This Weekend! Baltimore Comic-Con!

The weekend is nearly upon us and with it comes Baltimore Comic-Con! Attendees will want to check out (and hopefully purchase) a copy of the newly released Act-i-vate Primer! It's a great opportunity to get it before it's official release date of 10/14 and have it signed and personalized by a number of Act-i-vate creators. Mike Cavallaro, Jim Dougan, Michel Fiffe, Simon Fraser, Dean Haspiel, Jennifer Hayden and myself will all be there! But, that's not all!

Also premiering this weekend during the Act-i-vate panel on Sunday, October 11th is the Act-i-vate Experience documentary. Here are the details:

2:00-3:30 The ACT-I-VATE Experience Members from ACT-I-VATE, the premiere webcomix collective, featuring Dean Haspiel, Mike Cavallaro, Jennifer Hayden, Tim Hamilton, Joe Infurnari, Simon Fraser, Kat Roberts, Michel Fiffe, and Jim Dougan, will discuss their new print anthology, THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER (which debuts at the show), and will also debut, "The ACT-I-VATE Experience," a 32-minute documentary produced by Culture Pop Productions' Seth Kushner (Graphic NYC) and Carlos Molina.

See you there!

The Act-i-vate Primer Release Party at Bergen St. Comics!

Bergen Street Comics is proud to celebrate the long awaited release of Act-i-vate's very first print anthology, The Act-i-vate Primer!

The book features 16 exclusive, never-before-seen stories by the acclaimed creators of "The Muppet Show Comic Book", "Freddie & Me", "The Salon", "Fahrenheit 451", "The Alcoholic", "Scarlett Takes Manhattan", "Nicole Dante" and many more!

Featured guests will include Nick Bertozzi, Pedro Camargo, Mike Cavallaro, Ulises Farinas, Michel Fiffe, Maurice Fontenot, Simon Fraser, Dean Haspiel, Joe Infurnari, Leland Purvis and many more!

Enjoy the free refreshments, pick up your very own copy of the Primer and have it signed by your favorite comics creators! But that's not all! There's an after-party, too! The fun continues at:

The 4th Ave. Pub 76 4th Avenue (btwn Bergen St. and St. Mark's Pl)

Thank you for supporting Bergen Street Comics and The Act-i-vate Primer!

The Facebook Event page can be found here!

Tomorrow: Brooklyn Book Festival!

Tomorrow I will be appearing at the Act-i-vate Renaissance panel at the New York Comic-con Pavillion at the Brookly Book Festival. Please come out and support Act-i-vate and this wonderful event. We'll be discussing the history and activities of the Act-i-vate collective and most importantly, we'll be showing previews of the Act-i-vate Primer! Here are the details: Where: Brooklyn Book Festival Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza, NYCC Pavillion 209 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, New York 11201

What: The ACT-I-VATE Renaissance 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm There is a comic book renaissance happening in Gowanus, Brooklyn, and members from both DEEP6 and XOXOs Studios, featuring Dean Haspiel, Mike Cavallaro, Tim Hamilton, Joe Infurnari, Simon Fraser, Molly Crabapple, and Mike Dawson [among others], will discuss the genesis of ACT-I-VATE, their premier webcomix collective, and sneak-peek their upcoming print anthology, THE ACT-I-VATE PRIMER. Moderated by Jeff Newelt, who will also announce two new members to ACT-I-VATE. For more info on ACT-I-VATE, please visit: http://www.act-i-vate.com.

Autographing: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Autographing Table 1: Dean Haspiel Autographing Table 2: Tim Hamilton Autographing Table 3: Simon Fraser, Molly Crabapple

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Autographing Table 1: Mike Dawson, Joe Infurnari Autographing Table 2: Mike Cavallaro

Baltimore Comic-Con!

As I was saying with yesterday's post, an Act-i-vate contingent will be going down to Baltimore Comic-con to mark the debut of the Act-i-vate Primer! There will be a panel, signings, sketching, original art and, and and…oh heck, read the graphic and press release.

There will be an ACT-I-VATE panel discussion featuring Dean Haspiel, Mike Cavallaro, Tim Hamilton, Joe Infurnari, Simon Fraser, Michel Fiffe, Kat Roberts, Jim Dougan, and Jennifer Hayden.  For more information on ACT-I-VATE, please visit:

http://www.act-i-vate.com/

"I'm excited that the ACT-I-VATE crew chose our show to debut their book," said Baltimore Comic-Con promoter, Marc Nathan. "Their web-comics have garnered a great deal of attention, so I am anxious to get to see fans' first look at the printed works."

Upcoming Appearances

To support the arrival of the Act-i-vate Primer, I'll be making a few area appearances. First up, on Sunday, September 13th, I will be appearing at the Act-i-vate Panel at this year's Brooklyn Book Festival. Here's a graphic with more info:

This year's Baltimore Comic-Con will mark the release of the Primer. We'll have copies of the book available for sale and we'll be holding a panel to discuss all things Act-i-vate. If you plan on attending, make a note not to miss this!

