Man, Gencon was a blast again! You really missed out if you didn’t go. Catalyst Game Labs gave me a safe haven again and I want to thank everybody at CGL who made this a great event for me. Also, thanks to all the people who bought artwork from me or just dropped bye the booth to say hi. There where even fans from Spain! Also, Degenesis was there. Posthuman Studios published the low price soft cover Primer Edition in a small print run. If you want to be one of the first playing the coolest post apocalyptic RPG on the market in English language, get a copy quick!
Product news: Mephisto #52 is still on the rack in Germany while the new issue is in the works. Catalyst just released Jihad Hot Spots: Final Reckoning and you can find a typography-free version of that cover HERE. Not enough Battletech? Check out my Deviant Art page to see this illustration I did for the small Battletech convention you just missed in Switzerland (yes, I think it came out really good even if the theme is a bit…kitschy). Other works I finished up in the past are not released or even announced yet, so I can’t talk about them here. If you don’t have my Ungeheuer! book yet, the Weissblech-shop was just updated, peep in by clicking HERE. If you want to read one of the stories in a smaller package, look out for the October issue of COMIX in Germany. It features a story drawn by me and written by the awesome Boris “Drachenflüsterer” Koch (www.boriskoch.de).
In the works:
Race designs for an upcoming book for PAIZO which marks my first work for the awesome Pathfinder universe. Mephisto #53 is probably not making it for SPIEL fair in Essen but look out for the magazine on the stands in Germany in late October. It will come with a free 16 page Cthulhu-adventure and tons of illustrations and articles for your favorite pen and paper RPGs! Already finished but coming out later this year is some work for Horrorschocker #27 which will feature a Charon-pinup by yours truly and a cover that is drawn by me and digitally painted by artist Luisa Preißler who drew and painted the “Hexenrichter” story for her top scoring bachelor thesis which included a 12 page comic story. Find out more about the project on her website www.luisapreissler.de. Oh, and feel free to add Tabletop-Insider on Facebook now!
Events:
Just left the lovely Sparrencon behind me (see picture) it is now time for Frankfurt book fair again this week. Catch me at the COMIX-booth in the comic section on Friday. Mephisto won’t have a booth at Essen Spiel fair but you can find me either hanging around Mantic Games’s booth with the crew from Tabletop Insider, signing at the Freibeuter stand Hall 8, stand 8-34 (COMIX October issue) or at Pegasus Spiele Verlag in hall 6 ( booth 6-417) signing the new Rhein-Ruhr Shadowrun book for which I did more than half a dozen illustrations. Look at the respective booths for exact signing times. As usual I’ll be doing portfolio reviews for up and coming artists for Mephisto Magazine.
Deutschland news:
2011 ist eindeutig mein Arbeitsreichstes Jahr wenn es um’s Unterrichten geht. Aufgrund der guten Resonanz an der HS-OWL gebe ich im Fachbereich Medienproduktion ein (Block-) Seminar zu „Grundlagen der Gestaltung“ – Studierende sollten die Augen dafür aufhalten, denn der zuständige Prof am Standort Lemgo erwartet alsbald die Freigabe für den Lehrauftrag. Am b.i.b. International College gestalte ich ein Semester im Modul Game Design an den Standorten Bielefeld und Paderborn. In kleinerem Rahmen hat mich das Ratsgymnasium Minden eingeladen Schüler mit einem Wochenendseminar (vorrausichtlich Mitte November) zu, äh, „beglücken“ – fragt Euren Kunstlehrer, denn die Plätze sind begrenzt. Die Projektwoche im Juli hat mir jedenfalls viel Spaß gemacht. Für alle die nicht an den besagten Institutionen eingeschrieben sind, empfiehlt sich die VHS in Bielefeld. Da gibt es wieder einen neuen Wochenendworkshop am 29. und 30 Oktober. Diesmal mehr was für “Fortgeschrittene”. Anmeldung ab sofort bei der VHS Bielefeld. Mehr Infos und alles Wichtige dazu unter diesem Link. Puh, das war’s für heute. Noch Fragen? Bis nächstes Mal! :)