DETECTIVE BOOGALOO RETURNS!

WACK EMCEES? YOUR TIME IS UP!

My comic strip, DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP-HOP COP is now running daily in the US METRO line of newspapers, NYC, Boston and Philadelphia! You can grab it from the green paperbox if you live in one of those cities, or ONLINE. Don't miss a day as I remix/retell James Lee Boogaloo's origin story for a new generation of readers!

DON'T TAKE HIP HOP FROM STRANGERS!
#DTHHFS

GREETINGS FROM JAMAR NICHOLAS STUDIOS!

HELLO AWESOMECON FRIENDS AND FANS! Thanks for the great time in Washington, DC!

Follow LEON: PROTECTOR OF THE PLAYGROUND on Facebook here!

--JN

Jamar Nicholas | STUDIO BLACKBOSS

JAMAR NICHOLAS JOINS THE TRIBBLE NATION!

So excited to be interviewed by Philadelphia's own, BLACK TRIBBLES on their inaugural radio podcast for WHYY!

Listen here and then come back and pre-order LEON; PROTECTOR OF THE PLAYGROUND!

JAMAR APPEARANCES

SEPT 27
WILDCAT COMIC-CON
Williamsport, PA
http://wildcatcomiccon.pct.edu/guests/?bioDisplay=true&n=151&s=Presenter

OCT 4-6
24 HOUR COMICS DAY AND GRAPHIC NOVEL CONFERENCE
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCAD)
Lancaster, PA
http://www.pcad.edu/NewsEvents/CurrentNews/tabid/70/vw/1/ItemID/145/Default.aspx

OCT 25
LOCUST MOON COMICS FESTIVAL
Philadelphia, PA
http://locustmoonfest.com/

Jamar on WHYY

                                                     photo by Maanvi Singh - WHYY/NewsWorks

Thanks for the great sit down and chat with my new friends at WHYY/Newsworks.org!

Listen to our talk here.

COMIC BOOK DINER #63 - (Anti)-Social Media

Happy New Year! 

This is my first post of the new year, and I'm overflowing from last year. Hoping that this will be my beacon of light on the internet this year, as I finish up a ton of projects from last year (more on that) and begin new journeys. 

While you're here, go over to my COMIC BOOK DINER PODCAST, to hear our latest drop, where myself and tri-host John Gallagher talk about where social media is taking our careers.

JNTERVIEWS - kris dresen

JNTERVIEWS will be a one-on-one discussion with brilliant friends of mine who share their creativity with the world.

The tone is fun, adult and candid. Imagine James Lipton cornering a friend at a dinner party and asking questions from his notecards, but kind of forgetting them out in the car.

My first interview is with kris dresen, Chicagoan, and world-famous cartoonist who is known for her personal, emotional, ground-breaking work. She has several graphic novels and sequential objects out in the world, and is one of my dearest, closest friends inside/outside of comics.

Since this is the first podcast, please pardon the dust/noise/leveling.

Produced by Andy Hatton
JNTERVIEWS - kris dresen CLICK HERE TO LISSEN

Visit kris online at her website and/or follow her on twitter

DETECTIVE BOOGALOO RETURNS! 12/31/12

Jamar Nicholas returns to webcomics with the relaunching of DETECTIVE BOOGALOO: HIP HOP COP! Tell your mans' and them!

JAMAR GUEST @ WIZARD WORLD PHILLY MAY 31 - JUNE 3 2012

 

Come see Jamar Nicholas, Ghost-PCS'er at ARTIST ALLEY BOOTH 2007 all weekend! 

For more info about the show, click here.

COMIC BOOK DINER 42: Productivity

Productivity– Jamar, John and Rich discuss getting organized, ways to speed up comics work, and focus on getting creative– How much DOES dental work cost?

CHECK OUT EPISODE 42!

FIRST APPEARANCE OF 2012!

More MORE NYC Comicon 2011 Interviews!

Comic Book Diner #38 - The Boys Are Back in Town

Listen here or subscribe on iTunes!

