2011 Paint & Pixel Festival Recap
Paint & Pixel Festival had an amazing debut! Show attendance was strong and exceeded our expectations, with a constant flow of attendees coming into the hall throughout the day. As expected, attendees ran the gamut from art fans to fellow professionals to young adults to families, and the many kids at the show enjoyed seeing [...]
Philip Owen
Philip Owen is the creator, writer and artist of KEEPERS which was once a small press b&w comic series under the publishing imprint Blue Knight Productions. Philip’s company Blue Knight Productions is now the name he uses to produce prints,t-shirts and other items related to KEEPERS along with small press pulp size comics. Philip Owen’s [...]
Rich Woodall
Rich Woodall is best know for his short lived indy hit Johnny Raygun. He still gets monthly emails asking if he’ll ever get off his butt and do more of them… he replies, “sorry, I’m super busy with Zombie Bomb! right now, and swear I’ll do some more once I’m done lending a hand to [...]
Joanne Delphia
Joanne Delphia is a painter, illustrator and book designer living in Western Massachusetts for the past 15 years. Joanne has studied at School of Visual Arts, Mass College of Art and Design, and University of Massachusetts. Always fascinated with the use of vibrant color, symbols and subtle human gestures, her award winning watercolors have been [...]
Books Debuting at Paint & Pixel – Updated!
More information on books debuting at Paint & Pixel by exhibitors Howard Cruse, EM Grove, and Kevin Slattery!
Featured Guest: Howard Cruse
Paint & Pixel is pleased to welcome Howard Cruse, award-winning comic artist and author of Stuck Rubber Baby and Wendel!
Featured Guest: Diane deGroat
Paint & Pixel welcomes Diane deGroat, New York Times Bestseller and award-winning children’s book illustrator as a featured guest!
Featured Guest: Chris Giarrusso
Paint & Pixel is pleased to welcome Chris Giarrusso, Mini Marvels and G-Man (Image) comic creator!
Featured Guest: Jeph Jacques
Paint & Pixel is pleased to welcome Jeph Jacques, author and illustrator of one of the most popular webcomics, Questionable Content.
Featured Guest: Hilary Price
Paint & Pixel is pleased to announce Hilary Price, creator of the award-winning nationally syndicated comic strip, Rhymes with Orange, as a featured guest!
Shawn McManus
For more information on Shawn McManus, visit shawnmcmanus.net. For sale at Paint & Pixel Festival: full color prints.
Paul Swartz
Paul Swartz is a 25-year-old MFA student at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. He loves talking politics, playing trivia, and reading highbrow magazines in public. He hates dogs, dairy products, and the great outdoors. He dreams of someday making a living as a cartoonist. Will you help him make this [...]
Featured Guest: Ruth Sanderson
Paint & Pixel is pleased to welcome Ruth Sanderson, award-winning book illustrator as a featured guest! Ruth will be reviewing portfolios for the picture book market.
Modern Myths
Modern Myths will be at Paint & Pixel with a complimentary selection of comics and graphic novels
Gary Smith
Graduate of Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Did freelance work for Valiant/Acclaim comics, Canson Paper Co. “Fan-boy” drawing paper. Currently working on self-publishing my own book “Doe-nild”. I also paint landscapes and figurative designs-some of which are at the moment on display in Northampton, MA. My influences are Harold Foster, Jack (King) [...]
Lena H. Chandhok
Lena H. Chandhok currently attends the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont and has learned all kinds of new things there, such as the fact that Vermont can get very, very, very cold. When she’s not drawing comics about yetis, cute girls, and people making funny faces, she’s eating pancakes and probably [...]
Rebecca Migdal
For more information, visit www.rlmigdal.com. For sale at Paint & Pixel Festival: -How To Train Your Lover (In Five Easy Steps) Booklet and Audio CD set -Dr. Rhonda’s ”Forward!”- Part 1 of ”How To Train Your Lover (In Five Easy Steps)” color booklet -”Gaia Calling”, A Collection Political Comics by Rebecca Migdal -World War 3 [...]
Tyler Edlin (Hitpoint Studios)
Tyler Edlin, 26 years old from Hubbardston Ma. is very passionate about painting, it is his work and his life. Simply put, Tyler loves to create. Videogames have always been his favorite hobby. Classic series such as Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Sold, and panzer dragoon ignite his creativity. Tyler’s goals are to travel and ultimately [...]
Peter Wasielewsk (Hitpoint Studios)
Peter Wasielewski grew up in the suburbs of Boston, drawing on the kitchen table and walls when it suited him. Thankfully his mother put paper down first… most of the time. Though he didn’t really put much energy in drawing until he won a “Saftey in Fire Cooking Contest.” After winning 200 smackaroos he then [...]
Alex Brennan (Hitpoint Studios)
Alex Brennan is a Western Mass native, raised in East Longmeadow. He grew up fascinated with comics, an array of cartoons, and video games. Realizing he’d like to produce art for games, he went to study 3D animation. He is grateful for his role as 3D Artist at Hitpoint Studios, and for his family and [...]
Daniel Brennan (Hitpoint Studios)
Daniel Brennan works at Hitpoint Studios making art that’s needed anywhere in their games, mainly illustrating, but he enjoys animating traditionally when the opportunity appears. He spends most of his time on either side of Massachusetts with friends and loved ones. He grew up in Western MA, with a strong interest in movies, cartoons, games [...]
Tom Gale (Hitpoint Studios)
Thomas Gale helps create computer games for a living. He’s been doing that for quite some time. One day he moved away from Western Mass. A few years later, he came to his senses and moved back. He said to himself: “I like Western Mass.” Besides serving as Art Director at HitPoint Studios, he enjoys [...]
Suzanne Thibodeau
Suzanne Thibodeau grew up outside of “Woostah” Massachusetts during the Bon Jovi years. She hung out at the Galleria, drank Orange Julius’, pegged her pants, and was boy crazy! Both Dear Diaries are a nostalgic look back at all the goofy antics and teenage drama that happened to her back in middle and high school- [...]
Team Werewolf
It’s the toothy thing that hides in the shadows. It’s the towering creature that watches from the woods. It’s the beast within us all. It’s…WEREWOLF! An acclaimed anthology series from students and alumni of The Center for Cartoon Studies. Sometimes scary, sometimes funny, but always strange, each contributor brings their own unique take on werewolves, [...]