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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Benjamin Spencer
I have been working on my Item X comic off and on for several years. Mostly it is a dumping ground for my various thoughts, gripes and misadventures. Last summer I attended the Cartooning Studio workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies and came away with a renewed love for the medium and a new [...]
Michael Dooney
I am a freelance illustrator/concept artist and some time comic artist. Most of my time these days is spent designing toys for folks like Hasbro and Playmates toys. I have had a long and happy association with the Ninja Turtles, working on the comics, toys, tee shirts, lunch boxes–you name it–as an original member of [...]
Everett Soares
Everett Soares is the creator and writer of the steampunk comic book series, Sky Pirates of Valendor. Publishing his first miniseries within the world of Valendor through Free Lunch Comics, Everett has traveled the country promoting his series for the last three years. Beginning in 2011, Everett has taken on publishing duties of Sky Pirates [...]
Mark Masztal
Mark Masztal is an award-winning illustrator/designer. He spends his days managing the graphics department for an international craft company while spending his evenings creating the heroic and the macabre. Mark Masztal is enjoying married life in the Wilds of Western Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.masztal.com. For sale at Paint & Pixel Festival: Full color [...]
Jon Chad
Jon Chad has been producing handmade mini comics and zines since 2006. He has illustrated children’s books published by Mascot Books, including one for the FBI. Jon teaches screen printing and book making, and offers weekly lad intensives at the Center for Cartoon Studies. His book, “Leo Geo and His Miraculous Journey Through the Center [...]
Colleen Frakes
Colleen Frakes graduated from comic book college and now gets to draw all day. She was awarded a Xeric Grant to publisher her book “Tragic Relief” in the fall of 2007. In 2009, her second comic “Woman King” won an Ignatz award for Promising New Talent. Visit www.tragicrelief.com for more information. For sale at Paint [...]
Tree & Hills Comics Group
Trees & Hills is a collective of cartoonists in Vermont, New Hampshire and western Massachusetts. Our mission is to grow cartooning communities across the region and publish and promote comics that address wider understanding of social, political and economic issues. Our website is at www.treesandhills.org. Books we plan to sell can be seen in our [...]
Brett Swanson
Brett E. Swanson is an artist who specializes primarily in comic book and cartoon art and dabbles occasionally in fine and abstract art. Brett lives in Mystic, CT, with his wife and 2 dogs. Brett is a 1991 graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts. Brett has published several cartoon strips [...]
Anzovin Studio
Animator and rigging artist Raf Anzovin’s credits include the 2005 film Robots and the upcoming game The Sims Medieval. Between paying gigs, he directs Anzovin Studio’s award-winning short films. David Boutilier joined the Anzovin team in 2000 as a full time animator and had the opportunity to work with famous IPs such as G.I.Joe, Transformers, [...]