUST know what we thought. Our thoughts are not cheap, but our stories are freeeeeeeee.

Speaking of, we have now also opened submissions, if you are a dedicated writer who is good and not bad. We are the best fiction magazine there ever was, and you would be honored to let us publish you. People we have already turned down so far: Joseph Heller, James Frey, Robert Jordan, Uncle Staple (ha, just kidding about that last one, but WE WILL GET TO IT).

Check out our submissions page on the site for guidelines. We hate to repeat ourselves.

New content every day! And all free, financed by porn you will enjoy.

Out of the Gutter pre-party & expo photos

2008-03-03T19:26:00.000-08:00

Austin Books and Comics, thank you to your store and staff for such a fun party!

Staple! Thank you for such a professional expo and wonderful environment to stalk people.

Here are picts, go find yourself in them:

http://flickr.com/photos/24350999@N07/

See you next year,

Justin C Gordon

Out of the Gutter Magazine

Mangled STAPLE!

2008-03-03T14:28:00.000-08:00

STAPLE was an absolute BLAST! I'm never let down by the experience. Here's a link to my flickr chronicle of the day's events.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23191788@N04/2306105831/in/set-72157604034087225/

I had a BLAST at Staple this year!

2008-03-02T18:47:00.000-08:00

Rob Osborne, myself (Kristin Hogan), and Jason Chalker.

I had a great time at Staple this year. THANKS CHRIS!! YOU RULE!!

I forgot to take my camera to the afterparty, so please, share your photos!

Mad Scientist Studios goes BLIND

2008-02-29T08:40:00.000-08:00

Mad Scientist Studios will be premiering it's latest book, BLIND, at Staple! this year and as a special deal at this show only, you get a free print when you buy the comic. BLIND is a story of robots, isolation and civil rights told from the point of view of an AI longing for the old days.

Space-Gun Studios Stapling Austin, TX

2008-02-27T20:29:00.000-08:00

Space-Gun Studios will be exhibiting for the first time at the STAPLE! convention. We've heard a lot of great things about the convention from fellow Dallasites and look forward to a great weekend with everyone. Hopefully Ka-Blam will pull through and we'll have our books ready for the show as well. one:OFF is a collection of stories and sketches from each of our studio members while The Dark Conspiracy Art Book is a collection of original artwork created for the pen-and-paper role-playing game The Dark Conspiracy from TGC.

Studio member Matthew Warlick will have copies of Evolution Special #1, an anthology from Terminus Media in which he inked and colored a story.

At the very least the kru will have prints, original artwork, and will be doing sketches/commissions. We're going to located at tables 39 and 40 next to fellow Dallasite Nate Bramble along the wall. We're looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. Drive safe, looking to be a chilly weekend.

Evan Bryce
Jake Ekiss
Matthew Warlick
Vinh-Luan Luu

Lord Vile cometh!

2008-02-27T14:52:00.000-08:00

In his own evil words:

"Lord Vile is Austin's resident villain. From his Lair he and his Henchmen have been waging a war against complacency. He has chosen to appear at STAPLE! because he has a fondness for comic books and values independence in any field."

Lord Vile will be recruiting henchman and holding an evil rally at STAPLE! at 1pm in the Theater.

I for one am afraid.

Security at STAPLE!

2008-02-27T14:40:00.000-08:00

After last year's tagging incident we decided to get some securtiy for the show this time. STAPLE! Exhibitor Santanu Rahman, instructor at the Austin Kung Fu Acadamey put me in touch with a couple of his advanced students, Seth Barton and Mike Temple, who have graciously agreed to volunteer as security for the show. Seth is a big comics fan, so be sure to hook him up with some swag, and check out Mike's band Hazard of the Industry!

FREE BEER from OUT OF THE GUTTER

2008-02-27T13:59:00.000-08:00

Hello Staple!

Out Of The Gutter Magazine for Pulp Fiction and Degenerate Literature is happy to be apart of this Independent Media Expo.

Reading Out Of The Gutter is like slumming without the crabs. Based out of Oregon, we are independently published in small runs of 500. OOTG has several contributors from Austin in issue 4 ("Hard Times"): John Rubio (cover art left), Thomas Reidy (illustrator for "Dodging Bullets"), and Justin C Gordon (wrote the story "Rules" and illustrated others). Issue 4 is due out the first week of April, but stop by our Staple! booth #46 for a preview, purchase back issues, and try for a chance to win prizes.

"Wait, where is the free beer from the title?"

DRINK DIRECTLY OUT OF THE GUTTER!

Friday, Febuary 29 from 8-11pm at Austin Books and Comics, Out of the Gutter Magazine has convinced Schiltz to provide free malt liquor in OOTG brown bags. Duh, you have to be 21 years of age, not behave like an asshole, and be one of the first 50 into the party.

We look forward to meeting everyone at both of these events.

OOTG PIMP

Outoftheguttermagazine.com