PRobably one of my most revealing interviews I’ve ever had– I talk about The God Machine, dealing with depression, psychology, the comics industry, sexism, and much more.
Big thanks to Dorian Dawes for interviewing me for The Catalyst Magazine, and the Catalyst for having me be a part of their publication.
My interview starts on page 69–
Greetings citizens!
Back from SDCC- and WOW my first time I ever had fun at this con. 
Got to see a lot of my friends, meet some great fans, and get The God Machine out there!
Also the 2nd volume of Fraggle Rock (published by Archaia) finally came out! (Your’s truly contributed art for it and so did ~lcibos)
Not to mention the illustrated novel, Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes also came out, which i contributed 2 illustrations to that as well!
I also finally got to meet the lovely damphyr 
Speaking of awesome dA peeps, Deviant art did a Video interview with me at SDCC! It’s terribly quirky!
Check it out!
Click this if video is brokenz
So what’s up next on the con circuit for me and Drew?
Baltimore Comic Con Aug 21-22 and then Dragon*con Sept 2-5
If you have any print requests (and please state which con) let me know! (via email, or right under this post)
Planning a Labyrinth print for Dragon*con, so that should be yummy!
A quick Update- here are the cons we’re planning to do for 2012 (cancelations pending, of course)
2012 CONSSPRINGC2E2
WONDERCON
SUPERSHOWSUMMER
PHILLY
ANIME-EXPO
SDCC
OTACONFALL
DRAGON CON
AWA
NYCC
In other news, i’m busy writing THE GOD MACHINE vol. 2– projected to come out sometime next year. ( a finalized date should be on it’s way)
So I think that’s it!
Thanks to all who said hello at SDCC!
See you guys at the upcoming shows!
-Chan
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Facebook: ChandraFree
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Commission Info
*TIMES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND CONFIRMED, SEE TEXT BEFORE SCHEDULE IMAGE.
Hey everybody!
It’s that time again, San Diego Comic Con time!
So here’s the scoop!
I will be at the Archaia booth #2635 (between the Image and MARVEL booths) and Archaia’s satellite booth #4401-4500 (confirmed) Please see attached graphic for specific times listed each day. All times are subject to change and possible extra time at the booth as well– sorry it’s not an exact science yet, but Archaia is going to have 70 creators/artists at their booth this year. INSANE!
So what’s happening with me at the Archaia booth? Glad you asked! ;D
–this will be the first time the God Machine hardcover will be at San Diego! YAY! So those of you who have been waiting for it (and a signature from me) will get their chance! Be sure to get there ASAP if you’ve been waiting for the LEATHER BOUND EDITION of The God Machine. Archaia only brings limited quanities– so be aware, they GO FAST!
Also I will be signing for Fraggle Rock, and the PREMIERING prose novel I contributed 2 illustrations for- Conspiracy of the Planet of the Apes! Written by my partner in crime, Andrew E.C. Gaska! –Lots of awesome news for that! At Archaia’s booth there will be exclusive collectible Apes trading cards, a walk around Zira (from the original Apes movies), and special signings with artists from the book – Jim Steranko! Dave Dorman! and Dan Dussault!
More exciting BLAM! Ventures news is that Critical Millennium issue #4 should be out for this convention!
In addition- I will have a limited amount of prints on me, but that’s about it for this con. No commissions this time around. But if you want one when I get back from the con please check out my commission rules/rates!
I think that’s it for now. See all of you soon!
-Chan
Signing times:
*UPDATED:
Wed: 5:30-8:00
Thurs: 12:30-2:00, 6:00-7:00
Fri: [fraggle rock] 11:00-12:00, then Satellite table 5:00-7:00
Sat: 11:00-12:30
Sun: [fraggle rock] 10:30-11:30, Satellite table 2:00-3:30, 3:30-5:00
And possible Apes signing too. [pending]
The EAGLE AWARDS are accepting nominations for comics/creators/etc. from 2010. (deadline is 3/7/11) You can participate by voting for yours truly, CHANDRA FREE and THE GOD MACHINE. Also other Blam Ventures creator suggestions: Writer Andrew E.C. Gaska/ Artist Daniel Dussault for Critical Millennium.
After you’re done voting, be sure to check your email/spam to verify your votes. Otherwise they won’t be counted.
Thanks!
-Chan
p.s. a little face lift at the old spookychan.com for the Winter/Spring 2011 season. :) Still working on improving more!
PODCAST APPEARANCE:
Was on with the fine folks of Ninja Mountain Podcast again for episode
62: “Concepts and Comics…”
I’m on the 2nd half of the show, talking comics!
-chan
This weekend is Wondercon!! [April 2-4th] in San Francisco! I’ll be with my publisher, Archaia [booth #813-815], I’ll be selling my usual, doing commissions, and I’ll even be on a panel [sunday] with my fellow Archaia creators!
See ya there!
Info time!
Also, don’t forget to see my best friend Patrick McEvoy on Friday for his digital painting seminar! [6:00-7:00pm
ROOM 204/206] [see link for more details!]
Speaking of Mr. McEvoy, I had the chance to join him and a few other talented Ninjas on the very cool, “Ninja Mountain Podcast.” We talk about Licensed Properties and Conventions! Come take a listen! And if you haven’t heard of the show before, it’s a great show on the industry of fantasy illustration, etc.
That’s it for now!
-Chan
Hey everybody!
My friends A. Dave Lewis and Saurav Mohapatra have just launched a new message board, Beyond the Bleed to promote the discussion of comics, and give a forum [ha ha] to creators to talk about their process, thoughts, and projects!
Currently lots of Archaia creators inhabit “the Creatorium”
Patrick McEvoy, Kat Rocha, Jason Becker, Tom Pinchuk, Mark Smylie, yours truly of course, and many others!
Come check it out!
The Creatorium
-So please sign up. This is where i’ll be having my message board discussions for now. So if you have questions, insights, musings, whatevers about my comic and work, please feel free to talk about it in my section. And please do participate in the other discussions in the main boards, and say hello to your favorite Archaia creators. :)
-Chan
Awakening Graphic Novel
So, the book is out – now what? Now, oh loyal readers, we need to keep the momentum going. Reviews and interviews are abound but now we need to show comic shops that there’s good reason for them to carry the book in their stores! Below is an open letter to comic retailers which I emailed out to all the shop contacts I could gather online. What we need YOU to do is repost this on blogs and message boards, Twitter a link, send up a smoke signal – get this info to your local shop to help them sell the book. That doesn’t mean you should go in and ask for ten copies of the book to be ordered, that’s not what this is about. This is about spreading the word about the book and giving retailers the ammunition they need to confidently recommend and sell the book to their customers.
Let’s do this thing! Zombie Noir for everybody! Tweet and repost pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaase!