Our friend Dan Horn has written a kick-ass article covering 50 Foot Robot and our partner site Carpet Bomb Comics!
In a new “Publisher Spotlight” feature, Dan gives the lowdown on our current work and our up-coming projects for 2010!

Excerpt:“Michael and Jason Danzeisen …have been industriously toiling over their labors of love, web-based, digital, and printed comics. Jason’s writing has been first-rate. His book Skip Tracers is an unassuming, over the top, unabashed romp that would be suitably slated as a prime-time television series. It’s a charmingly fresh tale about super-powered bounty hunters that is sure to win any comic reader over immediately. Michael, who lends his Paul Pope-esque artistic talents to Skip Tracers, pulls double duty as writer and artist for Vent, a remarkably original take on the whodunit that revolves around a fully immersive MMORPG.”

You can read the full article here: Creator Owned Comics

Thanks to Dan!
M!

UPDATE - Fixed Link to THE SOURCE. I stopped by the shop last night to see our comics on display - very cool! Lots of people were in attendance for the Indy Week Mini Con! I’ll have a few pictures to post soon.

No books are shipping this week from the “Big Publishers”, so many retailers across the country are making a special occasion out of it. They will be featuring independent and small-press comics on the shelves for purchase! If you’d like to support the comic community, independent creators, and the future of comics, I’d advise you go out to your local comic shop and check out what is being offered!

One of our local retailers has turned this week into an event with The Source Comic & Games Indy-Fest Mini Con! Our comics will be for sale on the racks and there will be food, drinks, and creators on hand for a fun evening of Indie comics! Check them out: THE SOURCE - Indy Week Mini Con

Indie comics are like Indie Rock to me: they might not fit at one of the very structured offerings of the “big labels”, but that doesn’t mean they are not viable, and interesting artistic expressions. Indie comics offer a wider range of subject matter and story telling than Marvel or DC could ever hope to. If you think you don’t like comics because you don’t like superheroes, then you should explore the multitude of comics in the Indie Scene.

Thanks
M!

Our VENT, SKIP TRACERS, and FACTION comics will be for sale in a real life Comic Store next week! If you’re in the Minneapolis area, you may want to head over to The Source Comics and Games in Falcon Heights, MN next Wednesday. There will be no new comics distributed from the big publishers next week, and The Source are being super awesome and helping support Indie Comics by having an Indy-Fest! Independent and small press comics will be exclusively featured on sale beginning December 30th. So head over there, get yourself a copy of our books, and check out the other Indie offerings!

Thanks!
M!

This month sees the debut of SP! NEXUS magazine.
Nexus is about small-press comic, self-publishing, Indie comics and pop culture. I did most of the design and layout, and even wrote an article. Most importantly, it’s FREE! This was a huge undertaking along with Erik Hendrix, co-founder of our sister site, Carpet Bomb Comics, and it paid off pretty nicely.
Check it out here for yourself: http://www.selfpubmag.com/site/downloads/entry/nexus/sp_nexus_1b_-_uniques.htm
It’s a big download but a fun read - reviews, how-tos, and industry news. We’ll be doing a monthly PDF version for free and collecting it for printed Best Of issues in the future. Ad space is available, email me for info or contribution ideas.

Thanks!
M!