Hank Houston

Wondercon 2010

2010-04-01T20:03:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow-WONDERCON! Hank Houston Creators can be found @ booth AA069(ECV Press) and booth AA040(Little Carbon Robot!

Hank Houston Creators 2010 Convention Schedule

2010-01-29T15:35:00.000-08:00

Hank Houston creators will be appearing at the following conventions in 2010.

Sac-Con March 7
http://www.sacramentocomics.com/html/index2.html

Emerald City ComiCon March 13-14
http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/

Wondercon April 2-4
http://www.comic-con.org/wc/

Sac-Con June 6
http://www.sacramentocomics.com/html/index2.html

San Diego Comic Con July 22-25
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/

APE October 16-17
http://www.comic-con.org/ape/

Long Beach Comic Con October 29-31
http://www.longbeachcomiccon.com/

Sac-Con December 12
http://www.sacramentocomics.com/html/index2.html

If you will be at any of these conventions stop by and say hi. We will be at the following booths.

ECV Press
www.ECVPRESS.com

Little Carbon Robot
www.LITTLECARBONROBOT.com

Hank Houston Back On Track!

2009-10-30T15:22:00.001-07:00

Hank Houston is back! We have started on a 6 issue mini-series with our new artist Yusuf Idris. Here is a fun pin-up he did as part of the selection process. Keep you eyes open because Hank is on his way out of the internet and into 4 color goodness!

APE CON 2009!

2009-09-15T18:15:00.001-07:00

Mark Your calendar for October 17-18 because Hank Houston Co-Creator Hai-Na-Nu Saulque will be attending APE 2009! Stop by and show some love at the LITTLE CARBON ROBOT Booth to see his comic and print work as well as tattoo designs.

www.LITTLECARBONROBOT.com

San Diego Comic Con 2009!

2009-06-20T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hank Houston creators Hai-Na-Nu Saulque and Ben Schwartz will be appearing at the ECV Press booth during San Diego Comic Con 2009. If you will be there come on by and say hi. We will be displaying new Hank Houston art work and have all the info on when you can expect to see Hank on the stands. See you all there!

San Diego Comic Con 2009
SMALL PRESS
BOOTH O03 (Oh Zero Three)

Super-Con May 16th & 17th!

2009-04-19T04:52:00.000-07:00

This San Jose Con is jam packed with special guest! Including the creators of Hank Houston! Come by and say hi if you will be attending.

SUPER-CON

BOOTH AA82 Wondercon 2009

2009-02-26T13:21:00.000-08:00

If you are attending Wondercon this weekend, Feb 27 - Mar 1, then stop by the ECV Press booth to say hi. BOOTH AA82 in Artist Alley!

Enemi-Haven Distribution & ECV Press

2009-02-26T13:20:00.001-08:00

With Diamond doing their best to thin the herd of Indy comics a new Distributor has risen up to take that place. Enemi Entertainment & Haven Distribution are working hard to make sure that Indy books do not get axed from your local comic store. Please check out their sites and let your retailer know that they need to give this company a try.

In the March 2009 edition, available now, you can see ECV Press and our 1st 3 issues being distributed nationwide! Check out page 54 and make sure you let your comic shop know that you want to see these issues on their shelf. We also have a special incentive where retailers can receive 3 free issues!

www.enemi-entertainment.com

Julio Gives Us Another Beauty!

2009-02-23T08:33:00.000-08:00

Here is yet another amazing piece by Hank Houston artist Julio Cesar! Look for more by him in the coming months as we work on getting Hank off the ground and into book format!

Alien Design By Julio

2009-01-27T20:30:00.001-08:00

I have not posted anything new in quite a while. So here is a pic of an alien beauty by Julio Cesar, our Hank Houston artists. I have the first 2 issues hammered out and am about to start on 3. Here is to a Hank Houston mini-series in 2009.

Hank Houston and 2009

2009-01-08T10:31:00.000-08:00

Hi,all. 2009 is here and we have a ton of projects moving forward with ECV Press. I have got them all self sustaining aside from editing. This means that I Myself and hai-Na-Nu Saulque can turn our attention back to Hank Houston. We have the 1-6 layed out and I an about to sit down and begin the final scripting. By the end of january I want to have this completed so that we can begin pencils for either a mini-series or a graphic novel. I will keep you all updated on our progress and send those positive vibes our way so we can make 2009 the best creative year so far.

Ben Schwartz

Hank Houston Creators @ Empire's Comics Dec 13th!

