Just finished up some more Sketch card commission’s. One of which has to be the strangest character request ever for me….Karl from “Slingblade” , weird pick but a fun exercise for me to draw outside of my normal genre. Check it out …
Also tickets are selling like mad for the Project bookbabe event so DON’T hesitate get your membership immediately and remember ALL proceeds go to Faith’s treatment. And for those of you who already have a membership to the event and you want a “sketch for donations” art-piece from any of the Artists feel free to contact me at Ben@skulljammer.com and we’ll make sure to have your piece ready at the event!
And two new awesome guests have been added, Shannon Denton and Dean Lorey check below for all the details!!!
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Faith Hochhalter, aka “the Book Babe” has been in the book industry for over 10 years. She has worked as a children’s book buyer and as a booking agent specializing in setting up school visits for authors, and she is the sweetest most supportive friend I’ve ever come by.
But Recently however Faith was diagnosed with Stage three Breast cancer. And I along with Faith’s other very talented and caring friends want to give back and help Faith through her treatment. Thus “Project Book Babe” was cooked up.
WHEN: Saturday, April 4th 2009 2:00PM to 5:00PM
WHERE: Marcos de Niza High School Auditorium
6000 S. Lakeshore Dr.
Tempe, AZ 85283
Marcos de Niza is only the venue. Please do not contact the school for information about this event or to register.
WHAT:
The event will feature a panel with 11 popular youth and teen authors, Sketches for Donations from 5 Professional Artist/Illustrators, plus two solo acoustic musical performers, who are joining together to raise funds for a friend with breast cancer.
AUTHORS:
Frank Beddor (The Looking Glass Wars series)
Chris Gall (There’s Nothing to Do on Mars, Dear Fish, Dinotrux)
P.J. Haarsma (The Softwire series)
Shannon Hale (The Princess Academy, The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days)
J.S. Lewis (The Revenge of the Shadow King, Rise of the Black Wolf, Fall of the Templar)
Stephenie Meyer (Twilight saga)
Brandon Mull (Fablehaven series)
James A. Owen (Here, There Be Dragons, Search for the Red Dragon, The Indigo King)
Janette Rallison (Just One Wish, My Fair Godmother, It’s A Mall World After All)
Laini Taylor (Faeries of Dreamdark series, Lips Touch)
Dean Lorey (Nightmare Academy series)
ARTIST/ILLUSTRATORS:
Tony Parker- www.tonyparkerart.com
Tony Parker is an illustrator who resides in Phoenix, Arizona. His work has been published in over 100 books, 130 TCG cards and a series of book covers. His clients have included, but are not limited to, the following companies: Games Workshop, Black Libraries, Penny Farthing Press, Green Ronin, Sabertooth Games, Mongoose Publishing, and Steve Jackson Games.
Scott Godlewski -scottygod.blogspot.com
Scott Godlewski is the writer/artist and creator of “Mysterious Adventure Magazine” “the Green Ghost” and other classic two-fisted Comics.
Terry Tibke- http://moonshaft.deviantart.com/
Terry Tibke is the Writer Artist and creator of the upcoming novel “Armageddon: The Battle of Darkening Skies” first in a four part series which also has a trading card game in the works, Terry was also an animator for FatCat Animation, working on such features as Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron and Eight Crazy Nights.
Benjamin Glendenning - www.skulljammer.com
Benjamin is the writer/artist and creator of such independent comics as “skulljammer”, “Superworld Presents” and “Tin-Star Tex” and has worked for several comic publishers such as Image comics, Devils Due publications, Arcana comics and Angel gate Press. Benjamin is also a longtime sketch card artist contributing to such sets as Marvel Masterpieces, The spirit movie, Fantastic Four archives, X-men Origins: Wolverine, and X-men Archives.
Shannon Eric Denton - www.Shannondenton.com
is a veteran storyteller and artist with credits at Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., Jerry Bruckheimer Films, NBC, Disney, Sony, ToyBiz, Marvel Entertainment, FoxKids, Paramount, CBS, Dimension Films, DC Comics and Nickelodeon.
He was a storyboard artist on the OSCAR NOMINATED feature “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” and directed the original commercial animations for the movie. He has written for Cartoon Network and worked in live action on shows like LAS VEGAS, and his projects have been featured in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
From 1995-1999 Shannon contributed to the design and development of almost every animated action adventure show produced by the Fox Kids Network, including “X-Men”, “Spider-Man” and the Annie nominated “Silver Surfer” series, as well as doing comic work for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Image. After 1999 he worked on a wide range of projects such as “Osmosis Jones”,”Dan Dare”, “Danny Phantom”, “Teen Titans”, “He-Man”, “Teenage Ninja Turtles” and more. Shannon is featured in a section of the book Toon Art: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning and contributed to the cover art.
Shannon is co-founder of the online website KOMIKWERKS, which has partnered with AOL and comics legend Stan Lee. Komikwerks has also launched a new line of illustrated children’s action books under the ACTIONOPOLIS imprint.
Shannon is currently an editor for DC comics/WildStorm and writing and producing on the animated series WORLD OF QUEST for Warner Bros. as well as working for publishers TOKYOPOP, Desperado Publishing, AiT/Planet Lar, and Image Comics on his creator owned titles.
MUSICAL GUESTS:
Adam Kump- from Phoenix, AZ.
Adam Watts of the Adam Watts Band- from Orange County, CA.
REGISTRATION:
The prices below are for a single admission. There are no group discounts. Registration is non-refundable.
Bronze Member - $25: Admission to the event with seating in the back of the auditorium, signed paperback from either Frank Beddor, P.J. Haarsma, Shannon Hale, J.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, James Owen, or Janette Rallison*
Silver Member - $50: Admission to the event with seating in front of the bronze member seats, a signed paperback from either Frank Beddor, P.J. Haarsma, Shannon Hale, J.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, James Owen, or Janette Rallison*, and a commemorative poster signed by all 10 participating authors
Gold Member - $100: Admission with seating in front of the silver member seats, a signed paperback from either Frank Beddor, P.J. Haarsma, Shannon Hale, J.S. Lewis, Brandon Mull, James Owen, or Janette Rallison*, a commemorative poster signed by all 10 participating authors, and a signed hardcover book from Stephenie Meyer**
Platinum Member - SOLD OUT!
*Excluding Stephenie Meyer and Chris Gall. Books are given out at random and cannot be exchanged.
**Titles by Stephenie Meyer are handed out at random and cannot be exchanged.
***One book from each of the 10 authors is guaranteed; however, particular titles cannot be requested.
Particular titles may not be requested at any membership stage.
Registration is online only and will start at 9:00 AM Arizona time on Tuesday, March 17th right here at www.projectbookbabe.com. Registration is not available through Marcos de Niza High School: they are simply the venue where the benefit is being held.
IMPORTANT NOTE - THIS IS NOT A SIGNING EVENT!
The Platinum Member package includes an invitation-only reception and signed books from each of the 10 authors, which they will personalize at the reception.
Questions or problems, please contact info@projectbookbabe.com.
