Yes folks!  It appears that once again, I and the good folks at the almighty 21CSS will go, to what what we have come to consider our HOMECOMING EVENT…YES, ITS BALTIMORE COMICON TIME!  I along with Will Nix (Elemental Breakers, Pistoleers Cover Artist) Chris Rubenstahl (Paranormals Vol 2) and Tim Dzon (GI JOE, West Coast Avengers, Spiderman Unlimited) will be at artist alley at booths A156-A157 at Charm City’s PREMIERE COMIC BOOK CONVENTION!  And we have a grab bag of goodies that any fan of the almighty sandshark MUST COVET FOR THEIR VERY OWN!  Starting with….

PARANORMALS VOL 2:  From The Lost Lands To Grenada

Alright FOLKS! Without any adeiu! HERE IS THE FRONT COVER TO PARANORMALS Vol 2: From the Lost Lands to Grenada! The art was by MIKEY WOOD of HATE YOUR FRIENDS and SPACE MONKEY COMICS INFAMY!! You want a cover this F%&KIN BADASS! You have to contact Mister Wood to get one!

This here will be our centerpiece what will be my 9th STRAIGHT BALTIMORE COMICON APPEARENCE!  Yes the 2nd Trade Paperback, collecting #7-12 of the Tolkienesque Modern Fantasy tale: THE PARANORMALS will be making its DEBUT at aforementioned comic book show!  This book is over 200 pages long and features a smoking hot cover from the PRINCE OF PITTSBURGIAN (Is that the correct spelling?!) INDIE COMICSL: MIKEY WOOD!  Not to mention bonus interior artwork from such visionaries as JOSH LYMAN (Clayman, The Paranormals Vol 1) CHRIS FLICK (Capes N’ Babes) along with yours truly, as well as an amazing back cover by myself with generous inks from TIM DZON and colors from WILL NIX III!

If that wasnt enough all copies of Paranormals Vol 2 come complete with a customizable SKETCH PAGE that I will layout a quicksketch at for NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE!

And did I mention that this book can be signed at the show by not one, not two but SIX DIFFERENT ARTISTS!!! 

Now how much would you expect to pay for a 200 page book with a personal quick sketch and 6 artist signatures….Twenty Dollars?….Thirty Dollars?

How about you snag this gem for the low price of THIRTEEN DOLLARS!

What am I insane?!?  Well folks the insanity only picks up from here!

You pick up both volume 1 and volume 2 of Paranormals at Baltimore Comicon, and you pay only $20 dollars for the whole friggin series!

Damn!  I am a deal making bastard if I ever did hear of one!!!!

But the deals dont end with our new release!

Nosiree…We are doing a sketchcard special!  Pick up 3 sketchcards for only $10.00!!!

Buy 2 Prints get a third FREE!!!

NEW ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE!!!

Also come get some of the first pieces of info into our 2011 project..ADAM AND EVE: BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE IN THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!!!

So for those who are planning to frequent yonder Comicon or live in the Baltimore Area, we severly recomend you make your way to this SEQUENTIAL EXTRAVAGANZA that will include our little corner of the con world 21st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS!  See you there…YA HUMPS!!!!

Dan Nokes

Creative Director

21st Century Sandshark Studios

http://countytimes.somd.com/read/

Hey Guys!  Yours truly made the graces of THE COUNTY TIMES thannks to my benefactors at Southern Maryland Publishing!  Gander at page 11 and please E-mail them at tandem requesting the artistic merits of me myself and I!!!

Hello Folks!  This is the GURU OF EVERYTHING 21CSS one Daniel R. Nokes! Popping you 10 AMAZING REASONS YOU SHOULD PICK UP A COPY OF THE PARANORMALS Vol. 2: FROM THE LOST LANDS TO GRENADA!  This of course is in no order of importance…

1)      THIS BADBOY WILL PREMIERE AT BALTIMORE COMICON!  That’s right!  The venue where 21^st Century Sandshark Studios was birthed into this world as a struggling sequential art Nuevo business will play host to yet another major milestone in its and my career!  So if you happen to be near enough to this, one of the PREMIERE PURE COMIC BOOK SHOWS IN THE COUNTRY I SUGGEST YOU ADD THIS TO REASONS YOU SHOULD GO!!!

