30 Character Challenge!

For the month of November I am partaking in the 30 character challenge brought to you by my buddy Tyler James and Comix Tribe.



The plan is to create a new character everyday and have 30 by the end of the month. You can miss a couple of days which is why I currently only have 5 and today is the... 7th? Anyways, as long you have 30 by the end of the month it's all gravy.

So that being said, I figured I would post my guys on my own blog as well as the 30 Characters Challenge website, which can be seen here

So Starting from the current character moving down, here is

#5 Timothy Andrew Herbert Attorney at Law:



Mr. Herbert was born in 1957 in northern Montana. His parents Marsha and Daniel Herbert were both teachers at the Jerz High School and pushed young Timothy in his education. He graduated in 1975 3rd in his class and went on to Boston University to study law. He joined the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity and was president in 1978. He stayed at BU through Law school and has lived in Boston since. Timothy married Kiera Knightley (no relation to the actress) in early 1991 and they currently have three children. He is the president of his own Law firm in Brighton Massachusetts and you can catch his commercials during the day on channel 5. He gives regularly to the
MSPCA.

Next up is #4 The Great Regurgitator!



Yes dear reader, beware The Great Regurgitator!
Since 1996, Barbara Hendrix was just your average bulimic, until one day, out of revenge she ate her boyfriend after he stepped on her toe when she was wearing sandals! That night going through the motions of having the perfect body/bad breath and screwed up teeth, her boyfriend came out whole and is now her zombie slave! So watch your back dear reader because The Great Regurgitator may be right behind and she is most likely hungry! BWAHAHAHAHAHA! (Thunderclap)

Here is #3 Chip Sudofthqui



He has no story.

Moving on, this guy I drew up at Larry's Comic's Drink and Draw (hence the shirt). A lot of the guys from there have illustrations up to, links to come...

#2 Comic Fan



And here is the first character I made up for this...

#1 Mo Larome



If my mother or sister ask, that is ketchup. If anyone else asks, its catsup.

Alex

Garden State Comic Con & NYC Comic Con: The After Math

So in the past couple of weeks I was at the Garden State Comic Con and the NYC Comic con which were both good times.



At the Garden State Con, I met up with my buddy Kyle Richey (the writer for The After Party in the Poe Twisted Anthology). He was the one who set up this whole shindig, I was just along for the ride. So we hung out, sold some books and had a good time. Later on in the show Ashley Cook and I left to get some lunch, on the way out we had to stop by the Batmobile! Thats right!




On the Bat-Phone!


Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.

The second day I had to make sure to get an autograph from Davey Jones for Dolly writer Lindsay Moore who is a big Monkeys fan. Now the day before at the con I bought a Slaughtered Lamb t shirt. For those who don't know, the Slaughtered Lamb is from the movie An American Werewolf in London. The Slaughtered Lamb is the name of the pub the main characters go to in the begining of the film where they are greeted by some grumpy Brits with great jokes who also are keeping the secret of the local Werewolf epidemic under raps (watch the movie, it's a good one, and it features Frank Oz!) So I was wearing this shirt when I met Davey Jones.



As I walked up he just stared at my shirt kind of like this...



"What the hell is that? is that a heavy metal band or something?"

"Oh no" I said "It's from the movie an American Werewolf in London, it's kind of a joke."

"Oh yeah, I've heard of that. My neighbor wrote the song."

"You mean the Waren Zevon song? Oh cool!"

"Yeah yeah. He's dead."

"... um yeah. Could I have an autograph for my friend?"

So anyways he was a nice guy.

Later on in the show Ashley Cook and I were returning from lunch and stopped at the restroom before heading back to the table. I was waiting for her outside and heard her coming out. So as a joke, I puffed up my chest and made muscles with my arms (she would think it was funny, probably) the only problem is that Ashley wasn't the one coming out of the restroom at that time. It was Barbara Eden from I Dream of Jeanie.



So that was kind of embarrassing. In the end though it was a good show!

The next week at NYC Comic Con it was a great time, got to hang out with my buddy Jordan and his buddy Donovan along with Enrica Jang, my editor at Red Stylo Media. There was a bunch of crazy stuff going on but oddly enough the only picture I took all weekend was this pic of Donovan...



Looking sharp!

So anyways a good time. Now enough of this, I gotta get back to work.

Alex


p.s.



This has nothing to do with either comic cons but I figured I would add it anyway. This past Tuesday My brother and I met Dan Aykroyd in Attleborough MA where he was promoting his vodka. As I went up to take a picture with him I shook his hand and looked up to smile but my brother was still working with the camera on his phone. So I looked at Dan Aykroyd and said, "well I guess we'll just stand here and hold hands for a while." He just gave me a funny look and my brother took the picture. I found out later he was faking it so I would have a minute to say hello. Oh well.



