Craig Elliott and Jon Foster Win Spectrum Gold

The Spectrum 16 winners were announced tonight. Spectrum is a prestigious annual dedicated to the "Fantastic Arts" and is one of the most coveted awards in illustration.


© 2008 Craig Elliott

Craig Elliott won the Gold Medal in Editorial for his Damali Richards painting in the concept art book, Exotic Contraband: L. A. Banks' Vampire Huntress Legend, published by The Devil's Candy Store.

Another Devil's Candy Store artist, Jon Foster, won the Gold Medal for Comic Books.

Congratulations to them both!

L. A. Banks' 12 Tribes Convergence Summit

On February 13-15, in Philadelphia, PA, L. A. Banks and hers fans held a three day celebration of the Vampire Huntress Legend novel series. Leslie's 12th book in the series, The Thirteenth, was released and it was a party all weekend. The Devil's Candy Store played a part by sponsoring the Madame Isis sword essay contest. On Saturday night, we gave away a custom-made, Tony Swatton sword to Portia Adams.

It was an honor to part of this author's grand weekend and here are some photos to prove we were there:


L. A. Banks being interviewed


Eric Battle with Madame Isis sword




Photo by Don Lafferty

And The Winner Is...

Portia Adams is the winner of the "Madame Isis" sword! More to come from Philly...