2008-12-09T17:34:00.000-08:00

Empire's Comics Vault is having another Holiday SALE on Saturday Dec 13th! There will be a ton of guests and HUGE savings. For all the information please visit their website...

www.empirescv.com
916-924-0775
2357 Arden Way
Sacramento, Ca 95825

75% OFF Back Issues!
35% OFF Trades & Games!
50% OFF Statues & Toys!
25% OFF Everything Else!

Hank Creators At Empire's Comics on Nov 22nd!

2008-11-21T13:49:00.000-08:00

Hai-Na-Nu Saulque and Ben Schwartz will be appearing at Empire's Comics during the Beat The Holiday Rush SALE on Saturday November 22nd! Discounts and Special Guests!

www.empirescv.com
2357 Arden Way
Sacramento Ca 95825
916-924-0775

50% OFF Back Issues
25 % Off Trades, Statues Games and Toys
15% Off EVERYTHING ELSE!!!

SPECIAL GUESTS

Timothy Green II - Rush City, Aeon Flux, Iron Fist, Secret Invasion 1-Shot, Annihilation Conquest Star Lord, and Heavy Metal

Richard Curtze - The Continuum and an upcoming Western Series.

Paul Allen - Doc Paradox, Nose Ninja and the upcoming BRAINS

Anthony Leano - Writer for the upcoming BRAINS

Jason Dube - Panda Days, Scattered, Caffieine Poisoned, Waiting For Something To Happen, and Wildflower

Hai-Na-Nu Saulque - The Continuum and an upcoming Relic and Ego, Sorrow of Nobility, and God Punish

Mario Estioko - The Peck

Mel Smith - Gumby and Dead Ahead

Clark Castillo - Gumby and Dead Ahead

Drink and Draw sacramento Chapter starts Up!

2008-10-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

Sacramento is starting a DRINK AND DRAW Chapter! The first meeting will be on Thursday November 13th at The Streets Of London. For all the info on what is going on and how to get involved check out the official website...

www.drinkanddrawsac.com

Hank Houston Pin-Up by Craig Glenn

2008-10-20T12:39:00.001-07:00

Craig Glenn did an amazing pin-up for Hank Houston. I love the James Bond Golden Age Sci-fi feel to the piece. Thanks Craig!

Sac-Con Panel, Webcomics, Hayward-Con & 24 Hour Comic Day!

2008-09-29T14:23:00.000-07:00

Well, we did our first Q&A Panel at Sac-Con this weekend and I think it went well. We had a great attendance with a lot of fun and interested questions as to who we were, what we had planned, how we did it and how anyone else could do the same. Thank you to everyone who came by to support us!

We also gave out a pile of swag to all who attended. Everyone who came through got a copy of The Continuum #1, a coupon for Empire's Comics Vault, a limited print featuring the Women of ECV and a raffle ticket for an original piece of art (I hope you liked it), and an appearance in our book. Doug Briel of Sacramento will be appearing in an upcoming issue so that should be fun.

Now a number of other things to discuss as October is a packed month. First please check out our website for the newest webcomic from Relic & Ego. Part 2 will be posted tomorrow. We are hoping to get back on a regular schedule with the webcomics and can use help from you to get some done. See our website for all the details and shoot me an email with any unanswered questions.

www.ecvpress.com

Our next appearance will be at Hayward-Con on the 12th of October so if you are going to be there stop by and say hi. This will be our first Hayward-Con so we are excited.

Closer to home there is a very challenging and fun event taking place at Empire's Comics Vault on October 18-19th. 24 Hour Comic Day! This will be the 4th time we have run it and each time it gets better and better. We had 12 attendees last time and are shooting for 15 this go around. The objective is to sit down, throw out all your old ideas and come up with a new 24 page comic. You then draw and write 24 pages in 24 hours. Don't be put off if you are not an artist as I have absolutely no artistic abilities and I still finish mine each time. For more info on this event check out...

www.empirescv.com

Again, thank you all who attended the Panel and heck anyone reading this now for the support. Have a great week and keep watching!

Ben Schwartz
www.ecvpress.com

Just for good measure here is a pin-up of The Priestess from Hank Houston by Julio Cesar! A different pin-up on each of our blogs so check them all out!

Sac-Con Panel Giveaways!

2008-09-24T18:02:00.000-07:00

This Sunday, Sept 28th, ECV Press will be doing our 1st Panel at the Sacramento Comic Convention. For the first 100 people to attend we will be giving away the limited edition Women of ECV Press Print seen below.
We will also be raffling off an original piece of art by 3 of ECV Press' best artists and running a contest to get YOU into our books! For more information check out our website...

www.ecvpress.com

Hank creators to appear for 1st Q&A Panel!

