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The Second Edition of Creepy Romance is in the works.
Creepy Romance is a one-of-a-kind book pairing creepiness, romance, and humor together like nothing before.Please donate now and help us with our dream of creating the 2nd Edition of Creepy Romance. We cannot print the book without your support.
Why Creepy Romance?
We are all Creeps and We all Fall in Love. Almost everyone has had that awkward moment when they say something to their object of desire, where their intent was to be romantic but somehow accidentally said the most disturbing thing ever.Creepy Romance is a collection of creepy love quotes that are paired with original artwork from over 50 artists. Each artist was given a creepy love quote and was asked to illustrate it in one months time.
Book Specs for the 2nd Edition of Creepy Romance:
6' x 9' high quality one-of-a-kind Original Art Book with perfect binding with approx. 50 pages of quotes and artwork. 70# Offset Smooth paper for quality art printing.
We're hard at work writing and curating the Second Edition of Creepy Romance. Thank you for your help. Reserve your copy early and have the perfect Valentines Day Gift ready to go come February 2015.
THE 2ND EDITION WILL FEATURE SUCH ARTISTS AS:
Artists Signed On:1. Jon Schnepp: American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer. Owner of Schneppzone, Director of The Death of Superman Lives:What Happened?, Metalocalypse, UCB, ABCs of Death, The Venture Bros. Twitter. @JonSchnepp
2. Todd Nauck is the artist of the best selling comic book of the last decade,Amazing Spider-Man #583: the Spider-Man/Barack Obama Team-Up. Todd Nauck is a well known artist of the comic book industry and works regularly for Marvel and DC Comics, with credits including Amazing Spider-Man, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Teen Titans Go, and Young Justice, as well as countless others. Nauck’s art was recently prominently featured on the season 8 finale of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as well as on episodes of ESPN’s NFL Sunday Countdown and SportsCenter.
3. Will Carsola: Co-creator of Mr. Pickles on Adult Swim @WillCarsola
4. Prince Terrence: Hussle Club & Hearts of Revolution @PrinceTerrence @HUSSLECLUB (as seen in the Rolling Stone)
5. Veronica Guarino: from Bangkok, Thailand seen here: http://cargocollective.com/veronicag
6. Bao Vo: from Ming & Ping twitter & instagram. @MingAndPing @baovo
7. Michael Ewing: renowned Portland Artists, Illustrator, cartoonist, graphic designer. Instagram @M_Ewing.
8. Lupe Flores: self taught artist from Compton, CA. Her art is blend of gothic, creepy, and melancholic. twitter & instagram @lupesart
9. Gus Storms is a comicbook creator/illustrator based in craggy ole' Brooklyn. He lives a simple, almost pastoral lifestyle, replete with philosophical musings and everywhere the scent of flowers. SPACE CREEP, his science fiction serial, is still awaiting publication. In the meantime, Mr. Storms illustrates other stuff for other people. @GusStorms
10. Noah Patrick Pfarr: works primarily for Newspapers and Magazines around the country, but has worked in package design, comics, and gaming as well. Some of his clients include Entertainment Weekly, Boy’s Life Magazine, Penthouse Magazine, Delaware Today, COSMOgirl! Magazine, Venus Zine, Scoot Magazine, Minnesota Monthly, Portland Monthly Magazine, LA Weekly, the Dallas Observer, the Portland Mercury, the Seattle Stranger, and more. @NoahPfarr
11. JQ Hammer
12. Zachary Scheer
13. Rene Lafarque
14. Jeff Carlisle
15. Thom Follery
16. Carolyn Main
17. Phillip Ray Orabuena18. Emily Humphries-baumker
19. Pashon Coop
20. Daniel Fishel
21. Michael Byers
22. Nicolas Hansen
23. Justin Volz
24. Chadwick C Plays
25. Bill Dunleavy
26. Bradley Royce Messer
27. Rachel Schneider
MORE COMING SOON....We are currently reviewing over 500+ artist portfolios.
