Rachel Freire; Cartoonist!

The Dollar Bin - FHCS review!

2010-08-10T11:42:00.000-07:00

Check out this interview/review of FCHS by the lovely Heather Mobley McKinney on The Dollar Bin!

Heroes in NC

2010-06-01T19:14:00.000-07:00

Going to Heroes Con 2010 in NC with plenty of copies of FCHS plus look out for issue 1 of Pale Rider, a monthly anthology from now till the end of the world by ClamBake comics!

Buy FCHS Online

2010-05-27T18:02:00.000-07:00

Don't live in New York? You can order FCHS online on ComixPress!

FCHS - FOR SALE!

2010-05-06T21:26:00.000-07:00

FCHS vol 1 is currently on sale at Jim Hanley's Universe!!

Exclusively for now, but we're working on getting them into a comic shop near you.

~R

League has a New Home

2010-04-26T15:22:00.000-07:00

League now has it's own blog! Check it out here.

League!! - 3

2010-04-22T20:06:00.000-07:00

Villain time! Oh no, it's the Unrelenting Cleaver!

League!! - 2

2010-04-16T15:40:00.001-07:00

And now for some League!! ladies: Invisivgal, Ruby Emanator, and She-Shadow

League!! - 1

2010-04-12T19:51:00.000-07:00

Meet The Righteous Face! (Thanks for the awesome name, Alex K.!)

Optigal, a.k.a. Eyes. Big Mouth a.k.a. Bellow Fellow. Audiboy a.k.a. All Ears. Nobody Nose, ???

MoCCAFEST!

2010-04-10T07:23:00.000-07:00

Yes, MoCCA weekend is here! I will be giving out these League!! postcards while there.

There is no non-cheesy way to describe this strip, but I'll try.

These teenagers get real. ...SUPERPOWERS that is!

Battling bad guys and blemishes!

And you thought high school was hard without telepathy!

Nope? Oh well, at least you get the idea.

I had hoped to start this strip before MoCCA, but then I got swept up in pre-fest preparations, and well... Please stay tuned, though! League!! strips will start going up regularly after all the MoCCA madness is over.

~R

P.S. Ladies Drink 'n Draw ROCKED last night! Thanks, Hope!

MocCCA - 2010

2010-04-07T21:00:00.000-07:00

If you're headed to MoCCA this weekend, look out for me! I'll be walking around with a new FCHS mini.

Plus, make you way to Eric Skillman's table (A32, A33, A34, A35, A36) where you can find a mini we did together called Dental Hygiene and Secret Identities!

Have a blast,
~R

-LADIES SIGNING-

2010-04-07T20:39:00.000-07:00

Come on down to Jim Hanley's Universe tomorrow from 6-8 pm to see me signing with some awesome ladies! Check it out below:

LEAGUE!! - Weekly Strip

2010-03-29T19:41:00.000-07:00

Starting soon as a weekly strip right here - LEAGUE!!

School is Cool

2010-03-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

I'm very proud to announce that Vito and I will be a part of this amazing anthology with a 4-pg FCHS story! Check it out:

Help Bring Comics into the Classroom

Reading with Pictures is an educational non-profit organization that promotes literacy and the visual arts through the use of comics in the classroom. To achieve our goals, we’ve recently launched a pledge drive on kickstarter.com (http://kck.st/a2LVJy) to finance the publication of a groundbreaking educational comics anthology. The anthology features a cover by Jill Thompson (The Sandman) and original stories by over 50 all-ages creators including Fred Van Lente (Amazing Spider-Man), Chris Giarrusso (Mini-Marvels), Jim Gownley (Amelia Rules), Jeffrey Brown (Sulk), Scott Sava (The Dreamland Chronicles), and RWP Executive Director Josh Elder (Mail Order Ninja). This limited edition anthology will serve as a proof of concept that comics can be both entertaining and educational, and the only way to guarantee that you get your copy is by pre-ordering on Kickstarter today!

Learn more by visiting us online at www.readingwithpictures.org.

At Reading with Pictures, we’re getting comics into schools and getting schools into comics.

