01/31/2024
Artist Alley roll call, part 5! More of the amazing artists you can see this Saturday at the 2024 Michigan State University Comics Forum Artist Alley (FREE) !
Heidi Black – Artist in the Eisner-winning anthology “Puerto Rico Strong” (Lion Forge), colorist in the JLG gold medal “Agents of SLAM” (Oni Press). Continuing work on independent comic “Sons of Fire.”
Ro Salarian – Ro Salarian is a writer and artist who began making webcomics in the early 00s, and broke into print with I Was Kidnapped by Le***an Pirates from Outer Space and the recently completed Spectacle series. They were nominated for an Eisner Award for their short story Transplant, and have had work featured in various anthologies from publishers like Strawberry Comics and Iron Circus Comics, as well as their own self published works. When not making books, they are a burlesque performer, cheese expert, textile designer, and pretty decent cook. They live in Michigan with their partner and cats in a house with a secret room and a spooky pit in the basement. They can be contacted at [email protected]. They are represented by Desiree Wilson.
José Alaniz – Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of Comparative Literature (adjunct) at the University of Washington, Seattle, has published three scholarly monographs: Komiks: Comic Art in Russia (University Press of Mississippi, 2010), Death, Disability and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond (UPM, 2014) and Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia (Ohio State University Press, 2022). Long before that, though, he was drawing comics. He has published three comics/prose collections: The Phantom Zone & Other Stories (Amatl Comix, 2020), The Compleat Moscow Calling (Amatl, 2023) and Puro Pi**he True Fictions (FlowerSong Press, 2023). His work has also appeared in The Daily Texan, The Moscow Tribune, The Stranger, the Seattle anthology Dune, AltCom: How To Survive a Dictatorship (2018), Tales From La Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology (2018), BorderX: A Crisis in Graphic Detail (2020) and SCARFFF.
BluRaven Houvener – My comics are autobiographical, tackling the topics of life, mental health, and poverty, but with a comedic lean to get the point across but not depress.
Steve Harrick – Steve Harrick is a writer living in the St. Louis area. His comics have been published by GreyHaven Comics and Ink & Drink Comics. His first self-published title, Pulp-Sized Comics, premiered in 2018. His most recent title, Dirt Sheet ½, premiered in 2023. He is currently at work on several comics projects. He has tabled at conventions in Ohio, Illinois, Missouri and Michigan (including the MSU Comics Forum 2017). He is currently working on several comics projects, as well as his illustration skills. His work may be seen on Instagram (stephenharrick) and DeviantArt (steveharrick).
