WonderCon Re-Cap

Well everyone, we did it, WonderCon is finally over and it was a huge success for us here at Reluctant Zero. We passed out all of our free preview issues and stickers, and had a great amount of interest in both Mario's writing samples and Cristian's art portfolios. And we were even interviewed for a live webcast on Saturday, which we will be posting a link to as soon as it is sent to us!

We met some wonderful artists, made some really great friends, and thoroughly enjoyed the entire Con. We were even in the same row as Elvira and got a chance to meet Robert Kirkman, the writer of The Walking Dead, as well as getting the oppertunity to purchase the X-Men/SF Giants variant cover!

All in all this WonderCon was a huge success and we look forward to attending several more cons this year and hopefully you will see us again at WonderCon next year. Don't take your eyes off us anytime soon, because things are moving quickly!
Look forward to pictures from the Con later in the week and too more updates on our progress.

And don't forget to add our new website to your favorites, http://reluctantzero.com/

See you soon,
~ Angelica P.R.

Less then one week till WonderCon!

Well everyone, we're in the home stretch here, WonderCon opens on Friday and everything is just about ready for you guys to see!
We will be at booth SP-58 all day, everyday, and make sure you stop by early to snag some swag before we run out of anything!
Thanks for all your support along the way, we hope you enjoy the preview and we look forward to your feedback.

See you soon!

~Angelica P.R.

WonderCon and Reading

Hey there everyone! Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I unexpectedly had to go to my parents house out by Davis, CA, so I wasn't able to get around to it.

But back to what you all are really after, WonderCon updates. It's getting close to the big day, and we here at Reluctant Zero are definitely feeling the time crunch, but everything is starting to come together, despite the craziness. You can look forward to not only seeing the preview live at WonderCon, but some other secret goodies as well, so make sure you come by to have a look and pick up some freebies! Plus you'll get a chance to ask Mario and Cristian any questions you may have about the comic itself or the process of producing and printing an independent comic.

We here at Reluctant Zero also wanted to share a website with you, our lovely readers, which supports reading the written word. A lot of comics these days are put out on the web, and now you can read books and zines digitally too. And while we see the connivance in this, we decided to make our comic a print one, because there's nothing quite like holding a new comic in your hands at your favorite comic book shop or the newest book in your favorite series the day it comes out. So we here at Reluctant Zero would like to share our pledge to read the printed word with the button featured below, if you simply click on it, it will take you to the website where you can choose a button to place on your page as well.


Have a good week everyone, and remember, only TEN DAYS till WonderCon!

~Angelica, P.R.

Meet the Geeks

Mario, a native of San Francisco, was born "in the year of our lord nineteen hundred seventy nine"(H. Thompson). At the tender age of three months, he was whisked away from the shores of the shores of the Bay Area and spent the next four years & change in the third world paradise known as Managua, Nicaragua. He also spent a year in Lima, Peru before returning to the City. The next few years were spent in several institutions, including Long Fellow Elementary, Epiphany School, Archbishop Riordan High School, Academy of Art University, and City College of San Francisco. Mario currently lives in the Lakeview district of San Francisco and is pursuing a career as a writer. When asked to name a few artistic influences, Mario was quoted as saying: "Fuck, that shit'll take forever. Ask me later man".


Cristian grew up in the foggy city of San Francisco watching and loving Disney cartoons, particularly The Three Caballeros, Disney's the Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The Lonesome Ghosts, and many more. He always loved the idea of drawing and creating characters and stories, but he never had the guts to even start drawing 'til middle school. He stopped drawing in High School, until he finally took another drawing class in his senior year, rekindling his passion for the art. He ended up graduating from the Academy of Art University with a Bachelors in Illustration in 2007.
His favorite Illustrators include: Brian Froud, Justin Sweet, Peter de Seve, Claire Wendling, Craig Mullins, Carlos Huantes, and many more.
His favorite comic artist include: John Romita Jr., and Ariel Olivette.


Angelica is a History major at San Francisco State University focusing on "modern" European history. She hopes to get a Masters in Library Studies and work in an Archive someday. She is also a follower of lolita fashion, and an avid reader. She has ridden horses her whole life, never skips a chance to go to a museum, and have a lust for travel. Angelica believes that butter makes everything better and that meat and bread are the two most important food groups.


That's us! Tune in next week to see what we have in store for you!

~Angelica, P.R.

WonderCon News

Hey everyone, I know we have been very lax about keeping this blog updated up until this point, but from here on out you can expect weekly updates from me, Angelica, the new PR person for our comic/company because Reluctant Zero is going to WonderCon!

We received our acceptance letter a few weeks ago and have been working very, very hard to make sure everything will be perfect for the Con. Everything that we will be putting out at our booth will be FREE, that's right folks, FREE swag at the Reluctant Zero table all weekend, so make sure you stop by to say hi and pick up a preview comic and whatever else you might be interested in.

Remember WonderCon is April 1-3, 2011 located in the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco, don't miss Reluctant Zero's print debut!

~Angelica, P.R.

p.s.
You can expect an official introduction post for the three of us coming later this week.

Back!

Hey folks, I've been busy with work during the Holiday season, which was freaking nuts. And though I've worked very hard and put so much time and effort into it, I have nothing but a near empty back account to show for it. C'est la vie.

Enough of slave labor and more about creating. We're now currently working on the second half of the first issue. Just finished working on some thumb nails, just need to go over them with Mario before I start laying them down on the 'big boy' comic paper. I'll most definitely be posting regularly from now on. Take it easy my fellow nerdites!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Happy holidays everyone, Cristian and I hope you are all enjoying your holidays and not working too hard. Cristian is working nearly full-time durning the holidays which is why there haven't been any updates the past few weeks, so I figured I'd post a quick update to let you all know how things are going.

The comic is coming along a bit slower right now because of all the work Cristian has been doing, but he and Mario still meet up regularly and they're hoping to get their first issue out this spring. Unfortunatly they were denied a table at WonderCon because there were too many applicants, the Con is going to try and expand the space in order to accomidate all the applicants, so hopefully we'll get in. Otherwise you'll see us walking around the Con slinging comics gorilla style ;P

Cristian started a weekly figure drawing class back in October, but it has been put on hold this month due to the holidays, perhaps I can convince him to post so pictures!

We attended APE in October as well here in San Francisco to check out what other local artists are doing right now. One of our favorite booths is run by a wonderful woman and is called NERD JERK, you should check her work out if you're a gamer.

Look forward to more regular posting after the start of the new year, we're hoping it'll become a weekly thing, and thanks for checking us out and following us this year!

Happy Holidays from Cristian, Mario, and I!!!

~The Girlfriend