That's all the news for now. Thanks!

MOCCA! Act-i-vate!

Mocca is this weekend and Act-i-vate will be representin'! At table 311, you'll be able to find among a cornucopia of coolness, the entire Act-i-vate Primer available for your perusal. We've assembled a binder of the contents of the much anticipated new book so come on by the table, chat with Act-i-vators and take a flip through our new book coming in October 2009!

I'll be hanging out at the table throughout the weekend so please say, "hi!".

Even more Mocca info including signing schedules after the jump!

Comics come home again to New York City this weekend with the annual Museum of Comics and Cartoon Art Festival 2009, and ACT-I-VATE will be there!

MoCCA Festival 2009 will be held June 6th & 7th at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street in New York City. The Village Voice calls the MoCCA Festival "the best small-press nexus (anywhere!)" Now BIGGER than ever! An incredible weekend of comic and cartoon art exhibitors, panels, lectures, sketches, autographs, and more! Wired Magazine online calls ACT-I-VATE, "The premiere webcomics collective"!

Visit table 311 to meet the cartoonists of ACT-I-VATE. A wide variety of books by AIV'ers will be available for sale, including BRAWL (Dean Haspiel and Michel Fiffe), FREDDIE & ME (Mike Dawson), A HOUSE DIVIDED (Leland Purvis), SHOOTING WAR (Dan Goldman), THE SALON (Nick Bertozzi), SHUTTERBUG FOLLIES (Jason Little), THE VAGABONDS (Josh Neufeld), JERSEY GODS (Joe Infurnari), NIKOLAI DANTE (Simon Fraser), THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAVIOR 28 (Mike Cavallaro), and more!

Also, get a glimpse at a special upcoming ACT-I-VATE project!

Current scheduled appearances are as follows, with more being added:

SATURDAY:

12 pm - 1pm JAH FURRY, AIV's "Minister of Hype" kicks things off, joined by TIM HAMILTON (Pet Sitter, Floating Elephant) 1pm - 2 pm MIKE CAVALLARO (Parade (with fireworks), Loviathan) & NATHAN SHREIBER (Power Out) 2 pm - 3 pm MOLLY CRABAPPLE (Backstage, and this year's MOCCA poster artist) 3 pm - 4 pm DAN GOLDMAN (Kelly) & KEVIN COLDEN (Fishtown) 4 pm - 5 pm JENNIFER HAYDEN (Underwire) and JIM DOUGAN (Sam & Lilah)

SUNDAY

11-12 pm NATHAN SHREIBER (Power Out) 12 pm -1 pm MIKE CAVALLARO (Parade (with fireworks), Loviathan) & TIM HAMILTON (Pet Sitter, Floating Elephant) 1 pm - 2 pm JIM DOUGAN (Sam & Lilah) 2 pm - 3 pm JENNIFER HAYDEN (Underwire) 3 pm - 4 pm JAH FURRY

THOMAS BAEHR (The End Is Here) will be manning his own table (#215), so be sure to visit him as well.

Where? 69th Regiment Armory 68 Lexington Avenue, between 25th and 26th Streets

When? June 6th and 7th, 11am-6pm

Cost? $10 per day $15 per weekend MoCCA Members: $10 per weekend

Website: www.moccany.org

Be sure to check out http://WWW.ACT-I-VATE.COM -- where everyday is Free Comic Book Day!

Robot 6 Covers Earth 2100

Comic Book Resources' Blog, Robot 6, gave Earth 2100 some love today, too! Jk Parkin had this to say about the project:

As Kevin mentioned yesterday, ABC News will present an environmental special called Earth 2100, which is hosted by Bob Woodruff and will feature a graphic novel-style sequences by Josh Neufeld, Sari Wilson, Joe Infurnari, George O’Connor, Tim Hamilton and Leland Purvis. The special runs tonight on ABC at 9 p.m. Eastern.

From Kamandi and Scout to “Old Man Logan,” comics have had a long history of detailing life after everything falls apart, and it’s pretty cool to see that ABC noticed.

Thanks, JK!

Earth 2100's Comics Crew on Mtv Splash Page!

Mtv's comics related blog, Splash Page, has posted about Earth 2100's comics cred. Here's an excerpt.

The centerpiece of the special, titled “Earth 2100,” will take the form of a first-person, fictional narrative by a 91-year-old woman born on June 2, 2009. While the special is peppered with scientist interviews, simulations and user-created videos about the potential effects of climate change, the bulk of the two-hour program will involve the narrator’s account of life in the year 2100, told using animated “graphic novel elements.”

Among the creators who contributed these comics-style elements are several members of Act-I-Vate, the prominent New York City-based webcomic collective, including Josh Neufeld (”A.D.: New orleans After The Deluge”) and Joe Infurnari (”Jersey Gods,” “The Process”).

Read the rest of Rick Marshall's piece, Comic Creators Play Big Role In Tonight’s ‘Earth 2100’ Special, at Mtv Splash Page!