STAPLE! Community Blog

Uncle Staple interviewed

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:01:00 +0000

string #19

noreply@blogger.com (Bram) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:49:00 +0000

Buffalo Speedway: Comicpalooza

yehudi.mercado@gmail.com (SuperMercado) — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:31:00 +0000

noreply@blogger.com (Cyrus2342) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:04:00 +0000

And now the actual podcast of Spill.com's "League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen" as they cover the STAPLE! festival and admit to being slightly drunk while doing it. Check it out here.

A Video Look at STAPLE! by the League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen

noreply@blogger.com (Cyrus2342) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:40:00 +0000

The funny-book boys over at Spill.com not only recorded a STAPLE! audio show (coming later today), but a video as well. Check out their look at the festival right here.

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:45:00 +0000

Great write-up in the San Antonio Current!

THANKS!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:58:00 +0000

In the few brief hours of consciousness that are available to me right now, I would like to thank all the people that helped make STAPLE! 2010 the biggest and best we've ever had.

Thanks to our sponsors, Austin Books http://www.austinbooks.com/ and Rogues Gallery http://www.roguesgallerytx.com/ for all their support and providing our awesome guests, and Jim House at ECPrinting http://www.ecprinting.com for the gorgeous STAPLE! programs.

Thanks to those wonderful guests, Guy Davis Andy Runton, Chris Schweizer and Jason Neulander of (the Intergalactic Nemesis) for the most entertaining and informative STAPLE! panels to date.

Thanks to the fantastic and dedicated staff:

Randy Lander for his guidance, promotion, guest interviews and hard work. Careful with those girl drinks, man.

Manton Reece for maintaining the website, handling a variety of technical issues, and always coming through in a pinch. I will make sure you get reimbursed.

Allison Andrews for the volunteer coordination, awesome graphic design, running errands and general sassiness. Great job, kid!

Mercedes Martinez and Zachary Kent of Dial A Stranger http://www.dialastranger.com/ for recording our podcasts, running our sound, moderating panels and other duties too numerous to mention. I love you guys.

All our awesome volunteers for your hard work at the show - couldn't do it w/o you!

All our amazing STAPLE! exhibitors for bringing their incredible talents and creations to the world. You are why I do this! http://www.staple-austin.org/exhibitors/

Franklin BBQ for the tastiest and smoothest post con dinner ever!

Kevin Peake, DJ Digg, DJ LD, DJ Net Wt and Ricky Valenzuela for getting together the always awesome Live Art Show!

KOOP Radio for all their support and getting out the word. 91.7 FM - don't move that dial!

The LEOG crew for the moral support and having me on not once, but twice! Y'all are the best!

Tim Harrison for getting me on KEYE - that was awesome, man!

My old buddy Todd for flying down from New York just to help out - now we're square, bro. Can't wait to see the documentary. Docu-comedy, more like!

Erik Stewart from the Art Institute Comic Book Society for their tireless promotional efforts. You guys are on point!

Derek Lackaff of UT for spreading the word and collecting the data. Can't wait to see what you got man!

Deb and Tony at the Monarch Event Center (now called Marchesa Hall and Theater). You guys did a great job and really pulled it out in the face of a lot of difficult situations. Great working with you and look forward to doing so again.

And OF COURSE each and every one of you who came out to the show. I sincerely hope you enjoyed it and will be back in 2011!

THANKS!!!

Chris "Uncle Staple" Nicholas

Staple 2010 video

noreply@blogger.com (Dave_Sherrill) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:43:00 +0000

Hello independent comic enthusiasts,

The following is a internet digital video of STAPLE! 2010 available for viewing and also listening.

Comment please. I am lonely.

