For the month of Feb we will be highlighting the artists who currently have their work on display in the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West!

Kata Kane is an illustrator, designer, and comic book artist best known as the creator of Altar Girl, an all-ages manga style graphic novel and ongoing webcomic series commended  as the “cute shoujo manga with a spine of steel!” (Girls Like Comics,  2014)

Kata has been day jobbing as a professional graphic designer for the better part of a decade, and has struck out on her own as a freelance illustrator & designer. Her biggest comic influences are Rumiko Takahashi’s everything (but mostly Ranma ½), and Chynna Clugston’s Blue Monday. A girl’s got to have a code, and since age 10 Kata has aspired to be like Sailor Moon: always fighting for love & justice.

Someone once told her that Altar Girl “…is like Archie and anime had sex,” and though she really hasn’t found an appropriate way to repeat that to her all-ages crowd, she appreciates the sentiment just the same.

Check out Kata’s stuff at kata-kane.com & altar-girl.com

You can see Kata’s work along with other Baltimore comic artists for the entire month of Feb at the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West Cafe in Hampden.

For the month of Feb we will be highlighting the artists who currently have their work on display in the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West!

Melody Often is a comic book creator out of Baltimore, Maryland. She makes Trinadot. Issue #4 released September 2014.

In 2011 Melody organized the Baltimore Time Travel Anthology, or BTTA, featuring a cross section of some of Baltimore’s best and brightest comic book artists. The comic is available for order online via Atomic Books and Ltd Comp. Baltimore Time Travel Anthology 2 released August 23, 2014.

In 2005 Melody was awarded a Xeric publishing grant for the first issue of In the Hands of Boys. The second issue, which is the conclusion of the book, released April 2012.

Melody is usually working on Trinadot, but between panels she is focused on illustrating and painting.

Check out Melody’s stuff at melodyoften.ltdcomp.com

You can see Melody’s work along with other Baltimore comic artists for the entire month of Feb at the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West Cafe in Hampden.

For the month of Feb we will be highlighting the artists who currently have their work on display in the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West!

Mike Riley is a native of Baltimore who started making comics in 2010. He’s a regular contributor to Atomic Books’ Mutant Funnies. His work can also be seen through his frequent collaborations with area musician Height Keech.

The Baltimore City Paper described a collection of Mike’s cartoons as “a little bit nuts” and “guffaw-worthy,” going on to say “you may find yourself laughing in spite of yourself.”

Of Mike’s single panel cartoon blog, I Taste Sound, J. Aaron at Grizzly Bomb said “There’s just something about the lo-fi style art and mixture of clever and blunt humor and odd logic that makes us laugh, wows us, and genuinely evokes the feeling of being at an indie comics show.”

Mike is ¼ Amish and his dad is a security guard at Disney World. Prior to making comics he obtained a degree in Art from Towson University and co-founded the award winning multi-use arts space in Baltimore’s Station North Arts & Entertainment District, the Hexagon.

Check out Mike’s stuff at mikerileycomics.com

You can see Mike’s work along with other Baltimore comic artists for the entire month of Feb at the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West Cafe in Hampden.

For the month of Feb we will be highlighting the artists who currently have their work on display in the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West!

Meet our Bmore founder!

Monica Gallagher is an indie creator with over ten years experience making comics and illustrations with a positive, feminist spin. She has written and drawn for the Baltimore City Paper, Vertigo, and Oni Press as well as self-published many of her own mini comics. Currently, Monica has two webcomics series she updates on a weekly basis - Bonnie N. Collide, Nine to Five (about the exploits of a roller-girl at her day job) and Gods & Undergrads (about Greek gods messing in the lives of college kids).

In 2013, Monica started up Bmore Into Comics – a series of one-day comics shows in local Baltimore hangouts – with the intention of getting more people interested in comics.

Her latest book, Part-Time Princesses, will be released by Oni Press on March 25, 2015.

Check out Monica’s stuff at eatyourlipstick.com

You can see Monica’s work along with other Baltimore comic artists for the entire month of Feb at the Bmore Into Comics Art Show at Golden West Cafe in Hampden.

At this Saturday’s show, pull up a Holiday drink and come watch our creators discuss…

PANELS:

3:00 - 3:45 // Dialogue & Scenes - What is the process like behind creating a fully fleshed out scene, from writing the dialogue to visually composing the whole scene?

4:00 - 4:45 // Humor in Comics - Do you write funny comics, or like to insert humor into your stories?  What does it take to make people laugh?