News and Notes, February Edition

Should I say something about Leap Day here? Or about how I haven't blogged since the last News and Notes? NOWAI!!! That's lame.

•  In the must have missed it category: Chris Tupa has a new mini-comic out. Perfect for kids!
• The Poopsheet Foundation reviews Candy or Medicine Vol. 16.
• Hic & Hoc Publications gives Candy or Medicine Vol. 16 a shout out on tumblr.
• Speaking of Hic & Hoc, Emi Gennis is editing an anthology of theirs about unsolved mysteries. See the call for submissions here.
• Optical Sloth reviews Sam Spina's Grandma Stories.
• You'll find Emi Gennis and Noah Van Sciver on The Comics Journal's Top 30 Minicomics of 2011.
• Kyle Nolan made a new mini, titled Bed Bug #1.
• Sam Spina and Noah Van Sciver did some jams with Lonnie Allen.

News and Notes, January Edition

• William Cardini has some cool stuff going on, as usual
• Tyler Stafford covers The Brave and the Bold 177
• Rob Clough reviews Rob Jackson
• Thirteen Minutes reviews Noah Van Sciver
• Steven Myers reviews Candy or Medicine Vol. 16
• JB Sapienza wins The Eric Shonborn Year End of the Year Award

Volume Sixteen Out Now

Candy or Medicine Volume Sixteen is on sale now! There's a lot of awesomeness in this issue, starting off with an awesome cover by Emi Gennis as well as 14 equally as awesome pages by Nate McDonough, Harry Nordlinger, Jim Gullet, Andy Nukes and Robert Dayton. We laugh in the face of the rising price of commodities and still offer this amazing issue for the cost of just one measly dollar!

Call for Submissions

From Mr. Bobby Mono:

TOO MANY GOD DAMN DRACULAS


For 2012 I'd like to do a new vampire themed anthology entitled "Too Many Damn Draculas". So I will be looking for a bunch of awesome humor-oriented comics about Dracula or Vampires, and if it's not too much to ask....the punchline should be a take off of the phrase "Too Many God Damn Draculas."  I'm looking for some cover art and illustrations, and if you're not an ace in the writing
department, I have several ideas for scripts that I'd like to see but don't have the wherewithal to accomplish.

So here are the project guidelines:

The art should fit on a A5 size sheet of paper (aka 5.5" x 8.5" or 148 x 210 mm)
Grayscale or B&W
300 or 600 dpi in jpeg or psd format
Deadline-----No hard deadline yet but we'll say early May.

And you can send your beautiful Draculastrations to or forward your beautiful Draculaquestions to: bobbymono@gmail.com

Thanks,

Bobby Mono

News and Notes, December Edition

Sorry for a lack of updates. I've had a lot going on recently. I'm hoping to have a best of 2011 list and some previews of Volume Sixteen up soon. Anyway, here's what happened in December:

• Noah Van Sciver covers That Salty Air and shows some pages of The Hypo
• Josh Bayer and Pat Aulisio cover Defenders 80
• William Cardini has a new comic out, which is reviewed by Optical Sloth
• Rob Clough reviews Jason Viola & Sam Spina
• Patt Kelley covers Silver Surfer 8
• Finally, Kyle Nolan shows off his Candy or Medicine shirt!

Candy or Medicine Volume Sixteen Lineup

With Christmas and some unused vacation days, I'm going to have five extra days off in the next three weeks. My goal is to get Candy or Medicine Volume Sixteen ready for publication in January. To whet your appetite, here is the contributor line up and a first look at the cover, by the wonderful Emi Gennis.

• Cover- Emi Gennis
• Nate McDonough (four pages)
• Harry Nordlinger (three pages)
• Jim Gullet (five pages)
• Andy Nukes (one page)
• Robert Dayton (one page)

News and Notes, November Edition

Sorry about the lack of updates lately. It's been slow in the Candy or Medicine world. But look for a new issue by the end of the year! Anyhoo, here's what occurred in November:

• Emi Gennis was featured in Red Flag Magazine.
• Noah Van Sciver presents a recap of MIX and some pages from his forthcoming graphic novel The Hypo.
• William Cardini aka Mark Hensel has some cool stuff going on.
• Rob Clough reviews Sam Spina's Spinadoodles: The Second Year.