-Dave Sherrill

http://www.lookatmycomics.com

Geek Bombast's Staple Episode is online!

noreply@blogger.com (Lab-Rat) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:24:00 +0000

Hey Everyone,

John Sitton from the podcast Geek Bombast here. I just wanted to let you know that we posted our newest episode, which was recorded at Staple! There are a bunch of interviews in the episode, and I think it's a lot of fun (though I may be biased).
Here's the episode description:

The gang decided to record this week’s episode at Staple! Come listen to interviews and discussions with such people as Paul Benjamin, Aaron Bir, Joe Eisma, Dave Justus, Tim Doyle, Jason Neulander, Scott Hinze, Paul Hanley, Cyrus of The League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen Podcast, and Chris “Uncle Staple” Nicholas!

Give it a listen: http://www.geekbombast.com/?p=368

TNM in Full Effect!

noreply@blogger.com (Terp2it/Chris Trew) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:58:00 +0000

Hey Staplers!
You know The New Movement by now. We're Austin Improv classes, we're austin comedy shows and we're totally going to have our own table today at the festivities. We'll have schwag to throw around and we'll even trade your email address for a pair of free tickets to any of our shows. We can also chat about whatever you like. Some of our favorite chat items today will be: professional wrestling, anarchy, canvas bags and lunch.

But we also have shows Wednesday-Saturday at 9:30p. (Our Wednesday show is 100% free, just arrive early). Thinking about learning how we do this stuff? That can be free too, just come any Wednesday at 7:00p!

Uncle Staple on the TV!

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:09:00 +0000

http://weareaustin.com/content/video/?watch=1&cid=53261

Space-Gun Studios and Ruby Caston at STAPLE!

noreply@blogger.com (Vinh-Luan Luu) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:23:00 +0000

Space-Gun Studios is hitting the road again for this year STAPLE! We'll all have copies of our books from ICBW (Jake Ekiss with Soloman Azua, Matthew Warlick with Senryu, Paul Milligan with God of Rock, and the anthology One Night Stand that we all participated in). Vinh-Luan Luu will have his new pinup book "Gun Gals | Blade Babes: Vol 2" as well as Gun Gals | Blade Babe t-shirts! And Evan Bryce will be on hand with some wicked paintings and his own sketchbook "Roman Thug Life".

Sitting with us will be artist Ruby Caston, she'll have her sketchbook on hand for sale along with prints!

Bear Quest debuts at Staple!

noreply@blogger.com (Zach Taylor) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:48:00 +0000

Bears No Limit!

That's right! 80 pages of bear-mauling and 8-bit video game chaos all packaged and ready to go.

Come to Table 69, Gnourg Press, and check it out. I'll have the book, posters, and FREE little stand-up bears so you can play along at home. Head over to the website if you want a head start on the madness!

The Gold County Paper Mill's Table at STAPLE! 2010

markphensel@gmail.com (Mark P Hensel AKA William Cardini) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:40:00 +0000

This upcoming weekend will be the third year in a row that the Gold County Paper Mill will be at STAPLE!

We'll have a lot of great stuff, including:

T-shirts screenprinted by Jak Cardini and Sarah Cassidy with our owl god (viewable [and purchasable!] on our etsy)
The Gold County Paper Mill Presents the DVD (viewable on our etsy), a collection of live performances and videos featuring Jak Cardini, William Cardini, and Dr. Chuch (some of which can be watched either here or here), and an interactive version of the comic Impossible Objects, where William Cardini illustrated lines from Jak Cardini's poetry
Print versions of the Impossible Objects comic
Jak Cardini Achieves the Narratological Singularity and There Is a Mars, two poetry chapbooks by Jak Cardini
Swimming at Work, a collection of short fiction by David Fullen
Screenprinted posters of William Cardini's one-page comic WITCH ATTACKS (previously published online at hahaclever.com) done by the super-talented Rand Renfrow
Other digital prints of two of William Cardini's one-page ATTACKS comics
Masks, TRANZ, and Froghead Hangover, three minicomics by William Cardini

We're also going to be splitting our table space with the greeting cards and fabric art of Glade Whitworth. We hope to see y'all there, we'll be at table 51A, right by our buddies the Poopsheet Foundation and the League of Extremely Ordinary Gentlemen. Also, when you check out the STAPLE! Program Guide, be sure to look for William Cardini's two-page comic alongside all the other talented creators!

