MancsterCon

An indie sequential art convention for the north west and beyond

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B.R.U.H.: Black Renditions of Universal Heroes (2016)

“The following pages lend insight and inspiration into this philosophy, as these illustrations break down exactly what BRUH means: Black Renditions of Universal Heroes. 

You’ll probably notice that all of them are women. I could’ve said heroine and you may ask why I don’t use this word, but then I’d have some questions for you.”

By Markus Prime

Get it  now here and leave a review if you can.

Markus Prime challenges the norm of illustrations often seen, by filling the disparity of black characters. His characters are constructed in a hyper reality setting and utilizes present day narratives from black culture. Born in Warren, Ohio and the son of military parents, Prime moved regularly to different areas within the United States and overseas. During each stay he would connect with those through his love for art and music. 

Social media provided Markus a localized medium to visually communicate and remain connected with those he met on and offline. His expert use with markers and infectious personality has made his social handles a meeting place for art and culture lovers. 

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Googly Horizon

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RICK AND MORTY VOL. 2 by @zacgormania, @dcqart, @marcellerby, Ryan Hill, @andrewmaclean, Nick Filardi, @cattifer, and Crank landed in the TOP 10 on PREVIEWSworld’s “Top 100 Best-selling Graphic Novels” list for April 2016!

RICK AND MORTY VOL. 2 is available now in the United States and Canada at local comic book shops and bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Nook, Books-A-Million, comiXology, Google Play, iBooks, and at the Oni Press Shopify store!

Find your local comic book shop at findacomicshop.com or comicshoplocator.com.

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Lady of the Shards

It's great to see comics in different formats. I really like this little short 'Lady of the Shards' which follows the brief adventure of an acolyte and the Goddess she loves...

You can find more art from the artist here: http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/

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NESS - A Monster Comic Set In Scotland

NESS is a Del Toro/Lovecraft-inspired cosmic horror story set on the shores of Loch Ness. A big, scary monster movie in comic form.

We’ve just backed this brilliant project from the writing genius behind WART. Go forth and donate! Support an indie-horror-comic set in Scotland with monsters. Monsters! It’s crazy! You’ll love it!

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Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday || Saturday  || VALENTINE’S DAY

Fanart for Webcomics I’m Reading Right Now Every Day This Week Leading Up to Valentine’s Day!

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V-Week 2016 || Friday || Goth Western

This is for @bonyfish‘s gorgeous comic, Goth Western.  The main character’s design alone has me hooked – throw in some great, spaghetti-western pacing, a lovely color palette, and the promise of necromancy?  I can’t wait for more of this comic.

How’s that

“happily ever after”

coming?

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This is good!

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Its actually a really good comic - go check it out!

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Celebrating Frederick Douglass

Art by Richie Pope

Frederick Douglass, a former slave and eminent human rights leader in the abolition movement, was the first black citizen to hold a high U.S. government rank.

Abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women’s rights and Irish home rule. Among Douglass’ writings are several autobiographies eloquently describing his experiences in slavery and his life after the Civil War.

In addition to abolition, Douglass became an outspoken supporter of women’s rights. In 1848, he was the only African American to attend the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York. Elizabeth Cady Stanton asked the assembly to pass a resolution stating the goal of women’s suffrage. Many attendees opposed the idea. Douglass stood and spoke eloquently in favor, arguing that he could not accept the right to vote as a black man if women could not also claim that right. The resolution passed. Douglass would later come into conflict with women’s rights activists for supporting the Fifteenth Amendment, which banned suffrage discrimination based on race while upholding sex-based restrictions.

Brilliant, heroic, and complex, Douglass became a symbol of his age and a unique voice for humanism and social justice. His life and thought will always speak profoundly to the meaning of being black in America, as well as the human calling to resist oppression. Douglass died in 1895 after years of trying to preserve a black abolitionist’s meaning and memory of the great events he had witnessed and helped to shape.

“Despite of it all, the Negro remains … cool, strong, imperturbable, and cheerful.”

- Frederick Douglass, Speech on the Anniversary of Emancipation (1883)

You can get  Frederick Douglass works here

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Wow. Every one of these could be a writing prompt.

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yess to every pic.

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i want to go to these places

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Magical

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Has someone been able to locate these? That would be super interesting to find out...

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pencils by Chris Bachalo.

