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Baltimore Bound "Seeya in Balmer Hon"

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I'll be set up at the Baltimore Comicon next weekend, August 20-21. Hopefully we'll have the last few copies of the first print run of Loose Ends #1 with us. I think I'll be at table 1709 in artists alley but I'm not 100% sure. Anyway, find me, come by, say hi, talk color, buy comics. See you soon!
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Dinah Shore
  • Reading: Hellboy: The Fury
  • Eating: Fogo?!
  • Drinking: coffee
Baltimore Bound "Seeya in Balmer Hon" August 15, 2011 2 Comments No Favourites

Loose Ends out next week! New Tumblr &Twitter

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That's right, it's here! Loose Ends #1 will be in stores next week! If your shop didn't order it, ask them to get a few for you!

:iconjasonlatour::iconkickstandkid78::iconwhoisrico:
We'll all be at Heroes Aren't Hard To Find in Charlotte, NC on Wednesday, July 13th to promote the release of our baby. We'll be in the store from 12PM-2-PM and again from 5PM-8PM. Come by if you're able, we'll be giving away a SWEET silkscreen print with purchase while supplies last. If there are any left after the signing, you will be able to purchase them online through Heroes. [link]

I'm constantly updating my Twitter with the latest Loose Ends news, follow for updates @whoisrico

We still update our blog frequently [link]

AND we're on Tumblr now too, more art less talky, also sharing things we like! You might like em too, check it out here [link]
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Cults
  • Reading: Sleeper
  • Watching: Annie
  • Playing: nada
  • Eating: Brooks'
  • Drinking: coffee
Loose Ends out next week! New Tumblr &Twitter July 6, 2011 No Comments No Favourites

LOOSE ENDS #1 :: In stores next Wednesday, July 13

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That's right, it's here! Loose Ends #1 will be in stores next week! If your shop didn't order it, ask them to get a few for you!

:iconjasonlatour::iconkickstandkid78::iconwhoisrico:
We'll all be at Heroes Aren't Hard To Find in Charlotte, NC on Wednesday, July 13th to promote the release of our baby. We'll be in the store from 12PM-2-PM and again from 5PM-8PM. Come by if you're able, we'll be giving away a SWEET silkscreen print with purchase while supplies last. If there are any left after the signing, you will be able to purchase them online through Heroes. [link]
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Cults
  • Reading: Sleeper
  • Watching: Annie
  • Playing: nada
  • Eating: Brooks'
  • Drinking: coffee
LOOSE ENDS #1 :: In stores next Wednesday, July 13 July 6, 2011 2 Comments No Favourites

Raleigh Comic Book Show this Sunday April 10th

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Hey guys-
If you're in the area, I'll be at in Raleigh NC this weekend with my boys Chris and Jason. We are giving people a first look at the Loose Ends FCBD stuff. Come by if you're in the area!

:iconwhoisrico::iconkickstandkid78::iconjasonlatour:

More info over on my work blog. [link]
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: The Dodos
  • Reading: Sun Stand Still
  • Watching: Community
  • Playing: nada
  • Eating: Pig Wings
  • Drinking: coffee
Raleigh Comic Book Show this Sunday April 10th April 9, 2011 2 Comments No Favourites

LOOSE ENDS :: FCBD!

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Good morning people!
We're making it official today, on Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May 7, you will be able to read an 8 page preview of the 1st issue of our 4 issue crime/romance from 12 Gauge Comics. Ask your local shops about it so you can make sure you get one.
Loose Ends is a :iconjasonlatour::iconkickstandkid78::iconwhoisrico: joint.

It will be a flip book with I.C.E. by Doug Wagner and :iconjohjames: [link]

We've poured our heart and souls into making this book and we hope it shows, thanks!
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: The Dodos
  • Reading: Sun Stand Still
  • Watching: Community
  • Playing: nada
  • Eating: Pig Wings
  • Drinking: coffee
LOOSE ENDS :: FCBD! March 8, 2011 2 Comments No Favourites

Who U Watch? Episode 5 :: Sketch Charlotte!

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Time to shine a light on my Thursday night therapy session. Sketch Charlotte meets every Thursday night at Showmars across the street from my day job at Heroes Aren't Hard to Find. It's been great to hang out with these people and draw and talk about drawing and everything else. Check these guys out by clicking on the thumbnails!



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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: The Strokes
  • Reading: Loose Ends #2 Script
  • Watching: Community
  • Playing: nada
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Who U Watch? Episode 5 :: Sketch Charlotte! March 3, 2011 5 Comments No Favourites

Who U Watch? Episode 4

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Welcome to the "My Friends Make Me Try Harder" edition of Who U Watch! You're probably watching all these guys already though right?

:iconkickstandkid78:
Chris Brunner


:iconjasonlatour:
Jason Latour


:icondevilpig:
Dave Johnson


:iconkerong:
Keron Grant
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:iconstephaneroux:
Stephane Roux


:iconrobbi462:
Robbi Rodriguez


:iconinkpulp: Shawn Crystal
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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: LCD Soundsystem
  • Reading: Loose Ends #2 Script
  • Watching: Community
  • Playing: nada
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Who U Watch? Episode 4 February 26, 2011 4 Comments No Favourites

Who U Watch? Episode 3

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Round 3! Do you guys watch these folks?!

