Meet the Talent!

Coming soon we will have more information about and interviews with those that are the blood and bones of Cellar Door Anthology, the writers and the artists. Here through the work of myself and the poet/writer Tameca Coleman you will be able to find out more about your favorites that you seen in the book.

Stay TUNED!

Things You Should Do and See!

It seems like things are moving so fast that the world is becoming a glorious blur so I just wanted to keep you all posted on some upcoming events and happenings and gatherings and such. The following will involved not only Cellar Door Anthology but also 5280 Comicbook Classroom and the brand new and shiny zine, PLUG.

This Saturday! May the 7th a bunch of us will be gathering at a couple different spots to celebrate a day of wonder known as FREE COMIC BOOK DAY. This, as stated in its name, will include the giving out of free comics as well as having peeps from both Cellar Door and 5280 on hand as well of a slew of artists willing to fulfill you imagination's needs with really neat commissions. Also, not to be balked at, mocked or disdained will be the great sales offered by the gentlemen and Patty! at I Want More Comics (http://www.iwantmorecomics.com/) and Wayne and his crew at Time Warp in Boulder (http://www.time-warp.com/servlet/StoreFront).

On Friday May 20 we will be throwing a fundraising concert (catchy title to come!) for PLUG, a hot new zine that can be obtained at the Santa Fe art walk (First Friday in June) at Leela European Cafe, home of Denver Drink & Draw on Tuesdays. Stay tuned for details on this one! Cellar Door merch and info will be available somewhere in the house.

Don't forget! May 20th is also the deadline for your Kafka (art or essay) entries for Cellar Door: Unraveling. Make sure you've paid your $2 entry charge by that time as well to make sure you qualify for the $50 prize money if your work is judged the best!

That's all the announcements I have for the moment but be sure and stay tuned! Like I've said, things are moving awfully fast as of late.

Herding Cats :)

So its that time again! I've gotten started on handing out stories to illustrate for Cellar Door: Unraveling. We have great stories and poems for the second book and now we're in need of some illumination. If you're not holding something to draw and feel the desire to do so please do let me know. I've got post-apocalyptic worlds and cardboard men and poems on barroom napkins among many other things.

So...talk to me at Drink & Draw or an upcoming 5280 Comicbook Classroom event or you can just email me at Cellar.Door.Book@gmail.com. Include in the subject: I Want to Draw!

Hello Again!

To start off, let's talk about Project Hello 2011. It is to be a gathering of creatives from every medium: filmmakers and painters and sculptors and musicians and writers, fashion designers, jewelry makers (deep breath), culinary artists, and crafters! If you are any of these or one that has slipped my attention you should be a part of this big event. Its the second one they're throwing. Apparently 2010 was a big success! The entry deadline is May 2 so don't wait too long. Follow the link below to get there. Entry is free but if you are accepted there is a $25 participation charge. I'm going to try and get a spot for Cellar Door Anthology as well as 5280 Comic Book Classroom table. Hope to see you there too.

http://projecthello.posterous.com/call-for-entry#!/

Also stay tuned for news of a highly successful Denver Comicfest 2011! We'll be having the post-party and debriefing this coming Friday and I'll have a bunch more details about the things we've done. Some highlights you ask? Nationally renowned Elliot Serrano (Army of Darkness comics!) is going to give us a mention on his Chicago Tribune associated blog (http://blogs.redeyechicago.com/geek-to-me/) and you may someday see LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation fame wearing a 5280 T-shirt :)  Also! I Want More Comics (http://iwantmorecomics.com/) is promoting Cellar Door Anthology and its jumping over their shelves.

As always...stay tuned for more!

Kafka

So...the public domain is a beautiful beautiful thing and I've recently decided to partake of it in order to enhance the future editions of Cellar Door beginning with Unraveling. If all goes as planned (and why wouldn't it? right?) we will be including the master Franz Kafka's "Jackals and Arabs" as well as an essay and some artwork inspired by his work. Said essay and art will be the output of an contest that will be running until the 20th of May.

Make sure and email us if you would like to participate in the contest (at the usual address: Cellar.Door.Book@gmail.com) and I'll send out the details. The gist for now? The essay will be 500-1000 words concerning a connection between Kafka's work and the theme of the book, unraveling. The art contest will be a choice of three drawings: 1. a portrait of the writer. 2. a drawing of a man transforming into a bug. 3. an illustration from the short story "Jackals and Arabs". To read the story online go here: http://www.kafka-online.info/jackals-and-arabs.html. It's a great read as are the rest of his works.

I hope to hear from you!

I Want More Comics!

        

While the title of this blog is a truthful statement it is also the name of a really great comic shop in Westminster that as of last night has copies of Cellar Door: One upon its shelves. These guys are also partners with 5280 Comicbook Classroom so while it may be a bit of a drive for those of us in the downtown area (and even farther for some of you dear readers) it is well worth the trip. They've got a great staff, an amazing selection and always some fun going on in the store.

The Basics

Greetings readers! I thought since I have been telling a lot of new people about this blog lately I should probably take a moment and review the basics of what Cellar Door is (and what it hopes to be). The anthology started out a little under a year ago after another book my group had been working on called Tales to Oddify went under. The editors of that one got out two pretty cool books but the motif of pulp fiction only seemed to stifle the amount of content they received. Having learned the ins and outs of self publishing through this experience (though my cohorts and I were only writers and artists on the book and not the ones putting it together) we decided to give it a try and thus was born Cellar Door. One of my main hopes is that this book will start people on the road to submitting their works for publication. It can be a really intimidating industry out there and I am trying to help make it a little less so. There are too many amazing voices and visions that get relegated to the corner because they don't think they have what it takes.

The first book we put together under the title was themed One (and is still available here, on Amazon, and upon the bookshelves of a few stores in Denver, CO). It took approximately six months to put together and release and has gotten some favorable attention.

The second book is being created under the theme Unraveling. We've got some really great material already and are still looking for a bit more. I'm excited to report that it will definitely have more artwork than the first issue! Keep your eyes open and tell your friends to submit and check out the book.

Thanks so much,

Michael Prince