What are you doing Nov. 30th?

Oh, you're going to Genghis Con, you say? Good!

 This small press and underground comic convention is going to be fantastic. There are so many great artists including yours truly and my fellow Scribble Nerd, Ashley Ribblett! There is no admission fee this year, and it's in a new location! The Lake Erie Building a.k.a. The Screw Factory is going to be a great venue for this show.

WHO? Me, Clare Kolat! Fellow nerd, Ashley Ribblett! And so many other crazy good artists.

WHAT? Cleveland's premier small press and underground comic convention!

WHERE? The Lake Erie Building (The Screw Factory) map Rib Shack and I will be at tables 5 and 6 with Angela Oster and Tim Switalski!

WHEN? Sunday, November 30, 2014 from 2 pm-7 pm

WHY? To grab some freebies, and buy some cool art and comics from Cleveland's finest.

So please, pretty please, come see us!

XO – Clare

Weekly Challenge SPECIAL: Remembering Armanda McCafferty 11/30/84-11/05/14

Hey folks, this is your fellow scribble nerd Ashley here taking over for Dee this week to bring you a very special challenge: my best friend Armanda.
Armanda has been my best friend for a little over 10 years and after fighting a very miserable and painful illness for the last 5 she finally let go and passed away Wednesday morning.

It's difficult for me to find things to say about her that don't sound like some cliche Hallmark card.
She was one of the truest, goodest, most kind hearted people I've ever met. She valued every single person she ever knew. Even through some of her darkest times she still put on a smile and tried to make the day brighter for the people who cared for her both in and out of the hospital. Her good nature was infectious even to a hardened asshole like me.
We used to joke often about how conflicting our natures were and how by all means we shouldn't be friends, but ended up with a bond closer than most sisters.  Not a day went by when I visited, despite the pain she was in, where she didn't inquire about my well-being or what new things I had going with my art projects.

Well babe, now you're one of 'em.
It's not much, but I hope I can at least honor the memory of you and all you've done for me.

Thank you Scribble Nerds, my friends, for putting pencil to paper and helping out a nerd in need.

(All challenges will be put up on display during Friday's wake)

The New Scribble Nerds!

Hey all! You didn't think you could get rid of us that easily, did you? Oh... you did, huh? Well TOO BAD! Huha! We're back and better than ever! We're coming at you with 4, count 'em, 4 NEW MEMBERS! Sorry, I'm a little excited.

Scribble Nerds has expanded and is now a 6 artist team. We are: Clare Kolat (me,) Deanna Piotrowski (the lovable Nerdee,) Shawny Walthaw (the queen of fresh stylization and charm,) Mark Laubenthal (the master of all things adorable,) Henry Pope III (artistic badass and all around nice guy,) and Ashley Ribblett (the lovable lech.)

Combining our abilities, we plan to bring you amazing art that will make you laugh, shout, cry, and maybe even get a little queazy (in no particular order.) Our first art challenge is to design a logo for ourselves. Have at it Nerds!