Peach put up a new color-themed :+fav: journal. It's awesome, go look! [link]

:iconjonmcnally:
Jon Mcnally


:iconpeach-mork:
Peach Mörk


:iconmooksville:
Wayne Medina


:iconpaulmaybury:
Paul Maybury


:iconbiz02:
Billy Nuñez
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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: Ira Glass
  • Reading: Uptight #4
  • Watching: Modern Family
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Who U Watch? Episode 3 February 24, 2011 7 Comments No Favourites

Who U Watch? Episode 2 :: Ladies Night

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Today I give you guys a few of my favorite lady drawers on DA. They all inspire me and make me want to quit at the same time! Enjoy!

:iconentdroid: Victoria Maderna

:iconmissmatzenbatzen: Steffi Schütze

:iconshmisten: Kristen McCabe

:iconpocketowl: Becky Dreistadt

:iconmysteryming: Ming Doyle

:iconbabsdraws: Barbara Tarr

:iconoxboxer: Jemma Salume

:iconerilu: Ericka Lugo

:iconpollyguo: Polly Guo
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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: Ladytron
  • Reading: Uptight #4
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Who U Watch? Episode 2 :: Ladies Night February 17, 2011 9 Comments No Favourites

Who U Watch? Episode 1

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We all have our favorites on DA, artists whose work inspires us while crushing our souls. Here are 6 of mine. Do you watch them too? Who are some of your favorites on DA?

:iconjeremy-forson:Jeremy Forson  


:iconjakobwestman:Jakob Westman


:iconatofu:Tiffany Ford


:iconrobharrison1:Rob Harrison


:iconkwonger:Edward Kwong
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:iconandrew-robinson:Andrew Robinson
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  • Mood: Love
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Uptight #4
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Who U Watch? Episode 1 February 15, 2011 15 Comments No Favourites

Color Stories :: PINK

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In case you haven’t read my last 6 journal entries, I'm kinda stealing this color theme idea from Peach :iconpeach-mork:, one of my :+fav:s on DA,  but here goes...In an effort to update my journal somewhat regularly and to take advantage of my fleeting premium membership, I'm going to go through my favs and spotlight a bunch of images by color. The color of the day is PINK. It's a poorly kept secret that pink is my favorite color! I may leave this one for a while because it looks so pretty.

Visit these guys' pages and leave them a note, a :+fav:, a drawing!

Past journals featured BLUE, RED, YELLOW,ORANGE,GREEN and PURPLE so go check those out if you missed them.

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  • Mood: Sadness
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Scenes From an Impending Marriage
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Color Stories :: PINK February 9, 2011 1 Comment No Favourites

Color Stories :: GREEN

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In case you haven't read my last 5 journal entries, I'm kinda stealing this color theme idea from Peach :iconpeach-mork:, one of my :+fav:s on DA,  but here goes...In an effort to update my journal somewhat regularly and to take advantage of my fleeting premium membership, I'm going to go through my favs and spotlight a bunch of images by color. The color of the day is GREEN.

Visit these guys' pages and leave them a note, a :+fav:, a drawing!

Past journals featured BLUE, RED, YELLOW,ORANGE, and PURPLE so go check those out if you missed them.

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  • Mood: Sadness
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Scenes From an Impending Marriage
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Color Stories :: GREEN February 6, 2011 1 Comment No Favourites

Color Stories :: PURPLE

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I'm kinda stealing this color theme idea from Peach :iconpeach-mork:, one of my :+fav:s on DA,  but here goes...In an effort to update my journal somewhat regularly and to take advantage of my fleeting premium membership, I'm going to go through my favs and spotlight a bunch of images by color. The color of the day is PURPLE.

Visit these guys' pages and leave them a note, a :+fav:, a drawing!

Past journals featured BLUE, RED, YELLOW, and ORANGE so go check those out if you missed them.

I like purple a lot but it seems like I may be on an island with that one. I noticed purple was used a lot when the artist HAD to, a lot of Morrigans in there.

Had to add one from :iconlysol-jones: so awesome.

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  • Mood: Sadness
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Scenes From an Impending Marriage
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Color Stories :: PURPLE February 3, 2011 11 Comments No Favourites

Color Stories :: ORANGE

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I'm kinda stealing this color theme idea from Peach :iconpeach-mork:, one of my :+fav:s on DA,  but here goes...In an effort to update my journal somewhat regularly and to take advantage of my fleeting premium membership, I'm going to go through my s and spotlight a bunch of images by color. The color of the day is ORANGE, enjoy!

Visit these guys' pages and leave them a note, a :+fav:, a drawing!

Past journals featured the primary colors so go check those out if you missed them.

Stay outta them tanning booths people!

