New Interview at Artemisia ,Female Force, Regis & Kelly live, Interview with MSNBC!

11/18
Watch the View this Friday, Barbara Walters will be talking about her comic book!


11/16
Stephenie Meyer comic book sold out in 1 day! Check your local book stores, they might still have a copy on the shelf, but there will be a second printing with my new cover.


10/26
The Tribute Michael Jackson comic book featuring my cover is hitting comic shops this week and I think it has been hitting bookstores this past week too. Get your hands on copy if you're a fan and if you see it this week, because I got word that the preorders on this have sold out!
also out now

10/21

My signing at Crossroad Comics in South Florida will be from 1 to 3pm Saturday Oct.24th So if you're in the area, drop on by. More info here:
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My Oprah cover and Joe Biden issues are in stores this week along with the graphic novel of Female Force.


~Vinnie Tartamella



9/22
I want to let you all know that in the new Beckett Teen Sensations presents "Twilight",page4, there is an article with my Stephenie Meyer cover in it. Here's the article (my name is in the last paragraph)

And here's a link on how to get the issue itself. [link]

*This info, my art & name are also on MTV's website [link]

Don't forget, the Xcon is Oct. 2,3,& 4! [link]

9/10

My Beatles cover is on MTV's site check out the link!
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8/5
I'm just letting everyone know that the Female Force Princess Diana and Political Power Colin Powell issues hit stores with Wed. August 5th


And in other news the Stephenie Meyer cover I did was featured in Entertainment Weekly.


7/24

Here's a little update. New comic covers coming out later this year.


And yes there will be a lot more Fantasy work from me again too, not just portrait work/covers. I might open up commissions again in late August too. Let me know if you guys are looking forward to that

Oh, and also, a friend let me know there's an article up on the Stephenie Meyer cover I did. [link] and on Diamond comics site too [link]
That'll be out in November.

~Vinnie Tartamella

6/29

Check out the Newsarama link for more info on my Michael Jackson cover! Its nice to see my name in Newsarama too haha
[link] Also here's my cover to The Obamas out in Oct.

And my newest Alice art!
And another new piece

~Vinnie Tartamella

Also here's a little show case of some of my favorite pieces that I've done!





I wanted everyone to know that the Michelle Obama issue made the Diamond top 100 best selling comic list for April! I think its totally awesome since 96-97% of the books were all Marvel and DC titles! (She came in at 89 and then 52 on the sales rank)


5/4

My signings went great. It was awesome to meet some of my DA friends and tons of other fans! I ended up staying another hour so that I could get everyone in. They even had a local news station come in to film my signing. Here are some shots from the free comic book day signing. So a big thanks to everyone at Tate's comics! [link]





And the Michelle Obama comic book was even shown on Larry King live!



~Vinnie Tartamella
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4/30
The Female Force: Michelle Obama issue has SOLD OUT! The issue featuring my cover has sold over 50,000 copies!

Here's the special "twilight" version cover I did for the second printing.
And here's a look at the Bill Clinton cover I did for the new series coming out later this year call Political Power.


Get your copies in comic stores, book stores and amazon.com now!

Here's a link to a new interview I did for Comicnews.info
[link] I want give a big thank you to my friend Victoria Centeno for the interview. She's a lovely person, beautiful model, and writer.

I also want to thank Mitch at St. Marks for the store signing. And thanks to my friends that stopped by Remember May 2, if you're in south FL area, stop by Tates comics for my signing!

4/22
Here's are some links to a new nbc interview I did around April 10th. It was shown across the country.

*And there is a correction to be made in those links. The Michelle Obama issue has sold over 40,000 copies. (in pre-orders so far) *

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~Vinnie Tartamella

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Here's a new interview I did for my friends at Artemisia, its a great new blog page for women in art! Melissa Findley and Louisa Gallie run the site, both great people and artists. So stop by when you can and check out the interview
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I also wanted to let people know that April 29th in NYC I'll be doing a signing for the Michelle Obama comic at St. Marks comic shop. (*I'll have more info about this soon*)

And now you can order these Female Force comic books through Amazon.com! Just type my full name or the name of the series (Female Force) in their search engine.

Here are my newest covers, Princess Diana and Condoleezza Rice:



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*March 18* Even more updates!!! The Michelle Obama cover I did was shown today in the New York Daily News! And Regis showed it off today on Regis and Kelly live today! Here's a snap shot.



And this coming Monday March 23, there will be more coverage on the series which features my painted covers, inside the new People Magazine along with a feature for the Michelle Obama piece in the new issue of Essence.

Female Force: Michelle Obama will be out April 25th in comic shops, and soon to be in book stores along with Amazon.com

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Here are some shots of my first MSNBC interview with Norah O'Donnell






Also I just found out that my Michelle Obama cover is the highest selling preordered independent issue! Top selling issue of the past month as well.

Here are some links from the interview I did with the Sun-Sentinel!
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Here are some links to the news articles/interviews that are out there now.

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Also, here's a link to an online interview I did for Jazma Online: [link]

More news and art to come!
~Vinnie Tartamella

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Here's my work bio:

Self taught artist

Freelancing comic book artist and digital fantasy art painter & concept artist
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Here's a list of some of my past jobs and/or current work

*Hack/Slash Devil's Due (Hack/Slash issue 16 cover)

*Blue Water comics (Black Beard Legacy, Sinbad, Female Force)

*Lead Designer McFarlane toys (2000-2001)
.....Tortured Souls series 2 figures based off of Clive Barker stories
.....Images' 10th anniversary series, Kiss, Iron Maiden Mcfarlane monsters
.....Viking Age (full line) Onimusha 2
(I also made some weapon designs for Onimusha 2 Capcom game)

*Black Halo Entertainment (character designs and art pinups)

*ToyBiz designs (Spiderman toy designs)

*Bowen Designs

*Diamond Select toys (marvel busts and toys)

*Story board artist

*Paperback cover artist

* Feature in Imagine FX Fantasy digital art magazine issue 30
I also appeared in print in various other magazines, comics and web sites

More works to come! Stay tuned

~Vinnie Tartamella

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Also when you guys get a chance, check out a friend of mine's new website! Ida Mary Walker

[link]

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