Bringing another kind of "summer heat" to you all!

Hey, everyone! Well, summertime is officially in full swing! Things are heating up all over, but nowhere more than they are at Sequential Treasures. As those of you in the know already know, when summer hits, so does our annual major summer sale! This year is certainly no different.

So, having talking it over with our various array of talents, here's the break down of who is involved in this year's extravaganza and how low the discounts will go:

Ben Hansen: all current inventory 35% off the listed price!

Randy Kintz: all current inventory 35% off the listed price!

Richard Moore: all current inventory 35% off the listed price!

Matt Haley: all current inventory 40% off the listed price!

Wow, some major league savings on a lot of really great art! And by "all current inventory," we mean ALL of it. Cover, pages, pin-ups, the whole works. If it is on the gallery, it's at those discounted levels. But that's not even the end of it. I've decided to add a small incentive, as any order placed for over $100.00 or more, will also get a special little something from me, as well. I don't want to spoil the surprise, but I'm sure those who do so will enjoy it (and this will even be extend to purchases of art by artists not involved in the sale, as well, because I'm just a nice kind of guy that way).

So, when does all this madness begin? Well the sale starts July 1st (at 12:01 a.m. PST) and will run through July 21st (until 11:59 p.m. PST). That's three whole weeks to get in on these massive savings! So, don't delay in getting your orders in. Go to our art gallery and check out all the great stuff that's available, then place your orders promptly (as I doubt the best stuff will be sticking around very long)! Let Sequential Treasures help you kick off the summer in grand style!

Also, for those interested, Randy Kintz's commission raffle, which I told you about last time, have ended and the winners chosen. The grand prize winner is Jerry Livengood (who is obviously doing that!)! Congratulations to him! I'll try to be sure to let you all see a picture of what he chose for his commission, as soon as one is available. To get the info on who all the various levels of winners were, you can read that right here.

Well, that's all for now, but there are still other things brewing in the background at S.T. HQ, which I can't tell you about now, but will later when the time is right. Until then, don't forget to get in on our awesome summertime sale! Peace out!

Matt Haley's left turn at Albuquerque!

Hello, my fellow art fans! It would seem that things have been quiet around the Sequential Treasures HQ for a while... a bit too quiet. Well, we're hoping to change all that, with some major news bits for you all today.

First off, if you are going to be in Albuquerque, New Mexico this weekend, then you'll surely want to stop by the Albuquerque Comic Expo. Why? Well, there are lots of reasons, but none better than our own Matt Haley will be in attendance there. He'll be talking about a project he's working on with, none other than the legend himself, Stan "The Man" Lee (who will also be at the show). Plus, he'll also be talking about his awesome Star Wars fan film, Blackstar Warrior, as well as doing sketches and the like. So, if you are in the area, stop by the show and spend a few minutes with Matt. You'll be glad you did. But this is just the beginning of our news.

Randy "Rantz" Kintz also has something special going on, as well. He's holding a special commission raffle contest. The price per ticket is $5 , with a max purchase of 15 tickets per person. Only one person can win a prize, to keep it fair for everyone involved. There are also incentive prizes, for people to purchase more than one or two tickets. You can get more info on this, as well as a list of the incentive prizes right here. But your time is limited to get in on this, so don't delay in getting your chance at some really cool art and stuff. Of course, if that fails, you can always pick up something from Randy's eBay listings, or something of his from our art gallery, which are just as cool.

I also want to bring your attention to something a good firend of mine alerted me to. There is a benefit to help a family in need who lost their dad/fiancé recently. This friend also has a piece of thier own artwork as part of the benefit. Sequential Treasures has always liked to help out in situations like this, whenever we can. So, head over to the website on this, to get all the details on how you can help and perhaps get some awesome art in the process.

It wouldn't be a news report, if I didn't update everyone on the scanner situation. Well, I still haven't replaced it yet, as sales have been beyond light. Despite this, however, the problem will be resolved shortly. To get this side of the program rolling again, I made a very large personal sacrifice to get the funds needed for a new scanner. So, it will not be long before we are running at full steam with art updates again. Of course, that won't be until after the last bit of news I have for you...

