This weekend, April 10 & 11, we will be attending the grand ol’ MoCCA Festival!

Saturday & Sunday April 10 & 11, 2010
69th Regiment Armory
68 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY

We’ll be joined by our comrades in comics Robin Ha, Vanessa Satone, Eve Grandt and Vasilis Lolos at Tables C4 & C5. Hopefully we’ll have enough comics and goodies for everybody!

Hey all,

Mel here to bring to your attention two gallery exhibits that Hwan and myself are in! Whoo! The winter might have been short and snowy but these last few months, the Estrigious girls have been busy! Now that spring is arriving, you can come out and check our work at two art exhibits!

First off, Hwan has 5 glorious paintings on display at the APW Gallery’s World of Imagination Group Exhibit! She’s worked hard on these paintings, so if you want to check out her labor of blood, sweat, and tears, visit the APW Gallery at:

48-18 Van Dam St – Long Island City – NYC 11101
Hours: Friday – Sunday 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Phone: (718)-383-0671

The opening reception was March 5th, 2010, to hurry and check it out!

Next, I (Mel) will have my Space Comic on display at the NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition Exhibit at MoCCA! Not only will my work be on display but I’ll be sharing wall space will some of the most awesome artists and cartoonists out there!

Opening night will be March 12, 2010 and will continue on to May 30, 2010.
MoCCA is located at:

594 Broadway, Suite 401
(btwn. Houston and Prince)
New York, NY 10012
Tel. 212-254-3511

Hours: Tues-Sun 12pm-5pm
General Admission: $5
Children 12 and under: Free Admission

For more information and the names of all the artists featured in the exhibit, visit MoCCA’s website!

It’s going to be crazy exciting so don’t miss out on either one!!!

Ciao xoxo

First of all, Happy New Year!

Us Estrigious girls might have been quietly lately but we sure stay busy! Some great news to start the new year: My Cage Year One is now on sale! My Cage is a daily comic strip drawn by yours truly, Melissa DeJesus. The book is a compilation of all the strips published in newspapers during its first year. If you’ve missed out, be sure to get a copy! 365 daily strips for your viewing pleasure! You’ll be able to catch up from the beginning and see where it all started!

My Cage Year One is available online only at CreateSpace.
CreateSpace is a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc. so you’ll be able to find it on there too!
If you purchase the book on Amazon.com, make sure to leave a review!

Thanks! =D

Hey everyone, Mel reporting!!

King Con has come to a close and we’re happy to report that it had a great turn out. King Con was located at the Brooklyn Lyceum and though it seemed to be a small unfurnished location, it actually felt quite comfortable. There was a steady stream of guests throughout the weekend and even at times when it felt slow, the few guests that came by were able to look freely and calmly converse with creators at tables without chaos around them.

We had a table in the back corner under some stairs. Lol! (Sounds worse than it was, but I actually liked the spot we were in.) Estrigious shared the table with Vanessa Satone, who was selling some awesome prints, minis, and her self-published graphic novel Wasted Minds. We also shared our table with Robin Ha, who also had some beautiful prints and minis for sale.

Becky was up and about but had her collection of Mini’s and the hardcover edition of Pixu for sale at the table. Hwan was there giving out KGB buttons and mini’s with a preview of Chapter 2, and I was there giving out a folder with samples of the My Cage comic strips. Whew! If you weren’t there, look at how much awesome stuff you missed!!
But to those of you you came by, we’d like to say thank’s!

Thank you, to those of you who came by to see us and support our work. We met a lot awesome people this past weekend, including Neal Adams who came to our table!! He came by to introduce himself because he seemed impressed by our setup. I don’t remember any of us saying anything because we were speechless, but luckily Robin was able to talk to him and represent our table nicely.

If you couldn’t make it out this weekend, keep checking back to see when we’ll get together again for the next con. We’ll have even more goodies for you then, so make sure you come out to meet us all!

Peace!

Estrigious goodies right before your eyes!

Vanessa and myself to the left oblivious to the camera. Hwan and Robin posing with KGB.

Robin sitting pretty with our awesome display stand full of yummy mini's!