ACC ARTISTS!!!
ARTISTS COMIC COLLECTIVE
Free Isabelo
Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii
ACC Member location: A member of the Las Vegas, Nevada branch
Education: Life and comics
Favorite hero: MAGNETO!!!
Comic book Influences: Jim Lee, Scott Clark, Whilce Portacio, Joe Mad!, J. Scott Campbell, Marc Silvestri, Neal Adams, Alex Ross, Todd McFarlane, Norman Rockwell.
Favorite era of comics: Current Era. I like that independent artists have a voice in the industry now that the internet connects us all.
What is your company name and how can people get in touch with you: I was a pencil monkey for ONWARD! Comics for about a year (2012-2013) and decided to create my own company with my vision and structure. So, I created LFDF (Live Free Die Free) Comics to produce my work and help new creators get their work out there.
Favorite comic con memory: I have had so many Con memories that I seriously can't pinpoint one event. I enjoy talking to people and meeting new artists and I do that at EVERY event!
BIO: Free Isabelo has worked in the comic book industry for a short time but has made an impact on the Hawaii and Las Vegas comic scene. His dynamic style has been compared to the 90's style of comic book art. Free has won multiple art contests and has hundreds of people walking around with his art on their skin. In addition to his tattoo work and countless pin-ups, Free Isabelo has always supported the comic book community. He created the ACC (Artist Comic Collective) to inspire new artist in finding other artist to collaborate and create. As a founding member of the ACC, Free has helped new artist develop into working artists. Free Isabelo helps run the weekly meet-up with local artists in Las Vegas at Comic Oasis (LV). Free soon took over the promotional role. The ACC went from 6 members to 60+ local members and over 120 members nationally and internationally. Free is known to do free sketches for Critical Care Comics (a non-profit org.) and Ronald McDonald House for children, teens, and all comic book fans!!!
Other Info:
- Owner of LIVE FREE DIE FREE (LFDF Comics)
– Artists Comic Collective (ACC) founding member
– Tattoo designer
– RAW artist (RAW is a nationwide art show event)
– Live Free Die Free clothing and design
- Worked for the Art Department of an NBC show in 2004 titled
jaysavage@blacklinecomics.com
EDUCATION:
The Art Institute of Las Vegas 2010 Game Art & Design
The Art Institute of Colorado 1996 Visual Communications
Jay is 38 years old and lives in Las Vegas Nevada. He has completed projects in various industries ranging from Comic Books, to Video Games, and Film.Possessing over 18 years experience in all aspects of creating and publishing comics. Jay is also the founder of Blackline Comics, an independent publishing company, and Creative Director of Self Publisher! Magazine. Jay has helped many creators over the past decade achieve their creative goals.
Skills: penciling, inking, coloring, painting,
and Graphic Design
Jay has helped many creators over the past decade achieve their creative goals.
Jay Savage
Brice Gielgens
Brice Gielgens is one of the most energetic and talented artists in the Artists Comic Collective!!! Brice has been a featured artist at many conventions and pop culture expos. His distinct style is what makes this artist so sought after in the eclectic art community.
Brice and his better half (Kit Kendall) moved to Utah from Las Vegas and started the Utah chapter of the ACC. the SUU/ACC is a greatly successful artist group on the Southern Utah University campus. With the tireless effort of Kit & Brice at the ACC Utah helm they can only get bigger and better!
Brice is also an accomplished drummer and has been in a wicked awesome ska band!!!
contact info coming soon!
Will Egli
Born and raised in Hawaii on the Big Island under the raging lava flows of the volcano came the artist known as Will Egli dubbed 'Surftiki'. He has started a trek of art mastery in 2005 after getting a bit burnt out on working every night at the Broadway show Mamma Mia (one can only take so much ABBA) he thought about a career in art, a passion of his since childhood build scale models. Will attended 4 years of college at Lassen in northern California; soon after he moved back to Las Vegas finding himself a part of the ACC; soon after and inking projects like Dirge of Viqdis #1 and Cybernetic Man #1 along with many prints and promo pieces for various companies. The future of Will 'Surftiki' Egli looks bright with the prospects the tiki gods have laid before his path.
Will is a diehard surfer and swimmer, loving the outdoors. He has worked as a stagehand in Las Vegas doing movies, stage and conventions for the past 10 years. A passion in photograph has resulted in companies like SOTA toys noticing his work along with Sculptors and painters in the field.
-Awards and Shows:
-2013 Alternate Reality Comic Gallery show - Cover Recreation
-2012 Dick Blick show as featured artist for the month of June
-2011 Club-Street Fighter coloring contest - 3rd place
-2011 Watercolor-artists Valentine - 1st & 2nd
-Memberships and clubs:
Las Vegas Artists Comic Collective (ACC Las Vegas)
Inkwell Awards
Deviant Art Groups and Clubs
I.A.T.S.E. Local 720, Las Vegas, Nv.
