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Seeking Team Members

Jessie — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:48:56 +0000

We have some new projects coming up, so we’ll be looking at artist and colorists. So if your interested email us a PDF with your sample art (pin-ups and sequential work), and or your colored pages. Email us your work at info@vipercomics.com .

Younger Viper Comics reader, is raising money for the St. Baldricks Charity

Jessie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:22:57 +0000

A couple of days ago, Viper Comics learned that one of their readers, Zachary M., an eight-year-old, was raising money for the St. Baldrick’s Charity by volunteering to have his head shaved.

As they say on their website, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives.

“Zachary had let us know in the past that he was a fan out our books, especially ‘Battle Smash’ and ‘Hero Petz’ and he’d even go so far as to create his own Fan Art for our Editor-In-Chief’s webcomic ‘Cemetery Street.’ When he asked us to help get the word out about his attempt to raise some money, we were completely onboard,” said Jessie Garza, Viper Comics’ President. “You hear all the time about how selfish kids are these days. So when Zachary asked us to help spread the word, we jumped at the chance. We deal with heroes all the time in comicbooks, it’s cool to find someone who takes that on board and tries to get out there and do something good for others. Especially an eight-year-old.”

So help Zachary hits his target and go beyond. Simply visit his donor page at http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/508602/2012 and help him help kids in need.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP CLICK HERE!

Viper’s Editor-in-Chief is NC Comic Con Bound!

Jessie — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:05:16 +0000

Want to get some free Viper Comics goodness?

Want to get a signed copy of Viper Comics’ Inspector Gadget and Johnny Test books?

Make sure you swing by the NC Comic Con on November 5th and 6th. Editor-in-Chief and writer of some of Viper’s most recent smash hit comics, Dale Mettam, will be at the con signing and giving away some free Viper comics.

More details here…. http://www.nccomicon.com/

Perfect Teeth Crew Store Signing

Jessie — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:38:30 +0000

STORE SIGNING

Join the Perfect Teeth Crew on October 8, 2011 at:

Challengers Comics + Conversation |1845 N Western Ave, Chicago IL | 773.278.0155.

The debut of PERFECT TEETH #0!

This event has something for EVERYONE, and for all family members! Featuring:

Vinnie Fiorello – Lyricist/Drummer of Less Than Jake, co-creator/writer Perfect Teeth

Matt Anderson – Co-creator/Writer Perfect Teeth, writer White Picket Fences, Cut the Rope, Kung Fu Panda, The Exit Interview

Matt Jordan – co-artist Perfect Teeth #0, artist 50 States

Brian Mead – co-creator/artist The Exit Interview

Dave Losso – co-creator/writer Kill the Wonderhawks

Aaron Pittman – co-creator/artist Kill the Wonderhawks

We’ll have Perfect Teeth #0, printed exclusively for this event. There will only be 100 copies available — so come early.

Illustrations by Brian Mead.

FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE SIGNING CLICK HERE & VISIT CHALLENGERS COMICS!

Strange Kids Comic Anthology #2

Jessie — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:42:44 +0000

Write up by Meredith Short

Being that Halloween is right around the corner and since we have a soft spot for monsters and zombies at Viper, we wanted to share with everyone an awesome anthology with stories and art to match. The cover art was done by our friend David Hartman, and includes a short story in the anthology by Zombie Chuck’s Brian Fyffe. Not to mention bunch of other very talented creators collaborated in the project, such as Aaron Klopp, Christine Larsen, Craig Collins, Glen Brogan, German Orozco, Sean K. Dove, Neil Camera, Smo, Beans and Bueller and Zach Bellissimo.

Boys will be boys, right? That is, boys of a certain age (or mental age) will laugh out loud as fist-sized holes are blown through zombies, and cringe/smile as the nerdy brunt of countless jokes finally gets revenge. This Halloween issue of STRANGE KID is a bloody romp that will take you back to the good old days of gorey (sometimes comically so) movies, up-all-night scarefests with friends, and more fun than a funsized bag of candy corn. If your looking for something fun and different check out Strange Kids Comic Anthology #2.

Here is more information on Strange Kids Comic Anthology.

Strange Kids Club is excited to announce its second issue of the Strange Kid Comix Magazine featuring a hauntingly awesome cover by David Hartman (http://www.sideshowmonkey.com)— character designer and Emmy Award-nominated director for shows like Transformers: Prime, MTV’s Spider-Man and Extreme Ghostbusters.

This Halloween-themed second issue of continues the tradition of combining immature, gross out humor with a crazy love for pop culture parody in a spine-chilling new series of stories by creators Aaron Klopp, Brian Fyffe, Christine Larsen, Craig Collins, Glen Brogan, German Orozco, Sean K. Dove, Neil Camera, Smo, Beans and Bueller and Zach Bellissimo. Each short stars the club mascot; Strange Kid, a personification of prepubescent deviant behavior with a penchant for monsters, video games and generally causing as much Halloween-themed havoc to those around him as possible.

“This next issue of our SK Comix Anthology finds Strange Kid celebrating THE best holiday of the year: Halloween!” says Editor-in-Chief Rondal Scott. “We’ve got some killer (pun intended) stories this time around that pay homage to the horror genre spanning alien invaders and zombies apocalypses to the 1988 arcade classic Splatterhouse. We’ve even got some special monster masks that readers can cut out and wear!”

