I will be appearing at the Syracuse Power Con on Sunday, May 19th at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, New York.  The show runs from 10AM to 5PM.  I will have copies of my graphic novels and my posters, sports comics, Captain 'Cuse original art and my pin up art for sale.

This is a new book from my co-author Douglas Brode. 
It's not a graphic novel, but I did do the artwork for the covers, front and back. 





You can take a look here, Sunbury Press, to order.

Barbarella prints were sold at the Palace Theater and at Ithacon 38, but I still have some available.  I am offering a very limited edition signed and numbered prints of that painting for $7.00 each.  There will be only 35 prints available at the showing.  I will have these prints at future appearances and they are available thru the mail.  Contact me for details.



  Ithacon 38  was a great show.  More copies of VIRGIN VAMPIRES were sold , and several of my pin up drwings found new homes with satisfied customers.

"This would be considered a good bet for fans of old-school horror mixed with the historical."
—Rod Lott, Editor-in Chief, Bookgasm





VIRGIN VAMPIRES
Or, Once Upon a Time In Transylvania

The second graphic novel from Joe Orsak and Douglas Brode.

was officially released on October 8th.  The thrilling adventures of a young Abraham Stoker and his mentor Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.  In battle with Elizabeth Bathory and Vlad Tepes, they draw inspiration for their great works of gothic horror fiction.

Douglas Brode and I presented a panel and sold more books at HERO BOT CON in Elmira. NY on Saturday, October 27th. 

We sold copies of our books at the PALACE THEATER in Eastwood, NY
as we hosted a special showing of DRACULA in 35 mm, starring Bela Lugosi. 

Our appearance on BRIDGE STREET, a morning talk show on Newschannel9, can be found. at this link.

Our appearance on REITH, a local talk show on our PBS station, can be found at this link.


BUFFALO COMIC CON  
was a fantastic event.  I sold copies of YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS and VIRGIN VAMPIRES cover posters.  The buzz about the new book was very high.
 

Joe Orsak and Douglas Brode at Scare-A-Cuse, promoting their new graphic novel
VIRGIN VAMPIRES

Our appearance at SCARE-A-CUSE was a big success.  There is a lot of buzz about the upcoming publication of VIRGIN VAMPIRES in October.  Quite a few posters of the cover were sold as well as some of my pencil roughs for the book.  People were interested in seeing the steps involved with creating the art for such a massive project.

Horror Unlimited has a six page excerpt from VIRGIN VAMPIRES on their blog.
Click here to view

Illustration and graphic designs by artist Joe Orsak (AKA Jorsak and Josef Cyril), featuring advertising illustration, sports art, hand-painted baseballs and hockey pucks, pin-ups, postal cachets and comic books. Now on Facebook.

YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS: the Myth of Emily Morgan

"A mighty fun and entertaining old timey graphic novel."

The SF Site Featured Review

"This book is excellent for teaching children Texas history.  This book is for general audience,
but the children will really like it as it is like reading a comic book.  The full color illustrations by Joe Orsak are very nicely done and he is an excellent artist/illustrator.  This book has an "EXCELLENT +" rating."

from THE LONE STAR BOOK REVIEW

In the April, 2011 issue of WILD WEST magazine Douglas Brode has an article about our heroine, Emily Morgan. 
With the article are some samples of my art from the book.

To order the book directly from the publisher please use this link.

Yellow Rose of Texas

And it's available through Amazon and Barnesandnoble.com.  (Available online only).

Here is a link to a newspaper article in the Syracuse Post Standard about our book.