Surrender, Dorothy! and new Miss MJ

Finished the pencils for the Wizard of Oz piece on Cortes's Art Studio Livestream last week! You can see the archived footage from the evening here on the site! Fair warning: there's a lot of footage, split between several videos and I think if you want to start at the beginning you have to start at the bottom and work up.

Here's the first segment where I go thru my sketchbook! You can see the rest of the night here!

Was super-duper fun, can't wait to be on again!

I also drew up a BRAND NEW pic of Miss Mary Jane, finally! :D

Aftermath: Thanks For Your Support Release Party!

All dolled up!

The merch table/ art show and photo booth before it got all crazy!

The Friday night before Baltimore Comic Con I had decided to have an artbook release party at The Ottobar for my newest book, Thanks For Your Support! as a way to see all my friends from Maryland who could come out to the art show but maybe couldn't make it (or want to go) to the con. I'm blessed to have friends and family who want to support me and my artwork, but they maybe are not so much into the comic convention scene and if they do venture out to the show I feel bad they paid an entry fee and waited in line just to see me at my table, when I could be absolutely slammed at a moment's notice and have to ignore them to sell artwork and merch. Cuz yeah, as fun and silly as cons are, it's still work for me. I'm also insanely lucky to have the awesomest best friend in the world, being Fenny of Little Asian Sweatshop who was more than happy to man my merch table so I could spend time with everyone and her husband J who was awesome to take pictures at a faux-photo booth and around the actual event.

Fenny running the merch table!

BFFs!

Overall the event was wildly successful, I'm definitely gonna try and figure how I can capture that lightning in a bottle for next year, as well as other shows in the future.

Photobooth and event shots by J!

The art! Some of it is still for sale and will be put up on my etsy page!

BONUS VIDEO!

Me being a goober during the 'dance party':

Getting ready for Baltimore Comic Con!

I drew another UTZ girl pinup!
Time permitting, I would like to get one or two more pieces
done in time for my show at The Ottobar!

So I've got A LOT of stuff coming up in the next couple weeks! I'm having a pre-party for Baltimore Comic Con Friday September 7th at the Ottobar starting at 9pm! You can see the Facebook invite here! It's also the release party for my newest artbook Thanks For Your Support. There's gonna be a Photobooth, a raffle to win prizes like a Miss Mary Jane figure, original art to buy and merch tables set up for both me and Little Asian Sweatshop! It's going to be QUITE the little shindig! But don't fret if yu can't make it, as I will also have a table at Baltimore Comic Con all weekend in Artist Alley at tables AA 213-214!

Artist Alley tables 213-214!
I'll be sharing with Little Asian Sweatshop!

I'm trying to get all of my merch, original pieces and myself in order before the big weekend, so I've been pretty busy the past few weeks and intend to keep working all the way up the the wire.

But anywho, check out all the cool stuff in store:

Original inks from my I (heart) Baltimore postcard
set will be available for purchase!

Ouija Girl inks will be available for purchase!

"Who me?"

Luchadora magnet sets!!

The Three Fates of Baltimore magnet sets!

Working on LOTS of magnet sets! 

Amor Eterno magnet sets!

And what's this?
Nothing I'll have at the show, but just a little sneak
peek at a future project I'm cooking up with LAS.

I (heart) Baltimore Mini Prints

FYI! My I (heart) Baltimore mini print sets have been sent off to the printer and should be on-hand next week! I will have them for sale here on my blog as well as my etsy store. I will also be selling them at my artshow/book release party upstairs at the Ottobar in Baltimore the night of September 7th (FB event page here) and at Baltimore Comic-Con, Sept 8-9. 

You can also up until September 7th, get this set FREE with the pre-order of my newest art book, "Thanks For Your Support!". Click here for further details!

"Thanks For Your Support!" Pre-Order

Check it out, all! My 2nd artbook "Thanks For Your Support!" is almost out!

The cover!

Pre-order your copy TODAY for $25 (plus $6 shipping)!

I'll even throw in some free *mystery* gifts!

Preorders are closed!

But you can still order my book at my etsy store!

The first page!