The International Thespian Society, Troupe 3784
Contact info coming soon!!!
Name: Ish Ismael Samayoa
Place of birth: Jamaica Queens New York
ACC Member location: A member of the Las Vegas, Nevada branch
Education: Bachelor of Science in animation and multimedia
Favorite hero: it has to be the man of steel, I have loved his stories since I was a kid and still read them to this day, but Aqua man will always be a close second
Comic book Influences: I am very old school by nature so my influences tend to lean toward Jack Kirby, John Romita, Rubenstien, Jack Cole, Arthur Adams, Dick Giordano, Lopez, and Mc Duffie
Favorite era of comics: dc comics after the crisis era, the company was taking their characters and reinvent them in great well thought out stories(well most issues any way hehehe...)
What big company comic book would you like to work on?: I would love to work on a action comedy version of Plastic Man, focusing on the FBI version of the hero tracking down some of DC comics greatest villains( OK maybe one or two of Plas's cheesy villains)
Favorite comic book memory: on Christmas morning at age 13 I came across several stockings that had glittered letters that spelled out my name hanging over a fake fire place. stuffed into each stocking was over a dozen comics! I remember sitting under the Christmas tree a tall mug of hot coco sitting on the coffee table reading the books all through that day, thinking this was the best Christmas ever!
BIO: Ish spent his child hood spending time between being a city boy in New York City half his childhood and being a small town boy living in Easton Pennsylvania. So reading about folks that had two different life styles seemed natural to him. Comic books and art work have always been part of ish's life. From drawing stick figures as a child, to having his mother reading comic books as bed time stories as a child, there was not a time were a comic book was ever far from reach growing up. As the two loves blossomed, so did the the desire to contribute to the lore of comics with my own art. Ish spends his time working on several up coming projects, doing commissions and giving insight and any free time he has to his fellow ACC members.
Harrison Wood
HDUB7.Deviantart.com/
Facebook:TheArtofHarrisonBWood
people can contact me at harrisonwood@hotmail.com or 206-243-0068
Self taught Seattle raised artist who enjoys drawing comics and spending time with my daughter. Credits include gemini Storm 1-8, Anu Nna Ki Mini Series from Thunderfrogcomics.com Woof #2 from Ronin Studios, Creator owned Kat and Dogg web series, and numerous short stories for numerous small press and indy publishers including Hopper comics. early uncredited works include layouts for Justin "Moritat" Norman on numerous projects, including 3rd degree mini Series for NBM publishing. Harrison was the creator and one of the artist of the Thunderfrog Charity Anthology book.
VIVA WONDER WOMAN
Place of birth: PROVO, UTAH
ACC Member location: A member of the Las Vegas, Nevada branch
Education: University Honors and Honors French Bachelor of Arts at Brigham Young University, Summa Cum Laude
Favorite hero: DUH!! Wonder Woman
Comic book Influences: Honestly, my love of superheroes started with Lynda Carter in the 70’s and I have been wearing my underoos ever since!!
Favorite era of comics: The New 52 Wonder Woman is awesome! I love her costume and attitude. It’s nice to take it back to her mythological roots. And I know there has really only been one issue but the Superman/Wonder Woman storyline is nerd heaven for a DC chick! ;)
What is your company name and how can people get in touch with you: Custom Costumes by Viva Wonder Woman, www.vivawonderwoman.com, www.facebook.com/vivawonderwoman, twitter at vivawonderwoman and instagram @vivawonderwoman_costumes
BIO: My cosplay/costuming days started as a young girl when I fell in love with Lynda Carter and Wonder Woman. I wore my Wonder Woman underoos everywhere and I would make my own tiaras and cuffs out of cardboard and tin foil. If you would have asked me back then what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said, “Wonder Woman!” and that’s exactly what I did! Now as an adult I make a living dressing up as Wonder Woman and designing and making superhero costumes. Wearing my costumes I've been featured in Night Club Openings, Celebrity Hostings, Celebrity Product Promotions, Cosplay Photo-shoots, Comic Cons, Vegas Media and more. However, the work I am most proud of is my charity and volunteer service. As Wonder Woman, I visit the elderly in assisted living centers, I read books to kids in Elementary schools, support addiction recovery programs and help with under-privileged children. I am also a proud member of Critical Care Comics, a non-profit organization that takes comic books to kids in Children's Hospitals and Shelters. Find out more at www.criticalcarecomics.org or at www.facebook.com/criticalcarecomics. Finally, I love what I do because as far as I am concerned... EVERYTHING IS BETTER IN COSTUME!! ;)
For more pics please go to the gallery
If you are interested in commissioning a cosplay outfit for you or your children please contact her at...
