The blog for the Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival is now located at www.dartmouthcomics.com!
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
2014 date set - Sunday August 17th!
Mark your calendars! The third annual Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival will be held at Alderney Landing on Sunday August 17th! Applications for exhibitors will be available by February, hopefully earlier. Stay tuned, tell your friends and we'll see you in August!
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Monday, August 12, 2013
Sunday, August 11, 2013
FREEBIES at DCAF!
The Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival will have a table with cool free comics and more at the event taking place this Sunday, August 18th at Alderney Landing!
Here's a smattering of samples:
Here's a smattering of samples:
Saturday, August 10, 2013
So many comics and comic book artists!
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
DCAF 2013 poster by Alex Gouin Fafard
Alex now lives in Montreal but he was a regular at Strange Adventures while he was in Halifax. Many days spent perusing the bookshelves and marvelling over Paul Pope, Moebius and more.
Alex volunteered to do a poster for the event and here it is!
Alex volunteered to do a poster for the event and here it is!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
finalized exhibitor list - see you on Sunday, August 18th!
Not only are there going to be dozens and dozens of cartoonists and artists, but several publishers, comic book and game stores, toy dealers, Lemon Dogs with their fresh-squeezed thirst quenchers, Humani-T Cafe with great goodies (and much needed coffee!) and the amazing magician Mister J will be performing a show and making balloon creations!
~ comics, crafts and lots more ~
Here's who you'll see at DCAF 2013!
Conundrum Press: conundrumpress.com
Invisible Publishing: invisiblepublishing.com
Monster Mike & Strange Jay: Our Comix
Dave Howlett & Tuco Comics: Slam-a-rama
Joel Duggan: Starcrossedonline.com
Ben Jeddrie: Zyblonius
Scott Marshall: Time Wounds All Heels, ScottMComics
Troy Little: meanwhilestudios.com, Powerpuff Girls, Chiaroscuro, Angora Napkin
Brenda Hickey: My Little Pony, crazyary.com
CK Russell: Womanthology, virtualcara.tumblr.com
Holly Ellingwood: hollyellingwood.wix.com
Kate Leth: Kate or Die Comics, Luther Strode, Locke & Key, Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors
Danie Stirling: whither.comicdish.com
Faith Erin Hicks: Friends with Boys, Adventures of Superhero Girl, The War at Ellsmere, Bigfoot Boy
Tim Larade: mushamushcomic.com
Noreen Rana: neomonki.net
Anthony Mah: 16debut.com - a comic anthology
Shannon Long: 16debut.com - a comic anthology
Jessica MacDonald: jessicafayeart.wix.com/jessicafaye
Jeff Knott: illustrator and storyboard artist, jknottclaw.blogspot.ca
Derek Jessome: illustrator and storyboard artist, derekjessome.blogspot.ca
Colleen MacIsaac: littlefoible.net
Andre Myette: www.andremyette.ca
jj steeves: Stray Kitties, painted skateboards, jjsteeves.com
Andre Richard: www.andrecomics.com
Hal Hilden: Red Leaf Comics' MacSorly RCMP, DREAMLAND: 2047
Jill Fogarty: jillianfogarty.wix.com
Elise Vermeulen: evermeulenportfolio.weebly.com
Michaela Pennie: Comics, bookmarks, postcards, prints
Rachael St. Jean: Comics, bookmarks, postcards, prints
Luke Howard: Luketoons, Centre for Cartoon Studies
Andre-Guy Landry: Brainslug Comics
Miriam Gibson: miriamgibson.com, Everyone's a centaur, Alternate Endings
Andrew Power: Aptitude Test, aptitudetestcomic.com
Paul Hammond: Hey, you guys!, Yo Rodeo
Jessica O'Sillivan: Who Cares? zine volumes 1-5
Mike Jeffrey: flickr.com/photos/syncos
Jordy Jeppesen: jordyj.blogspot.ca
April M Baird: facebook.com/AprilMichelleDesigns
Jordyn Bochon: Finnegan Strappe, Spera, 8et8.net
Tim Carpenter: The Other Gods, Book of Three Kings, Pendulum, tim.8et8.net
Nick Bradshaw: Wolverine & the X-men, Danger Girl, Army of Darkness
Danica Brine: Survivorland, Pandemic, danicabrine.com
Meredith Gran: Octopus Pie, Adventure Time, octopuspie.com
Mike Holmes: Mikenesses, Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, True Story, mikeholmesdraws.com
Molly McVickers: mollymcv.blogspot.ca
M.T.Copyright: mtcopyright.com
Mark Oakley & Ibox Publishing: Stardrop, Thieves & Kings, iboxpublishing.com
James White: Signalnoise (Hobo with a Shotgun, The Thing posters, Rocketeer covers) Signalnoise.com
Gisele Lagace: Eerie Cuties, Penny and Aggie, Archie Comics: Occupy Riverdale
Dominic Marco: Grimm's Fairy Tales, Charmed, dominicmarco.com
Nathalie Julien: nartleby.wordpress.com
Jen Desroche: jenniferdesroche.com
Emily Boyles: sketchbookgeek.deviantart.com
Patrick Burgomaster: Evil Grin Comics, burgomp.blogspot.ca
Andy Cotnam: seecotsdraw.blogspot.ca
Sandy Carruthers: sandycarruthers.ca
Ivy Jones: if-i-had-a-lion.tumblr.com
Dave Conrad: borkman.thecomicseries.com
Darwyn Cooke: Richard Stark's Parker, Justice League: New Frontier, The Spirit
Steve McNiven: Fantastic Four, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Nemesis
Adonica Salter from the Centre for Arts and Technology (digitalartschool.com) will be showing animation software, demo reels of animated student work, 2D drawing, life drawings, and program information.
