The People Behind the Comics

 

Hi.  I’m Nick Orsa, writer and founder of KCC.  I like whole wheat Pringles, cartoons from the 90’s, comics from the 70’s and 80’s, and the music of My Chemical Romance.  I’m about to graduate with my BA in writing and I’m hoping to land a job as a copywriter or copyeditor at an advertising firm.  Kestrel City Comics has been my passion since 2009, but I also enjoy swimming, reading, and video games.  I’m interested in hearing what you have to say about the site, however I’m not interested in reading the profanities and other stupid crap that a bunch of bored losers will inevitably post on my message board, which is why we don’t have one.  If you want to get in touch, I encourage you to do so.  I try to get back to anyone who e-mails me within a week, although during busy seasons like the holidays or September 10th, my birthday, I may be a little lax about responding. 

 

E-mail me at acsipter@hotmail.com  with the subject line “I Love Specter” so I can identify you from amongst the spammers.

Hello!  I’m Kalli Peterson.  I do the art for “Warlock” because Nick is a lazy buttface who won’t do his own work.

             Nick:  I prefer to think of it as “delegation.”

Quiet, you!  This is my time.  Ahem.  I like classic rock, stories by Neil Gaiman, lots of movies, and food with no corn products in it.  I’m currently studying to be an art teacher and will graduate in 2012.  For me, getting involved with KCC was the obvious thing to do.  I’m dating a boy with a comic site (that’s right!  We’re in looove.  Sorry, ladies.) and I’m an artist in need of something to draw to keep me from going crazy.  This was not a difficult equation.  If you want, you can e-mail me and we can talk about the comic and stuff.  I am currently of the opinion that everyone on the Internet who I haven’t met in person is a crazy who is going to get me, so be nice, okay?

 

E-mail me at artistically_inclined@yahoo.com  with the subject line “I Love Warlock.”

 

 

My name’s Sarah Tollette, artist for “Sidelines.”  I like most animals except whales, which freak me out, Carlos Santana, hard rock and Latin music, and crab in all its delicious forms.  I’ve recently graduated high school and am now taking some me time before college to find out just what the heck I wanna do.  I know I want to work in animation somewhere, possibly as a voice actor or in character design.  Besides drawing, I enjoy horseback riding, dog grooming, and making animal noises. 

I met Nick after his character, Specter, saved me from certain death at the hands of a supervillian whose name and likeness are the property of DC Comics, so I don’t know what he was  doing in Kestrel City.  I later pitched him the idea of Rikki Connolly as Jove’s romantic foil, and we liked the two of them so much that “Sidelines” was born.  I’d love to hear from people about the characters, the comic or anything you’ve got on your mind.

 

E-mail me at sarahtollette@yahoo.com with the subject line “I Love Jove” (I Hate Jove will do as well, but I probably won’t read it then)

Who was that masked man?

Okay, well he isn’t wearing a mask, but he did come out of nowhere to save Specter from certain doom.  In January of 2010, I was about to give up on the Specter title.  The artist I had been working with dropped out, and I was ready to launch KCC with “Warlock” as the only series.  Just in time, John Mahomet contacted me, offering to do a run of pages on the Specter series, and allowing us to launch with both of our comics more or less ready to roll.  With two issues down and ready to move on to bigger and better things, he vanished as mysteriously as he came.  Whatever he’s doing now, I hope he knows how much I appreciate his help.

A Kansas native, John has cartooned his way all over the country, doing work for big names like Disney, Warner Bros., and Hanna-Barbara, but also illustrating smaller publications like the Billy Bee children’s books.  John is a professional freelance artist and may be contacted for commissions large and small.  Or if you just want to tell him how great he is.  Self-esteem don’t pay the bills, but it sure is warm and fuzzy.

 

E-mail John at mahometm@fuse.net

John Mahomet:  A Very Small Tribute by Nick Orsa