Comic art card of a mecha in battle created by Jerry Bennett
Back of the comic art card.
Busy catching up on clients, personal projects and LIFE, but I did want to at least show the art I created for the @okcomicarts.bsky.social trading card set made exclusively for the festival. They wildly sold out. Definitely doing that again next year.
#art #comicart #mecha #tradingcards #ocaf2025
OMG so beat 😵
#OCAF2025 is over, my flatting work for my bud is over… tomorrow I am going to take the day off and then it’s back to work on my comic.
It was a total success this year but there’s still plenty of work to do for the next one!
If you were a vendor or a guest, thanks for coming!!
Photo of a selection of artist trading cards from OCAF 2024 featuring a variety of art from the festival's artists.
A photo of the artist's trading card from OCAF featuring her characters from the comic There's No Such Thing as Jason - I.T.
The OCAF artist trading cards are unreal, too. My blind pack was STACKED and I even got a set of my own to keep. Tears are flowin😭💜 #ocaf #ocaf2025
photo of an artist alley booth setup featuring comics, zines, and a banner for the comic There's No Such Thing as Jason - I.T. at Oklahoma Comic Arts Festival 2025.
HAD A KILLER TIME. Brilliant show at OCAF, aaa! It was an utter galaxy full 'o wicked creators & righteous people all around. Excited as heck for next year, thank you heaps! #OCAF2025 @okcomicarts.bsky.social
Come to the Oklahoma Contemporary in downtown OKC for a FREE festival for comic and art fans alike!
#art #comics #OCAF2025
IT’S HAPPENING
#OCAF2025
Very excited about washing my car tomorrow morning so that it will be a worthy receptacle to transport such precious cargo from the airport to the fancy hotel our #OCAF2025 guests are booked at.
PANEL ALERT!
PUBLISHING AVENUES!
@alterici.bsky.social (HEATHEN) and author/Literati Press Publisher Charles J. Martin (HIRO DOGGIE) will discuss with moderator Matthew Price (THE GRAVE) the paths to publishing your comics and graphic novels to help you discover which one’s you.
#OCAF2025
I’m also on the festival committee, and it’s a bit surreal seeing it all come together. STOKED doesn’t begin to describe how I’m feeling!
#OCAF2025
What I’m looking forward to most about this panel is throwing a bunch of gotcha questions at these bozos since they all missed the generous deadline I gave them to email me some anecdotes/talking points to build softball questions around.
THE GLOVES ARE OFF.
#OCAF2025
None of my questions nor answers will be as clever as the title of this #OCAF2025 panel.
If you’re going to our first Oklahoma Comic Arts Festival. Let Jeff know what you need from him! #OCAF2025
Panel is 1:30pm in Studio 3 of Oklahoma Contemporary.
OCAF is September 13th from 10a-6p at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 11 NW 11th Street, in Automobile Alley!
#OCAF2025 #comics #festival #oklahoma #panel
WORKSHOP ALERT!
MAKING MANGA!
Manga creator Ogawa Burukku (FaLLEN) will give you a special look at what makes manga unique to the comics format, and will include special demonstrations on the manga process. BONUS: One lucky participant will be able to win a Japanese manga starter kit!
#OCAF2025
I’m so excited for Steve to be at our first Oklahoma Comic Arts Festival! This is what we call LEVELING UP. #OCAF2025
“KID-LIT IS LIT!” Panel is 12:30pm in Studio 3 of Oklahoma Contemporary.
OCAF is September 13th from 10a-6p at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 11 NW 11th Street, in Automobile Alley!
#OCAF2025 #comics #festival #oklahoma #kidlit #childrenspublishing
Image of a kid-lit panel featuring Andy Hirsch, Heidi Arnhold and Mike Anderson!
#OCAF2025 PANEL ALERT!
KID LIT IS LIT!
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS IN CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING
Join these amazing creators as they discuss making graphic novels for the kid-lit ages, the challenges, and how they worked their foot into the door. Moderated by @scbwi.bsky.social US IC @thejerrybennett.com.
Image 4: I’ve recently pushed myself to do more work, and make available at places like Mycelium Gallery here, or at Uncanny Art House, and making new stories comic book shops all across the state.
#OCAF2025
Photo of Duke, Don’s dog!
Image 3: And to end my day (be it super early in the morning or super late at night) I have to make sure Duke gets his steps in just like me!
#OCAF2025
Photo of the gym Don works out at!
Image 2: I start my day off as soon as I wake up by heading to the gym. I have a little daily pattern that works for me: a healthy body leads to a healthy mind, which leads to an active imagination, which leads to making better books.
#OCAF2025
Previous Image 1 (of 4): I do my best to get my art time whenever I can. Whether that is at my desk working on a page, or even behind the wheel of a semi truck!
#OCAF2025
Image of Don Rosencrans working hard on a comic!
Today’s Social Media Takeover is Don Rosencrans, a buff comic creator who creates by his own rules with a self publishing model that serves him well!
#OCAF2025 #oklahoma #comicartist #spotlight
The workshop is 11:30am - Studio 2
OCAF is September 13th from 10a-6p at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 11 NW 11th Street, in Automobile Alley!
#OCAF2025 #comics #cartoonist #presentation
Image of STEENZ to promote their workshop!
WORKSHOP ALERT!
STEENZ: CARTOONIST, EDUCATOR and EDITOR.
Join @oheysteenz.bsky.social (Heart of the City, Side Quest) as they present the many hats a creator can often wear and the passion that drives them, including their process for cartooning! Short Q&A will follow.
#OCAF2025
This panel is at 11:30am in Studio 3!
OCAF is September 13th from 10a-6p at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 11 NW 11th Street, in Automobile Alley!
#panel #comics #OCAF2025
A photo of the OKC Ninja Turtles, a cosplay group of heroes in a half shell!
COWABUNGA!
The OKC NINJA TURTLES are coming to #OCAF2025! Come get your picture taken with these heroes in a half shell!
OCAF is September 13th from 10a-6p at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, 11 NW 11th Street, in Automobile Alley!
#guest #tmnt #okc #ninjaturtles #cosplay
Promotional image of John Eric Osborn for a workshop on drawing dynamic anatomy.
#OCAF2025 Workshop alert!
DRAWING DYNAMIC ANATOMY! (Ages 12-18) - Join John Eric Osborn (Hiro Doggie: Space Corgi) as he discusses how to render anatomy in comics and give attendees techniques and opportunity to apply it in this informative workshop. (10:30am - Studio 2)
#workshop #comics
Attendees will have the opportunity to work on their own characters, too!
10:30am - Oklahoma Contemporary Studio 1
#OCAF2025 #workshop #comics #character #characterdesign
Advertisement for a character design workshop!
We are spotlighting our incredible programming for #OCAF2025!
@jordangibson.bsky.social (Go Go Power Rangers) and @thejerrybennett.com (Glamorella’s Daughter, Oklahoma Kaiju) will demonstrate and offer great tips in designing your own comic book characters, in both the writing and the drawing!
A photo of Alexandra Brodt and one of her cats, Oliver!
Our next showcase is the ever-hustlin’ @alexandrabrodt.bsky.social. You will easily have spotted her at any number of conventions across the country, usually hitting close to 25 a year, while managing to squeeze in some time to work on her own comics and picture book career.
#OCAF2025 #comiccreator
