It's a free art festival with live bands, food and art by some of San Antonio's top artists! The guys from Art@TheJalapeno and ArtSlam will be out doing their thing so come support ur local artists! 
Art at the Jalapeno. The Latest San Antonio First Friday Art Venue we added a dash of music and atmosphere to the Art at the Jalapeno menu for a kick back and relax environment for everyone to enjoy the San Antonio night air. Art at the Jalapeno is a local grass roots art event we hold the First Friday of every month to celebrate the deep culture of Art and Music in the San Antonio Area.
84 pages - April 2010 Now shipping 8 times per year, with 16 color pages each issue! "Cat People" claw their way into BACK ISSUE #40 (84 pages with color, $7.95), as Catwoman's Bronze Age good kitty/bad kitty conversion is explored, as are the histories of Spider-Man's love-hate interest Black Cat, Patsy Walker—Hellcat, Vixen, Atlas Comics' cat-heroes Tiger-Man and Cougar, Marvel's kung fu-fightin' White Tiger and the Sons of the Tiger, and comics' punchiest pussycat, Wildcat! Plus: Thundercats, Josie and the Pussycats, the little-known movie superhero Pumaman, and a bonus beast, the Badger! With art by and/or commentary from BRIAN BOLLAND, ALAN BRENNERT, ERNIE COLON, GERRY CONWAY, STEVE DITKO, STAN GOLDBERG, PAUL LEVITZ, AL MILGROM, Mystery Science Theater 3000's MIKE NELSON, KEITH POLLARD, and more. All under a Catwoman cover purrrrfectly produced by JOE STATON and FREDDY LOPEZ, JR.! Edited by MICHAEL EURY.
Dragon's Lair is an Official Participating Site for 24 Hour Comics Day! This is an amazing creative challenge - create 24 consecutive comic book pages in 24 consecutive hours! The event takes place on Saturday, October 18, 2008 beginning at 10 a.m. and ends on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 10 a.m. - and Dragon's Lair will stay open for the duration, and probably have a few other events for other night-owls. 24 Hour Comics Day is an annual challenge for cartoonists to produce a 24-page comic book written, drawn, and completed in 24 consecutive hours. ComicsPRO, the comic book specialty retailer trade organization, recently assumed the organizational reins for 24HCD with the enthusiastic endorsement of the event's founder, Nat Gertler, publisher of About Comics. Over the years, the 24 Hour comic book challenge has thwarted and rewarded such comics luminaries as Scott McCloud, Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Eastman and many others. On 24 Hour Comics Day, creators of all ages and levels of skill and experience gather at one of the participating sites to encourage each other in completing this creative comics marathon. Dragon's Lair is looking forward to seeing some of our own artists come out and give this a try - come by and try your hand at this challenge or just cheer on those brave souls putting their artistic wills to the test! Dragon's Lair is on the corner of Medical and Fredricksburg... For more info, contact the San Antonio Store: 7959 Fredericksburg Rd # 129 San Antonio, TX 78229 (210)615-1229 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Face Upon The Floor
Something to kick off the Memorial Day Weekend.. A poem of an artist in love.. Art by Jack Davis. Originally published in Mad 10 (Apr 1954) by E.C. THE FACE UPON THE (BARROOM) FLOOR -Hugh Antoine d'Arcy
'Twas a balmy summer evening, and a goodly crowd was there. Which well-nigh filled Joe's bar-room on the corner of the square; And as songs and witty stories came through the open door, A vagabond crept slowly in and posed upon the floor. "Where did it come from?" someone said, "The wind has blown it in." "What does it want?" another cried. "Some whisky, rum or gin?" "Here, Toby, sic him, if your stomach's equal to the work - I wouldn't touch him with a fork, he's as filthy as a Turk." This badinage the poor wretch took with stoical good grace; In fact, he smiled as though he thought he'd struck the proper place. "Come, boys, I know there's burly hearts among so good a crowd To be in such good company would make a deacon proud." "Give me a drink -- that's what I want -- I'm out of funds, you know; When I had cash to treat the gang, this hand was never slow. What? You laugh as though you thought this pocket never held a sou! I once was fixed as well, my boys, as anyone of you." "There, thanks; that's braced me nicely! God bless you one and all! Next time I pass this good saloon, I'll make another