“Vibrantly illustrated by many of today’s top talents… artist interviews and gooey handfuls of dark humor help round out this release.” -Gary Pullin, (Rue Morgue) on SK Comix Anthology #1

Cover artist: David Hartman
Creators: Aaron Klopp, Brian Fyffe, Christine Larsen, Craig Collins, Glen Brogan, German Orozco, Sean K. Dove, Neil Camera, Smo, Beans and Bueller and Zach Bellissimo.

About Strange Kids Club:
STRANGE KIDS CLUB is a daily dose of adolescent enthusiasm for your inner child. An online hang out for geeks, freaks and nostalgic nerds alike; Strange Kids Club features articles on video games, comics, unbelievably cool toys, exclusive interviews, movie reviews and more served up strange– just the way we like it!

The pre-order page for the anthology has been set-up as well and we can link to it here: http://strangekidsshop.bigcartel.com/product/strange-kid-anthology-2.

For more on Strange Kids Club visit us at http://www.strangekidsclub.com/.

Atomic Comics Closes

Jessie — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:08:44 +0000

Well it was some sad news to watch unfold last night on Twitter…Atomic Comics store chain is closing. Over the years Mike Malve has been a supporter of not just Viper but independents. He’s always been great about responding to my emails and or inquiries. Its a huge shock to me to see that Atomic Comics is closing. Mike we wish you the best, let us know if there is anything we can do.

Here is exert from The Beat as the news unfolded:

Many reports tonight via twitter that the Atomic Comics chain in Arizona is shutting down, and confirmed on an employee’s Facebook page. The four store chain, owned by Mike Malve, was one of Diamond’s biggest accounts and a huge, progressive retailer known nationwide for its signings and aggressive, innovative promotions. Atomic and its logo were included prominently in the Kick-Ass movie, after Mark Millar became a fan following a signing. The four stores were located in Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler and Paradise Valley.

TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT THE BEAT CLICK HERE!

SDCC 2011 Wrap Up

Jessie — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:43:46 +0000

We’d like to thank everyone at SDCC who came by the booth. Book sales were steady, but GOOBEEZ were a SMASH HIT, such a hit Caitlin SOLD OUT completely of all things Goobeez and at the end of the show people were asking for the posters.

Even Jack Sparrow loved the GOOBEEZ!

We also we’re so jazzed to see Five Senses make mention in USA Today. But as luck would have it the convention did not all go smooth without a problem as we encountered shortage of staff for the booth and some unexpected issues with books and Gadget pins being shipped to SDCC. Want to thank everyone for the patience with the Gadget pins who came by the booth.

After the Con we headed to Disney for couple days then to LA for few days to unwind from all the stress and hard work leading up to the convention only to find ourselves in middle of riot on 7/27/11. Maybe next year will be a little less stressful.

Want to also thank Dale for sticking things out during harsh moments.

VIDEO NEWS FROM HOLLYWOOD RIOT WE SO DIDN’T WANT TO BE PART OF…..

Viper’s Youngest Creator Brings “GOOBEEZ” to SDCC

Jessie — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:40:13 +0000

Stop by the Viper Comics booth at SDCC (Booth #1903) and meet our youngest creator. Caitlin Garza age 9 has created the cute and adorable little “Goobeez”. She will be showing off some of her latest creations, Goobeez Pillows, Goobeez Plush, Goobeez Rings, Goobeez bracelets and lets not forget the Little miniature Goobeez.

Visit Viper Comics At SDCC 2011

Jessie — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:24:54 +0000

Stop by the Viper Comics booth #1903 and meet our creators and pick up some of the great giveaways we’ve prepared for you.

THE FREEBIES…

Get your M.A.D. Special Agent Pin “Free” just visit www.illgetyougadget.com for more information. Limited to 50 per day.
5 Limited Gadget prints available “Free” to select few (to be given 1x per day 35 person to come by and pick up M.A.D. Special Agent Pin).
Gadget and Johnny Test copy of your Free Comic Book Day comic “Free” to anyone who visits us at SDCC.
Free sets of Vampire teeth from our upcoming project “Perfect Teeth”. Limited to 30 per day.

Plus we’ll have bunch of SDCC 2011 EXCLUSIVES:

INSPECTOR GADGET, comic book SDCC Exclusive cover limited to 125 units
JOHNNY TEST, comic book limited to 100 units
FIVE SENSES, comic book limited to only 100 units.
ICHABOD JONES: MONSTER HUNTER, comic book #1 limited to 75 units.
YELLOW comic book Issues 1, 2, and 3…ONLY 50 units of each.

Here is where we’ll be:

Viper Joins Ultimate Comics for FCBD

Jessie — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:48:14 +0000

Saturday May 7th is Free Comic Book Day and Dale Mettam will be at the Durham/Chapel Hill Ultimate Comics store signing copies of the FREE Inspector Gadget/Johnny Test comic book written by yours truely. The party runs from 10am to 4pm, so make sure you get out and pick up your free books! And buy one while you’re there, a lot of great talent have books available and the comic stores are great places to hang out. Help ‘em all out.

If you want to read more about what’s in those free books, check out this interview Dale Mettam did for FreeComicBookDay.com.

Did I mention the free books? Just checking…

FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE!