This weekend I will be heading back to Cincinnati Comic Expo to see awesome comics fans hailing from Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana!
I’m really looking forward to it, as CCE is one of those conventions that you can tell is supported by a vibrant local fan community. Conventions are places where you can buy art and swag and find out about cool new things, but at the end of the day for a lot of people they are most notably about being among your own. Conventions like Cincinnati Comic Expo that celebrate that spirit of community as part of the overall con experience are a pleasure to participate in.
Anywho, the 5th Annual Cincinnati Comic Expo is 9/19 to 9/21/2014 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati. I will be at Booth 228. Here’s a map where you can find me at the con!
Sunday at 1:15pm to 2:00pm, I will be moderating a panel that fans of teen sidekicks and team books will not want to miss:
Comic Legends George Perez and Marv Wolfman LAZER KRAZE Panel Room (Junior Ballroom C,D) Moderated by Christopher Jones Panelists: George Perez and Marv Wolfman
Additionally…
FREE STUFF! You heard me, Cincinnati! FREEEEEEE STUFF!
Who doesn’t like free stuff??? Just come find me at any point at Booth 228 to get yours!
I will have FREE mini-prints or buttons for Facebook & Twitter followers….
And FREE posters for my new comic series, Parallel Man! For everybody who wants one! You can even have one of each! And I’ll sign them free too!
Also… Art and Comics for sale! I will have a few Young Justice trade paperbacks with me and, as usual, I will have all of my prints available, which are $5 each for small black & white prints and $20 each for 11×17″ full color prints. This is a convention special and a significant discount from my Etsy store.
In particular I have quite a few Doctor Who and Superhero prints (including Young Justice!) Here’s a small selection:
And of course I will be doing sketches throughout the convention by request!
My Cincinnati Comic Expo 2014 sketch prices are:
$40 for a head shot
$60 for a full figure character + $30 for each additional character in the same sketch
Here are a few examples of convention sketches from previous cons…
Whew! So I hope to see some of you this weekend at Cincinnati Comic Expo! Stop by, say hello, get some free stuff. :)
I am currently packing for my annual visit to Chicago – a strong contender for my favorite city of all time – and very excited to see the C2E2 crowd again! It really is a great show for comics fans and I look forward to every year.
I will be at table U18 in Artist Alley most of the time, but I do have some other events & signings going on!
C2E2 2014 Schedule
Friday:
12:00pm – 1:00pm Artist Alley Stage
Watch me draw LIVE on a BIG screen in the middle of Artist Alley!
Come check out my new project & get a free signed poster!
Saturday:
2:00pm – 3:00pm Signing and Sketching at FutureDude (Booth 518)
Come check out my new project & get a free poster or quick head sketch!
7:15pm – 8:00pm C2E2 2014 Young Justice Meet-up!!
Meet other Young Justice fans at C2E2, take some photos, just hang out and talk Young Justice! SYMBIOSI!
Sunday:
11:00am – 12:00pm Signing at FutureDude (Booth 518)
Come check out my new project & get a free signed poster!
7:30pm – 9:30pm C2E2 Charity Art Auction
I may not be present for this depending on how tired I am at the end of the weekend. But I do have a sketch up for auction! The sketch is of the “Evil Genius” character from Time Bandits, a movie everyone should see. It is ink on paper. Either way, go ahead and bid on some art – all proceeds benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital!
Artist Alley
When I’m not off signing at FutureDude or on the Artist Alley stage, you’ll be able to find me at Artist Alley table U18. Here’s a handy map:
I’ll have all my Young Justice & comics 11×17″ prints available at my Artist Alley table, including a new Artemis Crock and Wally West print aptly titled, “Spitfire”. Prints are $20/ea or 3 for $50, which is a significant discount from my Etsy store.
I’ll also have some smaller, black & white prints for $5, including a Young Justice and a Batman ’66 print. As far as comics, I’ll have some Young Justice: Invasion Trade Paperbacks for $15 and I may bring a box of The Batman Strikes! comics… we’ll see.
Signatures are ALWAYS free, so feel free to bring stuff for me to sign.
Classic Doctor Who fans may be interested in picking up my new-in-2014 print, “For the Fans”, based on Peter Davidson’s fantastic 50th Anniversary special, “The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot“. This will be the first comic convention I’ll have it at! And of course I’ll have all my other Doctor Who prints, too.
I should also mention that, per usual, I will also have some healthy snacks available free for fans at my Artist Alley table. They are granola & fruit bars. They are completely safe and definitely are not made by Lexcorp. But I know conventions can get expensive and it can be hard to eat healthy at the food court, so if you need an energy boost, just stop by and ask me.
Sketches
I will be doing custom sketches at:
$80 for the first character + $60 for each additional character in the same sketch
However, my sketch list fills up FAST at conventions, so the earlier you bring me your request, the better.
FREE Mini-Prints!
I debuted my very popular “Disco Nightwing” free mini-print at C2E2 2013, so it seemed fitting to debut a NEW free mini-print at C2E2 2014! Presenting “Fastest Man Alive”! Visit me at C2E2 or any other convention in 2014 to get your own free signed copy!
Don’t worry – I’ll still have Disco Nightwing mini-prints and Christopher Jones Art buttons available free at least through the rest of 2014!
Young Justice Meet-Up
Greg Weisman and I have been organizing a little guerrilla programming in the form of Young Justice Meet-Ups at as many conventions as we can – we know the Young Justice fandom is still alive and kicking! So… want to meet other Chicago area Young Justice fans? Take some cosplay photos? Just hang out for a while with me and talk Young Justice? Come to the hall across from the Speed Dating room on Saturday at 7:15pm! See you there! SYMBIOSI!
FutureDude
FutureDude Entertainment, publishers of “Parallel Man” (the new sci-fi action-adventure project I’ve been working on this year,) will have an Exhibitor booth and they will be giving away all kinds of goodies! Including FREE 11×17″ posters featuring my art and colored by Young Justice colorist, Zac Atkinson!
I will be signing & sketching over at FutureDude’s booth throughout the convention (see my schedule above). Here’s a handy map to find FutureDude at C2E2 (Booth 518):
Well, I think that about covers it. I had better get back to packing! See you at C2E2!
Christopher Jones is a comic book artist who has worked on DC's Young Justice, The Batman Strikes!, Batman '66, Justice League Adventures; Marvel's Superhero Squad, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes; Titan's Doctor Who; Re-Animator, Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink & more!