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While I'm putting together my recap from HeroesCon I thought I share this gem from today's local paper.  It MAY have been altered slightly, but I'm not admitting to anything.

HeroesCon Day 0

With just a few hours before we start, I am still awake, touching up things before my first con experience from THE OTHER SIDE.  Yes, in case you are wondering, I am nervous.  This is A BIG CON.  200,000 square feet of exhibition space, I have 6 square feet thanks to some wonderful friends.  We have sunk a lot of hard work over the past few weeks into this, and I still don't know if we are completely ready.  It's probably just butterflies.  I get this way before a big speech in Toastmasters too.

Wish us luck!

So if you are within a few hours of Charlotte this weekend, please stop by.  HeroesCon is incredible and this year is twice the size!

Here's my sign to help direct you:

If you can't make it, look for information over the next few days for ordering via Amazon and/or Comixology.

Mini-comic SNEAK PREVIEW

Debuting at Heroes Con will be the first issue of Thirteen Seconds to Midnight!

Here's a sneak preview of issue 1: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Stop by Artist Alley - AA421 to pick up your copy!

Commissions for Heroes Con

Art Cards!  4x6!  8x10! Get your Art Cards here!

Commission Pricing for Heroes Con

Art Cards:
B/W - $ 3.00
Color (Marker) - $ 5.00

4 x 6: (limited availability)
B/W - $ 10.00
Color (Marker) - $ 12.00

8 x 10:  (limited availability)
B/W - $ 20.00
Color (Marker) - $ 25.00
Watercolor - $50.00

E-mail me directly at Denis@CoffeeBruin.com

Free delivery inside the US if you will not be attending Heroes Con.

STOP THE PRESSES - we've got news!

Hello to all my bear loving friends out there.  I've got news!

Site retooling

This site is getting ready to go through a MAJOR restructuring as Coffee Bruin the webcomic becomes COFFEE BRUIN STUDIOS. I'll have links to an Etsy shop, a place for requesting commissions, and more.

The Comic will resume with a new format and focus.

Webcomic refocus?

Yes!  With the refocus I will be shifting to a simpler black and white three panel format that should allow for more bruin and less pain-in-the-butt.  There are also several other projects in the works including "Turtle and Snail" and "Thirteen Seconds to Midnight" which will be making their appearances here.

Leaving Blogger

Blogger was always a temporary home.  As I finally get WordPress and then ComicPress up and running I will  make the conversion.  I still recommend Blogger for the beginning blogger, but for this project it is woefully under-powered.

Coffee Bruin on the Prowl!

That's right, the Coffee Bruin is out of his cave and has been spotted in many different places lately.

Through September, Coffee Bruin Studios will be at the WIlkesboro, NC Open Air Market every Friday (with some rare exceptions).  You can find them on Facebook here.

This coming weekend (June 7 - 9) is Heroes Con in Charlotte.  Coffee Bruin will makes it's first con appearance!  The wonderful people at Think Weasel are letting us share space (table AA421).

Upcoming Con Schedule

• June 7- 9 - HeroesCon, Charlotte NC (Table AA-421)
• July 27 - RobCon, Bristol, TN (confirmed!)
• August 23 - 25 - Intervention, Rockville, MD (attending only, find me for a free pencil sketch!)
• September 6 - 8 - Outside Con 26, Burns, TN (tentative)
• September 21 - Asheville Compic Expo, Asheville, NC (tentative)
• more to come

If you are organizing a Comic Book Convention in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, or the Washington, D.C. area and you are interested in having Coffee Bruin Studios attend, please email me at Denis@CoffeeBruin.com

Thirteen Seconds to Midnight

Check out the new mini-comic, "Thirteen Seconds to Midnight #1: The Devil Went Down to Georgia".  This is a Con EXCLUSIVE for Heroes Con.  It's a retelling of the classic song, with a twist.

Lot's more to come including pictures from Heroes Con - but THAT is for another post....

Coffee Bruin will be at the Wilkesboro Open Air Market Friday, April 19 at it's kickoff event, Woofstock '13! I will have the comic on display as well as other arts and crafts. Check outhttp://www.visitnc.com/events/view/45839/wilkesboro-open-air-market for more information!

006: Wake up!

Hibernating... whose bright idea was it to start this comic on January 1st anyway?  Oh yeah, mine.  The past month or so has been filled with a lot of excitement around the household.  In addition to celebrating birthdays and a 20th anniversary, my daughter tried to break her ankle.  This has meant Momma Bear and Poppa Bear have been driving College Bear to her classes every day.  It's a good thing that the university is only 35 minutes away.

There will be a couple of changes to the comic.  The biggest one is the style.  As I have been drawing this character he has been evolving, so have the other characters.  My notebook is full of Bru and the others, but because of all the work it takes to edit the images digitally I am going to eliminate that step.  This means less backgrounds and photo-manipulation and more actual comics.  Give me your feedback as you see the changes.

I actually do have some small storylines that are sketched out, but as this is only the sixth comic, I haven't built enough backstory for them.

and here's a little bonus art from the notebook:

More on Friday!