It's a 6x9", 56-paged softcover with full color interiors, a foreword by my friend Kevin Slaughter and an index featuring notes on each piece! It's like a REAL BOOK! Includes my famous pinups, flyers and fanart. Picking up right where my first volume, The Art of Paigey left off- it is basically a continuation of the 'Greatest Hits' album of Paigey artwork.


Want a sneak peek?


Created with cinemagr.am

Comes signed- if you want me to make it out to anyone in particular let me know!

***Also! If you place your order before Friday September 7th, you will get a FREE copy of my I (heart) Baltimore mini-print set! A $10 value!***

Will you be in Baltimore for Baltimore Comic Con September 8-9th? If so I'm having a solo art show
upstairs at the Ottobar on Friday September 7th from 9pm-1am to celebrate the release of "Thanks For Your Support!" and to kick off my *5th* year of professionally selling at Baltimore Comic Con (which I will be working Saturday the 8th and Sunday the 9th!) Lots of books, original pieces, and merch (including flowers by Little Asian Sweatshop) will be on sale, as well as fun stuff like a photo booth and a raffle to win a Miss Mary Jane figure!
Facebook event page here!

Kevin Slaughter thinks you should pre-order too!

Hello 2012!

Got a lot of stuff cookin' in 2012!

2011 is done! Holy crap, what a year! I frequently used the word 'tumultuous' to describe my goings-on. So many personal milestones and the stressed out times leading up to them- my wedding, a new job, a new lifestyle as a professional freelancer working from home to boot! The new vocation of freelance letterer for manga imprint Kodansha Comics is starting to hit it's stride, I already have my first published lettering work out- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex book 2: Testation and I'm currently juggling Ghost in the Shell's third book as well as the 24th volume of Air Gear. So so beyond happy to be involved in comics as part of my now dayjob, and to spend all day with my beloved husband Ballsy who works freelance from home as well. And we don't even get on each other's nerves or anything, which is impressive when we sit back-to-back with each other in our home office for hours at a time. Nope, we just blast through season after season of tv shows on Netflix and listen to Bachelor Pad radio all day. We are truly living the dream.

Color sketch/progress shot of my new art book cover- 'Thanks For Your Support!'
Get it? Support? Yuckety yuck. ;D

2012 is laid out before me with more opportunities than ever to share my creations with you and I'm already setting up events well into the year alongside my BFF Fenny's company Little Asian Sweatshop, to deliver a one-two punch of awesome artwork, accesories and hopefully later in the year... *apparel*! Ooooohhh! So far on tap we are going to be vending the March 10th bout for the Charm City Roller girls at DuBurns Arena. I haven't been to a CCRG bout in a couple years so I'm super excited to attend. We also have solidified plans to have a *MASSIVE* corner booth at Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina in late June that we will be sharing along with a few friends. We also plan on attending the NYC Psychobilly Luau again with a vengeance, hopefully this year it won't be during an awful heat wave. Then in September I'm hitting Baltimore with a double-whammy of a release party for my second artbook, titled 'Thanks For Your Support!' at The Ottobar and yet another booth this time at Baltimore Comic Con. I'll send out reminders as these events get closer. There will hopefully be plenty more events that I be involved in, we're always looking out for vending opportunities. Here's to an awesome 2012!

Loki sez 'Happy Mew Year!' >^_^<

I'm in the Mega Man Tribute Artbook!!

Yay! San Diego Comic Con is right around the corner! Not only will all my nerd blogs that I follow and social media outlets be exploding with news of upcoming pop cultural phenomena but I can also officially post my Tron Bonne a la Big Daddy Roth that will be in Udon's Mega man Tribute book that is being released as well!! Yay!!



Official info:

MEGA MAN TRIBUTE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER
-the book is premiering at the San Diego Comic-con at the UDON booth (#5037), July 20-24
-for fans not attending the show, you can preorder the book at UDONstore.com


MEGA MAN TRIBUTE SOFTCOVER
-The standard softcover edition is also available for preorder on amazon.com

Gearing up for King Con Brooklyn!!!

Check it out! MY NAME's on the poster!!! Sweeet!!!

So this upcoming weekend is my final convention appearance for the year- King Con Brooklyn on Saturday November 6th and Sunday November 7th at the Brooklyn Lyceum!