As summer is officially here, you all know that it's almost time for our huge summertime sales event, that we hold every year. I'm currently working out the details with our stable of artists, but will have a more defined outline of who'll be involved and how deep the discounts will be. So, make sure to stay tuned here in the coming days, as I'll be providing that information very soon. Probably be a good idea for you to start saving your pennines now, too.

Well, that's if for now. I'll be back before you know it with our big summer sale info, as well as some other news and info as it happens. Until then, peace out!

Free Comic Book Day 2011 with Sequential Treasures!

Hey, folks! Well, I promised you a rundown on what our plans were for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday. Are you getting jazzed for it? We certainly are here, since it also the event's 10th anniversary, as well.

Sequential Treasures will be at Central City Comics in Ellensburg, WA for the event. I'll have all the originals from our bevy of talents with me, as well as some sketchbooks by Richard Moore, as well as our exclusive prints that we had available at Emerald City ComiCon a couple months back. And, just because I'm so nice and want to get into the full spirit of the day, the store isn't the only one who'll be giving out free comics. I'll be handing out some free comics for kids who show up, as well. But that's not the end of the festivities.

Randy Kintz will also be there with me. He'll be doing sketches and the like, plus he'll have his large array of prints, including his new ones that just debuted at Boston Con last weekend. And the store's owner has some of his own plans, which includes other artist guests (in this case, Jason "Eternal Descent" Metcalf and Jason "Super Real" Martin), discount of selected products, and a raffle for some cool prizes (which you can get tickets for with every can of food you donate to their food drive). On top of all that, he'll also be opening the shop an hour earlier than normal, to give folks more time to get in on the fun. You can get the shop's location information at their Facebook page. We look forward to a good time to be had by all!

But this isn't the only places where you can see some of Sequential Treasures talent. Ben Hansen will be at Docking Bay 93 in Mount Vernon, WA and inker Mick Gray will be at Flying Colors Comics in Concord, CA! So, you have multiple opportunities to see our talent up close. But no matter where you are, I hope you all will have a good FCBD event, wherever you might be. Enjoy the day! {Update: 5/6/11: Just learned that artist Jason Craig will be at a shop call Outer Limit Comics in Murfreesboro, TN}

That's all for now. Time for me to get thing ready for the big event. I hope to see some of you there. For the rest of you, 'll probably just have to wait to read my post-event report. Until next time, peace out!

FCBD aftermath and new Randy Kintz art for sale!

Hey there, my art loving readers! Well, another Free Comic Book Day is in the books. I hope you all had a good one, wherever you were. As for us at Sequential Treasures, we had a blast at our little event in Ellensburg!

Things were quite busy for the first couple hour and last couple hours at Central City Comics. Lots of hustle and bustle. Plenty of free comics were given away and the print of our Iron Man vs. War Machine jam piece by Jason Metcalf and Randy Kintz was a winner. Talked with some really nice folks about comics and comic art, too. The best was this seven year-old boy, who seemed to be an artist in his own right. He shown both Jason and Randy his own art portfolio of work (and for only being 7, I was impressed with what he could do). Randy even hooked him up with a free color head sketch of Batman, which was a winner with him. Both Randy and Jason did pretty well selling their own prints, too, but the demand for sketches was pretty light.

Didn't really make much in the way of art sales here, but I didn't really expect to. It was more about handing out my business cards to folks and getting more people to check out the art of Sequential Treasures talents. The canned food drive to the "Friends In the Service of Humanity" raffle was a major success, as more food was donated than could fit into the barrel for holding it. I even gave a few cans of food myself and was a lucky winner of a Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures Vol. 1 TPB, which is pretty cool. all totalled, over 200 people came to the event (which in a small town like Ellensburg is really good numbers). So, thanks to everyone who came out to help the food drive and make the day a success for all parties involved. I'm looking forward to next year's event already! I got some pictures from the event and will be posting them on our Facebook forum in the next few days, so be sure to keep a watch there for that.

Of course, as a result of slow art sales, there is a benefit to all of you. Randy Kintz had done up a few pieces in anticipation of the event, but none of them sold. So, that now gives all of you the chance to grab them up. Just added to the art gallery are pin up pieces featuring the Spirit, Superman, Spider-Woman and the Black Widow (shown here). All of these are fairly low priced, so I expect them not to last every long. If you didn't get any sketches at your own local FCBD event, or if you didn't get out to one at all, here's your chance to get yourself something connected to it. Just head over to our gallery and choose your piece!