Here's a short William Cardini comic to pique y'all's interest:

Manly Swag!

noreply@blogger.com (Jason Chalker) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:25:00 +0000

I'd like to interrupt your regularly scheduled blog for this shameless bit of self-promotion...

Howdy folks! Just thought I'd stop by and give you a sneak peak at some of the goodies I'll have available at Staple! this year (click the images to see them larger)...
Prints

T-Shirts

... and lots more! I'll also be taking commissions for drawings. I'm Manly Art at table 6 in the auditorium. Hope to see you there!

nice...

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:08:00 +0000

STAPLE! gets listed on io9.

New West premieres at STAPLE!

noreply@blogger.com (Bram) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:29:00 +0000

New West, the latest series from Panel Press, will make its first appearance at STAPLE! We'll have the first issue of this post-apocalyptic western with a sense of humor at the 7000 BC table.

In a harsh, future western US, years after California has dropped off the map, a stranger rides into town — with trouble on his mind and a plan for vengeance. Download the prologue and stop by table #16 in the auditorium to check it out.

STAPLE! This weekend! Programming! Podcasts!

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0000

STAPLE! This weekend! Programming! Podcasts!

We’re only a few short days away from the Sixth Annual STAPLE! Independent Media Expo! That’s right! The festivities start THIS weekend!

As always, we’re kicking things off in style with the traditional pre-party Meet and Greet at Austin Books and Comics, 5002 North Lamar Boulevard, this Friday, March 5th at 8pm. This is a great chance to chat with all your favorite STAPLE! Guests and Exhibitors in a casual setting at one of the best comic shops in the country.

Then Saturday morning, March 6, it’s STAPLE! Doors open at 11am, the show ends at 7pm and there’s great Programming all day! It starts off with two Q&A sessions: Guy Davis (BPRD, The Marquis) at noon, Andy Runton (Owly) at 1:30. Next up is a presentation by Chris Schweizer (Crogan’s Adventures) entitled “Twenty Common Cartooning Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them”, at 3pm. Last, but certainly not least, at 4:30 it’s an amazing performance of The Intergalactic Nemesis: The Living Comic Book – must be seen to be believed!

As if that weren’t enough, the party keeps on going that night at the Shangri-La, 1016 E 6th St. (just EAST of I-35) with the STAPLE! After Party Live Art Show and benefit for KOOP Radio, with DJ Digg, DJ LD and NET WT! Doors at 8, show starts at 10pm.

And if you just can’t wait for all the fun, then check out the STAPLE! Podcast page http://www.staple-austin.org/podcast/ where we’ve just posted FIVE brand new interviews with Guy Davis, Andy Runton, Joel Watson (Hijinks Ensue), Chris Schweizer and Jason Neulander (Intergalactic Nemesis), and get a little preview of all the great stuff coming up at this year’s STAPLE!

See you at the show!

Chris "Uncle Staple" Nicholas
www.staple-austin.org
http://www.myspace.com/staple_austin
http://tinyurl.com/yhw2h6n (Facebook)

STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo is the Southwest’s premier event for independently produced comics, zines, art, animation, games, crafts and more! The SIXTH annual show will be held on Saturday March 6th, 11am-7pm, at the Monarch Event Center, 6406 North IH-35 Suite 3100, in Austin, Texas. Admission is still only $5.00!

Did somebody say mini-comics?

rickobee@gmail.com (Rick Bradford) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:35:00 +0000

Rick Bradford and the Poopsheet Foundation will be at STAPLE this weekend with over 3,000 mini-comics and zines from the late '70s up to now starting at 2 for $1.00!

Come see us at Table 50 which we'll be sharing with zinester Alan Rankin.