Saturday I will have my usual Paigey merch for sale at my table- including prints, artbooks, buttons, magnets, toys and jewelry.

Sunday however, is actually the first time I will have direct involvement in events for a convention-

3:30pm: DR. SKETCHY'S ANTI-ART SCHOOL KING CON EDITION (bring your own drawing supplies): Dr. Sketchy's is what happens when Cabaret meets Art School. Artists draw glamorous underground performers and compete for prizes. In our KingCon special edition, pinup artist Paige Pumphrey poses as a MiniComics Showgirl, with Syd Bernstein hosting.

VERY EXCITED! Been going to Dr. Sketchy's for about 2 years now and I am beyond honored that I get to be counted amongst the plethora of gorgeous women who've modeled for Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School over the years! I've had a little experience as a life drawing model before and know it is VERY HARD WORK, so I hope to do it justice!

6:30pm: HIPS, LIPS, & PENCIL TIPS: The Sexual Female as Feminist Focal Point a conversation with female artists Paige Pumphrey, Laura Lee Gullidge, Jennifer Hayden; moderated by writer Rachel Kramer Bussel.

THIS SHOULD BE FUN!! I've never taken part in a panel and speaking in front of alot of people makes me nervous, and I have a sneaking suspicion I'll be playing the Devil's Advocate on the whole idea of the sexualization of women so if anything maybe I'll just keep my showgirl costume from Sketchy's on and fully embrace my role.

You can see the rest of the schedule here!

Saints & Sinners Show in Baltimore on 8/6

Hey Maryland/DC fans!! I'll be returning to my home state for a solo art show at Saints & Sinners Tattoo on Friday August 6th from 6-9, then probably getting drunk somewhere in Fells Point with a bunch of friends I don't see enough!

I will have original art for sale! I will also have prints, artbooks, jewelry, magnets, buttons and coveted MISS MARY JANE toys available for purchase! Please come out and buy them! ^__^

In other news, been VERY busy lately. Summer in NYC has hit full-tilt. Schedules are being booked. I got shit planned for the rest of the year. In the next 5 months I'll be doing 2 art shows (NYC and Baltimore) and 4 conventions (SPXpo, Baltimore Comic Con, New York Comic Con and King Con Brooklyn). Thusly, commissions are closed until at least the end of the year. (I'll be making a few small exceptions, but otherwise, sorry.) I'll be focusing on more 'personal' work, including stuff I will have available for purchase as prints later on. I really want to get into more fan art type stuff, especially with so many of my favorite comic book titles becoming movies and tv shows. I've also got an idea for a pretty involved project that I want to start at the end of the year that if I'm able to pull off will be really, REALLY cool, and will involve alot of other awesome artists as well.

Girls Drawin' Girls Volume 3: Sugar & Spice

From the Girls Drawin Girls blog:

Have you been anxiously awaiting our third volume of pin-up art? Do you want to be one of the first on your block to own a copy, in addition to an EXCLUSIVE pre-sale only print?
PRE-ORDER your copy of Vol III now and pay only $20 (instead of $25), and receive a SPECIAL EDITION print featuring Chef Gigi by our own talented Anand Duncan! Print is only available to the first 100 pre-orders, and will all be individually numbered!
"Girls Drawin Girls Volume III: Sugar and Spice"Featuring our esteemed ladies with T&A (Talent & Ambition), as they return to satisfy your sweet tooth with a third volume of collected pin-up art. Come spoil your appetite with more than two dozen interpretations of your favorite desserts***!
$20 pre-order special! Free domestic shipping!(Prints and books will ship July 7, 2010)



Click here to be taken to the GDG store!!!


***Including my Tiramisu girl!!!

Jim Hanley's Universe: Women in Comics Pre-MoCCA signing

Weeee! BIG NEWS! I'm invited to take part in a signing at Jim Hanley's Universe from 6-8 pm on Thursday April 8th for Women in Independent Comics as part of a little pre-MoCCA Fest shindig! Yeeeee! XD My first EVER SIGNING!! How exciting! I'll be bringing as much Paigey merch as I can carry, including artbooks, necklaces, prints and magnets and will be selling them in the store! So yeah, if you're in the NYC area swing on by and say hello to me and the other ladies!



For more info, click the flyer to be taken to JHU's homepage!