Shonen Jump

Mad props to Ray N for the shout out in Shonen Jump this month! And congrats for being featured in this issue. That's huge! It has a circulation of nearly 200,000!

News and Notes, October Edition

Apologies again for being late on this, and for not having a Mini-Comic a Month Challenge up for the second time in a row. I got sick twice in October, went out of town, had some personal stuff going on and was busy making t-shirts. So blogging hasn't really been on the top of my mind, y'know? Anyhoo, here's what's been going on.

• Rob Clough reviews Kyle Nolan's Brain Dead Phylum.
• There's been a lot going on in the world of Noah Van Sciver lately (such as appearing in MAD Magazine), so I'll just straight up link to his blog.
• Sam Spina has released his Xeric-winning comic Fight and his non Xeric-winning comic Spinadoodles Year Two. Both are most excellent, and the Year Two book has a comic with me in it! Also, Denver's Westword newspaper interviewed Sam.
• Here's an interview with Nick Marino.

Getcher Candy or Medicine T-shirts Right Here

 

 

T-shirts are on sale now for $8 plus $2 $3 shipping in the U.S. UPDATE: It turns out shipping is more than I thought. Sorry about that! (Note: if you are international, shipping will be more. Also, 2XL and 3XL cost $10 plus shipping because the shirts are more expensive). If you don't have paypal, e-mail me at info (at) candyormedicine (dot) com to order via snail mail.

If you need a size not listed  below (what's up, kids sizes?), then just e-mail me. I've listed pretty much every color of shirt I can get my hands on, and you can choose from white or black ink. I have other colors of ink (blue, red, yellow), so if you want to be a pain in the ass another color, let me know (yellow on blue might look cool). Please give me a week or so to ship these as I'm doing them in batches and sometimes I have other things come up (stuff with the kids, illness, work, etc). Please note that women's sizes are only available in the following colors: white, black, red and pink.

Finally, the artist behind these awesome shirts is Mr. William Cardini, who will be receiving a portion of every sale. So make sure you show him some love too and buy his comix.

Sizes

S $8.00 M $8.00 L $8.00 XL $8.00 2 XL $10.00 3 XL $10.00 Women S $8.00 Women M $8.00 Women L $8.00 Women XL $8.00

Ink Color

Black White

Shirt Color

White Black Blue (not available in women's size) Dark Blue (not available in women's size) Light Green (not available in women's size) Dark Green (not available in women's size) Yellow (not available in women's size) Red Brown (not available in women's size) Pink

Shirts on Sale Soon

Here's a sneak peak at a white on black shirt. I'm going to print some other color combos tonight. I should have these up for sale in a day or two. You get to choose your ink and shirt colors! (Better act quick before I determine that to be too much of a pain in the ass!). They will be $10 shipped. I might have some cheaper ones ($8 shipped) if you don't mind a thrift store shirt.

(Super Late) News and Notes, September Edition

Sorry about the delay, but real life has got in the way (hey, that rhymes!).

• High Low reviews Kyle Nolan's Brain Dead Phylum #1 and #2.
• Noah Van Sciver was at SPX.
• Sam Spina has released the Xeric-winning FIGHT and Spinadoodles Year Two.
• Candy or Medicine t-shirts will be ready soon. Maybe as early as Monday. There are various color combinations and sizes available. I will most likely print a couple to have on hand, then take pre-orders for various combinations. Let me know if you want one and what you want it to look like. They will be $10 shipped.

 Yours will look better than this, I promise.

Coming Soon

I'm late on both the Mini-Comic a Month Challenge and the September News and Notes (in case anyone cares), but I plan to have those up soon. Life has been a little crazy lately. Sorry for the delay.

Covered

So I'm featured on the Covered blog today. No big deal. Actually, I'm one of four artists to be featured. I saw an issue of Marvel Collectors' Item Classics and thought it would be a cool idea to have four other artists collaborate on the cover. Luckily, they were all just as into as I was. They are also waaaaaaay more talented than I am. I was way out of my league, so I was really happy to be a part of it.

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Candy or Medicine is Four Years Old

I don't have a specific date (it would be around the day of the Syracuse Heroes Expo 2007), but Candy or Medicine began sometime in September. Here's to all of the great artists and writers who have made it what it is and too all of the fans, friends and stores who have supported it. There is no end in sight...