2)      FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO BOUGHT THE FIRST BOOK…THIS COMPLETES THE FRIGGIN’ SERIES-yup this book will collect #7-12!  This will bring you up to snuff on all things concerning the TEAM SPOOKTACULAR!

3)      SPECIAL BALTIMORE PRICETAG- Indeed for those of you who make it to Baltimore Comicon there is a special DEBUT SALE PRICE to this indie gem!  Normally this book would go for $13!  But when you purchase Paranormals 1 and 2 together you save a whopping 5 bucks!  That is correct: For 20 bucks you can get both volume 1 and 2 with over 360 pages of interior pagey goodness!  How can we top that…READ ON HOSERS!!!

4)      INCREDIBLE BONUS GALLERY ART-From Will Nix III (Elemental Breakers, Pistoleers) Josh C. Lyman (Clayman, Paranormals Vol. 1) Chris Rubenstahl (Paranormals) Dan Nokes (Paranormals, Pistoleers) and Chris Flick (Capes N’ Babes) But more cool things are to follow…KEEP READING!

5)       COVER ART BY PITTSBURGH SEQUENTIAL GOD MIKEY WOOD!!!- I can not possibly overstate the AWESOME FRONT COVER provided to yours truly from one MISTER MIKEY WOOD ESQ. The center of awesome for THE GREATER PITTSBURGH AREA!  But the AMAZING doesn’t stop there!

6)      BACK COVER BY DAN NOKES, TIM DZON, AND WILL NIX III!-Yes A great pencil piece again by yours truly was handed over to the inking virtuoso known as TIM DZON (Spiderman Unlimited, GI JOE, West Coast Avengers) then taken over for dazzling pulse pounding colors by WILL NIX III (You know his stuff!)  I could stop here and rest on my laurels, BUT I AM HAVING TOO MUCH FUN!!!

7)      INCLUDED IS A 1995 OF THE FIRST PARANORMALS SKETCH I EVER DID!  Self explanatory for fans of the series!

8)      TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN PAGES OF ART, STORY AND NO INTERIOR ADS- We aint like no big boy company that tries to rip you off with commercials interrupting your favorite stories!  We give you YOUR FRIGGIN MONEY’S WORTH!

9)      BUY IT AT BALTIMORE COMICON AND GET IT SIGNED BY A HALF DOZEN ARTISTS- All the bonus artists and back cover artists will be at attendance at B-MORE CC and more than willing and able to sign that recent purchase AT NO ADDITION FEE!  SUCK ON THAT LIEFELD!!!

10)   BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS AT LEAST TWICE AS LONG AND 5 TIMES AS INTERESTING AS ANY REALITY STAR OVERPAMPERED HEIRESSES’, OR UNDERAGE POP STAR’S GHOST WRITTEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY-Yea I went there BEIBER?!  Wanna make somthin’ of it?!?…I didn’t think so!

So that’s it!  THE PARANORMALS: Vol. 2-From The Lost Lands To Grenada comes out for mass consumption on Saturday August 28^th 2010 at one BALTIMORE COMICON!  Do I need any more reasons for you to snag up this underground masterpiece?

Dan Nokes

Creative Director

21^st Century Sandshark Studios

Hey there one and all!  Just want to give you a breakdown of some of the shows and locales I will be at in the month of August leading up to BALTIMORE COMICON!  If you live near one of these particular shindigs and have the time and inclination please show some support for the guru of DIY comics: Southern Maryland Style and his mad creation 21^st CENTURY SANDSHARK STUDIOS!  So without any further adieu…HERE ARE THE DATES

Saturday July 31^st-BIG LARRY’s COMIC CAFÉ, Leonardtown, MD. NOON-5PM

Sunday, August 1^st-CAPICONS, Dunn Lorring Volunteer Fire Dept. Dunn Lorring, MD. 10am-3pm

Saturday, August 7^th-CAPITAL COMICS, Annapolis, MD Noon-5pm

Sunday, August 8^th- VA COMICON, Richmond, VA. 10am-4pm

Saturday and Sunday, August 28^th and 29^th-BALTIMORE COMICON, Baltimore, MD

That about does it!  Take care, and hope to see you on the road!  If you happen to have any questions drop me a line!

Dan Nokes

Creative Director

21^st Century Sandshark Studios

Okay one and all!  This here is a bit of a blanket update of ALL THE COOL SHIZZLE that is coming out of 21^st Century Sandshark Studios in the next few months! 

