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Ringo Awards

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  Unfortunately I found out about this late in the game, but it’s not TOO late.  The Ringo Awards is a comic book award voted on by both industry professionals and fans.  And the last day to cast your vote in 2024 Ringo Awards is May 23rd.

This may be a little bit of shameless promotion…but hey, someone has to do it.  I’m very proud of what I’ve accomplished and my studio.  Creating Stanley and Friends has been a life long dream.  So to finally have them in comic books and soon to be animations is something I SHOULD be promoting.  And with Stanley and the Haunted House being my very first comic I ever WROTE is a huge for me.  I’ve always had stories in my head and wanted to write them down…but for some reason never did.  With never writing a comic before, but have colored hundreds over the years.  I’m DAMN PROUD of writing and coloring this issue!

Since there’s only a few days left, over the next couple of days, when you have a minute, can you please go to: www.ringoawards.com and cast your vote for me and Stanley and the Haunted House?

 

I’d be honored to be nominated for:

  • Best Writer: Jeff Balke – Stanley and the Haunted House
  • Best Colorist: Jeff Balke – Stanley and the Haunted House
  • Best New Talent: Jeff Balke – Stanley and the Haunted House

And IF you’d like to vote in these too:

  • Best Single Issue or Story: Stanley and the Haunted House
  • Best Kids Comic of Graphic Novel: Stanley and the Haunted House

 

To be honest.  It’s an honor to even be nominated.  I don’t create characters and stories for awards…those are a nice bonus…lol.  I want to take people out of reality for at least a minute and get away from the everyday chaos.  If I can do that with ARToons, comics and/or the animations…I did my job.

Thank you in advance.  Please help spread the word to vote for me and Stanley and the Haunted House for a Ringo Award.

A New Look

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Over time, things change.  Everything changes.  And I’m very proud to show you, which I’m sure most of you have already seen, my logo has changed.  I went from using an established type to now using my very own signature.  Most of the time my signature looks like this but there are times it looks like a doctors signature…lol!

Not only am I changing the logo, but I’m doing a bit of rebranding.  Now that the studio’s been around for a few years, I know what I want to do with it and which direction I want to go.  It will be a journey…and I hope you will be right here along for the ride.

One thing I’m changing or rebranding currently is how I set up at conventions.  The physical set up.  It’s going to be more about the characters and getting our name out there.  Family fun for all-ages.

To see where I’m going to be next, check out the EVENTS page.  All events and conventions posted are ones I’ll for sure be at but I’ll be adding a few more starting in the Summer.  So hopefully I’ll be able to see you in person at an upcoming show.  Keep checking here and the Facebook page for updates.