Awesome, or what? Others involved include Eric Wight (Frankie Pickle), Raina Telgemeier (Babysitter's Club, Smile) and Fred Van Lente (Action Philosophers, Marvel Zombies). What?! I know, right?

FCHS at MoCCA?

2010-03-21T14:10:00.001-07:00

Working on putting together an FCHS mini for MoCCA. It'll be the 8 pgs of prequel stuff I posted previously, plus some new stuff... Here's FCHS meets The Breakfast Club!

Mini for MoCCA: Dental Hygiene and Secret Identities!

2010-03-18T08:15:00.000-07:00

It's been forever, but I come bearing gifts.

BIG NEWS! I'm happy to say this year at MoCCA you can look out for Dental Hygiene and Secret Identities, a mini by between me and Eric Skillman! It's a silent 8 pg comics about a little boy and his cape, a dentist, with a great punchline. Here's a couple of pages from it.

Many thanks to him for choosing me to work on this super fun comic, and for featuring me on his Geekweek's Your New Favorite! Rad.

Be sure to check out his blog, Cozy Lummox.

More BIG NEWS! I've had the awesome pleasure to work with Vito Delsante and Andrew Dimitt on a 6 pager for Image Comics' Twisted Savage Dragon Funnies! Crazy thanks to Michel Fiffe and of course, Erik Larson. Starting with Savage Dragon #160 in May, the lineup goes something like this:

160 (May, ‘10). Michel Fiffe
161 (June). Andrew Dimitt
162 (July). Kiel West
163 (Aug). Delsante & Freire(!!)
164 (Sept). Ulises Farinas
165 (Oct). Chris Sinderson
166 (Nov). Conor Hughes
167 (Dec). Kat Roberts
168 (Jan, '11). Hyeondo Park
169 (Feb). Pedro Camargo
170 (Mar). Jason Thibodeaux
171 (April). Special Guests Galore!

Oh yeah, AND they're flip books. CAUTION: Read these only if you like having your socks rocked off.

~Rachel

GULP! Issue 1 Hits Stands Hard!

2009-11-09T19:10:00.000-08:00

A 50 page horror anthology featuring 10 stories and 9 pin ups by Anthony Stock, Alex Karassavidis, Kevin Kusulas, Alphonso Ortiz, Jose Luis Guzman and yours truly with a cover by Julie Ly for only $6? Rad! Sure, there's a small Kevin's name is misspelled once, but whatevvs. That just makes it a limited one of only 50 first printing!!

A King Con '09 premiere! Check it:

KING CON

2009-11-02T10:04:00.000-08:00

So I'll be at King Con - Brooklyn's first ever comic convention! - this weekend with my good pal Alex Karassavidis! Visit his website here.

That's Nov 7&8, Saturday and Sunday. Here is a link to their site, it looks like it's gonna be awesome! Admission is only $7 per day and $10 for the whole weekend, it seems. Not bad! As soon as I find out what our table is, I'll post it.

Also please note I've changed this blog's address because there was some confusion with my middle initial in there. Now it's just plain ol' rachelfreire.blogspot.com. Just keeping you guys in the know! Thanks everyone who's watching me, please continue to do so!

~Rachel

FCHS - Update + Pgs 4-8

2009-10-15T19:22:00.001-07:00

So, there's been a small setback. FCHS has been canceled due to low pre-order numbers. While we won't be published by AdHouse anymore, we also won't give up now. You haven't seen the last of us!

Here's the rest of the FCHS 8-Page prequel, reading bottom up to keep in line with previous posts. Thanks for reading!

~Rachel

FCHS PREQUEL- PG 3

2009-09-22T09:43:00.000-07:00

Here's page 3! Also, check out Vito's interview with Tim O'Shea on Robot 6 .

FCHS- Prequel page 2

2009-09-20T09:45:00.000-07:00

Here's page 2! I'll put another one up tomorrow.

FCHS- PRE-ORDER/PREQUEL

2009-08-30T08:46:00.000-07:00

Sorry, blog! I have neglected you. But I'm back now, with presents!

So FCHS is now officially in Previews magazine (Sep '09) and available for pre-order here. You can pre-order at any of your local retailers!

