Entries from February 2011 ↓
February 21st, 2011 — Show Announcements
If you’re a diehard Super Art Fight fan from show number one, we know what you’re thinking.
Expansions into Frederick and DC? Awesome. Sure. But what about Baltimore?
Don’t you worry.
SUPER ART FIGHT X is going to take on the firecodes and get ready to blow up the Spring Season as we return to THE OTTOBAR on Friday Night, April 22nd, 2011!
Thus far, only the main event is announced, but we’ll let you get the wishes going and juices flowing with this early show announcement.
Scheduled for this event…
- SAF TITLE BOUT: Michael “Spaghetti Kiss” Bracco defends the Super Art Fight title against Bryan “Silent But Violent” Prindiville
- Also signed to appear: Nick “Ghostfreehood” Borkowicz, Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi, Kelsey Wailes, Jamie “Brawlin’” Baldwin, Chelsea “Grose Misconduct” Grose, Brandon J. Carr, Chris “Impact” Impink and more TBA!
Full details and musical guest info are still to come! We HIGHLY RECOMMEND buying your tickets in advance, and we will update AS SOON as they are available online!
February 21st, 2011 — Show Announcements
We promised you that 2011 would be a year of aggressive expansion for Super Art Fight, and this spring, we start proving it in spades.
We’ve already announced that on Friday, March 25th, we’d be breaking into Frederick, Maryland with a sure to be amazing event.
Well, ONE WEEK EARLIER, on Friday, March 18th, we head south, as Super Art Fight does a FULL SCALE LIVE EVENT in our Nation’s Capital – Washington, DC!
That evening we’ll be appearing in the amazing, intimate venue known as The Red Palace, located at 1210 H Street NE in Washington, DC.
Doors will be at 9pm, with the show at 10pm, and ticket prices and additional details are sure to follow.
In the meantime, we can announce an early artist roster.
Tackling the canvas that evening in DC…
- Super Art Fight Champion Michael “Spaghetti Kiss” Bracco
- SAF Co-Founder Nick “Ghostfreehood” Borkowicz
- SAF Co-Founder Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi
- Jamie “Brawlin’” Baldwin
- Chelsea “Grose Misconduct” Grose
- Bryan “Silent But Violent” Prindiville
- Chris “Impact” Impink
- Kelsey Wailes
- Brandon J. Carr
Keep an eye on SuperArtFight.com for more show details as the event gets closer! And to think, there’s STILL MORE SHOWS TO BE ANNOUNCED!
February 21st, 2011 — Show Coverage
After ten glorious years of the Iron Artist competition at the long-running and respected Katsucon anime convention, after this years show, one thing was abundantly clear – Super Art Fight had arrived.
Having grown out of the Iron Artist competition in February 2008, we at Super Art Fight had long been keeping the Iron Artist traditions alive, but after an event on Saturday, February 19th, it was very clear – we’ve created something even bigger, even crazier and even wilder. A new tradition began this weekend.
This past Saturday we presented three bouts to hundreds of giddy fans. Per usual, live commentary was provided by our own Marty Day and Ross Nover, with DJing during the bouts handled by DJ Sheephead.
Bout 1: Nick “Ghostfreehood” Borkowicz (performing as Robocop) defeated the debuting Bill Ellis (artist of All New Issues).
Bill Ellis came to the Art Fight stage after tearing out quite the fine corner of the web for himself with his fantastic webcomic. However, battling a crafty art fight veteran like Borkowicz took him to his limit. Ellis showed the Katsucon crowd that he truly deserved to hang with the roster, but in the end, the fans went robot and chose Borkowicz as the victor.
Bout 2: Kelsey Wailes defeated Super Art Fight Champion Michael “Spaghetti Kiss” Bracco in a non-title bout.
A true SAF classic, Kelsey Wailes definitely showed that she’s grown out of the rookie phase of her career by taking the current SAF champion to the limit in one of the greatest bouts we’ve ever presented. Ugly Pokemon, amazing Kaiju monsters and amazing off-canvas antics captivated the crowd, but we learned that this battle couldn’t be contained, as it even went off the boards and onto a nearby cardboard box. Will we see Kelsey step up in the future? Is this the first cracks in the reign of Bracco? Stay tuned.
