Santa Shakes’ 2020 Holiday Shopping Guide

ArtNerrd – Rodney Roberts is a talented artist and designer who is best known for his contributions to Topps Trading Cards, especially their Star Wars series.  Rodney posts regularly on social media, and now has a shop where you can get his designs on apparel.

Claire Connelly – Claire is a fantastic artist with a quirky and unique style that grabs you and draws you into her short stories.  She is a multi-award-nominated creator for her collaborations with writer Erica Schultz.

Luke Daab – Luke is a designer out of the Chicago area who can handle a myriad of styles, all of which pop with his special sense of humor.  Luke’s art and designs are available on prints, apparel, and in a new book, the Adventures of Luke and Lunchy.

Dawn of the Thread – Two young overcaffeinated “Embroidery Geeks” who create bags, totes, cases, and face masks.  They have an Etsy store, but at the moment they are working very hard to keep up with orders from brick-and-mortar stores in their local Northern Virginia area, but you can contact them for commissions and special orders.

Immortal Fire Art – Formerly known as SteelBrooks Crafts, Henry Brooks is a very talented pyrographer who JUST opened up his own Etsy store with a small number of pieces.  He is available for commissions including wood-burned artwork on keepsake boxes, plaques, or even custom wooden cosplay weaponry.  Check out his new Etsy shop and reach out for more.

Shing Khor – Known as SawdustBear, and recently thrust into notoriety for creating the Gritty/Four Seasons Landscaping tee-shirt which has raised over $150,000 for Georgia voting rights charities, Shing is an amazing artist, writer, and sculptress with a wild imagination. And even greater sense of humor.

Meany Mena – After a long period of not touching a pencil, our friend Mena picked up some colored pencils and got back into the groove, and is now selling prints and stickers of her work.

Jacques Nyemb – Writer Nyemb is a fellow self-publisher who has written short stories, comics, and children’s books in nearly every possible genre. Currently (as of November 2020) there is a special on the entire collection of books in digital PDF for just $10.

Sina Ouerghi – A young DC area animator and artist, Sina specializes in small, adorable pieces with a bit of a wild sense of humor, mixing anime and burlesque sensibilities, coupled with a Renaissance flair and a hint of futuristic design.  All in colored pencils and watercolor.

Rich Woodall – Rich is a writer/artist/self-publisher who is probably best known for his horror comics and imprint, Electric Black, and his creator owned books Johnny Raygun and Kyrra Alien Jungle Girl. Rich is also part of the group our family simply refers to as “Team Ringo,” the small group of creators who are tied to the legacy and family of Mike Wieringo we see every year at Baltimore Comic Con, and whom we regard as family.

Thom Zahler – Thom is also a tall artist.  He also is the only other writer out there I would be okay with writing a Thin Man comic if I couldn’t get the gig.  His Love and Capes comic is Superman for folks who wish the comic focused more on the Kryptonian’s personal life.  Thom is a master at dialogue and characters, and his work never fails to entertain.  He may be best known, however, for his work on My Little Pony.