call. Give you a song? No, I can't do that, my singing days are past; My voice is cracked, my throat's worn out, and my lungs are going fast." "Say! Give me another whisky, and I'll tell you what I'll do I'll tell you a funny story, and a fact, I promise, too. That I was ever a decent man not one of you would think; But I was, some four or five years back. Say, give me another drink." "Fill her up, Joe, I want to put some life into my frame -- Such little drinks to a bum like me are miserably tame; Five fingers -- there, that's the scheme - and corking whisky, too. Well, here's luck, boys! and, landlord, my best regards to you!" "You've treated me pretty kindly, and I'd like to tell you how I came to be the dirty sot you see before you now. As I told you, once I was a man, with muscle, frame and health, And, but for a blunder, ought to have made considerable wealth." "I was a painter -- not one that daubed on bricks and wood But an artist, and, for my age, was rated pretty good. I worked hard at my canvas and was bidding fair to rise, For gradually I saw the star of fame before my eyes." "I made a picture, perhaps you've seen, 'tis called the 'Chase of Fame.' It brought me fifteen hundred pounds and added to my name. And then I met a woman -- now comes the funny part -- With eyes that petrified my brain, and sunk into my heart." "Why don't you laugh? 'Tis funny that the vagabond you see Could ever love a woman and expect her love for me; But 'twas so, and for a month or two her smiles were freely given, And when her loving lips touched mine it carried me to heaven." "Did you ever see a woman for whom your soul you'd give, With a form like the Milo Venus, too beautiful to live; With eyes that would beat the Koh-i-noor, and a wealth of chestnut hair? If so, 'twas she, for there never was another half so fair." "I was working on a portrait, one afternoon in May, Of a fair-haired boy, a friend of mine, who lived across the way, And Madeleine admired it, and, much to my surprise, Said that she'd like to know the man that had such dreamy eyes." "It didn't take long to know him, and before the month had flown My friend had stolen my darling, and I was left alone; And, ere a year of misery had passed above my head, The jewel I had treasured so had tarnished, and was dead." "That's why I took to drink, boys. Why, I never saw you smile! I thought you'd be amused, and laughing all the while. Why, what's the matter, friend? There's a teardrop in your eye, Come, laugh, like me; 'tis only babies and women that should cry." "Say, boys, if you give me just another whisky, I'll be glad, And I'll draw right here a picture of the face that drove me mad. Give me that piece of chalk with which you mark the baseball score -- You shall see the lovely Madeleine upon the bar-room floor." Another drink, and with chalk in hand the vagabond began To sketch a face that well might buy the soul of any man. Then, as he placed another lock upon the shapely head, With a fearful shriek, he leaped and fell across the picture -- dead.A.N.A. Comics 2010 Swimsuit Special #1: 
Something fun with the Swimsuit issue is that it will not only feature characters exclusively from A.N.A. Comics but it will be illustrations of MEN and Women. We should almost call it out Summer Celebration issue. It will be so much more than 32 pages of the usual bikini clad babes we usually see. This book will shine with the imagination and fun that is A.N.A. Comics. Even better A.N.A. Comics is looking to share in this fun with other Indy artists out there, giving them deserved exposure for their work. The icing is that it all goes to benefit a great cause!
2010 Spring Anthology:
Also coming in 2010 from A.N.A. Comics is a fun Spring Anthology set to feature some of the rich talent we have in Indy Comics. Scheduled to print in Late March to April of 2010 is A.N.A. Comics Presents: We're Indy! Currently we are looking over what we have and deciding if there is any more room for more stories.
There is still room however for you if you wanted to purchase ad space for the book. $25 is all it costs for a full page Advertisement in the book. Email: business[at]anacomics.com if you are looking for details on ad space.
So what do you think?? I'll be hanging out there showing off some new art so come join the fun! -Freddy
Head on over to his site for the scene description, character info and all the rules... blogs.myspace.com/omniuniverse Have Fun!! -Freddy