2008-09-23T17:28:00.000-07:00

This Sunday, September 28th, Sacramento creators from ECV Press will be appearing at Sac-Con and doing their very 1st Q&A Panel. Just for attending the Panel the 1st 100 people will get a limited edition print of the Women of ECV Press. We will also be doing a raffle during the Panel to give away an Original Piece Of Art!

So come on down and enjoy the Sac-Con and stay for the ECV Press Panel. See you all there.

Ben Schwartz

For more information about the Sac-Con and our other appearances please visit...

www.ecvpress.com

New Horizons for Hank Houston!

2008-09-03T18:51:00.000-07:00

We want to thank all of you who voted for Hank and helped to spread the word! Please keep it up as we are pitching this idea to comic publishers as we speak.

Thank you all again and keep checking the main website for all the coming information.

www.HankHouston.com

MORE TV promotions!

2008-08-23T14:18:00.000-07:00

Take a look at these 2 new television news spotlights!

http://cbs13.com/

This one is on the right and you may need to scroll for it.

http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?mid=828609373

There are 2 on this sight and you will have to scroll down to get the 3 min news clip.

Have a great one, all.

Ben

Hank Houston Webcomic Ep 5

2008-08-23T14:16:00.000-07:00

Written by Ben Schwartz
Art by Julio Cesar
Colors by Jason Mullikin
Lettered by Kurt Hathaway

Hank Houston Media 3

2008-08-21T19:49:00.001-07:00

Hank has made it to the small screen...sort of. Here is one of two interviews we were lucky to be a part of, Sacramento Local News 10 granted us a great opportunity to spread the word of Hank. This interview with Ben Schwartz of the Hank Houston Project sharing insight into the Hank Houston world as well as his love for comics. Please check it out and enjoy. Our other segment will be posted soon. If you can't wait, you can find the other video here.

Hank Houston Media 2

2008-08-20T11:41:00.000-07:00

Here are 2 audio tracks we had to help support Hank.

The first being a Interview with Jeffrey Callison from Capital Public Radio (CPR) Insight show. The Interview was with the Creators and writers of the Hank Houston Project.

For direct mp3 download "right click and save as" here

The 2nd audio track is an episode of the podcast favorite "Hometown Tales". We actually sponsored this podcast to help get the word out about Hank. Hometown Tales is a amazing podcast, definitely check them out.

For direct download "right click and save as" here

Hank Houston Episode 4!

2008-08-19T19:28:00.000-07:00

Written by Ben Schwartz
Art by Julio Cesar
Colors by Jason Mullikin
Letters by Kurt Hathaway

Hank Houston Episode 3!

2008-08-19T19:24:00.000-07:00

Written by Ben Schwartz
Art by Julio Cesar
Colors by Jason Mullikin
Letters by Kurt Hathaway

Hank Houston Episode 2

2008-08-17T12:05:00.000-07:00

Written by Ben Schwartz
Art by Julio Cesar
Colored by Jason Mullikin
Lettered by Kurt Hathaway

Hank Houston Episode 1

2008-08-16T15:34:00.000-07:00

Written by Ben Schwartz
Art by Julio Cesar
Colors by Jason Mullikin
Lettered by Kurt Hathaway

Hank in the Media!

2008-08-15T16:31:00.000-07:00

Here is the news articles that were in the Sacramento Bee over the last few weeks.

Article 1

Article 1 Continued

Article 2

Vote For Hank!

2008-08-13T16:33:00.000-07:00

Hello All,

Please show your support for hank and vote vote vote! This is our myspace comment poster. We are going to try and spread it around myspace like a fire. Thanks to all of you who have voted for Hank so far, keep it up.

Lets Give'Em Hell!

Hank Made TOP 10!

2008-08-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

Hank made it to the top 10! Now we need your support to help us gain this years crown.

The voting has started as of today, thanks in advance for your support! If you believe in Hank, he needs your VOTE!

Here is the link to post your vote for Mr. Houston:

Submission Video!

2008-08-04T11:59:00.000-07:00

Here is our video submission for the Comic Book Challenge 2008. We actually had a lot technical difficulty putting this video together. We had a great video edited and put together by our friend Nicky, but due to some errors the video was unusable. We hope to get the footage fixed and re-due the video and add it to our site. So here is the cut we but together last min due to all the problems we had to deal with. Its not what we wanted but its still came out good, thanks for checking it out.