Also, Vito and I have been working on a few pages for an FCHS prequel. Here's page one!

Last note: So this might be far along the road, but look out for issue League!!, which may or may not be a mini, sometime early next year. Also, Pin comics #0, which will be a mini. That'll be later this year.

Thanks for all the support, pals and gals!

Heroes Convention 2009

2009-07-05T08:59:00.000-07:00

It's a little late, but here's my Heroes Con review:

It was AWESOME! Since I live in New York, I go to both the Big Apple con and MoCCA each year. Heroes Con in NC was like if you stick MoCCA right in the middle of the Big Apple Con! I was stationed at Indie Island, right across from the AdHouse table. Lamar Abra ms and Fred Chao where there promoting their own (awesome) comics. My table was right next to Rob Ullman, who had some neat stickers and awesome new comics like Atomic Bomb Banana Hammock. On my other side was Finder writer/artist Carla Speed McNeil. De an Trippe and Jason Horn were a little farther down. Other awesome guests on the list were Scott Wegener of Atomic Robo Fame, Eric Powell, Joe Staton, Bill Sienkiewicz, Nick Cardy, Dick Giordano, Jeff Powell, Dustin Harbin, and of course Vito Delsante!

Heroes Con also holds an annual auction and guests are invited to donate pieces, as many at they want! So during down time at my table, I drew a couple of kinda finished pieces that went for $150 and $175.

Not bad! All in all, the con was awesome. If you can make it down, it's definitely worth it. The city is great and the weather was beautiful so after the con we walked the two miles down to the comic shop, Heroes Aren't Hard to Find for the after party, which was also awesome. The have Doc Oct fighting Spidey extending from the ceiling, and a great selection of comics!

Special thanks to H. Shelton Drum for having me, and to Dustin for pushing my pieces!

~Rachel

We Have A Cover!

2009-06-14T10:36:00.001-07:00

Beautifully colored by José Villarrubia!

Free Comic Book Day

2009-05-27T07:32:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who showed up for FCBD, and for all the words of support since!

If you missed out, we have more FCHS FCBD issues at Jim Hanley's Universe. They'll also have postcards, and fun stuff, like buttons.

Also, look for us at MoCCa! I'll probably linger around the AdHouse booth for a while, but who can stay still for too long when there's so much awesome around?

Hope to see ya there!
~R

2009-05-03T09:52:00.000-07:00

So this year I'll be attending Heroes Con in North Carolina.

They gave me a table, as a guest! I don't know the table number yet though, so stay tuned.

I learned yesterday (Free Comic Book Day) that even if people don't know who I am, they'll still want a sketch. So, especially if you do know about me, come on down! I'll have specific times for sketching (can't draw ALL day). I'll have some new art promoting FCHS, as well as some future projects, and (if I can swing it) a short (very short) mini-comic all my own. Plus, a TON of free buttons!

I'll also be loitering at MoCCA this year. I don't have a table, but I'll be walking around with more free stuff.

If I can get my hands on more of the FCBD FCHS issue, I'll be giving those away. Otherwise, it'll just be more of the same: promo cards, buttons, and fliers with future endeavors! Also, check out the freebie table.

~Rachel

2009-05-01T18:41:00.000-07:00

Hey men and ladies! Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, my favorite holiday! Vito Delsante and I will be signing the FCBD edition of our comic, FCHS, tomorrow at Jim Hanley's Universe. We'll be there all day long, so stop by and hang out with us. If you can't make it to Hanley's, then look for our story, featured in AdHouse's FCBD this year. Also in that issue is Lamar Abrams' Remake, an awesomely fun and silly comic, coming soon from AdHouse.

Give us your feedback here and at VitoDelsante.com. Thanks!

~Rachel

2009-03-20T20:39:00.000-07:00

If you're here then you probably know Vito, and all about FCHS. I won't update for a while after this (they're locking me up with a pencil, some paper and the rest of the FCHS script) but once that's done I'll keep you posted regularly.

Look for a sample of FCHS (published by AdHouse) on Free Comic Book Day (May 2nd) and stop by Jim Hanley's Universe (4 West 33rd st off of 5th ave) where Vito and I will be signing.

Off to the drawing board!