Main Event Bout: The Legendary Frank Cho (artist for comics including Liberty Meadows, Mighty Avengers and Hulk) defeated Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi in a Super Art Fight Dream Bout.
Jami Noguchi has never been a man to make many demands. Co-founder of Super Art Fight and the first ever champion, he’s been to the top and had all the accolades he needed. But when he found out that Frank Cho was in attendance, he knew who he wanted to battle this year. Like Noguchi’s battle against Jo Chen last year, this was a truly unique experience that you’d only find at a show like Katsucon, and while the content on canvas toed the line of controversy (including a memorable drawing of our hosts by Cho), this was truly an all-time classic.
Once again, we’d like to thank all of the fans who came out for the bout, the artists for donating their time and skill, and the Katsucon Charity Auction for letting us do such silly things for a great cause.
In important news, we are proud to announce that Super Art Fight will RETURN for Katsucon 18 (Weekend of February 17-19, 2012) with not just one, but TWO shows. A traditional Saturday afternoon show, and a super extreme late night event to push our art to the limit. We cannot wait!
February 16th, 2011 — Show Announcements
For those attending the latest installment of what we believe to be one of the finest (if not the finest) anime conventions on the east coast this weekend, that being the amazing Katsucon 17, heads up!
We, Super Art Fight, the GREATEST Live Art Competition In The Known Universe will be attending, and not just shilling our wares, including TWO BRAND NEW T-SHIRTS, but we’ll be doing a full event as a part of the weekend’s festivities.
Saturday, February 19th, 3pm in Main Events. Write that down. Yes. On your forehead. In Sharpie.
That’s where we’ll be doing our show, and we have a full two and a half hour block to go nuts in, and believe us, we’ll be pulling out ALL of the stops.
See, this isn’t just any convention appearance for us. Katsucon is our HOME. Birthed out of IRON ARTIST VII in 2008, we have had the honor and privilege of hosting every Iron Artist since. And in this years installment, the TENTH Iron Artist overall, we will give you everything we have to give proper homage to the stage that gave Super Art Fight its life.
Appearing on stage this weekend:
- Super Art Fight Champion Michael “Spaghetti Kiss” Bracco
- Nick “Ghostfreehood” Borkowicz
- Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi
- Kelsey Wailes
- Onezumi Hartstein
- More to be announced!
Keep an eye on our Twitter Feed all weekend long as we announce surprise additions to the card and the full listing of bouts.
Remember, Saturday at 3. Be there, or miss out on the greatest thing of the weekend. We promise.
February 7th, 2011 — Show Announcements
We said we’d grow this crazy art competition thing, and it’s because of you amazing fans we can.
We’re growing out into other venues and other cities, and we’re proud to announce our first major live event outside of Baltimore.
Super Art Fight is invading FREDERICK, MARYLAND on FRIDAY, MARCH 25th at the CULTURAL ARTS CENTER!
The full press release follows below!
Self described as the “Greatest Live Art Competition in the Known Universe”, Super Art FIght has been making their name up and down the east coast since June 2008, but their live event at the Cultural Arts Center in Frederick marks their first major live event outside of Charm City.
Set for Friday Night, March 25th, 2011, Super Art Fight will invade the Cultural Arts Center with a full four bout card, presenting the same artistic antics which have made them a cult favorite around the globe. Best described as a punk-rock mixture of Pictionary and Pro-Wrestling, their live events leave audiences breathless and wanting for more.
Artist currently scheduled to appear on March 25th include:
- Super Art Fight Champion Michael “Spaghetti Kiss” Bracco
- Super Art Fight Co-Founder Nick “Ghostfreehood” Borkowicz
- Super Art Fight Co-Founder Jami “Angry Zen Master” Noguchi
- Kelsey Wailes
- Chris “Impact” Impink
- Bryan “Silent But Violent” Prindiville
- Jamie “Brawlin’” Baldwin
And of course, Super Art Fight hosts Marty Day and Ross Nover, plus musical accompaniment from DJ Sheephead!
For full event details, including the event card, please visit SuperArtFight.com!
Tickets are just $10, and available from the Frederick Arts Council by calling 301-662-4190!
As the card comes together we will be keeping you updated, as well as on other future dates, including Super Art Fight X coming at you from The Ottobar! Stay tuned, gang!
