“Us Make Comic Words” is a unique opportunity for aspiring writers to sit and talk with professionals currently working in the industry.

Each Professional will sit with a small group of writers and tell them of their experiences, offer industry insight, and answer your questions about working in the field of comics.

We have Four incredible writers with years and years of experience ready to talk with you.

Fabian Nicieza a writer and editor best known for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, Cable and Deadpool, and Thunderbolts. He’s created characters at both ends of the popularity spectrum, the wildy popular Deadpool (with Rob Liefeld), and the infamously disliked character NFL Super Pro.

Scott Lobdell who is best known for his work in the 1990′s, he has worked on several titles including Superman, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Teen Titans, Generation X, and Excalibur. He has performed as a Stand-up comedian, and didn’t start reading comics until he was 17.

Joshua Dysart was nominated for the Harvey Award, the Wizard Fan Award, and the Eisner’s Russ Manning Award. He is known for the Valiant title Harbinger, Vertigo’s Unknown Soldier, DC’s Swamp Thing, and B.P.R.D. 1946 & 1947 for Dark Horse. Joshua has also traveled extensively to research his writing, and been fortunate to work on celebrities comics like Neil Young’s Greendale and Avril Lavigne’s Make 5 Wishes.

Phil Hester might be best known for his penciling work, but he has authored over 70 different comic titles and hundreds of issues. His creator owned series The Wretch was nominated for the Eisner Award in 1997 for Best New Series. He has worked with top professionals like Kevin Smith & Alex Ross, and he has created and co-created several characters, such as Onomatopoeia, El Diablo, Constantine Drakon, and Mia Dearden.

This is a chance for some up close and personal time learning and picking the brains of some of the best writers in the business.

This event will take place on SUNDAY Sept 22nd at 2 pm & run for about 60 to 90 minutes.

If you have our next convention guest was probably somewhere nearby.

Angus Oblong, the creator of the TV show the Oblongs (which you can find in the rotation on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim), and author of Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children, will be making a return to PROJECT: Comic Con.

If you didn’t stop by Angus’ table last year, make sure you do this year. It’s an experience everyone must have at least once.

While you are there, buy a DVD of the Oblongs, or a print, or book, or T-Shirt.

Or if you are really daring…let Angus draw something on your forehead.*

*PROJECT:Comic Con is not responsible for what Angus might choose to  draw on your forehead.

Also returning again is Taffeta Darling. Taffeta will be found all over the convention. She’ll be walking around in costume, posing as a model for the artists at the PRO/AM Sketch Jam, interviewing folks, and as one of the judges for the Costume Contest. Plus she’ll have plenty of items for you to buy at her booth. So swing by and say hello!

Creator & Vendor Booths, Advance Tickets and VIP Passes are now available to purchase online through Paypal.

Prices on booths will be going up on June 1st, 2013. So buy early and save!

Advance Tickets are for one adult admission only. Children under 12 still get in for free with a paying adult (maximum 2 per paid admission).

We are still gathering items to make the VIP Pass a great deal! Since these will be limited in number, we are going ahead and offering them before announcing the details. So be sure to check back often to see what new goodies it will have!

We at PROJECT:Comic Con love to support the Indy Comics. Since the 2nd show we’ve wanted to put together a give-away comic book for the fans that featured previews of the local Indy scene.

This year we are finally going to make it happen.

We are asking for you to submit 1 to 3 page examples of your work for us to include in the comic. We’ll cover the printing costs.

It’s going to be a free comic book (1 per paid admission), and all monies made off of advertising in the comic will be used to cover the printing costs and other convention expenses, so there will be no money in it for you. At least not from us.

But you have a chance to get your work into the hands of everyone walking into the show. So it’s a great opportunity for exposure.

If you don’t have a comic book, but have a web comic, short stories, poetry, or just want to display your art then feel free to submit them too.

For right now we are just asking you to submit items for consideration. Obviously space in the book will be limited, so we will review all the submissions and select ones to include in the comic.

We expect a lot of submissions, so some might not be selected.

If your work is selected we will send you (via e-mail), necessary paperwork to fill out and return to us (that you own the work, but we can print and distribute it at the show, etc.).

So the deadline for submissions is March 15th, 2013.

Send your submission to jeff@projectcomiccon.com

Make sure you include 2 pieces of contact information (e-mail and either a phone number or address). We won’t consider your work without it.

We will be using the Standard Comic Page Template from comiXpress to make sure all the submission conform to the same printing guidelines. You can get a graphic of it here: http://www.comixpress.com/templates/CP_ComicPage_JPG.jpg

Some things to remember:

This is to preview your work and hopefully make the fans at the show seek you out. Teasers are good, but make sure it has the information on how they can find you outside of our convention. Squeeze it in the margins if you have to.

LITTLE KIDS MAY READ THIS COMIC!!!!!! Keep your submissions Rated PG please. PG-13 at the worst.

A 1 page preview is easier for us to include then a 3 page preview, but the strength of the work will determine it’s inclusion. You can feel free to submit Half Pages in your examples (1½ pages, etc.).

You can submit color samples, but there is a chance the interior will be in B&W, so we may ask you to submit them again in a greyscale.

We want to show off what the creators who will be at the convention have to offer (so fans can come and talk to you at the show). So when we are determining which submissions to include, those creators who will be attending the show (or have attended past shows) will get a “smidge” more consideration then others.

If you have any questions please send them to the same e-mail address jeff@projectcomiccon.com

Thanks so much if you actually sat and read all of that.

Live Art After Party Hosted By The Mahfood Bros.
Food One on Live Art
DJ Mahf on the Turntables

We are very excited that this year’s After Party is gonna be seriously kicked up a notch by two of St. Louis’ own, the Mahfood Brothers.

Jim Mahfood (a.k.a. Food One), artist of MTV’s Disco Destroyer, Tank Girl, Clerks and more will be painting during the party while his brother DJ Mahf will be spinning the turntables.

Here are a couple video examples:

This first video is of a similar event Jim put on at San Diego.

And this video is of the bothers apparently just jamming in their basement.

The Party will begin at 6:30pm on Saturday Night, September 21st and will go until Midnight…although last year it didn’t break up until much later.

The party will be indoors and outdoors if the weather permits.

Wonder Woman artist Phil Jimenez has agreed to come see what all the fuss is about here at PROJECT:Comic Con. Phil has worked on a lot of major titles during his career. One of his most notable works was the much publicized cover of Amazing Spider-Man #583 that featured President Obama on the cover.

Coming to the States all the way from Rome, Italy is the impressive talent of Stefano Caselli. Stefano is known for his recent work on Amazing Spider-Man, Secret Warriors, and Avengers Initiative. He was named one of Marvel Comics Young Guns in 2009.

Returning to PROJECT:Comic Con for a repeat appearance is Eric Basaldua, also known as EBAS. While Eric is an accomplished penciler, he has gathered a legion of fans off his amazing cover art that features some of the hottest women drawn today. His variant covers quickly become collector’s items.

At the last show JP Roth surprised us and joined Eric Basaldua at his booth. She was promoting her new comic Ancient Dreams that she wrote and published. The fans loved her and had great things to say about her comic. We had to bring her back.

And let the record show…we booked JP Roth before we booked EBAS. Sorry Eric.

We are very excited to announce that writer Scott Lobdell will be attending the show. He’ll be seated right next to Kenneth Rocafort who Scott worked with on DC’s the New 52 titles Superman and Red Hood and the Outlaws. Mr. Lobdell has a very impressive resumé of comic titles he’s authored, way too many for us to list them all. But here are a few examples.

We are very happy to have them both attend our show in September.