Rich Faber John Gallagher and I catch up after a long break as we talk up NY Comic Con,we tease some interviews and more!

Video: More NYC Comic Con 2011

More JN at NY Comic Con. I think there's 2 or 3 more of these!

Video: Jamar Nicholas @ NY Comic Con 2011

Video by my new pal Palle Schmidt, all the way from Denmark! Go check out his site and his great new IDW Graphic Novel, Devil's Concubine.

NEW YORK COMIC CON: 10/14-10/16

Swing by the COMIC BOOK DINER booth #2933 and meet me this weekend - from Friday to Sunday. Mention the blog! Get a sketch! Buy something! Bring something and get it signed!

See Jamar ON THE WALL September 2

On the Wall

September 2 – October 16

On the Wall: Works by Anita Allyn, Marta Sanchez, Christian Herr, Jamar Nicholas, Mauro Zamora, and Nami Yamamoto
Guest exhibit curator: Robert Raczka
Art-in-Progress day: Friday, Sept 2 | 11am – 7pm.
First Friday receptions: Sept 2 and Oct 7 | 5pm – 7pm
On the Wall is a non-traditional exhibit for which 6 artists are being invited to make artwork directly on the walls of the gallery. The exhibit is designed to include aspects of spontaneity, artistic risk-taking, artist/audience interaction, and ephemerality. The artwork will include painting, drawing, collage, and mixed media. During the Art-in-Progress day and First Friday reception in September, the gallery will be open to the public allowing people to observe the artists at work towards final completion.

Check out the site! 

Pre-Order LEON: PROTECTOR OF THE PLAYGROUND

Set to debut at New York Comicon in October, you can get in on the ground floor via my KICKSTARTER campaign, Take-Two.
There's less than 20 days left to have the chance to appear in the book, or even become a character! Lots of cool backing options so check it out.

THE ART OF SEQUENTIAL 2011

HEY ALL!

If you live in the Philadelphia area and get down with the cartooning/comicking, I am the juror (in good standing!) for the Philadelphia Sketch Club's ART OF SEQUENTIAL gallery exhibition. Mike Manley and I were involved with the inaugural show a few summers ago and it was a great time. You should submit!

And if you don't know what the Sketch Club is, For Shame! It is only the oldest continuing artist's organization, which housed some of the greats behind its doors, like Thomas Eakins, N.C. Wyeth, Benton Spruance and on. This is no rinky-dink hole in the wall, and I'm honored to be a welcomed member.

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Cartoon and Sequential Art Exhibition at the Philadelphia Sketch Club June 5th through 12th 2011. 

Juror: Jamar Nicholas

Cash Awards in each category.
The Philadelphia Sketch Club has extended the deadline for entries into the Art of Sequential Exhibition. You can submit work on line at www.sketchclub.slideroom.com  3 entries for $30.

The deadline for submission is Friday, June 3rd at midnite!
Categories are: Sequential Comic Page, Sequential  one- page story or comic strip, Cover Art, and Character Pin Up Art.

Artists reception and awards will be on Sunday June 12 from 2 to 4 PM , with the awards presented at 3 PM.

You can hand deliver work to The Philadelphia Sketch Club on Saturday June 4th between 1 and 4 PM. Single walk in entries will still be accepted on Saturday for $15 each.

The Philadelphia Sketch Club is located at 235 S. Camac Street  in Philadelphia. The work will hang in the Sketch Club upstairs gallery  through June 12th .

A PDF of the exhibition prospectus is available here - click the link and download the PDF!

For more info on the Sketch Club, visit the site here.

2011 GLYPH COMICS AWARD WINNER!

  Story of the Year
Fist Stick Knife Gun; Geoffrey Canada, writer, Jamar Nicholas, artist

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Best Male Character
Geoff, Fist Stick Knife Gun; Geoffrey Canada, writer, Jamar Nicholas, artist

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 Rising Star Award
Jamar Nicholas, Fist Stick Knife Gun