Andrew MacLean's HEAD LOPPER from Image Comics (colored by Mike Spicer) won a Diamond Gem Award for Indie Graphic Novel of the Year for 2016! A panel of Diamond product specialists selected the nominees for the Diamond Gem Awards based on each entry’s overall impact on the industry, while comics and related merchandise were chosen on the merits of their sales performance and quality from 2016. Members of the most critical segment that serves the comic book-buying public--comic book specialty retailers across the United States and worldwide--then selected the winners. (So it's kind of a big deal)
We've upgraded our printing capabilities for the OOSA Print Shop for 2017!! With our new Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-2000, we'll now be able to print images up to 24" wide. This will give us opportunities to make some really special and unique giclee prints that all of the artists in the Print Shop are really excited about. Of course, we'll still be offering the 8.5x11, 11x17 and 13x19 print sizes that you're used to getting from us, as well. Look for our first foray into the larger sizes in January.
The Print Shop will be transitioning over to the new printer during the next few weeks. As a result, we won't be printing any new prints until after January 1st. The shop will still be open for purchases, just be aware some orders may be delayed.
And don't forget that all of Chris Visions' prints will be wiped clean at the end of the year in order to make room for new work planned for the new year. Use the code "CLEAN SLATE" at checkout to get 10% off of all orders of $50 or more of Chris' prints. Click below to see what's available.
The Guest Artist program in the OOSA Print Shop is coming to an end this month... sort of. For the last couple of years, we've featured some truly amazing artists in the Print Shop on a monthly basis, and I couldn't be more grateful and appreciative to have worked with each and every one of them. I'm also grateful for all of you who purchased a print or helped spread the word. But, October's Guest Artist, Alison Sampson, will be the last of the era.
Starting in November, we will be doing something a little different. We will be opening up the OOSA Print Shop to a few select artists for them to use as an online storefront for their prints with no monthly rotations or time limits. I'll be handling all of the printing, order fulfillment and customer service for them. They'll have the opportunity to offer special edition prints, have choices of papers and sizes, or just print-on-demand open edition prints. It will be a unique opportunity for these artists to get their work out to the folks who want it and I'm excited to get to be a part in helping to make that happen.
The artists who will be offering prints through the OOSA Print Shop initially are as follows:
Jeffrey Alan Love
Brandon Graham
Vanesa R. Del Rey
Nicolas Nemiri
Sail
Sail already has a print available in the Print Shop, and Jeffrey Alan Love and Brandon Graham will have theirs available starting in November 1st. Other prints and maybe some new artists will be added in time after that. Be sure you are following OOSA on social media and have signed up for our mailing list to get the latest news!
We've added two new OOSA shirt designs to the shop for pre-order! "Sun Spot" By Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, and "Old VA II" by Liz Suburbia. These original designs are printed on premium fitted Next Level Apparel tees using a water-based discharge screen printing process so the shirts are super soft and the designs won't crack or flake over time. Men's and Women's style shirts are available. The pre-order process is important to help us figure out the sizes and quantity of the shirts we need to order, so please feel free to go ahead and get your's today. Shirts will debut at the Cincy Comic Con and SPX in limited quantities and will be sent out to online buyers in late September.
