Five Star Comics

Friday, March 30, 2012

Terence Hanley at Gem City Comic Con!

Terence Hanley will be at the Gem City Comic Con in Dayton, Ohio, this weekend, Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1, 2012. The convention takes place at the Student Union of Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH, 45435. You can find out more about the convention by clicking here.

In other news, Five Star Comics #2 goes to print next week! Our sophomore effort will offer a showcase of Matt Marshall's talents with a full-color cover and a six-page story inside telling the origin of The New Black Bat!

Also inside:

Missile returns in a new story by Larry Blake. Don't miss "The Trojan Cuckoo"!

Gary Gibeaut revives not only Lady Luck, but also her sidekick and one of her enemies, Warped Brain!

Tim Corrigan and Many Hands present a new kind of superhero--make that two superheroes--The Amalga-Mates in "The Case of the Nut Case"!

Finally, Cave Girl returns, to face down a new menace in "Cave Girl and the Bat-King" by Terence Hanley!

Five Star Comics #2, available April 2012!

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Terence Hanley at the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention!

Five Star Comics creator Terence Hanley will be at the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention this weekend, Saturday, March 24, 2012. The convention will take place in the Heritage Hall East at the Lexington Convention Center, 430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check out the website of the convention here. In addition to his monsters and aliens coloring books, Terence will have Lucky Girl #1 and Five Star Comics #1 for sale. Look for sketch cards of your favorite characters as well, and if you don't find the one you're looking for, ask the artist! He can draw it for you!

Isis, from the 1970s kid's show of the same name.
A sketch card by Terence Hanley.

Five Star Comics #2 Preview

Five Star Comics #2 is nearing completion and if you liked the first issue, you'll love the second. The Black Bat by Matt Marshall takes the lead spot in this issue. Matt's cover design will knock your socks off! Look for Five Star Comics #2 at the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo (S.P.A.C.E.), Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22, 2012, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Terence Hanley at Mysticon

Five Star Comics creator Terence Hanley will be at Mysticon, his first science fiction-fantasy-horror convention, this weekend, Friday, February 24, through Sunday, February 26, 2012, in Roanoke, Virginia. This is the second year for Mysticon. Guests of honor include author Sherrilyn Kenyon and actor Richard Hatch of Battlestar Galactica fame. Terence will be in the artists' alley part of the convention. Stop by for a Mothman or monsters and aliens coloring book, a copy of Lucky Girl or Five Star Comics, or a preview of the next Cave Girl story. Terence will also draw pictures made to order.

You can find out more about Mysticon at the show's website.

Coming soon in Five Star Comics #2:
Cave Girl meets the Bat-King!

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Introducing Island Girl!

Five Star Comics creator Terence Hanley will be at the Lexington Comic and Toy Convention in Lexington, Kentucky, on Saturday, March 24, 2012. That's where his new character, Island Girl, will make her debut in a convention comic made up of stories by artists in attendance. Here's a preview of her four-page, full-color origin story, "Escape from Monster Island"!

Look for Island Girl in Lexington!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

New Printing of Five Star No. 1

Five Star Comics #1 goes to print again this week!

Look for it at all of our events this year!

You can also purchase a copy through the mail!

Send $4.00 to:

Five Star Comics

c/o Larry Blake

69306 State Route 124

Reedsville, OH 45772

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Five Star Comics Reviewed in Paper & Ink!

Small-press reviewer Steve Shipley has reviewed Five Star Comics #1 in his latest issue of Paper and Ink, published in November 2011. "This has to be the best comic I've received this year so far," Steve writes on his way to giving Five Star Comics--what else?--five stars. "Order this comic," Steve concludes, "you will not be disappointed!"

So how do you order a copy of this coveted comic book? Send $5.00 to Larry Blake, 69306 State Route 124, Reedsville, OH 45772, that's how! And to read Steve Shipley's Paper & Ink: News & Reviews of Small Press Comics, simply write to 1825 Eastgate Road, Toledo, OH 43614. Single copies are $1.00 each, while a 4-issue subscription costs $2.00.

Paper & Ink #2, available now from Steve Shipley and featuring small-press news and reviews. Cover art by Mike Pascale.

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