There's my brother Adam with Dan Aykroyd. Don't you like how it says friends above them.



The Blues-mobile, they didn't allow me to sit in this one though.

Garden State Comic Con!

This weekend (the 8th and 9th, and the 8th is my birthday by the way, you can forward presents to the show if you'd like) I'll be in Cherry Hill NJ at the Garden State Comic Con! So come on down to see me and fellow Poe Twisted Anthology contributor Kyle Richey and South Pole co-writer Ashley Cook and buy some books!

more info here

p.s. Here are some pics from MICE which was just a couple of weeks ago, thanks to everyone who showed up and said hello.



Myself and Ashley Cook



what else can I say?



Myself and the writer of Dolly (coming soon in Hellbound 2) Lindsay Moore

pictures taken by Matt Boehm, Carleton Tsui, and Renée Kurilla

See you in Jersey!

Horror-View's review of Poe Twisted

Horror View has recently reviewed the Poe Twisted anthology and here is what they had to say about yours truly...

Poe’s “Eldorado” is celebrated next by Windham-Kent & Cormack. The gritty story follows the tortured protagonist and his horse, as he seeks the titular place where he will finally find peace. Instead, there’s a who lot of violence, brought to un-life by Cormack’s fantastic art and Windham-Kent’s well-paced storytelling.

“The Tell Tale Cat” by Cormack follows two investigating officers as they check in on frumpy old Vincent Allen. Mrs. Allen disappeared days earlier, and there aren’t any suspects other than Allen himself. The sloppy drunk (drawn with the perfect amount of embellishment by Cormack) welcomes the officers into his home, only to be betrayed by the titular house pet. The Cat then proceeds to lead the officers through a series of tongue-in-cheek instances of other Poe stories.

To read the whole article you can check it out here!

Also come by Harvard bookstore tonight (anytime after 7) to pick up Minimum Paige which features two of my comics (Quarters and the Essex County Literary Wax Museum & Menagerie!) I guess they are going to have Jam comics and a raffle with all proceeds donated to a local comics charity, some prizes include a signed Terry Moore Sketchbook, Will Eisner Book, and Women of the DCU (not sure if a book or literally the women) and more!





-Alex

I'll be at MICE Saturday

MICE aka the Massachusetts Independent Comic Expo is Saturday and I'll be there selling comics and such including The Poe Twisted Anthology (featuring my comics the Tell Tale Cat, and Eldorado), Dolly written by Lindsay Moore and illustrated by me (it will also be in Hellbound coming out later this year) the Essex County Literary Wax Museum and Menagerie written by J.L. Bell and again, illustrated by me (this is also available in the Minimum Paige at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, starting tomorrow) and copies of South Pole and other such stuff.


Andy Kaufman performs Mighty Mouse by myboxprod

So come on down and buy some comics so I can eat.

MICE, The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo

September 24, 2011 10am - 6pm

1815 Mass Ave., Cambridge MA (Porter Square)


above posters created by Jerel Dye and Maris Wicks

The Harvard Book Store's Minimum Paige

"Minimum Paige," Harvard Book Store's first ever graphic novel anthology will be publishing two comics of mine!



"Quarters" which if you saw me at any of the recent shows I was at, you probably saw this sweet quickie. It's the tale of a Superhero on the search for change! If anyone remembers the comic I did "A Quick Buck," it's basically a retelling of that one, only better!



The longest title in the Alex Cormack catalog, "Essex County Literary Wax Museum & Menagerie!" Written by J.L. Bell and illustrated by me! This one tells the story of Story, the curator of the before mentioned museum having to deal with some less then worthy guests. J.L. Bell also writes the blog Oz and Ends which you can read here.

The release party is next week, the 22nd of September at the Harvard Book Store where you can meet me and most likely J.L. Bell and buy a copy of Minimum Paige!

South Pole playing in the Online New England Film Festival!

Ever thought to yourself "Gee, I would like to see Alex Cormack's critically acclaimed award winning Christmas animation South Pole, but I can never get to any showing of it and that dope can't seem to get a store put together on his website so I can buy it." Well, you're in luck! starting today, South Pole is being shown in this years Online New England Film Festival!

So now feel free to sit back and watch South Pole in the comfort of your own home or most likely during breaks at work or when the boss is in the other room (most likely also watching South Pole.)

Here is the link and hurry it's only up for a limited time!

Online New England Film Festival