#beth dean

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She persisted. http://ift.tt/2lejbbX

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We Don't Laminate http://ift.tt/2nQVNDk

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Here's a time lapse of my process on this pinup for the Henry & Glenn trade. Stoked to be included! This is a sendup to one of my favorite EC artists, Johnny Craig. 

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Beth Dean on selling comics with a story

Cartoonist Beth Dean sent me a lovely email regarding my section in Show Your Work! called “Work Doesn't Speak For Itself”:

The weekend before last I was at LA Zinefest. My approach to tabling shows is a pretty low key one, I put everything in nice packaging, make sure it can be seen from far away, and put out lots of copies for people to paw through without having to talk to me. I basically create the introvert experience I like at shows. When people come to the table I smile and say hi, or pay them a complement, but I never do the hard sell.

The folks next to me had a table full of your standard issue zines, most of which looked photocopied—I'm sure they were nice books but they just laid everything on the table and you wouldn't notice them from across the room, or even across the aisle. However, every time somebody walked up to the table, the guy would pick up one of the books, pull it open, and explain that it was done exquisite corpse style. He'd tell the person what that meant, and explain how each one of the drawings was screen printed by hand. He didn't tell you what the book was about, or what any of the stories were, or even what he was trying to accomplish. He just had this simple pitch about the unique process of making the book, which never varied, and that hooked almost every person he talked to. It was a really impressive thing to watch, especially since my own approach to selling is so different. People were buying his story, and not the book.

Emphasis mine. Check out Beth's work here.

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I know I'm supposed be finishing Frank Santoro's book, but... The Escapist is one of my favorite comic shops, and they do a lot to support small press in the Bay Area. When Comic Relief went under, they bought most of the stock and are adamant about continuing CR's legacy of stocking books by small press artists and publishers, including yours truly. We worked with them last year to make a comic anthology to go along with their Small Press Fest reading, and we were happy to sign on again this year, despite our current workload.

This year's anthology features color and black and white work from Kane Lynch, Beth Dean, Michael Olivo, Colin Anderson, and Peter & Maria Hoey. The wraparound cover is printed with Ultrachrome K3 ink on Moab Entrada Rag 300gsm fine art paper. And it's going to cost less than ten lousy bucks! This will *only* be available from the Escapist, so hit them up if you want one. Even better, buy one in person next Saturday (December 7, which just happens to be my birthday) at the 2nd annual Small Press Fest!

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Happy birthday to friend of the show and our LAZF neighbor Beth Dean! Check out her work, please and thank you.

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Another summer another crush. And thus concludes Beth Dean is Loose in San Francisco. Hope you enjoyed. Grab the book from me at Comic Con, or online when I reopen my store. San Francisco folks can get my books from Mission Comics or Isotope Comics Lounge. 

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Loose in San Francisco - Page 7 - Halloween Part 1. Will the gang ever find a place to drink?! What happens when two dinosaurs meet? Stay tuned for next week's conclusion...