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  • Mood: Sadness
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Love and Rockets
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Color Stories :: ORANGE January 31, 2011 12 Comments No Favourites

Color Stories :: YELLOW

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I'm kinda stealing this idea from Peach, one of my :+fav:s on DA, :iconpeach-mork: but here goes...In an effort to update my journal somewhat regularly and to take advantage of my fleeting premium membership, I'm going to go through my :+fav:s and spotlight a bunch of images by color. The color of the day is YELLOW, enjoy!

That's is it for the primary colors, I think these three can be great for a strong impact but I tend to favor the more mixed colors, teal, fuchsia, goldenrod...I have 201 pages of favorites, yow!

Is it lame when I pick stuff from my favorites that I colored? ;p

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  • Mood: Sadness
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Love and Rockets
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Color Stories :: YELLOW January 31, 2011 4 Comments No Favourites

Color Stories :: RED

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I'm kinda stealing this idea from Peach, one of my :+fav:s on DA, :iconpeach-mork: but here goes...In an effort to update my journal somewhat regularly and to take advantage of my fleeting premium membership, I'm going to go through my :+fav:s and spotlight a bunch of images by color. The color of the day is RED, enjoy!

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  • Mood: Sadness
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Love and Rockets
  • Watching: Parks and Rec
  • Playing: Monkey Ball
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Color Stories :: RED January 28, 2011 18 Comments No Favourites

Color Stories :: BLUE

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Blue for Clem, much love sir. -r

I'm kinda stealing this idea from one of my :+fav:s on DA, :iconpeach-mork: but here goes...In an effort to update my journal somewhat regularly and to take advantage of my fleeting premium membership, I'm going to go through my :+fav:s and spotlight a bunch of images by color. So, today is BLUE, enjoy!

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I suspected it before I began this entry but now it's even more obvious to me, how little love I have for blue! It was hard to find in my :+fav:s. If you visit their galleries, show em some love and say, "hey!"
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Essex County
  • Watching: Modern Family
  • Playing: Rock Band
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Color Stories :: BLUE January 26, 2011 10 Comments No Favourites

Charlotte MiniCon :: Saturday, January 22nd 2011

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If it's not too far for you, the Charlotte MiniCon is this weekend. Saturdaym January 22nd to be exact. The show runs from 11am to 5pm. It's a small show but it will be packed with vendors and great creators. Some of them are even here on DA if you want to check them out.
:iconkickstandkid78::iconjasonlatour::icongreenestreet::iconbridgitalldigital::iconchrissie-zullo::iconwhoisrico: will all be there.

Here's the more official description from Heroeonline.com...

Heroes Aren’t Hard To Find is starting off the New Year right! We are proud to announce that the Charlotte Minicon will be Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 11 am to 5 pm. The show will be at the Palmer Building at Fireman’s Hall which is just half a mile from our store. We love having our Minicon at this cozy location and it is well worth the $3 admission price just to come and check out this cool, old building. If you are not familiar with the location, fear not, we will put up signs along 7th St. to help direct you to the event!

Our awesome guest list includes Rich Barrett (Nathan Sorry), Chris Brunner (Boondock Saints, Loose Ends), J. Chris Campbell (Zig Zag), Sanford Greene (1000), Dustin Harbin (Diary Comics #1), Jason Latour (Noche Roja, Scalped, Wolverine), Budd Root (Cavewoman), Bridgit Scheide (Kindle), Andy Smith (X-Men Forever 2) and Chrissie Zullo (Fables #100).
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Charlotte MiniCon :: Saturday, January 22nd 2011 January 19, 2011 3 Comments No Favourites

Charlotte MiniCon & Wolverine 5

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If it's not too far for you, the Charlotte MiniCon is this weekend. Saturdaym January 22nd to be exact. The show runs from 11am to 5pm. It's a small show but it will be packed with vendors and great creators. Some of them are even here on DA if you want to check them out.
:iconkickstandkid78::iconjasonlatour::icongreenestreet::iconbridgitalldigital::iconchrissie-zullo: will all be there. I'll be there too! I'm excited to hang out with all those guys and you can be too.



Wolverine #5 Came out today. It's my most recent team-up with :iconjasonlatour: Here's a bit of the first page.
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: Essex County
  • Watching: Modern Family
  • Playing: Rock Band
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Charlotte MiniCon & Wolverine 5 January 19, 2011 No Comments No Favourites

Happy New Year (and a late Merry Christmas

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I have to thank my pal Chris Summers :iconchrissummersarts: for the excellent Christmas gift of a 3 month DA membership! I have never had one, I can post pictures in my journals now! Maybe I can make a fancy journal skin? Maybe I have work to do and shouldn't start messing with that!

I'd love to hear what any of you guys that have premium memberships like about them.

I hope all you guys and girls had a great Christmas and have an awesome new year!
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  • Mood: Joy
  • Listening to: Grooveshark
  • Reading: the Outfit
  • Watching: Modern Family
  • Playing: Rock Band
  • Eating: Whatever is in the case at Sunflour
  • Drinking: coffee
Happy New Year (and a late Merry Christmas December 28, 2010 3 Comments No Favourites

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