Our Team:
Cosondra Sjostrom - AuthorCosondra has been a creative writer since she was in grade school. Her creative writing class in high school was the first class she connected with. She was first published in college when she lived in Portland, Oregon. With one highly successful 1st Edition Creepy Romance under her belt. She has already started writing the 2nd Edition. She is known for being an entrepreneur with www.veganunite.com, a dark/comedy Writer, and Actor. She currently lives in Los Angeles and enjoys supporting women entrepreneurs, creatives, and veganism.
Roxanna Elizabeth Co-CuratorRoxanna currently lives in Seattle, Washington. She is pursuing her new degree in Mortuary Science. Roxanna was born and raised in Oregon. Eccentric art and music were very intrinsic in her upbringing. She has worked as Social Media Manager for several different brands and companies. Her pervious career was in an artist management with a heavy focus on artist relations and promotions. Also, she will never die.
Danielle Quintanilla Co-CuratorDanielle is a Chicago native currently living in Los Angeles. Danielle has been living abroad in both Thailand and Spain for the past few years. Danielle was born a natural artist. With a love of painting and drawing since she was a child. Danielle is the queen of events and organization. Her love of art has lead her to loving her career as a Makeup Artist.
Jen Raine Co-Curator
Jen is an artist by trade and an artist in her heart. Her studies have taken place at Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio (BFA), and Otis College of Art and Design in LA. In LA she worked both on and off set as a special effects artist, production assistant, make-up artist, and set decorator. She then attended New York University for her Masters in Art Education. In NYC, she worked for America Reads/America Counts, Heller Gallery as well as volunteering as a build and fabrication intern for world renowned puppeteer, Basil Twist. Her personal philosophy is to cultivate and sustain an appreciation of the arts amongst others, as well as to spread her passion and a bit of magic to those around her.
How will the funds be used?
Creepy Romance Book Signing and Artist Event
This event will allow our Author and some of our Artists to get together in one place and to sign some of the books, this will also build our brand image. We are excited and looking forward to hosting this one of kind event.
-Feb 4th, 2015 6pm - Midnight
-Los Angeles, CA (location TBA)
-$15 Tickets at the Door
-Many of our 1st Edition and 2nd Edition Artist, Co-curators, and Author will be in attendance.
-Band & DJ (TBA)
Samples of the 1st Edition of Creepy Romance
(Photos Left to right, 1st Edition of Creepy Romance, Book in Skylight books in Los Feliz, CA, Book in Downtown Los Angeles Book Store, Book Gift Wrapped ready for shipment)
(Example 1 of Creepy Romance 1st Edition by Justin Volz)
(Example 2 of Creepy Romance 1st Edition by Zack Soto)
(Example 3 of Creepy Romance 1st Edition by Rachel Schneider)
(Example 4 of Creepy Romance 1st Edition by Nicolas Hansen)
Creepy Romance 1st Edition Artists:
Jon Schnepp (Creator Metalocalypse), John B Gourley (Portugal. The Man), Daniel Katz (Creator Deep Space 69), Jonathan, Curly V (Designer for Curly V), Michael Noel [sic], Prince Terrence (Hussle Club), Will Carsola (DaybyDay & Mr. Pickles), Jeremy Polgar (Titmouse), Angelo Hat (Titmouse), Rick Weston, Vertebrae33, Jen Hart, Will Storie, Carleigh Herbert, Michael Ewing, Chad Haldenman (Life at Sea), Zack Soto, Angelina Dreem, Kristina Cullen, Matthew Krause, Chad O’Dell Roberts, Patt Kelley, Black_eM, Justin Volz, Shaun Peace, Glen David Miller, Gregorio Reis, Ryan Stark, Andy Gloude, Mark Harada, Gus Storms, Chad O’Dell Roberts, Samantha DeCarlo, Nicolas Hansen, Scott Bluedorn, Jeff Carlisle, V Holecek, Samathan Meyes (Forlorn Dolls), Josh Emerick, Lupe Flores, Benje Burdine, Zachary Scheer, Rachel Schneider, Zack Dunn, Thom Foolery, & Dendril.