Custom Costumes by Viva Wonder Woman, www.vivawonderwoman.com
www.facebook.com/vivawonderwoman
twitter at vivawonderwoman
and instagram @vivawonderwoman_costumes
Lonstermash
Place of birth: Los Angeles
ACC Member location: Los Angeles, CA
Education: Bachelors of Science in Physical Therapy
Favorite hero: Rocky Balboa
Comic book Influences: Wolverine, Batman, Spider-Man
Favorite era of comics: Early to mid 80's
What is your company name and how can people get in touch with you:
They can get in touch with me at https://www.facebook.com/Lonstermash
Favorite comic con memory: The first (of what would be many) pictures I took with child fans
Bio: 43 yrs old, born and raised and lived all my life in L.A.. I began cosplaying at Stan Lee's Comikaze in the fall of 2012 after accidentally finding out about this con while I just happened to be walking around San Diego a few months earlier during Comicon----I didn't even know that other cons existed outside of San Diego, at the time. I have since been to more than 10 cons, including SDCC and Dragon Con. Cosplaying has also led to opportunities to get lookalike work as Wolverine, as well as a part in a recent documentary about the X-Men. I've also had the honor of appearing at a children's hospital to entertain the kids, which has been my greatest cosplay moment, and one that I hope to continue doing.
!! ;)
Cillian Cubstead
Place of birth: Las Vegas, NV
ACC Member location: A member of the Las Vegas, Nevada branch
Education: College drop out
Favorite hero: Martian Manhunter
Comic book Influences: Spawn, Todd McFarlane, David Finch, Frank Frazetta, Michael Turner, Marc Silvestri and Gary Frank.
Favorite era of comics: 90's, Spawn, Witchblade, Fathom, and Rising Stars, I just can't get enough.
What is your company name and how can people get in touch with you: Valkyrie Komics, on our facebook page and very soon, the updated website, Valkyriekomics.com
Favorite comic con memory: Wonder Con, our company sold just shy of two hundred issues of our comic Dirge of Viqdis, and that was the first time I realized being in the comic industry wasn't a mistake.
BIO: Cillian Cubstead was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1983. He started drawing Ghost Busters from the couch while watching the show at age four. He started drawing heroes from comics in elementary school and started creating his own heroes for comics in high school. He graduated Chaparral High School in 2002 having special notice from National Art Society and the Thespians Society. After going to Art Institute Los Angeles for a short time he returned to Las Vegas to work on comics. After looking for writers for years with no luck he decided that his theatrical knowledge of writing screen plays could be adapted to comic scripts. In 2010 fellow writer Chris Peterson started Valkyrie Komics in the art studio in Cillian’s mom’s house, which is now his house in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cillian is currently the head artist at Valkyrie Komics and a valuable voice in the Valkyrie Komics Writer’s Room. He pencils the comic “Dirge of Viqdis,” writes the web series “Bunnyhead and the Revenge of the Lost Boys,” and the upcoming comic series “How to be Invincible.” He created all of the current artistic looks for heroes in the Valkyrie Komics line up.
James Stone
POB: Las Vegas, NV
ACC Membership Location: LV, NV
Education: Highschool
Comic book influences: Jim Lee, Scott McDaniel, Mike Turner, Kirby, Scott Clark, Erik Larsen, Mike Weiringo and many many many more!
Favorite Era: I’ve enjoyed/disliked all the eras that I’ve read from Golden Age to Modern Age, & many from the Silver Age and Indie Boom as well, for me it’s really up to the artist first and foremost.
Contact info: IMMORTAL SAMURAI COMICS www.immortalsamurai.com www.jamesleestone.deviantart.com www.twitter.com/JamesLeeStone http://www.youtube.com/shogunroninartist
Favorite Comic Memory: There’s no “one story” that really “moved me” like some folksBut for me my favorite memory so far is publishing my first book. That was a huge milestone of an achievement for me and while it’s not my best work it helped give me that push I needed to continue on with bigger and better projects.
Kit
Name: Kit
Place of birth: Good ol’ Nevada
ACC Member location: A member of the Las Vegas, Nevada branch and Vice President of the Utah branch.
Education: Graduating with a Bachelor’s in Theatre with a concentration in Acting and a minor in Painting/Drawing/Printmaking in May 2014. I applied for an MFA in Arts Administration, I hope to be accepted and will start fall 2014.
Favorite hero: Doctor Strange.
Comic book influences: I have been reading Saga and Kiss Me Satan lately; both have gorgeous art styles that keep my eyes pleased while the story keeps me interested.
Favorite era of comics: Here and now. I am a modernist at heart; I love that as artists we are able to create and tell any tale we please. We can time travel with our stories and the possibilities are endless.
What is your company name and how can people get in touch with you: Harley’s Headquarters is my cosplay name. You can find me at facebook.com/HarleysHQ or email me at Kit@Nerdlocker.com
Favorite comic con memory: Comikaze 2012, hands down. It was the first convention that Brice had an artist alley table and we were able to spend the entire weekend with our ACC crew.