Lastly, in some not so good news, artist Ben Hansen had injured his back a week or so ago. He got an MRI done and it's pretty bad. This is on top of his having recently recovered from some back surgery for a similar problem. It caused him to miss out on doing his FCBD event in Bellingham, as well. So, to help him try to cover the costs this injury is causing him, as well as raise his spirits a bit, I'll be taking 20% off of any piece I have of Ben's in stock right now for the rest of the month. Think of it as an unofficial sale of sorts. Ben is a great guy and a very talented artist, so any help that can be sent his way will be greatly appreciated.

That's all for now, gang. I hope to be back soon with more new art, more news of upcoming events and lots of other good stuff. Until then, peace out!

FCBD exclusive art preview!

Hey all! Well, I promised you that I'd give you all an advanced sneak-peek at the exclusive piece of original art jam piece, which is also going to be a full color poster, which will be raffled off at the Free Comic Book Day event in Ellensburg at Central City Comics. So, here it is: Iron Man vs. War Machine by Jason Metcalf and Randy Kintz!

Pretty sweet, no? If that isn't enough reason for you to try to make the event (if you can), I don't know what is. I hope to see some of you there for all the fun. Until then, enjoy this preview and peace out!

Sequential Treasures celebrates Free Comic Book Day!

Hey there, my faithful fellows! I've returned to give you all the inside scoop on more happenings with Sequential Treasures and her artistic talent. Today, I want to hit you all up with the plans we have for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday.

First off, Randy Kintz and yours truly will be doing a event (along with artist Jason Metcalf) at a local comic shop in Ellenburg, WA called Central City Comics! To get into the spirit of the day, in addition to the free comics that will be on hand, the owner has said they are going to have lots of $1 comics and $10 trade collections available to buy. On top of that, they will be holding a canned food drive for F.I.S.H ( which stands for Friends In Service to Humanity). It's a local food bank, which helps those in need. To sweeten the pot of giving, for every can of food you donate to the cause, you will get a ticket to be entered into a raffle drawing for some awesome prizes, such as a complete set of Lantern color rings from "The Blackest Night" event, as well as gift certificates, and a chance to win an awesome original art jam piece, featuring Iron Man vs. War Machine, which was created by Jason Metcalf and Randy Kintz specifically for this event (I'll have a scan of the image for you all tomorrow, so make sure to come back). There will also be an exclusive print of it available, as well.

As for Sequential Treasures, well, we'll have all our original art on hand to sell (with some discounted prices on some things), as well as Randy Kintz doing sketches, selling his large array of prints, and autographing copies of his hit mini-series Drone. All of this will going on from 12pm to 60 pm (PST). So, if you are going to be in Ellensburg on Saturday, makes sure to stop by and check out all the good times to be had there. You can get the full details and address info from right here.

Also, our own Ben Hansen will be doing a sketch and autographing event for his local shop Docking Bay 93, in Bellingham , WA, as well. So, if you can't make one event, you have another chance to see some of Sequential Treasures talent in person. You can get the info on this event from this website.

Well, that's it for now. Be sure to come back tomorrow to check out the awesome Iron Man vs. War Machine jam piece, which will be raffled away to one lucky winner this Saturday. Until tomorrow, peace out!

See Sequential Treasures in Seattle this Sunday!

Hey, everyone! I'm burning the midnight oil here, almost quite literally, as well as figuratively. But I wanted to get this posted up before tomorrow, when I probably will not have the time to do so.

As I noted earlier, both Randy Kintz and myself (along with many other fine comic talents) will be at the Seattle ComiCard show this Sunday. I'll be bringing all the art I have in stock with me, along with some nice surprises, including some prizes for a raffle drawing, with all proceeds going to the Hero Initiative. So, if you are in the area on Sunday, please come on out to support this great local and long-running show and say hello to Randy and I. We always enjoy meeting our adoring fans!

I'll have a wrap-up post for you all, on how things went, sometime next week. For now, it's crunch time to get everything ready for the show. I'll see you there, gang! Until then, peace out!