The first announcement is that 21CSS will officially be part of artist alley at this year’s NEW YORK COMICON!  That’s correct!  Comicdom’s largest east coast spectacular and North America’s second largest comic show will include the little sequential engine that could!  To give you a perspective on this event,  it started in 2006 with an attendance of 33,000 people!  And swelled in 4 short years to a 2009 gate of 70,000!  This year is expected to break that record!   I will be announcing developments and Sandshark related goodies to correspond with aforementioned New York event as things unfold!

Second is that of my August Schedule:  I will be part of the following shindigs….

July 31^st-BIG LARRY’S COMIC CAFÉ Leonardtown, MD.  12-5pm

August 1^st-CAPICONS Dunn Lorring, MD. 10am-3pm

August 7^th-CAPITAL COMICS Annapolis MD. 12pm-5pm (With Tim Dzon and Josh C. Lyman)

August 8^th- VIRGINIA COMICON, Richmond VA. 10am-4pm

August 28^th and 29^th BALTIMORE COMICON

The last date there brings us into chapter 3 of this little announcement.  PARANORMALS Vol 2-FROM THE LOST LANDS TO GRENADA will officially be released at said BALTIMORE COMICON!  That’s right!  Charm City’s premiere comic book show will for the 9^th time host one 21^st Century Sandshark Studios and all its maniacal endeavors!  This includes the trade paperback to its Tolkienesque epic: THE PARANORMALS!  This 216 page book will feature the collection of issues #7-12 of aforementioned series created by yours truly!  It will sport a front cover by none other than PITTSBURGH’S SUPER-GURU OF INDEPENDENT COMICS ONE MIKEY WOOD (Hate Your Friends, The Razor and B-Dogg Show!!!  But if that wasn’t enough how about a back cover penciled by DAN NOKES (The Reptile and Mister Amazing, Paranormals, Pistoleers) inked by the BRAHMAN OF BLACK INDIA TIM DZON (West Coast Avengers, GI-JOE) and colored by DIGITAL SPECTRAL GENIUS: WILL NIX III (Elemental Breakers)!  If that still doesn’t whet your appetite how about bonus pics from NEWCOMER EXTRORDINAIRE: CHRIS RUBENSTAHL (Paranormals TPB), WEBCOMIC FUNNYMAN CHRIS FLICK (Capes and Babes) and COMICS HARDEST WORKING MAN JOSH LYMAN (Clayman) as well as Will Nix and Myself! 

Which segways into our final announcement concerning again, Baltimore Comicon!  We will be attending, we will be debuting the TPB of Paranormals Vol 2, but on top of that and all the usual goodies we have available at all our con appearances how about this…The 21^st Century Sandshark Studios booth will feature not only myself, but TIM DZON, CHRIS RUBENSTAHL and WILL NIX III!  You got it!  If you happen to pick up a copy of Paranormals Vol 2 you can have it signed by not one but 4 ARTISTS at one table!  Not only that but afterwards can venture to the booth’s of CHRIS FLICK and JOSH LYMAN and have them sign piece of artistic and literary merit by them as well! 

But if that still doesn’t get you to Maryland’s most well known big little city and at the comic show that it was so named how about one more little tidbit…If you pick up volumes 1 and 2 at Baltimore Comicon (A 25 dollar value) will only cost you 20 bucks!  That’s 368 pages for a single Jackson that you can get signed at that very show by over half a dozen artists!!!  WHAT?!? YOU STILL WANT MORE?!??!?!?!?!  Okay…How about Volume 2 also sports a CUSTOMIZABLE SKETCHPAGE!!  That’s right!  Buy the friggin book get a free Paranormals related quick sketch in the gosh darn book!  So 13 bucks for one or 20 dollars for TWO BOOKS, HALF A DOZEN SIGNATURES, 368 PAGES, AND ONE HELL OF A STORY TO KILL AN HOUR OR TWO!!! 

So that’s it!  Sounds good to you?!  Have questions?  Feel free to drop me a line!

