The Clorox® Company is partnering with award-winning writer, comedian and mom, Carol Leifer, who has written for shows such as Modern Family and Seinfeld, to launch the Clorox® Ick-tionary, a wiki-style dictionary of everyday ick that parents everywhere and others are all-too familiar with.
I was asked to illustrate in the project and devise sketches based on the concepts and word usage. Once approved, I created the final vector illustrations to showcase the ick. The words I have Illustrated so far are Ranch Guessing, Air-traffic Control, and Oh-Sol-Me-ato.
This is really a amazing and fun project and I’m happy to be a part of it. It’s also great to say I’ve done freelance work for Clorox, a very recognizable brand.
Be sure to check out more of my portfolio here: http://www.behance.net/CarolynBelefski
Join Curls Studio at their Artist Alley table (#223) and the three panels Carolyn and Joe will be appearing on at Awesome Con DC. All the action will be happening April 20-21 at the DC Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place, NW).
There are a ton of excellent programming events as well as celebrity guests including Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Billy West (Futurama, Ren & Stimpy, Doug, Looney Tunes), Phil LaMarr (Ghostbusters, MADtv, Pee-wee’s Playhouse stage show), and Theodus Crane (The Walking Dead).
Tickets are available here: http://awesomecondc.com/tickets/
AWESOME CON SHOW HOURS
Saturday, April 20, 2013 10AM-7PM
Sunday, April 21, 2013 10AM-5PM
Chronicling the unconventional history of our nation’s capital, District Comics has won numerous awards and has received critical acclaim across the U.S. Join the writers and artist who came together to honor our favorite city during this Q and A panel moderated by ComicsDC’s Mike Rhode. Panelists include Troy-Jeffrey Allen, Rafer Roberts, Andrew Cohen, Jacob Warrenfeltz, and Carolyn Belefski.
Room 102B
PRO WRESTLING TODAY: HOW WE’D BOOK IT
How would some of Awesome Con’s guests (Including DC101’s Mike Jones & Astray Productions’s Joe Carabeo) have written some of wrestling’s biggest storylines? We will also discuss current storylines with the audience.
Sunday, April 21, 2013 – 2PM
Room 102A
CAROLYN & JOE SHOW: LIVE PODCAST RECORDING
The brainchild of mad scientist cartoonist Carolyn Belefski and Astray Productions film director Joe Carabeo; created to fight the oncoming apocalypse one deadly word at time. With special guest Theo Crane from The Walking Dead! (Photo credit: Gene Page/AMC)
Hope to see you there!
Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo of Curls Studio will be appearing at ComicKey!, a family-friendly comic adventure at the Annapolis Book Festival at Key School (534 Hillsmere Drive in Annapolis, MD 21403) on April 13, 2013 from 10AM to 3:30PM. We will be located in Artist Alley – Manse Addition in Room 2.
There will be many activities in the room as well as throughout the entire festival. Some of the exhibitors include Charles Paul Wilson III (The Stuff of Legend), Charles Dowd, Awesome Con D.C., Steve Conley (Bloop), K. Michael Crawford, Th3rd World Studios, Dan Nokes, and more.
The Annapolis Book Festival is known for featuring top fiction and non-fiction authors, year after year. There will be science demonstrations, balloons, magic, live music, seminars on how to create your own superhero, a discussion on the history of comics with Third Eye Comics, and more. If you are an American Girl fan, you can meet author Kathleen Ernst at the festival too.
This event looks like so much fun! We can’t wait to meet you there. For more information, visit: http://www.keyschool.org/community/annapolis-book-festival/childrens-activities/index.aspx
Troy-Jeffrey Allen invited Marcus Dowling, Joe Carabeo, and myself to be guests on his podcast, The Menagerie of Kick-Assery.
For their 100th episode the theme was WrestleMania. Take a listen at http://wearemoka.blogspot.com/2013/04/mokasst-100.html?m=0.
And if you enjoyed this podcast, please check out Joe and I’s podcast, The Carolyn & Joe Show. Our guest this week is comic book artist and podcaster Matt Rawson, who is also a contributor in Magic Bullet #6. Look for us on Stitcher Radio and iTunes.
Be sure to listen to the MOKA podcast during the month of April. Many of their guests will be Magic Bullet contributors. Thank you MOKA for supporting the Magic Bullet crew as well as advertising in Magic Bullet #6.
This past Saturday, March 30, 2013, Curls Studio exhibited for the third time at Asbury Park Comic Con. This show tripled in size, attendance, and hype as the organizers took it to a higher level. For one thing, the two previous events were held at Asbury Lanes, a bowling alley, just a short walk from the boardwalk. This time around they held the con at the legendary Asbury Park Convention center, directly on the ocean and boardwalk. It was a nice day despite some wind and everyone was very happy and cheerful. It was a good crowd.
There were two levels of exhibitors: one was the main hall and the other was upstairs which was similar to an “Artist’s Alley” with the artists lined up along the parameter of the venue on the second floor. This is where Curls Studio was set-up. One thing the organizers could have done in advance was tell us we would be located here as the venue did not have an elevator and the exhibitors had to walk up the stadium stairs with their table displays and merchandise. I wish they provided a map in the program guide so I could be able to find some artists I missed. Yes, it was a big enough show to miss people’s tables. I have noticed with each Asbury Park Comic Con that the promoters have upped the ante and increased the quality of the show each time with steady growth – already looking forward to the next show.
Another addition this year was the addition of panel discussions. The panels were located at Wonder Bar, just a simple walk across the street from the convention center. I broke away from the table to attend the first 20 minutes of the Al Jaffee discussion. This dude is 92 years old and can kick it better than people my own age. He is an amazing storyteller in addition to doing some amazing work for MAD magazine. I was glad to be able to see him.
The view from our table was amazing. I didn’t ever dream or think of ever exhibiting comics directly over the Atlantic Ocean! It was also sweet to table in-between Jim Coon and Dave Bullock. We were also able to distribute Magic Bullet #6 to many people – already receiving many compliments about the publication and it was great to be able to expand up north in distribution.
After the show we had a nice Mexican dinner with Rafer Roberts, Jacob Warrenfeltz, and the FUBAR comics crew then headed back home to get ready for Easter the following morning.
You can check out more photos of Asbury Comic Con 3 on the Curls Studio Facebook page. Give us a “Like” while you are there!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Curls Studio table. We hope to see you again soon!