"STAPLE! was phenomenal,
a first year show that acted like a precocious mutant baby genius."
Special GuestsEric Powell
For more of his work visit: www.thegoon.com Brian Wood
For more of his work visit: www.brianwood.com Danielle Corsetto
For more of her work visit: www.daniellecorsetto.com David Malki !
For more of his work visit: www.wondermark.com Scott KurtzScott Kurtz is the creator of PvP (Player vs Player), a popular webcomic about video gaming and geek culture. Since its first strip in 1998, it has been collected in trade paperbacks by Dork Storm Press and Image Comics and was the winner of the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2006. Last year Scott Kurtz started collaborating with STAPLE! guest Kris Straub on the production of an animated series based on PvP. A transcript of our interview with Scott at the first STAPLE! is available in the articles section. For more of his work visit: www.pvponline.com Kris StraubFormer Los Angeles native Kris Straub has been a webcartoonist since 2000, and is internet-renowned for the smash sci-fi webcomic Starslip Crisis. In 2007 he co-founded Halfpixel.com with Scott Kurtz, Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett. Halfpixel will be releasing How To Make Webcomics through Image in the spring of 2008. For more of his work visit: www.nightlightpress.com and www.halfpixel.com More guests and special events to be announced soon. Continue to check the news section for more announcements. |
Session Schedule1:00pm - 1:30pm — Lord Vile Rally! Come see who Lord Vile is and what he and his Henchmen are up to. 2:00pm - 3:00pm — Q&A with Brian Wood Hear from the award winning creator of DMZ, Northlanders, Local and Demo. Moderated by Scott Hinze of Fanboy Radio. 3:30pm - 4:30pm — Webcomics Discussion Panel Hot webcomics stars Scott Kurtz (PvP), Danielle Corsetto (Girls With Slingshots), David Malki ! (Wondermark!), and Kris Straub (Starslip Crisis) discuss the art and business of the webcomics revolution. Moderated by Randy Lander of Rogue's Gallery Comics & Games. 5:00pm - 6:00pm — Q&A with Eric Powell Madcap antics with award winning creator of The Goon! Ask him questions if you dare! Moderated by Scott Hinze of Fanboy Radio. Over 60 exhibitorsFrom 11am - 7pm we will have two exhibitor rooms packed with great local and national talent selling their comic books, art, and more. Registration is almost full and we have the current exhibitor list online. Past ShowsIf you are curious about our featured guests at the last two STAPLE! shows, you can visit our 2007 and 2006 guest page archives. |
Eric Powell has contributed work on such comics titles as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Hellboy: Weird Tales, Star Wars Tales, The Incredible Hulk, Black Panther, The Avengers, The Hood, MAD Magazine, Devil Dinosaur, Swamp Thing, the Avengers, She-Hulk, the Simpsons, Arkham Asylum: Living Hell and Action Comics. Although eking out a meager living in the comics field since 1995, Eric didn't find true success until he launched his critically acclaimed dark comedy series The Goon. The Goon was subsequently picked up by Dark Horse Comics and boasts a diehard cult following.
Brian Wood released his first series, Channel Zero, in 1997 to considerable critical acclaim and has continued to produce comics and graphic novels at a brisk pace ever since, becoming one of the most important indy creators of the last decade. Standout works include his Couriers and Channel Zero series, Demo, Local, Supermarket, DMZ, and fourteen cover illustrations for Warren Ellis' Global Frequency. He has earned multiple Eisner Award nominations, and editions of his work have been published in close to a dozen foreign markets. Currently under an exclusive contract for DC/Vertigo, Wood continues to write his unique brand of eclectic creator-owned work the release of Northlanders in the fall of '07 and The New Your Four in the spring of '08.
Danielle Corsetto is the mastermind behind 
Ten years ago a crack comics-creating unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime he didn't commit. This man promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, he survives as a soldier of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire: David Malki !