Any orders from the Poopsheet Shop between now and March 4th can be delivered at the show to save shipping costs!

About us:
The Poopsheet Foundation is a central meeting place for small press comics publishers, artists, writers, readers and collectors. Our primary focus is mini-comics and their history, from their underground / newave "birth" in the '70s to the current scene of today. The site features mini-comics news, reviews, forums, a community blog and other cool stuff.

If you'd like to see your self-published/small press comic reviewed at PF just drop off a copy at Table 50 on Saturday!

STAPLE! 2010 Program Schedule!

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:36:00 +0000

I don't believe a hero is going to save us

noreply@blogger.com (Paul Czege) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:25:00 +0000

At STAPLE last year I had a conversation with Will Terrell. He picked up a comic he was selling and said he'd drawn the whole thing in under 8 hours. He'd started a 24 hour comic, got 16 hours into it, and decided it wasn't what he wanted to do. So he did this one in the remaining time. He said he can draw a comic he sells for $3 in less than a day, but writing one takes him months.

And that got me thinking. I'm a designer of roleplaying and storytelling games; I'm good at engineering structures that inspire storytelling (see Bacchanal for an example). What if I designed something that helped artists create stories for webcomics?

And so I am. It's a deck of cards called The Well of Else. And I'll have my in-progress prototype at STAPLE to show off (we're at table 59, Half Meme Press & Cream Alien Games).

Here's how it works. You turn over a card and it tells you how to advance your story based on the cards you've already played out, based on the characters you've created, their personalities, and their relationships. If certain conditions aren't satisfied, you move down to the next instruction. There are several levels on each card. You'll either hit one with conditions you've satisfied, or you'll discard and draw another card. Maybe you create a new character. Maybe something transpires among characters you created previously. Have it happen in your webcomic. Trust the cards. They've got your back.

And they know the truth and lies of heroism. They set the monomyth aside, as a pattern in fiction with no relevance to how, say, America achieved independence, and create stories of epic cultural change that feel more like history than like Hollywood.

Anyway, here are some reasons to stop by table 59 for conversation:

The prototype cards are really really text heavy.

My goal for the next prototype is to have a vocabulary of iconic cartoons instead of text. If you're good at creating iconic graphics from text, I want to talk to you.

If you have creative energy from frustrations working under corporate leadership, I want to talk to you.

If you know anything about the relationship between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, I want to talk to you.

If you aspire to having an ongoing webcomic, and you think you might want to help me understand how well the cards are working by giving them a try, I definitely want to talk to you.

Paul

Buffalo Speedway vol. 1

yehudi.mercado@gmail.com (SuperMercado) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:28:00 +0000

Volume one of my series Buffalo Speedway will debut at Staple! this year. Check out this write up from Houston's Culturemap.

And check out my site: for Turbo Pizza.

Find me at table #76 (SuperMercado Comics), between super model Paul Bejnamin and super talented Chad Townsend.

-Yehudi Mercado

STAPLE! After party!

noreply@blogger.com (Uncle Staple) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Bringing Austin into the MYX …

noreply@blogger.com (Bram) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:18:00 +0000

(…or is that the other way around?)

At the 7000 BC table — #16 in the auditorium — we'll be featuring MYX by Jamie Chase. Last year we premiered his sketchbooks, and now we've got the first three issues of his anthology of weird and creepy tales. Each one features a few self-contained stories and some guest writers, but all with the dramatic, stylized art that characterizes his work.

Read what he has to say about the comic in this interview with Sequential Tart.

Reinhardt District #2 at STAPLE

noreply@blogger.com (Jose Esquivel) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:49:00 +0000

Hello, all, this is Jose Esquivel, and I'll be back to STAPLE this year. I had fun last time and I'm looking forward to repeat the experience.

I'll be selling issues 1 and 2 of my comic book, Reinhardt District, and the remaining copies of Macabro, which was released on Indy Comic Book Week. You can find more about them at my blog.

See ya there!