BIO: I am always a busy bee. As well as being a member of the ACC, I am also a member of the Very Awesome Girls (Las Vegas). I am passionate about being involved in the arts community and helping others around me. I also write comic book reviews for Nerdlocker.com and I am currently the production manager for a comic book called Dirty Rain.
I have been acting for eight years and have been an art-appreciator for as long as I can remember. It has only been recent that I decided to take a try with the studio arts and I have been drawing for 7 months now; although, I have been a creative ever since I could pick up a crayon. Whether it is sewing, painting, or crafting, I love creating. I hope to one day create a gallery where performing and studio arts combine.
When I'm not busy sewing for the next convention, my hobbies include reading, Heroclix, cross-stich, and hula-hooping.
For more info or commission work plese contact Kit at...
Facebook.com/HarleysHQ
email: Kit@Nerdlocker.com
Justin Gloyd
Place of birth: Las Vegas, NV
ACC Member location: Las Vegas, NV
Education: High school and some college
Favorite hero: Mickey Mouse, Batman, Hellboy
Comic book Influences: Doug TenNapel, Jhonen Vasquez, Mike Mignola, Walt Disney, Charles Schulz
Favorite era of comics: Favorites aren't really by era, but there's nothing I love more than finding good underground/indie comics!
BIO: Justin Gloyd is an artist/cartoonist/writer currently residing in his hometown of Las Vegas, NV in the United States. He has always drawn and created characters with a spark and life to them since he could remember picking up a pencil. He has wanted nothing more than to create for a living, whether it be for cartoons, comics, fine art, games, movies, shows, etc. He thrives in conceptual designing with speed and creativity as his main advantages. He also conceptualizes and develops stories, scripts, and storyboards at an efficient rate, making him a valuable asset to any creative team. (All of these skills are probably the result of doodling while watching too much Dexter’s Laboratory/Ninja Turtles and reading too many comics.) He has done commission work, as well as designing promotion and album artwork for local musicians, including BeLikeMax.com and BobbyMeaderMusic.com.
Contact Info: GLoYDVeRSe
Website: www.gloydverse.com
Portfolio: www.justingloyd.com
Email: contact@gloydverse.com
facebook.com/gloydverse
twitter.com/gloydverse
gloydverse.tumblr.com
mastergloyd.deviantart.com
for more artist info and artists projects go to
thunderfrogstudios.com
Jeremy Lassner
Place of birth: Udorn Thani, Thailand
ACC Member location: A member of the Las Vegas, Nevada branch
Education: Art Institute of Las Vegas, ITT Tech of Las Vegas, but mostly self taught in the ways of Art Fu
Favorite hero: Silver Surfer
Comic book Influences: This may take a while. Jim Lee, Adam Hughes, Claudio Castellini, Scott Clark, Whilce Portacio, Frank Cho, Joe Mad!, J. Scott Campbell, Marc Silvestri, Travis Charest, Tim Vigil, John Buscema, Neal Adams, Alex Ross, Todd McFarlane. And then the non comic influences....Drew Struzan, Luis Royo, Dan Luvisi, Norman Rockwell, Boris Vallejo, Glenn Keane, Chris Sanders, Brianna Garcia.
Favorite era of comics: I would have to say the "Modern Age" of comics. I really started off collecting comics because of Jim Lee, and Todd McFarlane, and they started penciling comics in the late 80's, though I started collecting in '91 when X-Men #1 came out.
What is your company name and how can people get in touch with you: While I do not have a company of my own yet, I work for two local companies. I started out editing books and doing concept work for Onward! Comics, and now I am also working for LFDF (Live Free Die Free) Comics as an inker and soon may even be collaborating on a book in which I will be penciling.
Favorite comic con memory: WonderCon Anaheim 2013 hands down...it's my first major con I was a "Professional" at. I didn't table at it, but I met soooo many of my favorite artists and Hollywood stars, but it was the company I had with me that made it so memorable, driving to and from the con...ahem (Free, Adam, Jasmine, and Mike).
BIO: Was an Air Force brat, so moved around alot. Took up drawing to enter contests in grade school, ended up winning most of the time. Stopped for a while, then started back up when I started collecting comics in '91. I guess I can blame Jim Lee for getting me into comics and art. Getting most of my education from just copying out of comics, I still tried my hand at art school. Wanted to try my hand at the fine arts (ie...painting, animation, concept art). Had fun, learned a lot from my life drawing, and a few other classess. Wasted time (and money) at ITT Tech. Then the Maximum League of Aspiring Artists came around and got me back into comic art again. The Artist Comic Collective is where I got in to creating and collaborating with other artists and writers.
1st ACC table at the Clark County Comic Book Festival (Las Vegas)