Any pop culture requirements as far as toys, comics, games and more should be more than satisfied by the good folks from Quantum Frontier Games & Comics, Giant Robot Comics, Big Pfeiffer Collectibles, Bedlamcats, Louise Fraser's Sci-fi Toys and Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities!
Nifty shirts from Dartmouth Clothing Company and Nerd Rage!
Representatives from the East Coast Comic Expo and Hal-Con will be set up as well to fill you in on the latest for each of their upcoming conventions!
~ whew! ~
Monday, July 15, 2013
Exhibitors list....so far...so great!
hiya, folks,
here's the list of exhibitors so far for DCAF II coming on Sunday August 18th at Alderney Landing!
We have a few spaces left and have some invites we're awaiting replies. If you;d like to get on the waiting list for space, email shop@strangeadventures.com
thanks and hope to see you at DCAF!
1 Conundrum Press
2 Dave Howlett / Tuco Comics
3 Joel Duggan / Starcrossedonline.com
4 Ben Jeddrie / Scott Marshall
5 Troy Little / Brenda Hickey
6 East Coast Comic Expo
7 Adonica Salter, The Centre for Arts and Technology, digitalartschool.com
8 CK Russell / Holly Ellingwood
9 Kate Leth (kate or die) / Danielle (Danie) Stirling
10 Faith Erin Hicks / Tim Larade
11 Giant Robot Comics
12 Quantum Frontier Games & Comics
13 Nick Bradshaw / Danica Brine
14 Anthony Mah / Shannon Long
15 Big Pfeiffer Collectibles
16 Bedlamcats
17 Hal-Con Sci-fi, Fantasy & Gaming Convention
18 Jessica MacDonald (http://jessicafayeart.wix.com/jessicafaye)
19 Jeff Knott
20 Derek Jessome
21 Colleen MacIsaac
22 Andre Myette www.andremyette.ca
23 jj steeves
24 andre richard / hal hilden
25 Hodder Designs
26 Louise Fraser Sci-fi Toys
27 Michaela Pennie & Rachael St. Jean
28 Centre for Cartoon Studies cartoonstudies.org / Luke Howard luketoons
29 Brainslug Comics (Andre-Guy Landry)
30 Miriam Gibson
31 Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities
32 Andrew Power
33 Michelle & Justin Coffee
34 Paul Hammond
35 Zine Whocares
36 Mike Jeffrey
37 Jordy Jeppesen
38 Nerd Rage Clothing
39 April M Baird aprilmdesigns
40 Jordyn Bochon / Tim Carpenter
41 Mike Holmes / Meredith Gran
42 Invisible Publishing
Monday, May 27, 2013
Save the date! Sunday, August 18th for DCAF 2!
Greetings!
The second annual Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival (DCAF) is scheduled for Sunday, August 18th from 11AM to 5PM at Alderney Landing! Last year’s event saw hundreds of people of all ages enjoying the one-day festival of cartooning and comics. Again this year, there is no admission charge to ensure the largest possible audience.
The facebook event page is here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/157229537790766/
If you would like to apply for a table at the festival, please email "calum@strangeadventures.com" with the following information:
Name, contact email and/or phone number, what it is you’d like to sell or display at DCAF,
Applications are open until June 21st, 2013. Confirmations will be sent during the last week of June.
Priority will be given to vendors and exhibitors who are displaying/selling/making comics and cartoon art. Please note that DCAF is an all-ages, family-friendly show. We ask that any adult materials be displayed with discretion.
Table size is roughly 8 ft. X 2.5 ft. Tables and chairs are provided, you may wish to bring your own table covering. Tables are $50 each or $30 for a half-table. Set up starts at 9AM on Sunday, August 18th at Alderney Landing.
Thank you for your kind attention,
calum
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