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Some facts about Disney’s Peter Pan in celebration of its 63rd anniversary (adapted from Oh My Disney)

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Wasting Time - Eric Petersen

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Elastigirl character designs by Teddy Newton (x)

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#CaptainAngelaBassett

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#WeAreWakanda  

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Now you could say that we at MancsterCon get around a lot. You could say that we’re almost obsessed with encouraging cosplayers and artists to inspire each other over some rounds of mutually enjoyed cupcakes.

You could say that.

And you’d be right.

We were thrilled to be invited to host a Cosplay Sketch-off at the 2015 Doki-Doki festival and the weekend certainly didn’t disappoint. Filled with drummers, martial artists, samurai warriors. There were even some of our MancsterCon alumni amongst the tables such as Brogan Coral, Mewa Chu and Nikki Kidura.

As part of the Doki-Doki festival, we actually held several sketch-offs with the last one as our grand final to determine the best of the best! Here are the winners with their respective cosplayers:

  A huge thank you to Doki-Doki for inviting us – we look forward to doing many more. It was such a great event and had a wonderful atmosphere being filled with fans of Japanese culture, ancient and modern as well as some amazingly talented artists and cosplayers. Bring it on for 2017! :D

  Got an event coming up? Want some fun comic-making workshops or a cosplay sketch-off of your own? Get in touch, we’d love to hear from you and we’re always up for hosting fun activities suitable for all ages :)

Taking it to the Doki Doki! Now you could say that we at MancsterCon get around a lot. You could say that we're almost obsessed with encouraging cosplayers and artists to inspire each other over some rounds of mutually enjoyed cupcakes.

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Having just about recovered from our 2015 convention, we started our series of Cosplay Sketch-off events with a Wednesday afternoon meetup kindly hosted by Futureworks college!

Futureworks provides a first rate education in music production, game design and animation as well as a range of other courses perfect for those wanting to pursue careers in the digital arts. It’s a wonderful space filled with excellent, knowledgeable educators and passionate tutors. We’re massive fans of what they do and the quality of work their students produce is always off the charts amazing.

This month’s sketch-off featured Luna Tsukino and Jennifer Lau as our special guest cosplayers and we’re always excited to have such great cosplayers model for our sketch-offs. Check out the photos from the event to get a good look at them pose their stuff! It was also great to see lots of students come along and join in – we’ll bring even more cake next time!

If you’d like to get all the gossip first, why not follow us on Facebook to sign up at our sketch-offs and other events coming up. See you there!

Cosplay Sketch-off at Futureworks! Having just about recovered from our 2015 convention, we started our series of Cosplay Sketch-off events with a Wednesday afternoon meetup kindly hosted by Futureworks college!

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Last weekend saw the Mancsters come out to play from our hideyholes to head on down to the Play Expo! That’s right, we’d been invited to hold a Cosplay sketch-off at one of the biggest independent gaming conventions in the UK and we were looking forward to it! Having attended previous shows, we were hyped up for a day of arcade games, tabletop competitions and amazing cosplay of course!

Special mention must go to the Dark Cleo crew with whom we shared a staging area. We were really impressed by their great performances – the choreography for the Street Fighter showdown was really cool and they put on such a wide range of events, from quizzes to martial arts demos that it was hard to get away.

For the Cosplay Sketch-off, we were lucky to have a few attendee cosplayers model for us, including the Catwalk winner, The Starlight Fairy as a spangly Princess Sarah, and the ever impressive Pipa Wolf as the Naga Siren. The winners were Giuseppa Barresi, Mewa Chu and Erin Dean, who all won free tables at MancsterCon 2015!

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Arkham Asylum comes to Play Expo! It’s the Scarecrow…!

Our very own Jem Perks as a Vocaloid

The lovely Starlight Fairy as Princess Sarah

Thank you so much to Play Expo for having us and we look forward to doing similar events in the future :)

  We were so excited by it, we even did a short vlog about it! Check it out and let us know what you enjoyed the most about the 2o14 Play Expo. Above all, follow us on Twitter for more updates about future events, or, if you’d like us to host a sketch-off at your show, why not get in touch? We’re a friendly bunch! :D

A Mancster at the Expo! Last weekend saw the Mancsters come out to play from our hideyholes to head on down to the Play Expo!

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Comix Creatrix: where women artists and stories are the big draw

From 18th-century caricature to today’s graphic novels, women have always been at the heart of comic art – as a new showcase of 100 artists illustrates