Dan Nokes

Creative Director

21^st Century Sandshark Studios

Just a quick last minute reminder that I will be in Philly tommorow for their July 11th show!  For those who support Indy Artists who need gas money home I SEVERLY suggest you stop on by and FRIGGIN BUY SOMETHING AND PLACATE MY INFLATED EGO!!!!  No seriously!  Follow the link, and come on by!

http://www.philadelphiacomic-con.com/

Dan Nokes
Creative Director
21st Century Sandshark Studios

Just wanted you to know that I got the official confirmation that your’s truly will be part of this years NEW YORK COMICON!  Yup!  I will be in the artist alley section of the EAST COASTS LARGEST COMIC BOOK CONVENTION!!!  That’s right!  I will be bearing the horrors of commuting and staying in North Bergen New Jersey to spread the word of 21st Century Sandshark at the premiere pop culture show on the eastern seaboard!  This little shindig is expected to draw an attendance of 80,000 persons!  So to say I’m psyched and intimidated is a severe understatement!  More info will be dished to the public as it becomes available!  Thank you, that is all!

Dan Nokes
Creative Director
21st Century Sandshark Studios

Greetings to all my friends, associates, colleagues, family, brothers in arms, and other folk of positive import!  This is fearless leader of the Southern Maryland Sequential DIY Revolution: One Dan Nokes!  I am here to inform you that aforesaid person and his lovely bag of tricks will be peddling his wares down near his home at Annmarie Gardens in Solomons, MD. on Saturday July 3rd, from 9am-Noon.  That’s right!  I’ll be side by side with a bunch of other folk who hand or home made, food, clothing, art, sculpture, and an array of wares and sundries that may catch your eye, including: YES COMICS AND RELATED ART FROM YOURS TRULY!  For those of you who are staying local for the upcoming 4th of July weekend or who are traveling through the area and need somewhere interesting to go might I suggest such a local event?  Might I suggest you get in your cars, bikes, mopeds, or canoes, and stake out a camp now to get choice positioning for my arrival at such an event!  (I am a hot item in such social circles!)  In all seriousness come support, me, local comics, local arts and crafts, and the world wide vision I have called 21st Century Sandshark Studios! Again the dates, and places are below!

MAKER’S MARKET
Saturday July 3rd
9am-Noon
Ann Marie Gardens
ADMISSION: FREE!!!

Have any questions?  Feel free to contact me….
Dan Nokes
Creative Director
21st Century Sandshark Studios
sandshark@comcast.net

Yep folks! Long story short: I will be on a bit of a hiatus until at least July 11th at this juncture! No, for you folks who arent participating in the festivities at Heroescon in Charlotte, I will be part of the Dunn Lorring CAPICONS one dayer at the Dunn Lorring Fire House on June 6th from 10am-3pm. I will be sporting the new issue of PISTOLEERS as well as prints, sketchcards and original schwag great and small! Please stop on by, say hello and help spread the word of the mighty 21 Sandshark! -Dan NokesYep folks! Long story short: I will be on a bit of a hiatus until at least July 11th at this juncture! No, for you folks who arent participating in the festivities at Heroescon in Charlotte, I will be part of the Dunn Lorring CAPICONS one dayer at the Dunn Lorring Fire House on June 6th from 10am-3pm. I will be sporting the new issue of PISTOLEERS as well as prints, sketchcards and original schwag great and small! Please stop on by, say hello and help spread the word of the mighty 21 Sandshark! -Dan Nokes Creative Director 21st Century Sandshark Studios Creative Director 21st Century Sandshark Studios

Alright one and all!  This is my last task I have given myself this Memorial Day, so lets get this thing rolling!

I have worked out the particulars to the summer leg and am releasing dates coming up from now to September 1st…

They are as follows-

Sunday, June 6th-CAPICONS, Dunn Lorring, VA 10am-3pm

Sunday, July 11th- PHILADELPHIA COMICON, Philadelphia, PA 10am-4pm

Saturday, July 31st- BIG LARRY’S COMIC CAFE, Leonardtown, MD. Noon-5pm

Sunday, August 1st-CAPICONS, Dunn Lorring, VA 10am-3pm

Saturday, August 7th-CAPITAL COMICS, Annapolis MD Noon-5pm

Sunday, August  8th- VA COMICON, Richmond, VA 10am-4pm

AND IT ALL WRAPS UP AT
BALTIMORE COMICON
2-DAYS!!!
Saturday and Sunday- August 28th and 29th!
Baltimore, MD.
Baltimore Convention Center!

That’s it folks!  Remember that dates are subject to change and we will be announcing some pretty big items as we hit to the big show in Baltimore.  So stay tuned!!!

Dan Nokes
Creative Director
21st Century Sandshark Studios
www.21sandshark.com