Hank Vs Robot! The Ultimate Challenge!

2008-08-01T23:47:00.000-07:00

'Nuff Said! This is a pic done by Jesse Jones. He has written for ECV Press webcomics and has a daily Happy Valley comic that you can view on the link below...

http://www.comicspace.com/jessejones/

Hank makes the local Paper!

2008-08-01T16:44:00.000-07:00

Hank has made it to the local paper! Today a segment was published about Hank plus an interview with one of the Creators (Ben Schwartz). Be sure to check it out in todays Sacramento Bee paper in the "Living Here" section. Here is the link for the article online, I don't know how long this link will remain active. I will scan the actually article a post it soon.

http://www.sacbee.com/books/story/1121999.html

Nu

Hank & Priestess by Butch mapa

2008-07-26T13:28:00.000-07:00

Butch Mapa sent us a great pin-up of both our stars! You can see more of our work with Butch in The Continuum #1 and the Hunters #1.

Priestess by Gabriel, colored

2008-07-26T10:23:00.000-07:00

Priestess by ECV Press regular artist Gabriel Mayorga.
Colored by Jason M.

Hank by Gabriel, colored

2008-07-24T18:36:00.000-07:00

Here is Hank in all his glory!

Art by Gabriel Mayorga.
Colors by JasonM.

Hank Houston by Gabriel Mayorga

2008-07-24T16:20:00.001-07:00

Another pic by Gabriel Mayorga. Here is Hank in all his glory!

Priestess by gabriel

2008-07-20T15:14:00.000-07:00

Here is the Priestess by an ECV Press regular artist Gabriel Mayorga. His rendition of hank Houston is coming soon.

Hanks Cave

2008-07-18T17:56:00.001-07:00

Hank Houston by Ismael Ross. Ismael is the new artist for The Hunters from ECV press. His art can be seen in #2 of The Hunters.

Colors by JasonM

Hank Houston by Mark Roberts

2008-07-18T12:55:00.001-07:00

Mark Roberts was awesome enough to send us this pin-up of Hank!

Hank Houston by Paul Allen

2008-07-13T10:47:00.000-07:00

Everyone is pitching in to help us with Hank Houston. Here is a sketch done by Paul Allen. He is working on getting a full pin-up done for us as well!

Alien Concept

2008-07-11T13:54:00.000-07:00

Here is an Alien concept art for the Hank Houston project. I will try and create a number or concepts for creatures and aliens to fill the world we are creating. I hope this will help Julio as he is working on the pages.

Hank...

2008-07-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick sketch of our hero, Mr. Houston...

Nu

Hank by Ismael Canales

2008-07-08T23:17:00.001-07:00

Here is a sketch done of Hank Houston by Ismael Ross. Ismael is the new artist for The Hunters from ECV press. His art can be seen in #2 of The Hunters coming soon.
Thanks a bunch Ismael!

Priestess Colored

2008-07-04T21:18:00.000-07:00

Art by: Hainanu S.
Colors by: JasonM

Such good linework, I just had to color it. Captain Kirk's got nothing on 'ol Hank, he's in for it with this gorgeous alien priestess!

Official Hank Houston Website!

2008-07-02T16:55:00.000-07:00

The official "Hank Houston" website is now live, keep in mind everything is pretty bare at the moment but please save the link and check back for news and previews. Thanks for the support.

Team Hank Houston

Platinum Studios "The Comic Book Challenge"

2008-07-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

We have been dieing to let the world know that our project "Hank Houston" has been selected as one of this years Top 50 in the Platinum Studio's "The Comic Book Challenge 2008". We are very excited and are going to do our very best to fight our way to the top. So be on the look out for the launch of our official Hank Houston website, until then please visit all of our Hank Houston spots around the web, we would greatly appreciate your support on helping us bring Hank to the world.

For more information about this years Challenge as well as more about our entry click the following logo.

The Priestess

2008-06-26T12:51:00.000-07:00

Here is a sketch i did of the character "Priestess" the original design was done by Julio Cesar. This is just my take on what he already envisioned.

Nu

Quick Sketch

2008-06-24T13:26:00.001-07:00

Here is a quick sketch of our Hero Hank by me. I also had to add some life to him by adding some color. Enjoy.

Nu

Welcome to the Hank Houston Blog!!!

2008-06-23T11:25:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the official Hank Houston Blog! here is a teaser of things to come...a pinup by Julio Cesar, the artists on the series.